Evaluation of activation and proliferation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) must be grounded on solid quantitative data under normal conditions. The HSC index (HSCI), number of HSCs per 1000 hepatocytes (HEP), is often used in hepatology but has been never determined using stereology. Systematically sampled sections were immunostained against glial fibrillary acidic protein and carcinoembryonic...

The effect of plastic deformation on the grain boundary surface area per unit volume and edge length per unit volume is examined using two methods. The first by applying homogeneous deformations to tetrakaidecahedra in a variety of orientations and the second by using the principles of stereology. It is shown that the methods produce essentially identical results. It is now possible to calculat...

Frozen hydrated specimens of Pratylenchus agilis and dauer larvae of Steinernema carpocapsae were observed with low-temperature field emission scanning electron microscopy. This new technique provides information about the surface features of nematodes and also allows specimens to be fractured to reveal their internal structure. Furthermore, both halves of fractured specimens can be retained, e...

The impact of La2Zr2O7 !LZO" on interfacial resistance !Rp" at the La0.78Sr0.20MnO3−!/yttria-stabilized zirconia interface was studied upon isothermal sintering at 1200°C for 2–25 h. Quantification of triple phase boundary length was performed by applying focused ion beam/scanning electron microscopy !FIB/SEM" serial-sectioning techniques and classical stereology. Electrochemical impedance spec...

This article contains the experimental data for the characterization of ∑3 boundaries in a cold deformed and annealed pure iron. Mentioned data are relevant to the research article " The inter-connections of ∑3 boundaries in pure iron" (Weiguo Wang, Song Chen, Gregory S. Rohrer, Wenzhe Chen, 2017) [1]. The characterization of ∑3 boundaries was performed through an integrated method including el...

These recommendations aim to be a tool for the selection and appraisal of the methods of characterization of porous solids, and to also give the warnings and guidelines on which the experts generally agree. For this purpose, they successively consider the description of a porous solid (definitions, terminology), the principal methods available (stereology , radiation scattering, pycnometry, ads...

Canan Doğanlı, Kasper Kjaer-Sorensen, Christopher Knoeckel, Hans Christian Beck, Jens Randel Nyengaard, Bent Honoré, Poul Nissen, Angeles Ribera, Claus Oxvig and Karin Lykke-Hartmann* Centre for Membrane Pumps in Cells and Disease-PUMPKIN, Danish National Research Foundation, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, and Stere...