the growth rate and uniformity of carbon nano tubes (cnts) based on chemical vapor deposition (cvd) technique is investigated by using a numerical model. in this reactor, inlet gas mixture, including xylene as carbon source and mixture of argon and hydrogen as  carrier gas enters into a horizontal cvd reactor at atmospheric pressure. based on the gas phase and surface reactions, released carbon...

background and objective: prostate cancer is a prevalent disease around the world. the prostatic specific antigen (psa) test has recently proved itself as a useful method for the diagnosis and examination of patients with prostatic cancer. the objective of this study was to compare the stability of free psa and total psa in different storage settings. materials and methods: samples were obtaine...