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The development of noninvasive approaches to facilitate the regeneration of post-traumatic nerve injury is important for clinical rehabilitation. In this study, we investigated the effective dose of noninvasive 808-nm low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on sciatic nerve crush rat injury model. Thirty-six male Sprague Dawley rats were divided into 6 experimental groups: a normal group with or without...

Abstract We demonstrate a compact, high efficiency and widely tunable intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (IC-OPO) based on multichannel periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN). The IC-OPO is composed of 808 nm pump laser diode (LD), Nd:YVO 4 linear OPO. continuous-wave (CW) mid-infrared (MIR) output from 2.25 to 4.79 μm. maximum power exceeds 1.08 W at 3.189 μm 9.1 LD t...

PURPOSE To assess the influence of decentration and aperture size on the optical quality of different intraocular lenses (IOLs) of the same material, body design, and refractive power using standardized optical bench testing. METHODS Using an optical bench set-up, an aspheric monofocal (CT ASPHINA 409M; Carl Zeiss Meditec, Jena, Germany), an aspheric diffractive bifocal (AT LISA 809M; Carl Ze...

Laser ablation (LA) holds great promise for the localized treatment of pancreatic tumors. However, there are still many technical aspects that require improvements before largely applying this technique in clinical practice. This work shed light on following subjects: thermal response pancreas to LA using a diffusing applicator and delivering different laser wavelengths (i.e., 808 nm 1064 nm); ...

The mineral yuksporite (K,Ba)NaCa2(Si,Ti)4O11(F,OH)⋅H2O has been studied using the combination of SEM with EDX and vibrational spectroscopic techniques of Raman and infrared spectroscopy. Scanning electron microscopy shows a single pure phase with cleavage fragment up to 1.0 mm. Chemical analysis gave Si, Al, K, Na and Ti as the as major elements with small amounts of Mn, Ca, Fe and REE. Raman ...

COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF NITROGEN FIXATION 1 METHODOLOGIES CONDUCTED IN THE OLIGOTROPHIC NORTH 2 PACIFIC OCEAN 3 4 Samuel T. Wilson, Daniela Böttjer, Matthew J. Church, and David M. Karl 5 6 1 Department of Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, 7 University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 8 2 Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, University of H...

S. Afr. J. Enol. Vitic., Vol. 36, No. 3, 2015 *Corresponding author: E-mail address: Florian Bauer: [email protected] [Tel.: +2721 808 4346; Fax: +2721 808 37711] Other authors: Boredi Chidi: [email protected]; Debra Rossouw: [email protected]; Astrid Buica: [email protected] Acknowledgements: We thank Stellenbosch University, for research facilities. Funding for this work was provided by Winetech, THRI...