The radiation damage induced in cerium dioxide CeO2 and cerium-gadolinium mixed oxides (Ce, Gd)O2-x was studied by micro-Raman spectroscopy diffuse UV-visible reflectance spectroscopy. Sintered samples of undoped for 1 mol% 5 Gd2O3 were irradiated at room temperature with 2.5-MeV Ar2+ 12-MeV Ar4+ ions up to high fluences (i.e. × 1014 cm−2 2.1 respectively). Raman spectra show that no amorphizat...

DNA microarray analysis is an effective method to detect unintended effects by detecting differentially expressed genes (DEG) in safety assessment of genetically modified (GM) crops. With the aim to reveal the distribution of DEG of GM crops under different conditions, we performed DNA microarray analysis using transgenic rice Huahui 1 (HH1) and its non-transgenic parent Minghui 63 (MH63) at di...

1. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of a plantarflexor maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) on Achilles tendon moment arm length. 2. Sagittal magnetic resonance (MR) images of the right ankle were taken in six subjects both at rest and during a plantarflexor MVC in the supine position at a knee angle of 90 deg and at ankle angles of -30 deg (dorsiflexed direction), -15 ...

Inertial motion sensors (IMSs) combine three sensors to produce a reportedly stable and accurate orientation estimate in three dimensions. Although accuracy has been reported within the range of 2 deg of error by manufacturers, the sensors are rarely tested in the challenging motion present in human motion. Their accuracy was tested in static, quasistatic, and dynamic situations against gold-st...