Vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes (VA-SWNTs) have been synthesized by an Alactivated plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method. On this basis, we have developed a facile but effective method for direct growth of multicomponent micropatterns of VA-SWNTs interposed within the patterned areas surrounded by vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes (VA-MWNTs) o...

purpose : to report a patient with sphenoid sinus mucocele (ssm) case report : the patient is a 19-year-old man who was referred to khatam-al-anbia eye center as retrobulbar optic neuritis. brain and orbital ct scan and mri revealed ssm. the patient underwent endoscopic sinus surgery and visual acuity (va) improved from no light perception (nlp) to 2 meter counting fingers. conclusion : ssm may...

57 Facebook History Collector: A New Method for Directly Collecting Data from Facebook Rosanna E. Guadagno, National Science Foundation, Arlington VA, USA Tonio A. Loewald, Loewald New Media, Arlington VA, USA Nicole L. Muscanell, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA Joan M. Barth, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA Melissa K. Goodwin, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa...

PURPOSE Poor vision may detrimentally impact functional status and affect allostatic load (AL), a measure of cumulative physiological wear and tear on the body's regulatory systems. We examined the direct effects of visual acuity (VA) on mortality and its indirect effect on mortality through its impact on functional status and AL in older adults. METHODS Data from 4981 participants (age ≥ 60 ...

Purkayastha et al reported 3 cases of proatlantal intersegmental arteries of external carotid artery origin associated with Galen’s vein malformation; however, because of their configuration, I believe that the 3 cases do not demonstrate this rare arterial variation, but rather show collateral blood flow from the occipital artery (OA) to the vertebral artery (VA). In patients with a vein of Gal...

Purkayastha et al reported 3 cases of proatlantal intersegmental arteries of external carotid artery origin associated with Galen’s vein malformation; however, because of their configuration, I believe that the 3 cases do not demonstrate this rare arterial variation, but rather show collateral blood flow from the occipital artery (OA) to the vertebral artery (VA). In patients with a vein of Gal...