A vacuum microplasma spray system, operating on gross power levels of 1-3 kW, with powder feed rates below 1 g/min and using plasma gas mixtures of argon and hydrogen, was built and tested. In order to improve the deposition efficiency and quality of coatings, the system was analyzed and the matter of particle entrainment into the plasma jet core was identified as a critical sub-process. Partic...

Thermal and environmental barrier coatings are important components of current and future energy systems. Such coatings – applied to hot, metallic surfaces in combustors, heat exchanger and turbines – increase the allowable operating temperature and increase the efficiency of the energy system. Because of its low thermal conductivity and high thermal expansion yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) i...

Background: Platelet preparations have been used for a wide variety of clinical applications such as hemorrhage, tissue engineering and cellular therapy. Platelet concentrates can be prepared by the apheresis method or from the whole blood using the Buffy-coat or Platelet-rich plasma methods. The purpose of this study was to compare four variations of platelet-rich plasma method based on double...

An antigen-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed to detect and measure isometamidium chloride in the plasma of Oncorhynchus tshawytscha and 0. mykiss. Isometamidium-ovalbunlin conjugate and anti-isometamidium antibodies were used to coat polystyrene plates. The peroxidase saturation technique was used to optirnize the coating antigen concentration; it demonstrated low ...

A regional specialization of the cell surface of T. cruzi culture forms was found at the cytostome as a localized thick surface coat rich in carbohydrate-containing components. The prominent surface coat was located over a region of the plasma membrane where intramembranous particles were exceedingly low in number. In turn, the particle-poor region was related to specialized submembrane fibrils...

We analyzed the pharmacokinetics of C3G on data from twelve subjects, after 2-week multiple dosing of black bean (Phaseolus vulgaris, Cheongjakong-3-ho) seed coat extract, using the mixed effect analysis method (NONMEM, Ver. 6.2), as well as the conventional non-compartmental method. We also examined the safety and tolerability. The PK analysis used plasma concentrations of the C3G on day 1 and...

PURPOSE For many years research has been conducted on the development of resorbable, polymer, haemostatic materials designed to provide first aid and preliminary protection of injuries. The biological properties in vitro of a dressing in powder form called Hemoguard are expected to provide the ability to instantaneously stem bleeding with safe conditions of use. The aim of the study was to eval...

The influence on top layer coatability by different surface characteristics of dispersion coated barrier layers was studied. The barrier layer consisted of platy pigments such as talc and kaolin combined with different amounts and types of latexes. Coating of the top coat was carried out using reverse gravure technique where the dispersion consisting of mineral pigments and latex is applied und...

The plasma membrane of the African sleeping sickness parasite Trypanosoma brucei is covered with a dense, protective surface coat. This surface coat is a monolayer of five million variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) dimers that form a macromolecular diffusion barrier. The surface coat protects the parasite from the innate immune system and, through antigenic variation, the specific host immune r...