Cardiovascular Diseases To the Editor: We read with interest the review by Nugent and Edelman.1 The authors have discussed seeding of prosthetic vascular graft but have not commented on the difference between single-stage and two-stage seeding. Single-stage seeding involves extraction of endothelial cells (ECs), coating of graft lumen, and implanting the graft into the patient, all within the t...

BACKGROUND/AIMS To review the effectiveness of intra-arterial chemotherapy for advanced intra-ocular retinoblastoma with vitreous and/or subretinal seeds in naive (untreated) and previously treated eyes. METHODS Retrospective study, approved by the institutional review board, of 76 eyes of 67 patients with retinoblastoma with subretinal and/or vitreous seeding treated with intra-arterial chem...

For treatment of cardiac failure with bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells, several clinical trials are ongoing. However, more attention is gathering on the use of adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ASCs). This paper describes the optimization of isolation and propagation of ASCs for subsequent clinical use. In the isolation step, several enzymes were compared with respect to yield of nuc...

in order to investigate rice competition ability against weeds in direct-seeding and transplanting systems afield experiment was conducted at mahmud abad region of mazandaran province on 2011 growing season. experimental treatments were studied in a split plot factorial design based on randomized complete blocks with three replicates. direct-seeding and transplanting of rice in wet seedbed were...

Cell seeding in a biomaterial is an important process for tissue engineering applications. It helps to modulate tissue formation or to control initial conditions for mechanobiological studies. The compression release-induced suction (CRIS) seeding technique leads to active infiltration of the cell suspension toward the central region of the scaffold. Its effectiveness, however, may significantl...

This paper presents an Interactive View-Driven Evenly Spaced Streamline placement algorithm (IVDESS) for 3D explorative visualization of large complex planar or curved surface flows. IVDESS rapidly performs accurate streamline integration in 3D physical space, i.e., the flow field, while achieving high quality streamline density control in 2D view space, i.e., the output image. The corresponden...

Studies were conducted to determine the utility of overseeding endophyte enhanced varieties of perennial ryegrass, Lolium perenne L., into existing stands of Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis L., to manage bluegrass billbug, Sphenophorus parvulus Gyllenhal, larval populations and their damage. Two commercial varieties of endophyte enhanced perennial ryegrass (Repell II and Triple Play) were ove...

Reduction of heat loading appropriate for the plasma facing components (PFCs) such as the divertor and the first wall is crucial for a fusion reactor. Impurity gas seeding is one of techniques to decrease peak heat flux to the divertor both in steady-state and transient phases. Power handling by large radiation power loss has been studied in the ELMy H-mode plasmas on JT-60U with argon (Ar) gas...

Although medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) is one of the most dominant invasive rangeland grasses in the West, we know surprisingly little about the environmental factors that drive medusahead abundance. Understanding the conditions that influence spread dynamics is central for developing effective monitoring, prevention and control programs. We established grassland plant communities and...

Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as potential therapeutic agents for numerous applications. EVs offer potential advantages over cell-based therapies with regard to safety, stability and clearance profiles, however production and potency limitations must be addressed to enable eventual translation of EV-based approaches. Thus, we sought to examine the...