The Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 (NBT) thin films sandwiched between Au electrodes and fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) conducting glass were deposited using a sol–gel method. Based on electrochemical workstation measurements, reproducible resistance switching characteristics and negative differential resistances were obtained at room temperature. A local impedance spectroscopy measurement of Au/NBT was perfor...

BACKGROUND We conducted a retrospective analysis on 884 patients who were diagnosed with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and treated with either the neutron brachytherapy in combination with external beam radiotherapy (NBT + EBRT) or 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) to determine the differences in efficacy and morbidity between the two treatment groups. METHODS The...

The Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3(NBT) thin films sandwiched between Au electrodes and fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) conducting glass were deposited using a sol-gel method. Based on electrochemical workstation measurements, reproducible resistance switching characteristics and negative differential resistances were obtained at room temperature. A local impedance spectroscopy measurement of Au/NBT was perform...

Water-soluble vitamin, niacin, and its related compounds were examined for their differentiation-inducing activity in human promyelocytic leukemia cells (HL-60). Among the compounds, which inhibited cell proliferation measured by MTT assay, isonicotinic acid, nicotinamide N-oxide, and nicotinamide induced NBT reducing activity. HL-60 cells were differentiated into granulocyte-like cells by thes...

To study the stage of development of oxidase activity responsible for the respiratory burst in human granulocytes. we investigated the effect of phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and fluoride (F ) on nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction by bone marrow and circulating granulocytic cells in 1 3 subjects without leukocyte functional disorders and a patient with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) ....

The mechanisms by which bone resorbing osteoclasts form and are activated by hormones are poorly understood. We show here that the generation of oxygen-derived free radicals in cultured bone is associated with the formation of new osteoclasts and enhanced bone resorption, identical to the effects seen when bones are treated with hormones such as parathyroid hormone (PTH) and interleukin 1 (IL-1...

A specific configuration of the global subduction system is parallel triple subduction. The widely accepted example New Guinea region, including a northward dip at Britain Trench (NBT), southward Trobriand Trough (TT), and North Solomon (NST). Questions regarding remain largely unexplored in terms factors controlling its initiation, duration, dynamics. Here, we used two-dimensional numerical mo...

Numerous evolutionary studies have sought to explain the distribution of diversity across the limbs of the tree of life. At the same time, ecological studies have sought to explain differences in diversity and relative abundance within and among ecological communities. Traditionally, these patterns have been considered separately, but models that consider processes operating at the level of ind...

Dear Editor, The O2-generating enzyme NADPH oxidase, plays a crucial role in host defense against microbial infection through the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS).1The multisubunit NADPH oxidase complex can be detected in vitro by the nitroblue tetrazolium test (NBT).2The NBT test is used for the diagnosis of chronic granulomatous disease.3 However, several factors, such as some cyto...

Normal human granulocytes are able to reduce the yellow dye, nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT), to insoluble blue formazan. This has been a useful reaction for the recognition of chronic granulomatous disease of childhood (CGD) and the carrier state, because granulocytes froin these patients are deficient in their ability to reduce this dye(l). It has also been suggested that granulocytes from patien...