Apparent Negative Stiffness Induced by Constriction

Quantification of magnetically induced changes in ECM local apparent stiffness.

The stiffness of the extracellular matrix (ECM) is known to influence cell behavior. The ability to manipulate the stiffness of ECM has important implications in understanding how cells interact mechanically with their microenvironment. This article describes an approach to manipulating the stiffness ECM, whereby magnetic beads are embedded in the ECM through bioconjugation between the streptav...

Negative apparent chargeability in time-domain induced polarisation data

Exercise-induced airway constriction.

J. E. COTES Breathlessness is one of a number of symptoms which may limit exercise; it usually does so when the ventilation during exercise approaches a maximal value which is determined by interaction between the drive to respiration and the mechanical properties of the lung. Assessment is based in the first instance on the clinical interview and simple measurements of lung function. Depending...

Curved apparent motion induced by amodal completion.

We investigated whether amodal completion can bias apparent motion (AM) to deviate from its default straight path toward a longer curved path, which would violate the well-established principle that AM follows the shortest possible path. Observers viewed motion sequences of two alternating rectangular tokens positioned at the ends of a semicircular occluder, with varying interstimulus intervals...

Apparent culture-negative prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Peptostreptococcus magnus.

In two patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Peptostreptococcus magnus, blood cultures in the BacT/Alert and BACTEC 9240 systems were signal negative. The capability of the BacT/Alert system to detect various Peptostreptococcus species was assessed. P. magnus and P. anaerobius could not be detected, and subcultures remained negative. The growth in conventional media of these two sp...