The elevated ribonuclease activity produced in the endosperm of a maize (Zea mays L.) inbred, W64A, by homozygous opaque-2, results from a more than doubled rate of ribonuclease accumulation occurring prior to 16 days post-pollination; after 16 days the rates in opaque-2 and normal are the same, suggesting that opaque-2 is no longer active. The pattern of ribonuclease increase in the opaque-2 d...

A technique was developed to qualify the masking power of undiluted opaque dental porcelain by dilution of opaque powder with a clear glaze powder and by extrapolation of quantitative data gathered by reflectance spectrophotometry. Quantification of reflectance data was made on dilute opaque porcelains using the scattering and absorption coefficients in the Kubelka-Munk equation. Qualitative co...

To mate, Candida albicans must undergo homozygosis at the mating type-like locus MTL[1, 2], then switch from the white to opaque phenotype [3, 4]. Paradoxically, when opaque cells are transferred in vitro to 37 degrees C, the temperature of their animal host, they switch en masse to white [5-7], suggesting that their major niche might not be conducive to mating. It has been suggested that phero...

Objective: In this study, the effects of ceramic, chromium-nickel (Cr-Ni) and ceramic opaque sinterized on chromium-nickel (Cr-Ni+opaque) post-core materials and different colored (opaque white, white, yellow and brown) cements on final color of all-ceramics materials (In-Ceram, IPS Empress and IPS Empress II) were investigated. Material and Methods: Three groups of post-cores (ceramic, Cr-Ni a...

The thermal characteristics of SiC/Si samples obtained by the method coordinated substitution atoms at different thicknesses SiC have been experimentally investigated. It has found that for less than 200 nm, resistance is approximately equal to 2 K/W, which coincides with a pure silicon substrate. Such will perfectly remove heat from light-emitting heterostructure grown on SiC/Si. With an incre...

BACKGROUND Although studies have shown that porcelain veneers are very efficient for treating discolored teeth, they did not address in particular the minimum thickness of a multilayer IPS e.max Press (IvoclarVivadent, Schaan, Liechtenstein) restoration required to mask discolored tooth. The aim of this study was to determine the minimum thickness of a multilayer porcelain restoration required ...

Transparency in 3D graphics has traditionally been created by ordering the transparent objects from back-to-front with respect to the viewpoint, and rendering the opaque objects first and then the transparent objects in the prescribed order. This has three major disadvantages: need for splitting intersecting polygons, repeated ordering for varying view points, and finally, incorrect transparenc...

The response of the “perfect lens”, consisting of a slab of lossless material of thickness d with εs = μs = −1 at one frequency ω0 is investigated. It is shown that as time progresses the lens becomes increasingly opaque to any physical TM line dipole source located a distance d0 < d/2 from the lens and which has been turned on at time t = 0. Here a physical source is defined as one which suppl...

The pathogenic fungus Candida albicans can undergo phenotypic switching between two heritable states: white and opaque. This phenotypic plasticity facilitates its colonization in distinct host niches. The master regulator WOR1 is exclusively expressed in opaque phase cells. Positive feedback regulation by Wor1 on the WOR1 promoter is essential for opaque formation, however the underlying mechan...