The purpose of this study was to examine the physicochemical properties of TA ointments and conduct a human sensory test to assess the properties of those ointments. Physicochemical assessment was done via near-infrared (NIR) absorption spectroscopy, measurement of water content, microscopy, and measurement of viscoelasticity. The human sensory test examined 5 aspects (texture, cohesiveness, sp...

Tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) films were studied with and without applying fixed pulse bias and frequency at variable pulse widths in double bent Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc(FCVA) system. Both from Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS) analyses it has been observed that the ratio of sp/sp is maximal at pulse width of 15 μs with fixed pulse bias 3kV and frequency 200 kHz. Increa...

Fuel load and fuel moisture content are crucial parameters in estimating bushfire risk. However, current measures of these parameters are not spatially distributed within fire districts; the district-level indices are derived from pointbased estimates at sparsely located stations. In addition, they are based on meteorological inputs alone, rather than observations, and are the major sources of ...

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content relative to nuclear DNA content as well as mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) content was measured in four hind-limb skeletal muscles, namely soleus (S), tibialis anterior (TA), gastrocnemius (G), and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) of adult rats. Content of mtDNA in 6-month-old rats is in the rank order of S > TA > G > EDL, and TFAM content is higher ...

The structure of tetrahedral amorphous carbon ~ta-C! films deposited by a filtered cathodic vacuum arc has been studied using micro-Raman spectroscopy in terms of substrate bias, nitrogen gas partial pressure ~ta-C:N films! or aluminum content in a mixed aluminum/carbon target ~ta-C:Al films! during deposition. The first-order Raman spectra generally show a broad feature overlaid by a disordere...

Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) peptide levels have been shown to increase in overloaded skeletal muscles (G. R. Adams and F. Haddad. J. Appl. Physiol. 81: 2509-2516, 1996). In that study, the increase in IGF-I was found to precede measurable increases in muscle protein and was correlated with an increase in muscle DNA content. The present study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that d...

this study sought the relationship between short-term in-service development programs for efl teachers and their teaching practice in high schools. the objectives were to determine the relationship between: 1) the components of the programs for efl teachers and their practice in class, and 2) efl teachers’ perception of the programs and their practice in class. data were collected through quest...

the type of training system and application of calcium spray have considerable effects on storability of fruits. in this study, the effects of calcium chloride spray (0, 0.75, 1.5 and 3 g.l-1) in three times during 2, 4 and 6 weeks before harvest time on apple (malus domestica) fruits cvs. ‘gala’ and ‘delbarestival’, which trained in three different training systems (v shape, hightech and cordo...

The effect of Ta alloying on the structure, mechanical properties and scratching behavior Ti-Al-N-based coatings deposited Ti substrates by reactive direct-current magnetron sputtering is studied. It was found that increasing content in Ti1-x-yAlxTayN from y = 0 to 0.65 led a decrease hardness Young’s modulus but an increase hardness-to-modulus ratio. This resulted reduction load-bearing capaci...