We report the thermal behavior of gadolinium foils to be used in magneto thermoelectric generator cells. Magneto thermoelectric generator cell technology exploits the ferromagnetic phase transition of gadolinium to drive the movement of a diaphragm ‘shuttle’ whose mechanical energy is converted to electrical form and which enhances heat transfer through both conduction and convection. Efficient...

Crop production in the Southeastern U.S. can be limited by water; thus, supplemental irrigation is needed to sustain profitable crop production. Increased water capture would efficiently improve water use and reduce supplemental irrigation amounts/costs, thus improving producer’s profit margin. We quantified infiltration (INF), runoff (R), and sediment (E) losses from furrow diked (+DT) and non...

 The aim of me present work was to investigate rhe potential utility of nanoparticles made of chitosan (CS) and also CS chemically modified with polyethylene glycol (CS-PEG) as new vehicles for improving na^al vaccine delivery. For mis purpose, diphtheria toxoid (DT) was chosen as a model antigen. DT was entrapped within nanoparticles made of CS of different molecular weight, and also made of C...

Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is one of the most debilitating disease among young adults. Understanding the disability score (Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS)) of these patients is helpful in choosing their treatment process. Calculating EDSS takes a lot of time for Neurologists, so having a way to estimate EDSS can be helpful. This study aimed to estimate the EDSS score of MS pati...

BACKGROUND After cardiac injury, activated cardiac myofibroblasts can influence tissue electrophysiology. Because mechanical coupling through adherens junctions provides a route for intercellular communication, we tested the hypothesis that myofibroblasts exert tonic contractile forces on the cardiomyocytes and affect electric propagation via a process of mechanoelectric feedback. METHODS AND...

BACKGROUND Previous studies suggested that epicardial patch applied to the infarcted site after acute myocardial infarction (MI) can alleviate left ventricular (LV) remodeling and improve cardiac performance; however, the effects of regional epicardial patch on chronic phase of LV remodeling remain unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 20 pigs with MI induced by distal embolization and impa...

The human gut microbiome has been extensively studied, but its diversity scaling (changes or heterogeneities) along the digestive tract (DT) as well their inter-individual heterogeneities have not adequately addressed to best of our knowledge. Here we fill gap by applying diversity-area relationship (DAR), a recent extension classic species-area (SAR) in biogeography, reanalyzing dataset over 2...

conclusion dt-sfp can improve the detection of relatively early bone abnormalities in acetabular and proximal femur compared with conventional radiography. dt-sfp can also observe the abnormal impact between acetabular and proximal femur. patients and methods ninety-four consecutive patients with discomfort around the hip joint underwent dt-sfp and conventional radiography. the imaging features...

PURPOSE To compare the efficacy of single-dose gadolinium with magnetization transfer contrast (MTC) with that of triple-dose gadolinium in detecting enhancing multiple sclerosis lesions. METHODS Twenty-one patients with multiple sclerosis were examined with MR imaging first with 0.1 mmol/kg gadolinium (single dose) and then, after 24 to 72 hours, with 0.3 mmol/kg gadolinium (triple dose). T2...