We study the dynamical arrest in an adhesive hard-sphere colloidal system. We examine a micellar suspension of the Pluronic-L64 surfactant in the temperature (T) and volume fraction (φ) phase diagram. According to mode-coupling theory (MCT), this system is characterized by a cusp-like singularity and two glassy phases: an attractive glass (AG) phase and a repulsive glass (RG) phase. The T - φ p...

Positron emission tomography (PET) as well as optical imaging (OI) with peptide receptor targeting probes have proven their value for oncological applications but also show restrictions depending on the clinical field of interest. Therefore, the combination of both methods, particularly in a single molecule, could improve versatility in clinical routine. This proof of principle study aims to sh...

1. Systolic contractions of the isolated heart were usually composed of a first and second systolic contraction (FSC and SSC) which corresponded to the first and second large potentials (FLP and SLP), respectively, recorded in the cardiac muscle cells and represented excitatory junction potentials produced by impulse bursts of the large cells of the cardiac ganglion. 2. Under constant pressure,...

Online measurement of milling force is very important for machining process monitoring and control. In practice, it difficult to measure the directly during process. This paper develops a method identification called least square QR-factorization with fast stopping criterion (FSC-LSQR) method, queue buffer structure (QBS) employed online using acceleration signals. The convolution integral sign...

This Perspective reviews recent efforts toward selfconsistent calculations of ground-state energies within the random phase approximation (RPA) in (generalized) Kohn–Sham (KS) density functional theory context. Since RPA correlation energy explicitly depends on non-interacting KS potential, an additional condition to determine as a is necessary. observation leads concept selfconsistency (FSC), ...

Murine very small embryonic-like (VSEL) cells, defined by the Lin(-)Sca-1(+)CD45(-) phenotype and small size, were described as pluripotent cells and proposed to be the most primitive hematopoietic precursors in adult bone marrow. Although their isolation and potential application rely entirely on flow cytometry, the immunophenotype of VSELs has not been extensively characterized. Our aim was t...

A three-dimensional (3D) version of the spectral signal-to-noise ratio (SSNR)-based resolution measure is introduced. The measure is defined for a class of 3D reconstruction algorithms that use interpolation in Fourier space. The statistical properties of the SSNR are discussed and related to the properties of another resolution measure, the Fourier shell correlation (FSC). The new measure was ...

BACKGROUND Cell-derived microvesicles (MVs) in biological fluids are studied for their potential role in pathological conditions. Flow cytometry is used to characterize MVs. Polystyrene microspheres are often used in flow cytometry to distinguish MV from cells by setting a 1-μm MV gate in a side-scatter (SSC) vs. forward-scatter (FSC) dot plot. Polystyrene microspheres, however, exhibit higher ...

Purpose – Food supply chain (FSC) in Greece is dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), who face several challenges in adopting green practices. The purpose of this paper is to identify the key drivers and barriers influencing the environmental performance of SMEs within the Greek dairy supply chain (SC). Design/methodology/approach – Descriptive research methodology attempts to ...