Silicon anodes require polymer binder systems that are both mechanically robust and electrochemically stable, to accommodate the dramatic volume expansion experienced during cycling operation. Herein, we report use of a poly(acrylic acid)-grafted styrene–butadiene rubber (PAA-g-SBR) with 80% partially neutralized Na-PAA as system for silicon-graphite anodes. The PAA-g-SBR graft copolymer was sy...

A major challenge in functional neuroimaging is to cope with individual variability in cortical structure and function. Most analyses of cortical function compensate for variability using affine or low-dimensional nonlinear volume-based registration (VBR) of individual subjects to an atlas, which does not explicitly take into account the geometry of cortical convolutions. A promising alternativ...

Intestinal adaptation following small bowel resection (SBR) is associated with greater rates of enterocyte apoptosis by unknown mechanism(s). Because postresection adaptation is associated with increased translocation of luminal bacteria, we sought to characterize the role for the extrinsic, death receptor pathway for the activation of enterocyte apoptosis after massive SBR. We first performed ...

The planthopper Pentastiridius leporinus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) is the major vector of a nonculturable plant-pathogenic gamma-3 proteobacterium associated with a disease of sugar beet called syndrome "basses richesses" (SBR). The bacterium, here called SBR bacterium, belongs to the Arsenophonous clade, which includes mostly insect-associated facultative symbionts. Assays using field-collected pl...

Previous work in our group has demonstrated that mouse salivary gland has the highest concentration of salivary-derived VEGF protein compared with other organs and is essential for normal palatal mucosal wound healing. We hypothesize that salivary VEGF plays an important role in maintaining the integrity of the gastrointestinal mucosa following small bowel resection (SBR). Thirty-five 8- to 10-...

SBR does not depend on the measurement duration, whereas SNR increases with the measurement duration and SBR. These are well known results and do not need further discussion (1-2). However, these simple expressions also show an interesting connection between signal count rate (s) and background count rate (b) illustrated in Fig. S6. Fig. S6 shows curves of constant SNR at a given SBR, as a func...

The Search-Browse-Repeat (SBR) mode of Web usage is becoming increasingly important as the size of the Web increases and the coverage of search engines expands. However, Web browsers do little to support SBR, with consequences for search success rates. We characterise the main features of SBR, suggest criteria that would help alleviate the problems associated with it, and outline a prototype br...

Sequencing batch reactor (SBR) is one of several periodically operated, suspended-growth activated sludge system. It has an advantage for nitrogen removal which is difficult to remove with conventional system. This paper reviewed the nitrogen removal performance in SBR for several different industrial wastewaters and discussed the factors which may affect the treatment performance. Several modi...