Poly(brilliant green) (PBG) and poly(thionine) (PTH) films have been formed on carbon film electrodes (CFEs) modified with carbon nanotubes (CNT) by electropolymerisation using potential cycling. Voltammetric and electrochemical impedance characterisation were performed. Glucose oxidase and uricase, as model enzymes, were immobilised on top of PBG/CNT/CFE and PTH/CNT/CFE for glucose and uric ac...

In line with the priorities set by the OECD Bologna Process on SME & Entrepreneurship Policies and the Istanbul Ministerial Declaration (June 2004), the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development (CFE) participates actively in Working Group 4 of the MENA-OECD Investment Initiative on Investment and Governance for Development through Output 3: “Improving the Policy Environment ...

The line of sight through the Galactic Plane between longitudes l = 37.83◦ and l = 42.50◦ allows for the separation of Galactic Ring Survey molecular clouds into those that fall within the spiral arms and those located in the inter-arm regions. By matching these clouds in both position and velocity with dense clumps detected in the mm continuum by the Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey, we are able ...

The purpose of this study was to establish an in vitro model for tumor progression in colorectal carcinogenesis, by transforming the premalignant human colonic PC/AA adenoma cell line to the malignant phenotype. A rare clonogenic variant AA/C1 [colony-forming efficiency (CFE) on plastic of 1.05%] was isolated from the diploid PC/AA adenoma cell line (C. Paraskeva, S. Finerty, and S. Powell, Int...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to detail the design of a fractional controller which was developed for the suppression of the flexural vibrations of the first mode of a smart beam. Design/methodology/approach – During the design of the fractional controller, in addition to the classical control parameters such as the controller gain and the bandwidth; the order of the derivative effect ...

-Clonogenic growth (colony-forming efficiency, CFE) of i.v. injected allogeneic W256 tumour cells in the lungs was markedly enhanced by treatment of rats with x-naphthyl thiourea (ANTU) injected i.p. from 2 h before to 2 h after the tumour cells. ANTU specifically increases pulmonary vascular permeability in adult rats and causes acute pulmonary oedema and pleural effusion. Inhibition of drug t...

Flexoelectricity in thin films has emerged as an effective electromechanical response owing to appealing scaling law and universal existence. However, current studies show limited out-of-plane converse flexoelectric effect (CFE) of ultra-thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) when compared their conventional in-plane piezoresponse. Here, we report flexoresponse atomically TMDs such molybd...

Amperometric hydrogen peroxide enzyme inhibition biosensors based on horseradish peroxidase (HRP) immobilised on electropolymerised neutral red (NR) or directly on the surface of carbon film electrodes (CFE) have been successfully applied to the determination of toxic Cr(III) and Cr(VI). Parameters influencing the performance of the biosensor including the enzyme immobilisation method, the amou...

We report magnetic resonance image (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) findings in a patient of cerebral fat embolism (CFE) occurred in a 26-year-old woman after an autologous fat injection into the face. After initial neurologic symptom onset, MRI and MRS data were obtained two times to investigate repeated CFE. We obtained the MRS data in the two different time intervals and two d...