The present-day and potential benefits of highly integrated miniaturized applications like wireless micro-sensors and biomedical implants in military, space, medical, and commercial markets fuel the demand for self-sustaining micro-electronic systems. Extending operational life to practical levels in such volume-constrained environments is difficult because space limits energy and power. Althou...

Adhesive strength between microsized SU-8 components and Si substrate is evaluated to clarify effects of heat curing. Micro-sized cylindrical shape is employed as a micro-sized adhesive test specimen to properly apply the load onto the specimen and to simply convert applied load to stress. Micro-sized cylindrical specimens of epoxy type photoresist, SU8, were fabricated on a silicon wafer using...

We evaluated the stability of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in plasma samples stored at 42°C for external quality assessment (EQA) panels of viral load. To assess the stability of plasma samples containing different concentrations of HBV DNA, serial dilutions of HBV-infected samples with a viral load of 6.40 log(10) IU/mL were made to yield viral loads of 5, 4, and 3 log(10) IU/mL. These were inc...

One of the hallmarks of grapheme-colour synaesthesia is that colours induced by letters, digits and words tend to interfere with the identification of coloured targets when the two colours are different, i.e., when they are incongruent. In a previous investigation (Mattingley et al., 2001) we found that this synaesthetic congruency effect occurs when an achromatic-letter prime precedes a colour...

Metallic biomaterials have essentially three fields of use; these are the artificial hip joints, screw, plates and nails for internal fixation of fractures, and dental implants. Any of these devices must support high mechanical load and resistance of material against breakage is essential. High mechanical properties are needed for structural efficiency of surgical and dental implants. But their...

The development of new ROMP-derived silica-immobilized heterocyclic phosphate reagents and their application in purification-free protocols is reported. Grafting of norbornenyl norbornenyl-functionalized (Nb-tagged) silica particles with functionalized Nb-tagged heterocyclic phosphate monomers efficiently yield high-load, hybrid silica-immobilized oligomeric heterobenzyl phosphates (Si-OHBP) an...

The problem of optimal divisible load distribution in distributed bus networks employing a heterogeneous cluster of processors is addressed. The objective is to minimize the total processing time of the entire load subject to the communication and computation delays. In the mathematical model we adopt, both the granularity of the load fractions and all the associated overheads (also referred to...

Using automated laser pulse temporal shaping we report on enhancing spectral emission characteristics of ablation plasmas produced by laser irradiation of brass on ultrafast time scales. For different input irradiance levels, control of both atomic and ionic species becomes possible concerning the yield and the excitation state. The improved energy coupling determined by tailored pulses induces...

Introduction Currently, the load-bearing capacity of tissueengineered cartilage is insufficient. Inducing sufficient collagen content with an arcade-like architecture is a solution. Recently, sliding indentation was proposed for this puropse. However, it was only initially explored and further optimization may yield significantly better results. The aim of this study is to investigate in-silico...

PURPOSE: Two-stage facial reanimation procedures with a cross-facial nerve graft often yield less predictable results in older patients due to multifactorial reasons. Some studies strongly suggest that increased donor nerve axonal load improves function of a free muscle transfer after a crossfacial nerve graft. However, strong studies characterizing the relationship between age and facial nerve...