whose revenues continue to increase, the society remains in outstanding financial health. Society membership increased during FY 2012: membership-only subscriptions increased from 456 in 2011 to 732 in 2012, while society membership + journal subscriptions increased from 239 in 2011 to 313 in 2012. The society used its income to publish its two journals, MBE and GBE, and to support its annual m...

High-quality GaN epitaxial films have been grown on Si substrates with Al buffer layer by the combination of molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technologies. MBE is used to grow Al buffer layer at first, and then PLD is deployed to grow GaN epitaxial films on the Al buffer layer. The surface morphology, crystalline quality, and interfacial property of as-grown GaN ep...

Abstract Nakagami- m parametric imaging has been used for and detection of coagulation zone in microwave ablation. In order to improve the image smoothness accuracy detection, multi-pyramid coarse-to-fine bowman iteration (MCB) method was proposed compared with traditional moment-based estimator (MBE) method. Phantom simulations showed that MCB could obtain better higher lateral target size tha...

The Vietnamese are a quickly growing, important part of the Texas population. Breast cancer is known to have different biologic characteristics in Vietnamese women. In order to develop appropriate intervention and screening strategies, we conducted a study of barriers to cervical and breast screening in Vietnamese women in Harris County, Tex. Our objective was to characterize the demographic fa...

Polycomb-group (PcG) proteins mediate repression of developmental regulators in a reversible manner, contributing to their spatiotemporally regulated expression. However, it is poorly understood how PcG-repressed genes are activated by developmental cues. Here, we used the mouse Meis2 gene as a model to identify a role of a tissue-specific enhancer in removing PcG from the promoter. Meis2 repre...

Because of the aging infrastructure, methods are explored by which reliability existing bridges and viaducts can be assessed. In cases in limited information structure is available or its condition concern, proof load testing may used to demonstrate sufficient live carrying capacity. Proof tests U.S.A. typically performed using Manual for Bridge Evaluation (MBE) published American Association S...

We report on realization and transport spectroscopy study of single quantum dots (QDs) made from InSb nanowires grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The nanowires employed are 50-80 nm in diameter and the QDs are defined in the nanowires between the source and drain contacts on a Si/SiO2 substrate. We show that highly tunable QD devices can be realized with the MBE-grown InSb nanowires and th...

Accurate partitioning of the evaporation (E) and transpiration (T) components of evapotranspiration (ET) in remote sensing models is important for evaluating strategies aimed at increasing crop water productivity. A two-source energy balance (TSEB) model designed for row crops solves the energy balance of the soil-canopy-atmosphere continuum using surface brightness temperature. By solving the ...