OBJECTIVE Hypertrophic scar involves excessive amounts of collagen in dermal layer and may be painful. Nowadays, we can't be sure about effectiveness of procedure for hypertrophic scar management. The application of stem cells with natural scaffold has been the best option for treatment of burn wounds and skin defect, in recent decades. Fibrin glue (FG) was among the first of the natural biomat...

Absorption and dispersion signals of D2 lines of rubidium atoms in a vapor cell have been experimentally investigated with the modulation transfer spectrum (MTS). Normal dispersion was observed at the transitions of Fg ? Fe = Fg - 1 and Fg ? Fe = Fg; anomalous dispersion, at transitions of Fg ?Fe = Fg + 1; and crossover resonance, by the transitions of Fg ?Fe = Fg - 1 and Fg ? Fe = Fg. The sign...

Ocular hypertension (OHT) is the main risk factor of glaucoma, a neuropathy leading to blindness. Here we have investigated the effects of laser photocoagulation (LP)-induced OHT, on the survival and retrograde axonal transport (RAT) of adult rat retinal ganglion cells (RGC) from 1 to 12 wks. Active RAT was examined with fluorogold (FG) applied to both superior colliculi (SCi) 1 wk before proce...

Micrometeorological techniques can be applied to estimate methane (CH4) emissions from ruminants and livestock manure using CH4 concentration measured within the internal surface boundary layer. The main advantage of these techniques is that they are non-intrusive, thereby eliminating the impact of the measurement set-up on the calculated CH4 emission. This review focuses on four micrometeorolo...

In the present research, dynamic responses of multilayer functionally graded graphene platelets reinforced composite (FG-GPLRC) spherical panels under blast loading are studied. Three-dimensional elasticity theory is employed to derive governing equations. The distribution (GPLs) in each layer uniform and random with a constant weight fraction. GPLs concentration across panel thickness may be o...

A water plasma treatment applied to vertically-aligned multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) synthesized by plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition gives rise to surface functionalization and purification of the CNTs, along with an improvement of their electrochemical properties. Additional increase of their charge storage capability is achieved by anodic deposition of manganese dioxide lining t...

Piezoelectric materials possess excellent electromechanical coupling characteristics, which are functional and suitable in structural vibration control. This study investigates the active control of free forced for piezoelectric-integrated functionally graded carbon nanotube reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) plate using finite element method (FEM). Based on first-order shear deformation theory (F...

Estimating accurately dust emission flux during aeolian erosion events is crucial for quantifying the amount of in atmosphere. The rare existing field experiments such were mainly performed using flux-gradient (FG) method. Here, we present first intercomparison size-resolved fluxes estimated by both FG and eddy-covariance (EC) methods several events. Both applied simultaneously WIND-O-V (WIND e...

A simple and highly sensitive method for the detection of genomic DNA in tissue samples is described. It is based on amperometric detection of target DNA by forming an analyte/polymeric activator bilayer on a gold electrode. The biotinylated target DNA is hybridized to oligonucleotide capture probes immobilized on the gold electrode, forming the first layer. A subsequent binding of glucose oxid...

To date four OFAD (Optical Field Angle Distortion) calibrations have been performed on FGS3 in M35 and analyzed by the Astrometry Science Team. Two have been performed since the last HST (Hubble Space Telescope) Calibration Workshop. The ongoing Long Term Stability Tests have also been analyzed and incorporated into the calibration. A lateral color calibration has been derived from calibration ...