The ferroelectricity of the Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofloroethylene) terpolymer films fabricated by the Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) technology were investigated from 180 to 300 K. The temperature dependence of the remanent polarization and the dielectric response shows a broad peak at ~ 270 K, suggesting a ferroelectric phase transition. Contrary to the perovskite relaxor, a d...

OBJECTIVES To explore the prevalence of, and associated factors contributing to burnout among senior doctors and dentists working in the New Zealand's public health system. DESIGN Cross-sectional, mixed methods study. SETTING New Zealand's 20 district health boards (DHBs). PARTICIPANTS A total of 1487 of 3740 senior doctors and dentists who are members of the Association of Salaried Medic...

BACKGROUND Accelerometers are motion-sensing devices that have been used to assess physical activity in dogs. However, the lack of a user-friendly, inexpensive accelerometer has hindered the widespread use of this objective outcome measure in veterinary research. Recently, a smartphone-based, affordable activity monitor (Whistle) has become available for measurement of at-home physical activity...

The inducible arginine decarboxylase of Escherichia coli, a pyridoxal-P enzyme, has been purified to a specific activity of 410 pmoles of COz per min per mg. It can be crystallized from ammonium sulfate solutions without increase in specific activity, sediments as a single species in the analytical ultracentrifuge, and shows only slight impurities on acrylamide gel electrophoresis. Its preferre...

In recent years, rural landscapes have played an increasingly important role in the fields of tourism, cultural heritage and ecology. Rural landscape research (RLR), which is characterized by diversity complexity, has attracted more attention from researchers. This study integrated main contents RLR past 30 years arranging relevant results analyzing progress order to understand development tren...

The mature form of the cathepsin B-like protease of Leishmania major (LmajcatB) is a 243 amino acid protein belonging to the papain family of cysteine proteases and is 54% identical to human-liver cathepsin B. Despite the high identity and structural similarity with cathepsin B, LmajcatB does not readily hydrolyse benzyloxycarbonyl-Arg-Arg-7-amino-4-methyl coumarin (Z-Arg-Arg-AMC), which is cle...

BACKGROUND Electrocardiographic markers of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) predict poor prognosis. We determined whether the ACE inhibitor ramipril prevents the development and causes regression of ECG-LVH and whether these changes are associated with improved prognosis independent of blood pressure reduction. METHODS AND RESULTS In the Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) study, pa...

BACKGROUND The incidence of malignant lymphomas has been increasing rapidly, but the causes of these malignancies remain poorly understood. One hypothesis holds that exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation increases lymphoma risk. We tested this hypothesis in a population-based case-control study in Denmark and Sweden. METHODS A total of 3740 patients diagnosed between October 1, 1999, and Aug...