The soft fundamental-measure theory, which was based on the additive colloid-polymer mixture [M. Schmidt, Phys. Rev. E 62, 3799 (2000)] has been employed to investigate the adsorption of a colloid-polymer mixture within a hard slit pore. The calculated results show that the adsorption for the confined colloid-polymer mixture is very different from those of the colloid-colloid and polymer-polyme...

introduction: colloid cyst of the third ventricle is a rare intracranial benign tumor. traditionally, treatment is carried out by transcallosal or transcortical transventricular approach. currently, the endoscopic treatment of these lesions is increasingly used. we reported our preliminary experience about three cases of colloid cysts treated by neuroendoscopy. methods and patients: we conducte...

We survey our research on modeling the mechanisms of control of uniformity in growth of nanosize and colloid particles. The former are produced as nanocrystals, by burstnucleation from solution. The latter, colloid-size particles, are formed by self-assembly (aggregation) of the nanocrystals. In the colloid particle synthesis, the two dynamical processes are coupled, and both are governed by di...

We have developed a self-consistent field theory of the effective interactions between nano-colloids mediated by adsorbing and non-adsorbing polymers. By making use of this theory, we have calculated the colloid immersion energy and the potential of the polymer-mediated forces for the above cases of polymer adsorption. On the basis of the obtained results for the polymer-mediated potentials, we...

when tc-99m-sulfur colloid was introduced as an ideal liver-spleen agent in nuclear medicine, many other types of colloids followed by different manufacturers. they hoped to find a suitable colloidal agent, contrary to sulfur colloid, which is easy to use, and less sensitive to the low contamination of aluminum ions. one of this type of colloid agents, is tc-99-tin-colloid which is prepared by ...

We demonstrate noninvasive quantitative imaging of colloid and solute transport at millimeter to decimeter (meso-) scale. Ultraviolet (UV) excited fluorescent solute and colloid tracers were independently measured simultaneously during co-advection through saturated quartz sand. Pulse-input experiments were conducted at constant flow rates and ionic strengths 10(-3), 10(-2) and 10(-1) M NaCl. T...

Follicles displaying a positive periodic acid-Schiff reaction to a colloid substance in the anterior pituitary gland have been observed in many vertebrates, including humans. It is also known that these follicles greatly increase in number and size with age. We therefore performed histochemical analysis of these colloid follicles in the senescent porcine pituitary gland in order to clarify thei...

Transport and retention of colloid tracers were evaluated in standard petrographic thin sections, prepared from saprolite (Cr horizons) formed from fractured sedimentary rocks, using epi-fluorescence microscopy. Thin sections prepared from dismantled hydrogeological columns revealed four domains of macropores with apparent apertures ranging from 1 to 500 Am. Colloid retention occurred within bo...

A series of column experiments was undertaken to explore the influence of colloid input concentration (2, 1, 0.5, and 0.25 times a reference concentration), colloid size (negatively charged 3.2 and 1.0 microm carboxyl latex), and sand grain size (360, 240, and 150 microm quartz sands) on transport and deposition. A similar mass of stable mono-dispersed colloids was added to each column. For a g...

While the relationship between intraocular pressure and plasma osmolarity has been investigated during hemodialysis, no research has been published concerning the relationship between intraocular pressure and plasma colloid osmotic pressure during hemodialysis. We describe a patient with neovascular glaucoma who demonstrated a marked decrease in intraocular pressure during hemodialysis. The pat...