T-cell expression of programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) down-regulates the immune response against malignancy by interacting with cognate ligands (eg, PDL1) on tumor cells; however, little is known regarding PD-1 and natural killer (NK) cells. NK cells exert cytotoxicity against multiple myeloma (MM), an effect enhanced through novel therapies. We show that NK cells from MM patients express PD-...

Layered transition-metal chalcogenides have emerged as a fascinating new class of materials for catalysis. Here, we present periodic density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the adsorption of thiophene and the direct desulfurization reaction pathways on the (001), (011), and (111) surfaces of layered FeS. The fundamental aspects of the thiophene adsorption, including the initial adsorpti...

Wurtzite ZnO thin films with different epitaxial relationships are obtained on as-received and etched (001), (011), and (111) SrTiO3 (STO) by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). ZnO films exhibit nonpolar (1120) orientation with in-plane orientation relationship of <0001>ZnO//<110>STO on as-received (001) STO, and polar c-axis growth with <1100>ZnO//<110>STO on etched (001) STO sub...

Abstract The electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) method was applied in order to fabricate rectangular-shaped NiTi component. process performed using an welding system wire feeder inside the vacuum chamber. containing 50.97 at.% Ni and showing martensitic transformation near room temperature used. It allowed obtain a good quality material consisting of columnar grains elongated into buil...

We demonstrate, with simple examples from theoretical physics, the utility of doing numerical and symbolic manipulations with the aid of our computer program PhySix. The latter is a very small single-file executable application under Windows, with a code language very much (though not exactly) similar to Mathematica. A copy of the current version of PhySix is embedded in this article, and can b...

In the crystal, mol-ecules of the centrosymmetric title compound, C12H4Br2F4N2, are linked into strands along [011] by weak C-H⋯F contacts. Furthermore, the mol-ecules are π-π stacked with perpendicular ring distances of 3.4530 (9) Å.

The solid-phase epitaxial growth kinetics of amorphized (011) Si with application of in-plane 2 11 1⁄2 uniaxial stress to magnitude of 0.9 0.1 GPa were studied. Tensile stresses did not appreciably change the growth velocity compared with the stress-free case, whereas compression tended to retard the growth velocity to approximately one-half the stress-free value. The results are explained usin...

The rutile TiO2(011) surface exhibits a (2 × 1) reconstruction when prepared by standard techniques in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV). Here we report that a restructuring occurs upon exposing the surface to liquid water at room temperature. The experiment was performed in a dedicated UHV system, equipped for direct and clean transfer of samples between UHV and liquid environment. After exposure to liqu...

Introduction Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) is characterized by periodic fever, cutaneous rash, conjunctivitis, lymphadenopathy, abdominal pain, myalgia, and arthralgia. It is a rare autosomal dominant disease and strongly associated with heterozygous mutations in the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor super family 1A (TNFRSF1A) gene. The great diversity o...