Quantitation of immune deposit formation in glomeruli and correlation with immunohistologic and functional changes has been accomplished only in models of anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody-induced nephritis, or indirectly in immune complex disease by measuring radiolabeled antigen deposition. The kinetics of subepithelial immune deposit formation and the relationship between the quanti...

Kinetics of the deposition process of k -mers in the presence of desorption or/and diffusional relaxation of particles is studied by Monte Carlo method on a one-dimensional lattice. For reversible deposition of k-mers, we find that after the initial "jamming," a stretched exponential growth of the coverage theta(t) toward the steady-state value theta(eq) occurs, i.e., theta(eq)-theta(t) is prop...

Landscape redistribution of soil C is common within agricultural ecosystems. Little is known about the effects of upland sediment deposition on C dynamics within riparian wetlands. To assess sedimentation impact, we obtained profile samples of wetland soil and used the combination of (137)Cs, (210)Pb, and (14)C chronological markers to determine rates of C sequestration and mineral deposition o...

A stagnation point flow (SPF) setup was used to directly observe the deposition kinetics of colloidal particles onto micropatterned glass surfaces with welldefined surface charge heterogeneity features. The SPF system consists of a microscope focused on a small collector surface area, with an automated computer controlled image-capturing device comprising a CCD camera. Surface charge heterogene...

Copper was deposited onto rotating Si substrates by galvanic displacement in 6.0M NH4F to determine the effects of Cu complex formation on deposition rates. Deposition rates decreased with increasing rotation speed, indicating that Cu(I) intermediates, stabilized by NH3, diffuse away from the Cu surface before they reduce to Cu(0). UV–visible spectra of contacting solutions and direct measureme...

The use of interfacial layers to stabilize the lithium surface is a popular research direction for improving morphology deposited and suppressing dendrite formation. This work considers different approach controlling formation where plated underneath an coating. In present research, Li–Sn intermetallic was chosen as model system due its lithium-rich phases high Li diffusivity. These coatings al...

Urea kinetics were measured in 2 experiments, with treatments designed to change protein deposition by the animal. Our hypothesis was that increased protein deposition by cattle (Bos taurus) would reduce urea production and recycling to the gastrointestinal tract. Urea kinetics were measured by continuous intravenous infusion of (15)N(15)N-urea followed by measurement of enrichment in urinary u...

Cryptococcus neoformans capsular glucuronoxylomannan (GXM) is shed during cryptococcosis and taken up by macrophages. The roles of the putative GXM receptors CD14, CD18, Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), and TLR4 in GXM clearance from serum and deposition in the liver and spleen in receptor-deficient mice were studied. While alterations in the kinetics of GXM redistribution were seen in the mutant m...