A pre-existing plastic rabbit ear chamber was modified to be applicable for intravital-microscopic observations in pharmacological as well as pathophysiological studies on inflammation. The chamber consists of a base disk, a mica (or glass) cover-slip and a holder ring. The base disk has a round-table with a central protrusion in which a heat conductor of platinum wire is so implanted near the ...

This protocol describes mosquito rearing in the insectary. The insectary rooms are maintained at 28 degrees C and approximately 80% humidity, with a 12 hr. day/night cycle. For this procedure, you'll need mosquito cages, 10% sterile sucrose solution, paper towels, beaker, whatman filter paper, glass feeders, human blood and serum, water bath, parafilm, distilled water, clean plastic trays, mosq...

Specimen holders were developed for simultaneous critical point drying of multiple specimens of monolayer cell cultures grown on Leighton tube glass cover slips or for specimens of cells collected on silver or cellulose membrane filters. The use of these multiple specimen holders makes it possible to process several specimens in parallel and thus significantly reduce the time required for handl...

Results Staining and imaging showed numerous clear focal adhesions had been formed for both cell types and the general morphology of the cells represented that of healthy cells with a flatly spread appearance when cultured on the glass cover-slips. On the collagen films, the cells showed poor focal adhesion formation and very diffuse staining, but no difference was observed as a function of cro...

The classical polarimetric method has been widely used in liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) phase measurement with a simple optical setup. However, due to interference caused by LCoS cover glass reflections, the lacks accuracy for uniformity measurements. This paper is aimed at mathematically analyzing errors non-ideal reflections and proposing procedures reduce or eliminate such errors. discuss...

This paper presents the development process relating to conceptual design of glass/renewable natural fibrereinforced polymer hybrid composite motorcycle side cover. Motorcycle cover is a component frequently made from plastic or steel that functions on covering parts, components and systems such as frame, battery, electrical mechanical systems. Function Analysis Systems Techniques (FAST) used i...

High-efficiency multijunction (MJ) solar cells, being very expensive to manufacture, should only be used in combination with solar concentrators in terrestrial applications. An essential cost reduction of electric power produced by photovoltaic (PV) installations with MJ cells, may be expected by the creation of highly-effective, but inexpensive, elements for optical concentration and sun track...