We report an unusual homopolymer vesicle, which has a soft bilayer membrane composed of oligo(ethyleneoxy) side chains (OEs) with a gradually decreased packing density from the centre of the membrane to both margins, exhibiting thermo-responsive zeta potential and dispersibility and showing potential applications for anti-cancer drug delivery.

The concept of`measurement' becomes so fuzzy on reeection that it is quite surprising to have it appearing in physical theory at the most fundamental level.. .. D]oes not any analysis of measurement require concepts more fundamental than measurement? And should not the fundamental theory be about these more fundamental concepts? (Bell 1981 1, page 117])

Graduate Institute of Microbiology and Public Health, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OES, UK Department of Forestry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan e Teaching Hospital of V...

An automated sample introduction system, utilizing a demountable direct injection high-efficiency nebulizer (d-DIHEN), is successfully incorporated for the first time with an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES) for the measurement of the phosphorus content in acid-digested nucleotides and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). With this experimental setup, the solution upta...

UNLABELLED The aim of this study was to identify the physiological mechanisms of exertional respiratory discomfort (breathlessness) in pregnancy by comparing ventilatory (breathing pattern, airway function, operating lung volumes, oesophageal pressure (P(oes))-derived indices of respiratory mechanics) and perceptual (breathlessness intensity) responses to incremental cycle exercise in 15 young,...

Silicon nitride (Si3N4) etching using CF4/O2 mixed with N2 has become very popular in 3D NAND flash structures. However, studies on Si3N4 dry based optical emission spectroscopy (OES) are lacking; particular, no study reported the use of OES for analyzing N2-mixed plasma. Thus, this demonstrates an OES-based approach a mixed-gas plasma thin films. The state each single gas CF4, O2, and as well ...

The thermoacidophilic iron-oxidizing archaeon Acidianus brierleyi is a microorganism that could be useful in the removal of inorganic As from wastewater, because it simultaneously oxidizes As(III) and Fe(II) to As(V) and Fe(III) in an acidic culture medium, resulting in the immobilization of As(V) as FeAsO₄. To investigate the oxidation mechanism, speciation of the As species in both the cells ...