1Restoration Institute, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA 2Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA 3Computing and Information Technology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA 4School of Computing, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA 5Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA 6Agricultural and Biologic...

OBJECTIVE Although SPECT/CT systems have been used for sentinel lymph node (SLN) imaging, few studies have focused on optimization of attenuation correction (AC) and scatter correction (SC). While SLNs could be detected in conventional planar images, they sometimes do not appear in SPECT/CT images. The purpose of this study was to investigate the optimal AC and SC and to improve the detectabili...

High average power, all-fiber integrated, broadband supercontinuum (SC) sources are demonstrated. Architecture for SC generation using amplified picosecond/nanosecond laser diode (LD) pulses followed by modulation instability (MI) induced pulse breakup is presented and used to demonstrate SC sources from the mid-IR to the visible wavelengths. In addition to the simplicity in implementation, thi...

Several Pd(ii) and Pt(ii) complexes of general formula [M(Ln)(X)(Y)] have been synthesized by reaction various palladium(ii) platinum(ii) derivatives with 3-aryl or 3-benzyl 1-(2-pyridyl)-imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines (Ln).

پژوهشگران اخیراً پنل‌های چندلایه‌ی متشکل از الوارهای متقاطع چوبی (C‌L‌T) را به عنوان یکی مناسب‌ترین ماده‌های ساختمانی دارای کمترین اثرات منفی زیست محیطی معرفی کرده‌اند. در طرح سازه‌ی ترکیبی فولادی ـ ارائه شده پژوهش حاضر، قاب ساختمان نوع بوده و برای کف‌ها دیوارهای برشی سازه افقی قائم C‌L‌T استفاده است. جهت بررسی عملکرد سیستم ای پیشنهادی، یک ۶ طبقه با دو باربر جانبی شامل: الف) خمشی متوسط دیافراگم ...

A total of 6 newly-synthesized styrylchromones (SC-1 approximately SC-6) were compared for their cytotoxic activity against three normal oral human cells (gingival fibroblast HGF, pulp cell HPC, periodontal ligament fibroblast HPLF) and four human tumor cell lines (squamous cell carcinoma HSC-2, HSC-3, submandibular gland carcinoma HSG, promyelocytic leukemia HL-60). All compounds showed higher...

Directed migration of Schwann cells (SC) is critical for development and repair of the peripheral nervous system. Understanding aspects of motility specific to SC, along with SC response to engineered biomaterials, may inform strategies to enhance nerve regeneration. Rat SC were cultured on laminin-coated microgrooved poly(dimethyl siloxane) platforms that were flat or presented repeating cellu...

One of the main characteristics of the transmissible isoform of the prion protein (PrP(Sc)) is its partial resistance to proteinase K (PK) digestion. Diagnosis of prion disease typically relies upon immunodetection of PK-digested PrP(Sc) following Western blot or ELISA. More recently, researchers determined that there is a sizeable fraction of PrP(Sc) that is sensitive to PK hydrolysis (sPrP(Sc...