OBJECTIVES To evaluate optical coherence tomographic elastography as a method for assessing the elastic properties of atherosclerotic plaque and the parameters that influence interpretation. METHODS Phantoms and aorta were examined in vitro to quantify speckle modulation and measure the displacement and strain maps. A correlation method was used as a speckle tracking technique for measuring a...

Studies were conducted on 20 rice hybrids with checks to assess the genetic variability, heritability and correlation among the genotypes for fifteen grain quality characters and grain yield. Seeds collected from the thirteen hybrids and check varieties were used for grain quality analysis. To assess the cooking qualities, a total of 30 unbroken milled grains were measured for their length and ...

A structural model for intermediate sized silicon clusters is proposed that is able to generate unique structures without any dangling bonds. This structural model consists of bulk-like core of five atoms surrounded by fullerene-like surface. Reconstruction of the ideal fullerene geometry results in the formation of crown atoms surrounded by π-bonded dimer pairs. This model yields unique struct...

One medium-grain rice variety, six long-grain varieties, and two long-grain hybrids, harvested from 13.4 to 26.0% moisture content (MC) from Keiser, Ark., Stuttgart, Ark., and Alvin, Texas, were used to determine the influence of harvest location and MC on kernel-to-kernel breaking force distributions (BFDs). Harvest MC affected BFDs, however, a greater influence was imposed by the growing loca...

Range-separated methods combining a short-range density functional with long-range random phase approximations (RPAs) with or without exchange response kernel are tested on rare-gas dimers and the S22 benchmark set of weakly interacting complexes of Jurecka et al. [Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 8, 1985 (2006)]. The methods are also compared to full-range RPA approaches. Both range separation and incl...

Previous research into memory forensics has focused on understanding the structure and contents of the kernel space portions of physical memory, and mostly ignored the contents of the user space. This paper describes the results of a survey of user space virtual address allocations in the Windows XP and Windows 7 operating systems, comprehensively identifying the kernel and user space metadata ...

Almond (Prunus amygdalus Batsch) kernel composition is a basic aspect for almond quality evaluation, but, with the exception of kernel taste, only nut and kernel physical traits have been considered so far in almond evaluation. Kernel bitterness, due to the presence of amygdalin, has been thoroughly studied from the physiological and genetic points of view, but not the other chemical traits, wh...

Various dieldrin water-dispersible powder formulations have been subjected to elevated temperature storage and the effect on their suspensibilities compared. The Shell Chemical Company's 50% dieldrin formulation AC 1630 was recommended for use in the malaria control programmes of the International Cooperation Administration rather than its 50% formulation AC 1631, on the basis of superior perfo...