The serine-threonine protein kinase inhibitor H-7 and the fungal metabolite cytochalasin B (CB) disrupt the actin microfilament network by different mechanisms, and increase outflow facility similarly in live monkeys. Their combined effect has therefore determined on total outflow facility in cynomolgus monkeys by 2-level constant pressure perfusion. (1) After unilateral anterior chamber (AC) b...

importance of sediment storage has been expressed as being higher than that of water in floodwater spreading networks. to determine the contribution of each geological formation in sediment input of gachsaran floodwater spreading station after 12 years of flood spreading, sediment sampling was conducted in 16 points and 0-15 cm depth of the field. using dry sieve analysis, all samples were anal...

An estimate has been made of the numbers of mitochondria in the mitochondrial cloud (Balbiani body) of Xenopus laevis oocytes ranging in size from 50 to 250 micrometers. The mitochondrial number is expressed in terms of a 'standard' organelle measuring 2 micrometers in length and 0.2 micrometer in diameter and is derived by measurements on electron micrographs of sections through the cloud. It ...

A fiber-optic microphobe is described which is inexpensive and simple to build and use. It consists of an 80-micrometers optical fiber which at the end is tapered down to a rounded sensing tip of 20-30-micrometers diameter. The detector is a hybrid photodiode/amplifier. The probe has a sensitivity of 0.01 microEinst m-2 s-1 and a spectral range of 300-1,100 nm. Spectral light gradients were...

A tunable mid-infrared continuous-wave (cw) spectroscopic source in the 3.4-4.5 micrometers region is reported, based on difference frequency generation (DFG) in a quasi-phase-matched periodically poled RbTiOAsO4 (PPRTA) crystal. DFG power levels of 10 microW were generated at approximately 4 micrometers in a 20-mm long PPRTA crystal by mixing two cw single-frequency Ti:Al2O3 lasers operating n...

Single-crystal bismuth thin films 1 to 20 micrometers thick were fabricated by electrodeposition and suitable annealing. Magnetoresistance up to 250 percent at 300 kelvin and 380,000 percent at 5 kelvin as well as clean Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations were observed, indicative of the high quality of these films. A hybrid structure was also made that showed a large magnetoresistive effect of 30 p...

Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 plays a critical role in spreading COVID-19. To protect public health, we designed and fabricated electrospun nanofibrous air filters that hold promise for applications personal protective equipment (PPE) the indoor environment. Due to ultrafine nanofibers (?300 nm), had much smaller pore size comparison surgical mask cloth masks (a couple micrometers versus ...