High-pressure torsion (HPT) is applied to a face-centered cubic CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy at 293 and 77 K. Processing by HPT at 293 K produced a nanostructure consisted of (sub)grains of ~50 nm after a rotation for 180◦. The microstructure evolution is associated with intensive deformation-induced twinning, and substructure development resulted in a gradual microstructure refinement. Deform...

There is a growing demand to develop biocontainment strategies that prevent unintended proliferation of genetically modified organisms in the open environment. We found that the hypophosphite (H3PO2, HPt) transporter HtxBCDE from Pseudomonas stutzeri WM88 was also capable of transporting phosphite (H3PO3, Pt) but not phosphate (H3PO4, Pi), suggesting the potential for engineering a Pt/HPt-depen...

Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome (PAS) has been well characterised and the accepted criteria for diagnosis are the presence of at least two of the three major components: hypoparathyroidism (HPT), candidiasis, and adrenal insufficiency (AI). HPT may, however, be the only manifestation of the syndrome. Iranian Jews, having a high rate of consanguinity, appear to be a community in which PAS type...

Hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome (HPT-JT) is a rare autosomal dominant cause of familial hyperparathyroidism associated with benign, ossifying fibromas of the maxillofacial bones and increased risk of parathyroid carcinoma. The putative tumor suppressor gene CDC73 has been implicated in the syndrome, with a multitude of inactivating mutations identified; however, HPT-JT due to large-scale...

INTRODUCTION We report a patient who developed nonunion of both bones of the forearm associated with hyperparathyroidism (HPT). PRESENTATION OF CASE The patient was a 71-year-old female who previously fell and hit her left hand on the ground. At 2 years after injury the patient visited our hospital, since she became aware of instability of the left forearm without an inducer due to nonunion o...

A thermodynamic analysis of an operational 315 MW supercritical steam power plant (SPP) using the actual data is performed to assess the plant performance and identify the sites of energy losses and exergy destructions in each component of the plant. Various performance parameters such as component energy and exergy efficiencies, energy loss rate, exergy destruction rate, improvement potential ...

Junkunlo, K. 2017. Regulation of hematopoiesis in the freshwater crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus. role of transglutaminase. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 1543. 47 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-513-0037-5. The freshwater crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus, has been used as a model for studying hem...

The impact of post-deposition hydrogen plasma treatment (HPT) on passivation in amorphous/crystalline silicon (a-Si:H/c-Si) interfaces is investigated. Combining low temperature a-Si:H deposition and HPT, a high effective charge carrier lifetime > 8ms is achieved on c-Si<100>, which serves as model for surfaces promoting epitaxy of a-Si:H. It is shown that the passivation improvement stems from...

The processing of bulk metals through the application of severe plastic deformation (SPD) provides an opportunity for achieving excellent grain refinement to the submicrometer or even the nanometer range. These SPD procedures produce materials exhibiting improved mechanical properties including very high strength. This report describes recent results demonstrating the strengthening of conventio...

OBJECTIVES To review minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIP) in patients undergoing initial surgical management of primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) with preoperative, localizing sestamibi scanning (MIBI), and concordant ultrasonography (US) to determine if intraoperative parathyroid hormone (iPTH) is necessary in these cases. Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy has become an acceptable the...