OBJECTIVE β-Cells have demonstrated altered proinsulin processing after islet transplantation. We compare β-cell metabolic responses and proinsulin processing in pancreas and islet transplant recipients with respect to healthy control subjects. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We studied 15 islet and 32 pancreas transplant recipients. Islet subjects were subdivided into insulin-requiring (IR-ISL, ...

− The influence of IR radiation diffraction upon geometrical resolution of the IR line scanner has been analysed in the paper. Analysis of IR line scanner properties in band 3 – 5 μm and 8 – 12 μm proved that when applying the aperture diaphragms the influence of the radiant diffraction upon geometrical resolution may be significant. This influence is stronger for larger fnumbers N in the appli...

An activated carbon (AC) with a high surface area of 4320.7 m2/g was synthesized via the chemical and thermal processing walnut residues. The resulting charcoal characterized by various techniques, including Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), IR spectroscopy. prepared studied for its capacity to adsorb CO2 gas. When exposed 60 min in closed chamber at atm...

We describe USGS topomapping of Mars at resolutions from 100 m to 30 μm with data from the latest spacecraft missions. Analysis of NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) data combining daytime visible reflected, daytime IR emitted, and nighttime IR emitted images allows us to isolate the physical effects of topography, albedo, and thermal inertia. To a good approximatio...

We investigate use of nanomechanical torsional resonators for frequency-shift-based infrared (IR) thermal sensing. Nanoscale torsion rods, ~1 μm long and 50-100 nm in diameter, provide both extraordinary thermal isolation and excellent angular displacement and torque sensitivities, of order ~10(-7) rad·Hz(-1/2) and ~10(-22) (N·m) Hz(-1/2), respectively. Furthermore, these nanorods act as linear...

A thermal imaging system using an infrared (IR) camera was incorporated in the fabrication process of an Arcam A2 Electron Beam Melting system to provide layer-by-layer feedback and ensure quality and defect free products. Using the IR camera, build chamber surface temperature profiles were imaged and analyzed, providing information used to modify build settings for the next build layer. Indivi...

In this paper, we used a freeform lens in a long-wave, un-cooled, refractive infrared (IR) thermal imager and present the design strategy and test results. This optical system is composed of only one freeform lens and several spheres. It can correct the distortion issue inherent to wide field-of-view systems more effectively, and achieve a better thermal imaging performance simultaneously compa...

A quantitative measurement method with FT-IR was proposed for a thermal degradation analysis of nitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR). An NBR film was prepared as a model sample on a barium fluoride (BaF2) crystal plate, which was subjected to a heat treatment. The absorbances of various functional groups were measured directly by FT-IR after thermal degradation at high temperatures. By measuring the ...

Coordination compounds of some transition metal ions with 2-acetylpyridene-o-hydroxybenzoylhydrazone (APo-OHBH) were synthesized. Their structures have been characterised by elemental analyses, electrical conductance, magnetic moments (at 25 degrees C) and spectral (IR, UV, NMR) studies. The fast atom bombardment (FAB) method was used for obtaining mass spectra of the positive ion FAB studies o...

in this research, so3h-functionalizedphthalimide (sfp) has been prepared through simple reaction of phthalimide with chlorosulfonic acid, and characterized using ft-ir, 1h nmr, 13c nmr, sem (scanning electron microscopy), mass and tg (thermal gravimetric) spectra. afterward, the solid acid has been utilized as an efficient, green, heterogeneous and recyclable catalyst for the solvent-free synth...