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Cylindrical metal-coated optical fibre devices for filters and sensors
1996
Novel fibre-optic components suitable for sensor applications and wavelength filters are reported. The devices consist of a tapered fibre whose uniform waist has been coated with a thin layer of gold. The operation principle is the resonant excitation of a surface plasma mode of the metal film.
Obesity related changes in cardiac structure and function: role of blood pressure and metabolic abnormalities.
2019
BACKGROUND: It has been reported that changes in cardiac structure and ventricular function associated with obesity have to be attributable to hemodynamic and non-hemodynamic alterations. Accordingly, the aim of this was to evaluate left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) prevalence and its effect on left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in a cohort of obese patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: LV internal diameter (LVID), left ventricular mass (LVM) and LVM/height2.7(LVMI), relative wall thickness (RWT), LV ejection fraction (LVEF), E/A ratio, isovolumic relaxation time, deceleration time of E velocity by echocardiography and pulsed-wave Doppler and total circulating adiponectin (ADPN) b…
Quaternary transition pathway in sol–gel encapsulated haemoglobin tracked by NIR and UV spectral relaxations
2008
→T structural transition of haemoglobin (hb), the protein responsible for oxygen (o) transport in the red blood cells of vertebrates, is the hall mark example. This transition, which regu lates o2 uptake in the lungs and o2 release in the tissues, is a switch in the quaternary structure of the protein from a low-affinity state (T) to a high-affinity state (R), two well-characterised structures. The struc tural pathway connecting the end states of this transition remains unclear, however, although recently several experimental 1 or
Inspection of architectural structures with integrated electrical methodologies and infrared thermography
2005
B030 INSPECTION OF ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL METHODOLOGIES AND INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY Abstract 1 The attention of this paper was focused on the detection of moisture and local inhomogeneities inside architectural structures with electrical methodologies and infrared thermography. To this end a suitable specimen was fabricated using a mixture of sand water and concrete and with slag inclusions. To monitor the moisture variation with time in concrete nondestructive evaluation with both the techniques was made three months after the specimen fabrication and repeated again six months later. Introduction The inspection of architectural structures generally includes vario…
Potential of human serum albumin as chiral selector of basic drugs in affinity electrokinetic chromatography-partial filling technique
2006
The enantiomeric resolution of compounds using HSA by means of affinity EKC (AEKC)-partial filling technique is the result of a delicate balance between different experimental variables such as protein concentration, running pH (background electrophoretic buffer (BGE), protein, and compound solutions), and plug length. In this paper, the possibility of using HSA as chiral selector for enantioseparation of 28 basic drugs using this methodology is studied. The effect of the physicochemical parameters, the structural properties of compounds, and compound-HSA protein binding percentages over their chiral resolution with HSA is outlined. Based on the results obtained, a decision tree is proposed…
Ordinary muon capture studies for the matrix elements in ββ decay
2018
Precise measurement of $\gamma$-rays following ordinary (non-radiative) capture of negative muons by natural Se, Kr, Cd and Sm, as well as isotopically enriched $^{48}$Ti, $^{76}$Se, $^{82}$Kr, $^{106}$Cd and $^{150}$Sm targets was performed by means of HPGe detectors. Energy and time distributions were investigated and total life time of negative muon in different isotopes was deduced. Detailed analysis of $\gamma$-lines intensity allows to extract relative yield of several daughter nuclei and partial rates of ($\mu$,$\nu$) capture to numerous excited levels of the $^{48}$Sc, $^{76}$As, $^{82}$Br, $^{106}$Ag and $^{150}$Tc isotopes which are considered to be virtual states of an intermedia…
Monoclonal anti-fosB antibody specific for predetermined, nonstructural region of the fosB protein.
1997
Comparison of the primary structures and theoretical prediction of the potential antigenic determinant of the deduced Fos proteins reveals the presence of a nonstructural and hydrophilic region juxtaposed to the leucine zipper and nonconserved among the Fos protein family. To develop monoclonal anti-peptide antibodies capable of distinguishing all Fos-proteins, synthetic peptides specific for the mentioned predicted region were synthesized manually by the "tea-bag" method. Immunization of Balb/c mice with fosB-related synthetic peptide BSA gave rise to mouse hybridoma cell line K21 (IgG1, kappa) secreting highly specific antibodies against corresponding human fosB protein. Fine mapping of t…
Unveiling the environment and faint features of the isolated galaxy CIG 96 with deep optical and HI observations
2018
Context. Asymmetries in atomic hydrogen (HI) in galaxies are often caused by the interaction with close companions, making isolated galaxies an ideal framework to study secular evolution. The AMIGA project has demonstrated that isolated galaxies show the lowest level of asymmetry in their HI integrated profiles compared to even field galaxies, yet some present significant asymmetries. CIG 96 (NGC 864) is a representative case reaching a 16% level. Aims. Our aim is to investigate the HI asymmetries of the spiral galaxy CIG 96 and what processes have triggered the star-forming regions observed in the XUV pseudo-ring. Methods. We performed deep optical observations at CAHA1.23m, CAHA2.2m and V…
Un análisis empírico del impacto de la regulación contable en el mercado de auditoría
2017
El objetivo de la presente tesis se centra en el estudio de la estructura del mercado de la auditoría así como en analizar el impacto económico que la regulación contable ejerce sobre determinados elementos del mercado de auditoría (honorarios y rentabilidad de las firmas de auditoría). A partir de la publicación del Reglamento europeo 1606/2002 se requirió a los grupos cotizados que formulasen sus estados financieros consolidados desde el 1 de enero de 2005, conforme a las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera o NIIF. En España, la adaptación de las NIIF al resto de empresas, no se llevó a cabo hasta la aprobación del Nuevo Plan General Contable (NPGC) y del plan para pequeñas y…
Factors of good visual outcome in acute post-cataract endophthalmitis (friends group)
2009
International audience; Purpose: To analyze initial clinical factors of good visual outcome in patients with acute endophthalmitis following cataract surgery. Methods: A prospective study was performed in 4 University hospital (Dijon, Grenoble, Lyon, Saint-Etienne, FRIENDS group) on 100 patients with acute post-cataract endophthalmitis. Factors related to cataract surgery (complications), the initial presentation and the microbiological identification were analyzed according to the final visual outcome using univariate and multivariate analysis (SPSS 12.0). Results: 46% out of the patients had a final visual acuity less than or equal to 0.3 logMar (good visual outcome) at 6 months while 10%…