In most methods proposed for the assessment of fetal lung maturity, amniotic fluid is subjected to a preliminary low-speed centrifugation in an attempt to separate whole cells and cell debris from lung-derived surfactant phospholipid (lamellar body phospholipid). However, because lamellar body phospholipid is present in amniotic fluid in a membranous or particulate form, it is also partly sedim...

Tapping mode atomic force microscopy was used to investigate the lamellar morphology of poly(l-lactide) and two poly(l-lactide-co-meso-lactide) random copolymers containing 3% and 6% meso-lactide. Samples were isothermally crystallized at selected temperatures, and qualitative and quantitative analyses of lamellar structure were performed using height and phase images. This is the first study o...

In a diblock copolymer system the free energy field depends non-locally on the monomerdensity field. In addition there are two positive parameters in the constitutive relation. One ofthem is small with respect to which we do singular perturbation analysis. The second one isof order 1 with respect to which we do bifurcation analysis. Combining the two techniques wefind wriggl...

A simple, rapid micro-method, suitable for use in a routine clinical laboratory, is described for isolating a surfactant fraction from 0.1 mL of human amniotic fluid and measuring its phospholipid content. We determined the phospholipid content of this fraction, referred to as "lamellar body phospholipid," in 451 samples of amniotic fluid collected within two days of delivery and related the da...

OBJECTIVE To describe a surgical modification of deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK) and posterior lamellar keratoplasty (PLK) procedures, to facilitate surgery on standing horses under-sedation. ANIMALS STUDIED Four client-owned horses, for which the owners declined surgery under general anesthesia, underwent standing corneal lamellar keratoplasty procedures for the treatment of de...

Typical SAXS profiles and lamellar spacing d as a function of shear rate for the system with B/H=0.30 at T=25◦C are shown in fig. 1. This systems shows the orientation transition at γ̇c/a=300s −1 (see Fig. 6 in the main text). Lamellar spacing d at B/H=0.30 slightly decreases with increase in the shear rate, while at B/H=0.32 it slightly reduces at low shear rate and stays almost constant at hig...

BACKGROUND Postblepharoplasty lower eyelid retraction (PBLER) has been linked to anterior lamellar shortage, unaddressed eyelid laxity, and middle lamellar scarring. The authors believe there are other, less-appreciated physical findings (orbicularis weakness, negative-vector eyelid, and inferior eyelid/orbit volume deficit) that also influence the development and potentially the management of ...

We presented a case of full-thickness macular hole progressing into lamellar macular hole as seen in the spectral domain optical coherence tomography. Short review of the literature regarding the pathogenesis of lamellar hole was presented and discussed.