Titanium oxynitride films were deposited onto commercially pure titanium substrates by direct current reactive magnetron sputtering method using Ti targets and an Ar–N2–O2 mixture discharge gas. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy survey spectra on the etched surfaces of TiON exhibited characteristic 2p, N 1s, O 1s peaks at corresponding binding energies 454.5, 397.0, 530.7 eV, respectively. s...

The biliary excretion mechanism of three derivatives of BQ-123, an anionic cyclopentapeptide, was examined using isolated canalicular membrane vesicles (CMVs) from Sprague-Dawley rats. The uptake by CMV of BQ-485, a linear peptide, BQ-518, a cyclic peptide, and compound A, a cyclic peptide with a cationic moiety, was stimulated by ATP. An "overshoot" phenomenon and saturation were observed for ...

Abstract So-called respectively readings have posed serious challenges for theories of syntax and semantics. Sentences like George and Martha respectively denounced and were denounced by the governor (McCawley 1998) show that although the conjoined verbal expressions share the same syntactic subject, they do not predicate that subject in the same way; George (not Martha) denounced the governor,...

The incorporation of manganese into semiconducting ScN, using radio frequency molecular beam epitaxy, has been investigated. X-ray diffraction and reflection high energy electron diffraction measurements show the face-centered tetragonal rocksalt-type crystal structure with Sc and Mn cations and N anions. In addition to the solute incorporation into the lattice, which is clear from the position...

2 3 PERSISTENT BENEFICIAL IMPACT OF H-REFLEX CONDITIONING 4 IN SPINAL CORD-INJURED RATS 5 6 Yi Chen 7 Lu Chen 8 Yu Wang 9 Jonathan R. Wolpaw 10 Xiang Yang Chen 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept. Health, Albany, NY 12201-0509 17 2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222 18 3 Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Columbia Universit...

This article is a corrected reprint of K. R. Popper (1959a). On Subjunctive Conditionals with Impossible Antecedents. In: Mind 68 (272), pp. 518–520.

We present the results of adaptive-optics imaging of the z = 0.2923 QSO PG 1700+518 in the J and H bands. The extension to the north of the QSO is clearly seen to be a discrete companion with a well-defined tidal tail, rather than a feature associated with the host galaxy of PG 1700+518 itself. On the other hand, an extension to the southwest of the QSO (seen best in deeper, but lower-resolutio...