Sublethal injury triggers long-lasting sensitization of defensive responses in most species examined, suggesting the involvement of powerful evolutionary selection pressures [1]. In humans, this persistent nociceptive sensitization is often accompanied by heightened sensations of pain and anxiety [2]. While experimental [3] and clinical [4] evidence support the adaptive value of immediate nocic...

This study presents the first target strength measurements of Dosidicus gigas, a large squid that is a key predator, a significant prey, and the target of an important fishery. Target strength of live, tethered squid was related to mantle length with values standardized to the length squared of -62.0, -67.4, -67.9, and -67.6 dB at 38, 70, 120, and 200 kHz, respectively. There were relatively sm...

Using jet propulsion, squid can swim at high speed or at low speed with good maneuverability, which makes them quiet valuable to be studied for biomimetic purposes. Vortex rings usually occur in the highly-unsteady jet flow in squid, and they play quite important roles in the jet propulsion of squid. This paper tries to investigate the squid jet structure by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) a...

The amino acid sequence was determined for squid calcium-binding protein (CaBP), a low molecular weight, high affinity calcium-binding protein from squid optic lobe. The sequence shows this protein to consist of 149 amino acids with an N-acetylated N terminus. The protein has a molecular weight of 16,894 and is homologous to calmodulin, which is also present in squid optic lobe (Head, J. F., Sp...

BACKGROUND India ink microscopy on cerebrospinal fluid is still utilized in resource limited settings for the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis despite its poor sensitivity. We hypothesized that staining fungal nucleic acids with fluorescent dyes instead of the capsule with India ink might improve sensitivity for the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis. METHODS We enrolled 96 HIV-infected...

One of the complex tasks in mass production of RF electronics is printing the communication antenna using electrically conductive ink. For example, this is very common for radiofrequency identification (RFID) tags. Electrical properties of the ink are mostly determined by conductive (e.g. silver) particles mixed into the ink solution and the way they ‘connect’ in the cured ink. It is also desir...

This paper is divided into two parts with the aim to compare visco-elastic structure relaxation of a presheared offset ink with observed ink tack development on a representative absorbent multi-coated paper. The methods used include oscillatory and shear rheometry in part I, and comparison with the SeGan Ink Surface Interaction Tester (ISIT) in part II. By diluting the ink with mineral oil, a p...

We have developed a highly scalable application, called Shoal, for tracking and utilizing a distributed set of HTTP web caches. Our application uses the Squid HTTP cache. Squid servers advertise their existence to the Shoal server via AMQP messaging by running Shoal Agent. The Shoal server provides a simple REST interface that allows clients to determine their closest Squid cache. Our goal is t...

Recent experiments on superconducting loops have demonstrated coherent superpositions between macroscopic quantum states. In the experiment of the superconducting persistent-current qubit, a dc SQUID measures the magnetic flux generated by the persistent currents of the macroscopic quantum states. Due to the inductive interaction between the qubit and the SQUID, the SQUID has various back effec...