It is demonstrated that electric transport in Bi-defi cient Bi 1− δ FeO 3 ferroelectric thin fi lms, which act as a p-type semiconductor, can be continuously and reversibly controlled by manipulating ferroelectric domains. Ferroelectric domain confi guration is modifi ed by applying a weak voltage stress to Pt/ Bi 1− δ FeO 3 /SrRuO 3 thin-fi lm capacitors. This results in diode behavior in macr...

Objective: Growing resistance of microorganisms to potent antibiotics has renewed a great interest towards investigating bactericidal properties of nanoparticles and their nanocomposites as an alternative. Therefore, the present study has been carried out to investigate and compare the antibacterial properties of copper (Cu) and zerovalent iron (Feo) nanoparticles. Methods: Nanoparticles were s...

We present RAWLSNET, a system for altering Bayesian Network (BN) models to satisfy the Rawlsian principle of fair equality opportunity (FEO). RAWLSNET's BN generate aspirational data distributions: generated reflect an ideally fair, FEO-satisfying society. FEO states that everyone with same talent and willingness use it should have chance achieving advantageous social positions (e.g., employmen...

Sandro Rao [email protected] Department of Information Science, Mathematics, Electronics and Transportations (DIMET) “Mediterranea” University, Via Graziella Località Feo di Vito, Reggio Calabria, 89060, Italy Francesco G. Della Corte Department of Information Science, Mathematics, Electronics and Transportations (DIMET) “Mediterranea” University, Via Graziella Località Feo di Vito, Reggio Ca...

Introduction: Relict grains (i.e., grains that did not crystallize in situ from the host chondrule melt) provide a real physical record of chondrule precursor grains. Most relicts appear to be derived from previous generations of chondrules and hence represent evidence for recycling of material in the chondrule forming region(s). [1] estimated that at least 15% of chon-drules contain material t...

BACKGROUND Polo-like kinases control multiple events during cell division, including mitotic entry, centrosome organization, spindle formation, chromosome segregation and cytokinesis. Their roles during cytokinesis, however, are not well understood because the requirement of these kinases during early stages of mitosis complicates the study of their functions after anaphase onset. METHODOLOGY...

This paper describes a method, based on co-precipitation, for generating small semiconducting polymer dot (Pdot) nanocomposites, which contain either gold or iron oxide nanoparticles within the Pdot matrix. We demonstrate the utility of Pdot-Au nanoparticles (Au-NP-Pdots) in dual-modality imaging in which co-localization of fluorescence from Pdot and scattering from Au was used to identify Au-N...

The photoelectron spectra of FeO and FeO2 2 are obtained at 3.49 eV photon energy. Transitions to the ground state ~D! and three low-lying excited states ~S, S, and D! of FeO are observed. The two low-spin excited states found at 6770 and 8310 cm above the ground state, respectively, have not been observed before. The two S states, characteristic of detachment of a nonbonding electron from the ...

Temporal restriction of feeding can entrain circadian behavioral and physiological rhythms in mammals. These changes in biological rhythms are postulated to be brought about by a putative food-entrainable oscillator (FEO) that is independent of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). However, the anatomical substrates and molecular machinery of FEO remain elusive. We report here that mice with a ner...