Experiments on DIII-D have demonstrated the ecacy of using induced scrape-o€-layer (SOL) ̄ow to preferentially enrich impurities in the divertor plasma. This SOL ̄ow is produced through simultaneous deuterium gas injection at the midplane and divertor exhaust. Using this SOL ̄ow, an improvement in enrichment (de®ned as the ratio of impurity fraction in the divertor to that in the plasma core) ...

Amoeboid locomotion is one of the typical modes of biological cell migration. Cytoplasmic sol-gel conversion of an actomyosin system is thought to play an important role in locomotion. However, the mechanisms underlying sol-gel conversion, including trigger, signal, and regulating factors, remain unclear. We developed a novel model system in which an actomyosin fraction moves like an amoeba in ...

We use a standard of living (SoL) approach to estimate older people’s disability costs, using data on 8000 individuals from the U.K. Family Resources Survey. We extend previous research in two ways. First, by allowing for a more flexible relationship between SoL and income, the structure of the estimated disability cost and equivalence scale is not dictated by a restrictive functional form assu...

the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of various treatments with filter-aids on pomegranate juice quality. the pomegranate used in this study was malas variety. different treatments in cold clarification method attempted were pectolitic enzyme, pectolitic enzyme-gelatin-bentonit, pectolitic enzyme-gelatin-silica sol, pectolitic enzyme-gelatin-bentonit-silica sol, gelatin-benton...

Canadian researchers are now trying to exploit much more energy from solar sources, hydropower, wind, and biomass. Given the fact that reducing the carbon pollutant level is a political priority in Canada, this paper studies the feasibility of providing sanitary hot water and space heating demands of a four-member family in 10 provinces in this country. The feasibility analysis was performed by...

Ankle clonus is common after spinal cord injury (SCI) and is attributed to loss of supraspinally mediated inhibition of soleus stretch reflexes and maladaptive reorganization of spinal reflex pathways. The maladaptive reorganization underlying ankle clonus is associated with other abnormalities, such as coactivation and reciprocal facilitation of tibialis anterior (TA) and soleus (SOL), which c...

Recent studies suggest a role for sleep and sleep problems in the etiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and a recent model about the working mechanism of sensori-motor rhythm (SMR) neurofeedback, proposed that this intervention normalizes sleep and thus improves ADHD symptoms such as inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity. In this study we compared adult ADHD patients (...

We have fabricated high quality sol-gel derived silicate and aluminoborosilicate thin films deposited on silicon substrates. From capacitance vs voltage measurements we observe low interface trap densities (<10H/cm2eV) and very low densities of slow interface state (<101~ 2) in most films investigated. We have been able to make significant improvements over previous sol-gel derived oxides on si...

A microfluidic chip that integrates a sol-gel derived affinity column with a microheater is developed. This microchip includes five electric heaters covered with patterned PMMA for individual heat elution from five sol-gels with target molecules. This study is the first to demonstrate the detection of proteinaptamer interactions on the sol-gel microfluidic system and further describes possible ...