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Effect of Pepper Types on Obtaining Spontaneous Doubled Haploid Plants via Anther Culture (2015)

The most successful technique used to obtain haploid plant in pepper is anther culture. The chromosome content of haploid plants can be doubled spontaneously or using colchicine. In this study, we compared the rate of spontaneous doubled haploidy of different pepper types. Seven charleston, six bell, eight capia, and seven green pepper genotypes were used as plant material. Murashige and Skoog (MS) nutrient medium with 4 mg·L −1 naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), 0.5 mg·L −1 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP), 0.25% activated charcoal, 30 g·L −1 sucrose, and 15 mg·L −1 silver nitrate (AgNO 3 ) was used. Ploidy levels of plants obtained through anther culture were detected using both flow cytometry and simple sequence repeats (SSR) markers. The results showed that different spontaneous doubled haploidy rates were obtained from different pepper types. The highest rate was observed in bell pepper type with 53.4% (mean of six genotypes) of haploid plants undergoing spontaneous chromosome doubling. This was followed by charleston and capia types with 31.9% and 30.4% doubling, respectively. Green pepper type gave the lowest spontaneous doubled haploidy rate with 22.2% doubling. The results obtained from this study will be useful both for future work on haploidy in pepper and for breeding programs.
Fabricating Superior NiAl Bronze Components through Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (2016)

Cast nickel aluminum bronze (NAB) alloy is widely used for large engineering components in marine applications due to its excellent mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. Casting porosity, as well as coarse microstructure, however, are accompanied by a decrease in mechanical properties of cast NAB components. Although heat treatment, friction stir processing, and fusion welding were implemented to eliminate porosity, improve mechanical properties, and refine the microstructure of as-cast metal, their applications are limited to either surface modification or component repair. Instead of traditional casting techniques, this study focuses on developing NAB components using recently expanded wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). Consumable welding wire is melted and deposited layer-by-layer on substrates producing near-net shaped NAB components. Additively-manufactured NAB components without post-processing are fully dense, and exhibit fine microstructure, as well as comparable mechanical properties, to as-cast NAB alloy. The effects of heat input from the welding process and post-weld-heat-treatment (PWHT) are shown to give uniform NAB alloys with superior mechanical properties revealing potential marine applications of the WAAM technique in NAB production.
Female High School Dropouts A Relational View (2011)

This study investigates risk and protective factors of Taiwanese female students who dropped out of high school. Twenty female youth who had dropped out of high school and who grew up and resided in Taiwan voluntarily participated in this study. Findings revealed particular relational conflicts and coping strategies employed by the girls that contributed to significant vulnerability, conflict at school and school dropout. Implications for social work practice are addressed.
A Nanothermometer Based on the Different π Stackings of B‐ and Z‐DNA (2003)

Taking the temperature: The electronic properties of DNA largely depend on the orientation of the π stacking. Based on the discrete clusters of interstrand four-base π stacks in Z-form DNA, a molecular thermometer that exploits the differences in the π stackings of B- and Z-DNA has been designed (see picture). Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2003/z52752_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.
Eastman Color High-Speed Negative Film 7292 (1986)

A new 16mm high-speed color negative film incorporating the new T-Grain emulsion technology is described. This film provides excellent resolution, granularity, and color reproduction that result in much improved prints and telecine transfers.
High Performance PEFCs with Sputter-Deposited Pt Layer on Low-Pt-Loading Electrode (1996)

A small amount of platinum(R)electratalyst(005mgcm2)was addidonaly deposited on the front surface of low-Pt-loading electrode(20PtC04mg(m2)utilizing a sputtering depositon techniqueThe polymer electrolyte fuel cell(PEFC)utilizing this electrode for its cathodeshowed an enhanced cell perfomlance when using air at O15MPa as the oxidant gas This enhancement incel performance was atbuted toimpKvcmentin the oxygenductionac on (ORR)kineticsand lead to a10increase ln its maximum p(wer densityand to a50mV cell voltage(coesponding to a4increase in LHV energy conversion efficiency)over almos he entire range of operational cuent densities
A macromolecular Gd(III) complex as pH-responsive relaxometric probe for MRI applications (1999)

The ability of the paramagnetic macromolecular complex (GdDO3ASQ)30-Orn114 to enhance the water proton relaxation rate has been found to be a function of pH; this behaviour is related to the structural changes occurring in the polypeptide upon protonation of the side-chain NH2 groups.
Direct structural characterisation of line gratings with grazing incidence small-angle x-ray scattering (2012)

Grazing incidence small-angle x-ray scattering (GISAXS) and x-ray reflectometry (XRR) have been used to investigate structural parameters, especially period length, line width, groove width, and line height, of grating test structures in the sub-micron range. The gratings are e-beam written structures on a quartz substrate with a fixed period length, but different line and groove widths, covered by a layer of ruthenium. A Ru layer thickness of 9.4 nm has been determined with XRR. GISAXS was performed in two orientations, with an incident beam alignment perpendicular and parallel to the grating lines. The scattering patterns in parallel orientation have been analysed without numerical simulation by Fourier transformation. The obtained results for line and groove width are in good agreement with nominal values. The analysis method has been validated by analysing simulated scattering data. A superposition of scattering intensities measured for different azimuthal rotation angles close to parallel alignment was used to determine the line height of a grating of 27.3 nm, which is also close to the nominal value. The Fourier analysis procedure opens up the possibility of traceable structure determination with GISAXS in the nanometre range.
Progress Report on the Key West (Florida) Fruit Fly Eradication Project (1936)

Journal Article Progress Report on the Key West (Florida) Fruit Fly Eradication Project Get access Wilmon Newell Wilmon Newell Plant Commissioner, State Plant Board of Florida Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 29, Issue 1, 1 February 1936, Pages 116–120, https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/29.1.116 Published: 01 February 1936
The future of the intelligent network (2000)

This article examines the role the intelligent network (IN) can play as carriers move to next-generation networks. It discusses possible transition scenarios and examines how the IN could interwork with the Internet and packet-based networks to produce new hybrid services. The article presents a view of a fully converged network, and concludes that IN will continue have a vital role in voice and data services.
Molecular Pathways: Targeting Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases in Cancer (2017)

The aberrant activation of oncogenic signaling pathways is a universal phenomenon in cancer and drives tumorigenesis and malignant transformation. This abnormal activation of signaling pathways in cancer is due to the altered expression of protein kinases and phosphatases. In response to extracellular signals, protein kinases activate downstream signaling pathways through a series of protein phosphorylation events, ultimately producing a signal response. Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTP) are a family of enzymes that hydrolytically remove phosphate groups from proteins. Initially, PTPs were shown to act as tumor suppressor genes by terminating signal responses through the dephosphorylation of oncogenic kinases. More recently, it has become clear that several PTPs overexpressed in human cancers do not suppress tumor growth; instead, they positively regulate signaling pathways and promote tumor development and progression. In this review, we discuss both types of PTPs: those that have tumor suppressor activities as well as those that act as oncogenes. We also discuss the potential of PTP inhibitors for cancer therapy. <i>Clin Cancer Res; 23(9); 2136-42. ©2017 AACR</i>.
Self-Catalyzed Epitaxial Growth of Vertical Indium Phosphide Nanowires on Silicon (2009)

Vertical indium phosphide nanowires have been grown epitaxially on silicon (111) by metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxy. Liquid indium droplets were formed in situ and used to catalyze deposition. For growth at 350 degrees C, about 70% of the wires were vertical, while the remaining ones were distributed in the 3 other <111> directions. The vertical fraction, growth rate, and tapering of the wires increased with temperature and V/III ratio. At 370 degrees C and V/III equal to 200, 100% of the wires were vertical with a density of approximately 1.0 x 10(9) cm(-2) and average dimensions of 3.9 mum in length, 45 nm in base width, and 15 nm in tip width. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy revealed that the wires were single-crystal zinc blende, although they contained a high density of rotational twins perpendicular to the <111> growth direction. The room temperature photoluminescence spectrum exhibited one peak centered at 912 +/- 10 nm with a FWHM of approximately 60 nm.
Suppression of parasitic oscillations in half-synchronic wave digital filters (1976)

In a previous paper simple rules had been derived which allow one to design arbitrary full-synchronic wave digital filters in such a way that neither overflow nor granularity oscillations can occur. These results are extended to half-synchronic wave digital filters.
3D Printing of Medicines: Engineering Novel Oral Devices with Unique Design and Drug Release Characteristics (2015)

Three dimensional printing (3D printing) was used to fabricate novel oral drug delivery devices with specialized design configurations. Each device was loaded with multiple actives, with the intent of applying this process to the production of personalized medicines tailored at the point of dispensing or use. A filament extruder was used to obtain drug-loaded--paracetamol (acetaminophen) or caffeine--filaments of poly(vinyl alcohol) with characteristics suitable for use in fused-deposition modeling 3D printing. A multinozzle 3D printer enabled fabrication of capsule-shaped solid devices containing the drug with different internal structures. The design configurations included a multilayer device, with each layer containing drug, whose identity was different to the drug in the adjacent layers, and a two-compartment device comprising a caplet embedded within a larger caplet (DuoCaplet), with each compartment containing a different drug. Raman spectroscopy was used to collect 2-dimensional hyper spectral arrays across the entire surface of the devices. Processing of the arrays using direct classical least-squares component matching to produce false color representations of distribution of the drugs was used. This clearly showed a definitive separation between the drug layers of paracetamol and caffeine. Drug release tests in biorelevant bicarbonate media showed unique drug release profiles dependent on the macrostructure of the devices. In the case of the multilayer devices, release of both paracetamol and caffeine was simultaneous and independent of drug solubility. With the DuoCaplet design, it was possible to engineer either rapid drug release or delayed release by selecting the site of incorporation of the drug in the device; the lag-time for release from the internal compartment was dependent on the characteristics of the external layer. The study confirms the potential of 3D printing to fabricate multiple-drug containing devices with specialized design configurations and unique drug release characteristics, which would not otherwise be possible using conventional manufacturing methods.
Restricted Trivariate Polycube Splines for Volumetric Data Modeling (2011)

This paper presents a volumetric modeling framework to construct a novel spline scheme called restricted trivariate polycube splines (RTP-splines). The RTP-spline aims to generalize both trivariate T-splines and tensor-product B-splines; it uses solid polycube structure as underlying parametric domains and strictly bounds blending functions within such domains. We construct volumetric RTP-splines in a top-down fashion in four steps: 1) Extending the polycube domain to its bounding volume via space filling; 2) building the B-spline volume over the extended domain with restricted boundaries; 3) inserting duplicate knots by adding anchor points and performing local refinement; and 4) removing exterior cells and anchors. Besides local refinement inherited from general T-splines, the RTP-splines have a few attractive properties as follows: 1) They naturally model solid objects with complicated topologies/bifurcations using a one-piece continuous representation without domain trimming/patching/merging. 2) They have guaranteed semistandardness so that the functions and derivatives evaluation is very efficient. 3) Their restricted support regions of blending functions prevent control points from influencing other nearby domain regions that stay opposite to the immediate boundaries. These features are highly desirable for certain applications such as isogeometric analysis. We conduct extensive experiments on converting complicated solid models into RTP-splines, and demonstrate the proposed spline to be a powerful and promising tool for volumetric modeling and other scientific/engineering applications where data sets with multiattributes are prevalent.
Properties Of Reflection Holograms Recorded In Polaroid's DMP-128 Photopolymer (1987)

Optical and microstructural properties of reflection holograms recorded in DMP-128 are reported. The optical properties are determined from transmission spectra of the holograms by ignoring the relatively small effects of light scattering and absorption. Microstructure is revealed by light and electron microscopic examination of hologram sections prepared either by diamond grit abrasion or by freeze fracture. Fringe planes are clearly seen with both sectioning procedures. The spacing between adjacent planes is strongly affected by processing conditions. Standard processing produces reflection holograms with fringe plane spacing that decreases continuously from the film:substrate interface to the film:air interface. These holograms have wide spectral bandwidths (100-200nm) and irregular band shapes. Narrow bandwidth holograms are produced from slightly more complicated processing steps. The optical properties of both types of holograms are compared to a theoretical model developed to account for nonuniform fringe plane spacing. Important experimental features such as spectral bandwidth and diffraction efficiency are readily explained by the theory and the observed microstructure.
Optimization using rational Bézier control points and weighting factors (2008)

Optimization of traditional optical systems involves defining a merit function and a corresponding set of variables. The variables are changed to configure the optical system for optimum performance as required from the merit function. The typical variables used in lens design codes for designing classical optical systems are surface curvature, conic constant, aspheric coefficients, thickness, and refractive indices. The surface curvature, conic constant and aspheric coefficients are related directly to a polynomial equation representation of the surface. However, sometimes these variables are not the best choice for optimization especially in illumination system design where the required optical prescription is in the form of computer aided design (CAD) geometrical representation. As an alternative to these traditional variables, optimization using rational Bézier control points and weighting factors as variables is proposed and explored in this paper. Non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBs) using the Bézier basis are natural, graphical design curves exhibiting end-point interpolation whose interior control points and weighting factors are ideal variables for optical system optimization. Furthermore, optical designs created with NURBS are already in the language of CAD and numerical control machining environments and do not require the troublesome process of converting polynomial surfaces to their parametric representations.
Spontaneous rupture of a dissection of the left ovarian artery. (2002)

A 53-year-old female was suddenly hospitalized with acute left lateral abdominal pain. There was no history of trauma to the abdomen. She had received no abdominal operation. X-ray showed a soft tissue shadow in the left flank which displaced the bowel shadows medially. Plain abdominal CT showed a left retroperitoneal hematoma. Dynamic abdominal CT showed an outflow of medium from a blood vessel in the hematoma. At laparotomy, the source of bleeding was found to be the left ovarian artery. The ovarian artery was dilated and meandered remarkably. The ovarian artery and vein were ligated proximally and left adenectomy was performed. The patient made an uneventful recovery. Histological examination suggested a spontaneous rupture of a dissection of the left ovarian artery.
Ablation rates and surface ultrastructure of 193 nm excimer laser keratectomies. (1993)

Our findings suggest that fluences less than those currently used in clinical trials (160-180 mJ) are capable of ablating tissue while producing thinner electron-dense pseudomembranes on the corneal surface. The relationship between pseudomembrane thickness and clinical factors such as reepithelialization and postoperative haze remains to be determined. Operating at lower fluences does have the advantages of allowing larger diameter ablations, reducing possible shockwave damage, and reducing the maintenance requirements for the laser.
Generation of high‐quality protein extracts from formalin‐fixed, paraffin‐embedded tissues (2009)

A wealth of information on proteins involved in many aspects of disease is encased within formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue repositories stored in hospitals worldwide. Recently, access to this "hidden treasure" is being actively pursued by the application of two main extraction strategies: digestion of the entangled protein matrix with generation of tryptic peptides, or decrosslinking and extraction of full-length proteins. Here, we describe an optimised method for extraction of full-length proteins from FFPE tissues. This method builds on the classical "antigen retrieval" technique used for immunohistochemistry, and allows generation of protein extracts with elevated and reproducible yields. In model animal tissues, average yields of 16.3 microg and 86.8 microg of proteins were obtained per 80 mm(2) tissue slice of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded skeletal muscle and liver, respectively. Protein extracts generated with this method can be used for the reproducible investigation of the proteome with a wide array of techniques. The results obtained by SDS-PAGE, western immunoblotting, protein arrays, ELISA, and, most importantly, nanoHPLC-nanoESI-Q-TOF MS of FFPE proteins resolved by SDS-PAGE, are presented and discussed. An evaluation of the extent of modifications introduced on proteins by formalin fixation and crosslink reversal, and their impact on quality of MS results, is also reported.
Nurturing Young Composers: exploring the Relationship Between Instruction and Transfer in 9-12 year-old Students (2005)

The goal of this qualitative action research study was to explore of transfer theories and research on children and composing in a general music classroom. I developed and field tested a curriculum based on transfer theories and the literature on children composing, designed to facilitate concept transfer from listening and performance tasks to small group composing tasks. The content included instruction on concepts, composing strategies, and collaboration. Four instructional units were taught to students in a Chicago summer enrichment program. Reflective analysis with expert observers at the end of each unit yielded tentative findings and new queries, which in turn allowed for instructional improvement and expand upon knowledge gained from prior research. Emergent themes related to teaching for transfer to composition tasks and reflections on transfer theories are presented, along with recommendations for future research
Evaluation and Management of Shoulder Pain in Primary Care Clinics (2010)

Shoulder pain is a frequent clinical problem facing primary care physicians. Despite its common occurrence, many clinicians are unfamiliar with the diagnosis and treatment of many common shoulder ailments. Because therapy for most shoulder disorders can be made at the initial consultation, a good history and physical remain paramount. The purpose of this paper is to review the basic approach to diagnosis and management of shoulder pain. It will summarize a pragmatic approach to the initial history, with particular attention to differentiating extrinsic and intrinsic etiologies. Physical exam techniques for evaluating shoulder pain will be reviewed, including provocation testing for specific disorders. Specific disorders covered include supraspinatus tendonitis, subdeltoid bursitis, frozen shoulder, biceps tendonitis, and acromioclavicular (AC) joint arthritis.
STAT-1 Interacts with p53 to Enhance DNA Damage-induced Apoptosis (2004)

The STAT-1 transcription factor has been implicated as a tumor suppressor by virtue of its ability to inhibit cell growth and promoting apoptosis. However, the mechanisms by which STAT-1 mediates these effects remain unclear. Using human and mouse STAT-1-deficient cells, we show here that STAT-1 is required for optimal DNA damage-induced apoptosis. The basal level of the p53 inhibitor Mdm2 is increased in STAT-1(-/-) cells, suggesting that STAT-1 is a negative regulator of Mdm2 expression. Correspondingly, both basal p53 levels, and those induced by DNA damage were lower in STAT-1(-/-) cells. In agreement with this lower p53 response to DNA damage in cells lacking STAT-1, the induction of p53 responsive genes, such as Bax, Noxa, and Fas, was reduced in STAT-1-deficient cells. Conversely, STAT-1 overexpression enhances transcription of these genes, an effect that is abolished if the p53 response element in their promoters is mutated. Moreover, STAT-1 interacts directly with p53, an association, which is enhanced following DNA damage. Therefore, in addition to negatively regulating Mdm2, STAT-1 also acts as a coactivator for p53. Hence STAT-1 is another member of a growing family of protein partners able to modulate the p53-activated apoptotic pathway.