This paper presents a modified nine switch inverter with two inputs and two Z-source networks. This inverter has two DC inputs and two AC outputs. Input DC voltages can be boosted to the required level. Amplitude, frequency and phase of AC output voltages can be controlled, independently. The proposed converter can be used in applications with two unregulated DC sources, which require feeding ...

An RF-assisted closed-field dual magnetron sputtering system was developed to characterize the plasma and the ionization fraction of sputtered material to provide a suitable system for depositing optical thin films on large-area substrates at low temperatures (<130 ◦C). The ‘prototype’ system consists of dual 76 mm dc magnetrons operated at both balanced and unbalanced (closed-field) configurat...

Article history: Received 17 March 2016 Received in revised form 11 July 2016 Accepted 13 July 2016 Available online 15 July 2016 Fabrication methods for titanium substrates exhibiting continuous micro and nano scale arrays, with increasing feature heights over the length of the array are reported. The resultant feature heights spanned0–2 μm.Patterned gradient arrays of circular featureswith di...

Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) have long been thought to play a role in tumor suppression due to their ability to antagonize the growth promoting protein tyrosine kinases. Recently, a candidate tumor suppressor from 10q23, termed P-TEN, was isolated, and sequence homology was demonstrated with members of the PTP family, as well as the cytoskeletal protein tensin. Here we show that recombi...

Aims: This study aims to evaluate the shear bond strength of three types dual-cure self-adhesive resin cement (SARCs) bonded different substrates with detection failure, EDX analysis for substrates, control substrate, and after applications. Materials methods: Thirty specimens from enamel same number dentin zirconia are prepared. Zirconia discs prepared by CAD-CAM system. Dental intact surface ...

Solar cell substrates require high optical transparency but also prefer high optical haze to increase the light scattering and consequently the absorption in the active materials. Unfortunately, there is a trade-off between these optical properties, which is exemplified by common transparent paper substrates exhibiting a transparency of about 90% yet a low optical haze (<20%). In this work, we ...

Tandem affinity purification (TAP) is a highly efficient method for isolation of protein complexes from endogenous biological macromolecules. TAP system consists of dual affinity tags that facilitates the sequential purification of the desired proteins expressed at their low levels in vivo. Polo-like kinases (PLK) are serine/threonine protein kinases that are the crucial regulators of cell cycl...

We reported previously that the human RNF2 (RING finger protein 2) protein is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that interacts with the human ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Hip-2/hE2-25K. In the present study, we show that RNF2 interacts with S6' ATPase, a subunit of the proteasomal 19 S regulatory complex. S6' interacts with RNF2 through its N-terminal RING domain, and RNF2 interacts with S6' through its C...

Background The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) and P-glycoprotein (P-gp) are expressed in the blood-brain barrier (BBB), where they impede brain uptake of their substrates by active efflux transport. BCRP has recently been shown to be the quantitatively most important ABC transporter at the human BBB. Inhibition of BCRP by inhibitors such as the f...