This article reports development of a practical laboratory hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HXPS) system by combining a focused monochromatic Cr K(alpha) X-ray source, a wide angle acceptance objective lens and a high kinetic energy electron analyzer. The Cr K(alpha) source consists of a Cr target, a 15 kV focused electron gun, and a compact bent crystal monochromator. The X-ray spot size...

To develop an automated approach for 3D quantitative assessment and measurement of alpha angles from the femoral head-neck (FHN) junction using bone models derived from magnetic resonance (MR) images of the hip joint.Bilateral MR images of the hip joints were acquired from 30 male volunteers (healthy active individuals and high-performance athletes, aged 18–49 years) using a water-excited 3D du...

We investigate the Andreev reflection and Josephson effect in $\ensuremath{\alpha}\ensuremath{-}{T}_{3}$ lattice, which falls between graphene ($\ensuremath{\alpha}=0$) dice lattice ($\ensuremath{\alpha}=1$), by adjusting parameter $\ensuremath{\alpha}$. In regime of specular reflection, when incident energy electron is small, probability decreases as $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ increases. On contrar...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the femoral head-neck contour, characterised by the alpha angle, varies with the stage of physeal maturation using MRI evaluation of an asymptomatic paediatric population. METHODS Paediatric volunteers with asymptomatic hips were recruited to undergo MRI of both hips. Femoral head physes were graded from 1 (completely open) to 6 ...

NMR measurements of a large set of protein backbone one-bond dipolar couplings have been carried out to refine the structure of the third IgG-binding domain of Protein G (GB3), previously solved by X-ray crystallography at a resolution of 1.1 A. Besides the commonly used bicelle, poly(ethylene glycol), and filamentous phage liquid crystalline media, dipolar couplings were also measured when the...

We report on the first polarimetric study of (3200) Phaethon, target JAXA's DESTINY$^+$ mission, in negative branch to ensure its anhydrous nature and derive an accurate geometric albedo. conducted observations at low phase angles (Sun-target-observer angle, alpha = 8.8-32.4 deg) from 2021 October 2022 January found that Phaethon has a minimum polarization degree $P_{min}$ -1.3 +- 0.1 %, slope ...

OBJECTIVE Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) and Acetabular Dysplasia are common deformities, which have been implicated as a major cause of hip osteoarthritis (OA). We examined whether these subtle deformities of the hip are associated with the development of radiographic OA and total hip replacement (THR) in women. DESIGN A population-based, longitudinal cohort of 1003 women underwent pelvi...