OBJECTIVES The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that long-term dietary supplementation with the nitric oxide precursor L-arginine would enhance vascular or platelet-derived nitric oxide activity, or both, and thereby inhibit platelet reactivity in hypercholesterolemic humans. BACKGROUND We have shown that reduced vascular activity of nitric oxide in hypercholesterolemic rabbi...

BACKGROUND Ticagrelor outperforms clopidogrel in preventing cardiovascular events in acute coronary syndrome. Despite the inclusion of a loading dose in the Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes (PLATO) trial for all patients randomized to ticagrelor, it may not be necessary in patients receiving ongoing clopidogrel therapy. The aim of the present study was to assess whether a ticagrelor loa...

The transmittance spectrum of halftone prints on paper is predicted thanks to a model inspired by the Yule-Nielsen modified spectral Neugebauer model used for reflectance predictions. This model is well adapted for semi-opaque printing supports and applicable to duplex prints. Model parameters are obtained by a few transmittance measurements on calibration patches printed at one side of the pap...

Near-field, broadband optical spectroscopy of metamaterials is reported. A compact, easy to assemble supercontinuum light source, coupled with a near-field scanning optical microscope and spectrometer provide the means to locally probe the spectral response of a nanorod metamaterial sample. Spectral maps of near-field transmittance are obtained for the spectral range from 500 to 950 nm. In comp...

Tien-Lung Chiu (SID Student Member) Haiqing Xianyu (SID Member) Zhibing Ge Jiun-Haw Lee (SID Member) Kou-Chen Liu Shin-Tson Wu (SID Fellow) Abstract — A high-transmittance transflective device based on a hybrid structure consisting of a transparent organic light-emitting diode (OLED) stacked on top of a reflective liquid-crystal device (RLCD) was conceptually demonstrated. By placing the transp...

We propose a transparent conductive oxide electrode scheme of gallium oxide nanoparticle mixed with a single-walled carbon nanotube (Ga2O3 NP/SWNT) layer for deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes using spin and dipping methods. We investigated the electrical, optical and morphological properties of the Ga2O3 NP/SWNT layers by increasing the thickness of SWNTs via multiple dipping processes. Co...

This work demonstrates that metal nanowires in a percolating network can reversibly slide across one another. Reversible sliding allows networks of metal nanowires to maintain electrical contact while being stretched to strains greater than the fracture strain for individual nanowires. This phenomenon was demonstrated by using networks of nanowires as compliant electrodes for a dielectric elast...