The long spin coherence time and microelectronics compatibility of Si makes it an attractive material for realizing solid-state qubits. Unfortunately, the orbital (valley) degeneracy of the conduction band of bulk Si makes it difficult to isolate individual two-level spin-1/2 states, limiting their development. This degeneracy is lifted within Si quantum wells clad between Ge-Si alloy barrier l...

Introduction: Peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCL) are a rare and heterogeneous group of malignancies that share unifying feature epigenetic dysregulation. Recent evidence suggests PTCL, unlike other forms cancer or even lymphoma, exhibits marked vulnerability to hypomethylating agents (HMAs) alone especially in combination with HDAC inhibitors. HMAs like azacitidine (AZA) decitabine (DAC) have b...

Highly birefringent (Hi-Bi) air-clad silica microfibers (MFs) with wavelength and sub-wavelength scale transverse dimensions are studied theoretically and experimentally. Hi-Bi MFs are taper-drawn from the standard SMF-28 single mode fibers that are "pre-processed" by "cutting away" parts of the silica cladding on opposite sides of the fiber with a femtosecond infrared laser. Such Hi-Bi MFs hav...

In order to broaden industrial applications of Mg alloys, as lightest-weight metal alloys in practical uses, many efforts have been dedicated to manufacture various clad sheets which can complement inherent shortcomings of Mg alloys. Here, we present a new fabrication method of Mg/Al clad sheets by bonding thin Al alloy sheet on to Mg alloy melt during strip casting. In the as-strip-cast Mg/Al ...

Objective. To evaluate the success rate of intra-rectal (IR) midazolam in combination with nitrous oxide/oxygen (N2O) sedation in young uncooperative dental patients when the local anesthesia is delivered by a computerized controlled local anesthetic delivery (C-CLAD). Study Design. This observational study consisted of 219 uncooperative children (age: 4.3 ± 1.69 y) who received IR midazolam (0...

We have computed the light transport in a bre in the geometrical optics approximation. The aim of this study is to compare the performances of single and double clad bres and to outline possible improvements to bre design.

: The long-term survival after lung transplantation (LT) is favorable in Japan. However, survivors LT are subject to late complications, including chronic allograft dysfunction (CLAD), malignancy, infection, and kidney disease (CKD) because of the need for lifelong immunosuppression. rates single cadaveric (CLT) living-donor lobar (LDLLT) higher than that bilateral CLT Here, we will describe ma...