activated endothelial cells is a prerequisite for the recruitment of PMNs that may cause acute or chronic pathological reactions as observed in reperfusion injuries, stroke, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, respiratory diseases and angiogenesis. Expression of a number of different cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) on PMNs and endothelial cells is required for the multistep adhesion process. Becaus...

Alloy 718 is a unique superalloy that has been in use for a number of years. It also has the distinction to be utilized throughout the aerospace and general industrial communities. The applications for this material are often very unique and require tailoring of the microstructure and subsequently the mechanical properties to meet these specific needs. To support optimization of Alloy 718 mecha...

Cryptosporidium spp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi (E. bieneusi) are two common opportunistic pathogens that can infect humans animals worldwide. The available data on the prevalence of these is insufficient in Hebei Province, China, which located Bohai Sea region. In present study, 718 fecal specimens native beef cattle from eight farms Province were examined for presence E. using nested PCR tar...

Residual stress formation during cold spraying process may result in deteriorative effects on the performance of coating materials. The objective this investigation is to characterize residual built-up two well-known nickel-based superalloys (Inconel 625 and Inconel 718) deposited using technique. To end, was precisely measured x-ray diffraction method. Here, subsurface regions only studied bec...

Electronic Journal of Science Education Vol. 7, No. 4, June 2003 Rules of Engagement: Proceed with Caution when Integrating Multimedia Learning Tools into Existing Course Formats by Mary Elizabeth Dawson,Ph.D. Steven Skinner, Ed.D., and Arthur Zeitlin, Ed.D. Department of Biological Sciences Kingsborough Community College of The City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, 11235 Phone: (718...

Published Ahead of Print 23 November 2009. 10.1128/AAC.00986-09. 2010, 54(2):718. DOI: Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. Rimsky Van Craenenbroeck, Gaston Picchio and Laurence T. Béthune, Guenter Kraus, Katia Boven, Dirk Jochmans, Elke Hilde Azijn, Ilse Tirry, Johan Vingerhoets, Marie-Pierre de NNRTI-Resistant HIV-1 Active against Wild-Type and Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NNRTI), TMC278, a Next...

We analyze the approximation ratio of the average distance heuristic for the Steiner tree problem on graphs, and prove nearly tight bounds for the cases of complete graphs with binary weights f1; dg, or weights in the interval 1; d], where d 2. The improvement over other analyzed algorithms is a factor of about e 2:718.

MICROSTRUCTURAL STUDIES ON LASER WELDING OF INCONEL 718 TO 2304 DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL WITH A FOCUS OPTIMAZING PROCESS PARAMETERS AND ACHIEVING THE MAXIMUM FRACTURE STRENGTH