We evaluate the feasibility of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and optical coherence microscopy (OCM) for imaging of benign and malignant thyroid lesions ex vivo using intrinsic optical contrast. Thirty four thyroid gland specimens were imaged from 17 patients, covering a spectrum of pathology, ranging from normal thyroid to neoplasia and benign disease. The integrated OCT and OCM imaging sy...

Folate is in the core of one-carbon metabolism (OCM), serving as raw material for this biosynthetic pathway essential in DNA synthesis, repair and diverse methylation reactions. Dietary folate is the only source for mammalian OCM requirements and variations in its levels affect intermediary molecules such as the amino acid homocysteine, which is known to have toxic effects at high concentration...

The promoting effect of niobium in a Li/MgO catalyst for the oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) and for the oxidattve dehydrogenation of ethane (ODHE) has been studied in some detail. it has been found that a Li/Nb/MgO catalyst with 16 wt % niobium showed the highest activity for the C, production in the OCM reaction; the activity at 600 “C was ten times that of the Li/MgO catalyst at the same...

The German Mikrozensus is a data set that is frequently used to study fertility behavior. With its large sample size, the dataset also offers the opportunity to investigate childbearing among population subgroups, such as particular migrant groups. Because birth histories are not surveyed in the Mikrozensus, scholars have frequently employed the Own-Children Method (OCM) to generate fertility s...

UNLABELLED Oncomodulin (Ocm), a member of the parvalbumin family of calcium binding proteins, is expressed predominantly by cochlear outer hair cells in subcellular regions associated with either mechanoelectric transduction or electromotility. Targeted deletion of Ocm caused progressive cochlear dysfunction. Although sound-evoked responses are normal at 1 month, by 4 months, mutants show only ...

An optical coherence microscope (OCM) has been designed and constructed to acquire 3-dimensional images of highly scattering biological tissue. Volume-rendering software is used to enhance 3-D visualization of the data sets. Lateral resolution of the OCM is 5 mm (FWHM), and the depth resolution is 10 mm (FWHM) in tissue. The design trade-offs for a 3-D OCM are discussed, and the fundamental pho...

This paper m d y s e s the state-of-the-prcictice of sojtware cotnporients produced in strategic partnerships. We call this kind of business original software coniponent manufacturing (OCM), referring to the concept of origirial equipment niani$zctiiring (OEM) that is well known in other industries. The analysis is mostly based on irlforniatioti acquired from Internet in Fall 2000, dealing with...

Ethylene production via oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) in adiabatic packed-bed reactors is a promising route within the context natural gas valorization. However, high exothermicity OCM imposes low inlet temperatures and, hence, space-time yields. Layered-bed are proposed present work as potential alternative to mitigate this issue. In modeling investigation, first layer active Sr/La2O3 ca...

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The replicative mini-chromosome-maintenance 2-7 (MCM2-7) helicase is loaded in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other eukaryotes as a head-to-head double-hexamer around origin DNA. At first, ORC/Cdc6 recruits with the help of Cdt1 a single MCM2-7 hexamer to form an 'initial' ORC/Cdc6/Cdt1/MCM2-7 complex. Then, on ATP hydrolysis and Cdt1 release, the 'initial' complex is transformed into an ORC/Cdc6...