Fine zinc oxide particles were electrophoretically deposited  on alumino-ferro-chrome substrates. The deposition was carried out in a cylindrical ZnO/acetone electrophoresis cell. The deposits were dried and sintered at 1030³C in air. The process resulted a porous polycrystalline ZnO cladding over the alloy core. Comb shaped silver electrodes were formed and fired at 350³C. The variation of dev...

This paper presents a novel and cheap electronic version of wet and dry temperature hygrometer The instrument is centered around a 555 timer, operated in astable multivibrator mode. Two thermistors with negative temperature coefficients (NTC) serve as the two timing resistors of the multivibrator. These thermistors are used to sense the dry and wet temperatures. The durations of the ‘HIGH’ and ...

BACKGROUND Non-traumatic coma (NTC) is a serious condition requiring swift medical or surgical decision making upon arrival at the emergency department. Knowledge of the most frequent etiologies of NTC and associated mortality might improve the management of these patients. Here, we present the results of a systematic literature search on the etiologies and prognosis of NTC. METHODS Two revie...

The morphogenetic movement associated with neural tube closure (NTC) requires both positive and negative regulations of cell proliferation. The dual requirement of cell division control during NTC underscores the importance of the developmental control of cell division. In the chordate ascidian, midline fusions of the neural ectoderm and surface ectoderm (SE) proceed in the posterior-to-anterio...

Near threshold circuits (NTC) are an attractive and promising technology that provides significant power savings with some delay penalty. The combination of NTC technology with MOS current mode logic (MCML) is examined in this work. By combining MCML with NTC, the constant power consumption of MCML is reduced to leakage power levels that can be tolerated in certain modern applications. Addition...

BACKGROUND The acetylcholine-activated K(+) current (I(K,ACh)) is a novel candidate for atrial-specific antiarrhythmic therapy. The present study investigates the involvement of I(K,ACh) in atrial fibrillation (AF) using NTC-801, a novel potent and selective I(K,ACh) blocker. METHODS AND RESULTS The effects of NTC-801, substituted 4-(aralkylamino)-2,2-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzopyran-3-ol, ...

Cognitive and adaptive behavioural outcome were studied in the identified survivors of a population based study of non-traumatic coma (NTC) in childhood. Children were assessed early (six weeks) and late (12 months) after NTC. At least 7% of those children in whom no suspicions of prior neurodevelopmental morbidity existed showed moderate or severe disability following NTC. Children over 2 year...

concurrent architecture, NTC, neighbor-only, two-qubit gate, concurrent architecture; and Perf, performance relative to VBE algorithm for that architecture, based on CCNOTs for AC and CNOTs for NTC.

U-box-containing Prp19p is an integral component of the Prp19p-associated complex (the nineteen complex, or NTC) that is essential for activation of the spliceosome. Prp19p makes numerous protein-protein contacts with other NTC components and is required for NTC stability. Here we show that Prp19p forms a tetramer in vitro and in vivo and we map the domain required for its oligomerization to a ...

Many cells die during development, tissue homeostasis, and disease. Dysregulation of apoptosis leads to cranial neural tube closure (NTC) defects like exencephaly, although the mechanism is unclear. Observing cells undergoing apoptosis in a living context could help elucidate their origin, behavior, and influence on surrounding tissues, but few tools are available for this purpose, especially i...