Adenomatoid Odontogenic tumor (AOT) is a benign (hamartomatous) lesion of Odontogenic origin, which is relatively uncommon and affects young individuals with a female predominance, mainly in the second decade. This lesion is most commonly located i the anterior maxilla and is usually associated with an impacted canine tooth. The present case report is a 15year old female patient, who presented ...

In this preliminary report, we describe a new technique involving the same-day transfer of activated oocytes to the uterus after intracytoplasmatic sperm injection (ICSI). The technique, termed activated oocyte transfer (AOT), offered to 19 couples, yielded a pregnancy rate per cycle of about 30%, equivalent to traditional in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and ICSI in a laboratory setting. AOT is pe...

Aims: Cancer patients with bone metastases in their extremities may require surgical intervention to prevent deterioration in their quality of life due to a pathological fracture or severe bone pain. However, curative surgical interventions sometimes have severe complications due to the status of the original cancers. To avoid the decreased quality of life caused by bone metastasis, minimally i...

Molecular motion of carbocyanine fluorophores DOCI, DODCI and DTDCI were studied in AOT/n-heptane microemulsions containing added polar solvents: water, methanol or acetonitrile. The response varied remarkably depending on the nature fluorophore solvent. When amount solvent was low, molecular mobility invariably retarded, due to a combination electrostatic hydrophobic forces that induce guest c...

The multi-angle imaging spectroradiometer (MISR) aerosol optical thickness (AOT) product (τ MISR) was compared with sunphotometer AOT (τ SP) at Dunhuang (40.09◦N, 94.41◦E), located near the Takalamakan and Gobi dust source regions in China, during March–November 2000. This study is unique because AOT measurements from the ground are not routinely available at or near dust source regions. The τ ...

Successive mesophase transformation induced by an anionic surfactant such as sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate (AOT) has been demonstrated to fabricate four kinds of large pore mesoporous silica materials in a triblock copolymer F127 surfactant assembly system. The transformation of the highly ordered mesostructures from face-centered cubic (space group Fm3̄m) to body-centered Im3̄m then towards two-...

Satellite remote sensing offers an effective approach to estimate indicators of air quality on a large scale. It is critically significant for air quality monitoring in areas experiencing rapid urbanization and consequently severe air pollution, like the Pearl River Delta (PRD) in China. This paper starts with examining ground observations of particulate matter (PM) and the relationship between...

To validate the iCOR atmospheric correction algorithm applied to Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Color Instrument (OLCI), Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) observations over land, globally retrieved Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT), Top-of-Canopy (TOC) reflectance, Vegetation Indices (VIs) were intercompared with (i) AERONET AOT AERONET-based TOC reflectance simulations, (ii) RadCalNet surface observations, (ii...

Silver-Polyaniline (Ag-PANI) nanocomposites were prepared by in-situ oxidative polymerization of aniline monomer in sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT) solution as an emulsifier. The synthesis of Silver-Polyaniline nanocomposites was investigated as a function of several parameters such as aniline concentration, concentration of emulsifier (AOT), concentration of oxidation agent and c...

Ultrafast photoexcited carrier dynamics in CdS nanoparticles prepared by an AOT/n-heptane reversed micelle system were investigated by a femtosecond visible-pump/mid-IR probe technique. A mid-IR probe beam was found to mainly probe the ultrafast dynamics of photoexcited electrons in the conduction band. Dispersions of CdS nanoparticles with 8 different mean diameters from 2.9 to 4.1 nm were pre...