Recent measurements show that the free surfaces of liquid metals and alloys are always layered, regardless of composition and surface tension, a result supported by three decades of simulations and theory. Recent theoretical work claims, however, that at low enough temperatures the free surfaces of all liquids should become layered, unless preempted by bulk freezing. Using x-ray reflectivity an...

Finger blood flow in patients with low tension glaucoma and primary open-angle glaucoma T Usui, KIwata Controlled trial of laser photocoagulation ofpigment epithelial detachments in the elderly: 4 year reviewMJ Barondes, S Pagliarini, IH Chisholm, AM Hamilton, A C Bird Detection of subpigment epithelial neovascularisation in cases of retinal pigment epithelial detachments: a review of the Moorf...

1) Development and fall of tension during depolarization in the bullfrog atrial muscle were studied using a double gap voltage clamp arrangement. 2) Phasic and tonic tension developments and the following decay were noticed in the tension produced by depolarizing pulse of different durations and amplitudes. The phasic component appeared in response to a short-lasting pulse (0.1-0.2 sec), and re...

in this research, the effect of tension wood formation in populus nigra on its anatomical characteristics was studied. vessel element and ray frequency (n/mm²), vessel diameter and ray dimensions were measured in both normal and tension wood. furthermore, the formation of gelatinous layer (g-layer) in the fibers of tension wood was studied. the results showed that the vessel proportion and diam...

Mechanical forces have been proposed to modulate organ growth, but a molecular mechanism that links them to growth regulation in vivo has been lacking. We report that increasing tension within the cytoskeleton increases Drosophila wing growth, whereas decreasing cytoskeletal tension decreases wing growth. These changes in growth can be accounted for by changes in the activity of Yorkie, a trans...

Glaucoma (GL) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are diseases of significant social importance. Cardiovascular disorders such as systemic hypertension, hypotension, increased blood viscosity, vasospasm, and diabetes are potential risk factors of GL, especially when intraocular pressure is not elevated. Only a few studies have reported a possible connection between cardiac arrhythmias and GL. The purp...

Hypoxia augments human embryonic stem cell (hESC) self-renewal via hypoxia-inducible factor 2α-activated OCT4 transcription. Hypoxia also increases the efficiency of reprogramming differentiated cells to a pluripotent-like state. Combined, these findings suggest that low O2 tension would impair the purposeful differentiation of pluripotent stem cells. Here, we show that low O2 tension and hypox...