Solution processable two-dimensional (2D) materials have provided an ideal platform for both fundamental studies and wearable electronic applications. Apart from graphene 2D dichalcogenides, IVA-VI metal monochalcogenides (MMCs) has emerged recently as a promising candidate next generation However, the dispersion behavior, which is crucial quality, solubility stability of MMCs, been quite unexp...

Abstract For components serving in high temperature, humidity, and salinity marine corrosive environment, it is vital to analyze the causes of corrosion behavior mechanisms. Metal matrix composites (MMCs) are commonly used materials for offshore equipment. In this work, factors MMCs environments analyzed from characteristics service mechanisms summarized. Graphene (Gr) has excellent comprehensi...

Melanomacrophage centres (MMCs) are aggregates of macrophages accumulating various pigments. They have been proposed as an indicator fish immune response. Blood flukes common parasites in farmed fish. Two cohorts wild Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyi) were examined at transfer, before treatment against blood (pre-treatment) and harvest. MMCs assessed histological sections using image anal...

Aluminium composites are extensively used in several industrial applications. The production of Metal Matrix Composite (MMCs) with varying wt. % reinforcement/s leads to enhancement wear and mechanical behavior. In the present work, TiB2 constant CeO2 particulates were reinforced Al6061 alloy manufacture hybrid Al MMCs by Vortex (Stircasting) technique. Developed hotrolled at 515°C temperature....

Angiotensin II (Ang II) has diverse effects on the glomerular tuft such as regulation of glomerular hemodynamics and stimulation of mesangial cell growth, and may be one pivotal factor in the progression of renal disease. In order to locally inactivate Ang II, we overexpressed aminopeptidase A (E.C. 3.4.11.7; ATA), a peptidase involved in the conversion of Ang II into angiotensin III, in a mous...

properties investigation of poled (1-x)Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-xBaTiO3 ceramics Jian Wang, Yun Liu, Ray L. Withers, Andrew Studer, Qian Li, Lasse Norén, and Yiping Guo Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT0200, Australia Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, NSW 2232, Australia State Key Laboratory of MMC...

Binding of the cardiac hormone atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) to transmembrane guanylyl cyclase/natriuretic peptide receptor-A (GC-A/NPRA), produces the intracellular second messenger cGMP in target cells. To delineate the critical role of an endocytic signal in intracellular sorting of the receptor, we have identified a FQQI (Phe(790), Gln(791), Gln(792), and Ile(793)) motif in the carboxyl-...

INTRODUCTION The poor intrinsic healing capacity of articular cartilage and the limited number of cells available for transplantation have engendered much interest in the development of an alternative source of chondrocytes for tissue engineering applications. One such cell population is multipotential mesenchymal cells (MMCs), which are readily obtained from bone marrow and may be induced to d...

BACKGROUND Accumulating evidences suggest that aldose reductase (AR) inhibitors and advanced glycation end product (AGE) formation inhibitors may prevent chronic hyperglycemia-induced long-term complication in diabetes. Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-β1) plays an important role in the development of diabetic nephropathy. Allium species have been utilized in folk medicine throughout the w...