Herein, Al-rich AlGaN-based avalanche photodiodes (APDs) grown on single crystal AlN substrates high ultraviolet-C sensitivity for λ < 200 nm are fabricated, while exhibiting blindness to > 250 nm. A maximum quantum efficiency of 68% and peak gain 320 000 estimated resulting in a figure merit ≈220 devices with ϕ = 100 μm. As expected, decrease increase device size is observed ≈20 400 Overall, t...

background: granuloca cells have a key role during estroeidogenesis. objectives: the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of number of culture medium granulosa cells on estradiol concentrations and mrna codding estrogenic and progestagenic enzyme. methods: briefly, follicles between 2 and 5 mm diameter were dissected from the ovaries of adult cows and were collected by rinsing the ...

CONTEXT Competitive swimming has become an increasingly popular sport in the United States. In 2007, more than 250 000 competitive swimmers were registered with USA Swimming, the national governing body. The average competitive swimmer swims approximately 60 000 to 80 000 m per week. With a typical count of 8 to 10 strokes per 25-m lap, each shoulder performs 30 000 rotations each week. This pl...

α1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) is an immunomodulatory protein expressed by hepatocytes in response to the systemic reaction that follows tissue damage caused by inflammation, infection or trauma. This paper presents the detection of bovine AGP (boAGP) in mammary secretions (colostrum and milk) and mammary gland tissue. Bovine AGP was detected by Western blotting in all the samples analysed, and cou...

BACKGROUND While prior studies of thyroid cancer incidence within Belarus have increased since the 1986 Chernobyl reactor accident, the magnitude of increase is not well quantified. METHODS Using Belarussian national cancer registry data, trends in average annual age-adjusted thyroid cancer incidence rates were examined by calendar year and gender. Incidence rates were also examined across sp...

As part of a 3.year program of geologic mapping from the Yukon border south through the Midway, Cassiar and Erickson mining camps (Nelson and Bradford, 1987a; 1987b; 1989, this volume; Nelson et al. 1988a; 1988b), I:25 000.scale mapping was conducted in the northeast quarter of the Needlepoint Mountain (104P/4) map area during the 1988 field season (Figure l-35-1). Since Gabrielse’s ( 1963) ori...

Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) release assays (IGRAs) detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection regardless of the active (ATB) or latent (LTBI) forms of tuberculosis (TB). In this study, Mtb-specific T cell response against region of deletion 1 (RD1) antigens were explored by a microbead multiplex assay performed in T-SPOT TB assay (T-SPOT) supernatants from 35 patients with ATB and 115 patie...

The effect of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on root-knot nematode (RKN, Meloidogyne javanica) in tomato was investigated. Soil drenching with exogenous H2O2 was done using seven H2O2 concentrations (1, 10, 100, 250, 500, 750 and 1 000 mM) at different application times (24 hours before the time of plant inoculation with the RKN (T1), at the time of inoculation (T2), and 24 hours after the inoculatio...