The hydrated dielectron is a highly correlated, two-electron, solvent-supported state consisting of two spin-paired electrons confined to a single cavity in liquid water. Although dielectrons have been predicted to exist theoretically and have been used to explain the lack of ionic strength effect in the bimolecular reaction kinetics of hydrated electrons, they have not yet been observed direct...

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Despite the existence of highly sensitive tests, inconclusive serological results are frequent in chronic chagasic infection. This study aimed to define a diagnostic conduct for 30 individuals with inconclusive serology (G3) for chagasic infection assisted at the Outpatient Unit for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases of the Botucatu School of Medicine. Twenty-one individuals with negative serolo...

BACKGROUND Immunotherapy with paternal lymphocytes plays an important role in preventing recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) and is an effective treatment for it. This kind of treatment is performed as an immunotherapy method in several centers in the world. It attributes to the production of anti-paternal cytotoxic antibodies (APCAs) in women with RSA. Production of APCA after lymphocyte immu...

The “lit search sketch”, or initial literature search, should identify key references and place them within the context of the thesis. Especially important are works which directly address the thesis or claim. This strawman lit search sketch imagines a thesis recounting the development of the idea described in the title. That is, it’s an expository thesis, for which the lit search is a large pa...

This paper describes various illumination and image processing techniques for yarn characterization. Darkfield and back-lit illuminations are compared in terms of depth of field tolerance and image quality. Experiments show that back-lit illumination is superior in terms of depth of field tolerance and contrast. Three different back-lit illumination configurations are studied: one simply employ...

The major hydraulic phase in all the calcium aluminate cements including ciment fondue is CA (CaAl2O4). Once hydrated, it starts to form the hexagonal crystals of CAH10 and C2AH8 that depending on the time and temperature of hydration convert to the cubic crystals of C3AH6 and AH3. The nature, sequence, ...

Fig. 1: X-ray diffraction patterns in a range of diffraction angle from 12 to 52° (2θ) of a hydrated IDP L2036E23. Introduction: Chondritic hydrated interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) comprise up to 50% of all IDPs collected in the stratosphere[1]. Although much is known about the mineralogy, chemistry and carbon abundance of hydrated IDPs [2-4] controversies still exist regarding their forma...