The aim of this stu dy was to de ter mi ne the nor mal va lu es for the Schir mer tear test (STT) in Tur kish Hun ting Dogs. This was per for med in or der to fa ci li ta te the di ag no sis of xer ophthal mia or ke ra to con junc ti vi tis sic ca (KCS), which is cha rac te ri zed by de fi cien cies in tear pro duc ti on and the re sul ting ab nor mal STT. Fif teen Tur kish Hun ting Dogs (8 fe ...

conclusions ti is an important parameter to consider in the relationship between si and nanoparticle concentrations. an increase in ti leads to a decrease in the range of linearity. results the results indicate that si depended on the concentration of nanoparticles and ti. in addition, si increased by increasing the tis ranging from 200 to 400 ms for all studied concentrations. the linear relat...

Impurities are detrimental to silicon-based solar cells. A deeper understanding of their evolution, microscopic distributions, and oxidation states throughout the refining processes may enable the discovery of novel refining techniques. Using synchrotron-based microprobe techniques and bulk chemical analyses, we investigate Fe, Ti, and Ca starting from siliconand carbon bearing raw feedstock ma...

-Transport and deposition of colloidal Fe, Mn and A! oxides play key roles in the cycling of toxic transition metals in aquatic environments because these colloids strongly bind transition metals. Further, attachment of biological cells and biofilm growth on surfaces can indirectly affect toxic metal distribution by influencing the deposition of colloidal oxides to surfaces. To elucidate the me...

We have derived elemental abundances of O, Ni as well as for a number of s-elements for 47 G and K dwarf, with Me/H]> 0:1 dex. The selection of stars was based on their kinematics as well as on their uvby ?-photometry. One sample of stars on rather eccentric orbits traces the chemical evolution interior to the solar orbit and another, on circular orbits, the evolution around the solar orbit. A ...

We studied the effect of dopants (Al, Ti, Zr) on the thermal stability of iron-nitride thin films prepared using a dc magnetron sputtering technique. Structure and magnetic characterization of deposited samples reveal that the thermal stability together with soft magnetic properties of iron-nitride thin films get significantly improved with doping. To understand the observed results, detailed F...

Among the major uncertainties involved in the Chandrasekhar mass models for Type Ia supernovae are the companion star of the accreting white dwarf (or the accretion rate that determines the carbon ignition density) and the flame speed after ignition. We present nucleosynthesis results from relatively slow deflagration (1.5 3 % of the sound speed) to constrain the rate of accretion from the comp...

Migration of the Pachycondyla marginata ant is significantly oriented at 13 degrees with respect to the geomagnetic north-south axis. On the basis of previous magnetic measurements of individual parts of the body (antennae, head, thorax and abdomen), the antennae were suggested to host a magnetoreceptor. In order to identify Fe(3+)/Fe(2+) sites in antennae tissue, we used light microscopy on Pr...

The growth behavior and enhanced field emission properties of multiwalled carbon nanotubes were investigated using Ti as an underlayer and over layer. Ti of 10 nm thickness was deposited underneath Fe catalyst and their interaction behavior was observed for growth of carbon nanotubes. It was observed that underlayer deposition of Ti improves the growth of CNTs by acting as a barrier. In the oth...