INTRODUCTION The Self-Adjusting File (SAF) system (ReDent-Nova, Ra'anana, Israel) has been recently introduced for the simultaneous instrumentation and irrigation of root canals. The SAF is claimed to adapt itself three dimensionally to the root canal, including its cross-section. It is operated with a continuous flow of sodium hypochlorite that is delivered into the root canal through the holl...

In the internal dose evaluation, the specific absorbed fraction (SAF) and S-value are calculated from the reference phantom based on Caucasian data. The differences in height and weight between Caucasian and Asian may lead to inaccurate dose estimation. In this study, we developed the Taiwanese reference phantoms. 40 volunteers were recruited. Magnetic resonance images (MRI) were obtained, and ...

This study investigated the effects of artificial supercooling followed by still air freezing (SSF) on the qualities of pork loin. The qualities of pork frozen by SSF were compared with the fresh control (CT, stored at 4℃ for 24 h), slow freezing (SAF, still air freezing) and rapid freezing (EIF, ethanol immersion freezing) treatments. Compared with no supercooling phenomena of SAF and EIF, the...

BACKGROUND Scaffold attachment factor A (SAF-A) participates in the regulation of gene expression by organizing chromatin into transcriptionally active domains and by interacting directly with RNA polymerase II. METHODOLOGY Here we use co-localization, co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) and in situ proximity ligation assay (PLA) to identify Brahma Related Gene 1 (BRG1), the ATP-driven motor of th...

This paper investigates the quality of global cloud fraction and cloud-top height products provided by third edition CM SAF cLoud, Albedo surface RAdiation dataset from AVHRR data (CLARA-A3) climate record (CDR) produced EUMETSAT Climate Monitoring Satellite Application Facility (CM SAF). Compared with CALIPSO–CALIOP lidar six other CDRs, including predecessor CLARA-A2, CLARA-A3 has improved de...

The Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM-SAF) Spectral Resolved Irradiance (SRI) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory Solar Radiation Database Demand (NSRDB-S) satellite-based spectral irradiance products are tested here against benchmark data models at seven ground stations: one in Spain for CM-SAF SRI six North America NSRDB-S. Benchmarks include WISER spectroradiomete...

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my advisor Dr. William H. Robinson first. I am thankful for the advice he gave me on my research as well as graduate study and the patient guidance. His advice on research and career are important for my future development. In addition, I would like to thank Dr. Bharat L. Bhuva for his thoughtful advice on my thesis work. I also want to thank the SAF-T grou...

NNKY5-5, an IgG monoclonal antibody directed against the von Willebrand factor-binding domain of glycoprotein (GP) Ib alpha, induced weak but irreversible aggregation (or association) of platelets in citrate-anticoagulated platelet-rich plasma. This phenomenon was defined as small aggregate formation (SAF). Platelets in hirudin-anticoagulated plasma or washed platelets showed little response to...