Technetium metal and Tc-Ru alloys were characterised to build a database of the Tc metal target for transmutation. The lattice parameters of Tc-Ru alloys including Tc and Ru metals measured by X-ray diffraction decrease with increasing Ru concentration. The thermal conductivity of Tc-Ru alloys including Tc and Ru metals was determined by the thermal diffusivity measured by the laser flash metho...

Introduction: Appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies. In spite of the relatively high rate of negative appendectomy, as a result of miss diagnosis, uncertainty of diagnosis still continues to challenge physicians. The objective of this prospective study was to investigate the role of 99mTc-Ubiquicidin (UBI) scintigraphy in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis and ...

UNLABELLED (99m)Tc-[bis (dimethoxypropylphosphinoethyl)-ethoxyethylamine (PNP5)]-[bis (N-ethoxyethyl)-dithiocarbamato (DBODC)] nitride (N-PNP5-DBODC or N-DBODC5) is a new monocationic myocardial perfusion tracer. We sought to compare the myocardial uptake and clearance kinetics and organ biodistribution of (99m)Tc-N-DBODC5 with (99m)Tc-sestamibi and (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin. METHODS Seventy-five a...

Genital herpes simplex virus infection in women was studied by using conventional tissue culture (TC) virus isolation compared with short-term (24-h) TC on Lab-Tek chamber slides followed by fluorescent-antibody (FA) staining. Three different staining techniques were used after TC: (i) staining with biotin-avidin (TC-BA/FA), (ii) direct FA (TC-FA), and (iii) indirect FA. The TC-BA/FA method sho...

The structural properties of Tc-Zr binary alloys were investigated using combined experimental and computational approaches. The Tc(2)Zr and Tc(6)Zr samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis, scanning electron microscopy, electron probe microanalysis, and transmission electron microscopy. Our XRD results show that Tc(6)Zr crystallizes in the cubic alpha-Mn-type structure (I43m sp...

Hospital isolates of Escherichia coli resistant to tetracycline (TC) were studied to identify mechanisms which regulate TC resistance levels and ability to transfer TC resistance. Antibiotic resistance patterns, resistance levels to TC, and ability to transfer TC resistance were determined for the isolates. Similar data were obtained for the transferable plasmids after transfer to several new h...