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A snapshot multi-wavelengths imaging device for in-vivo skin diagnostics

2020

A portable proof-of-concept prototype device for single snapshot capturing of four spectral line images has been designed, assembled and laboratory-tested. It comprises optical unit that ensures even illumination of the skin target area simultaneously at four laser wavelengths - 450 nm, 523 nm, 638 nm and 850 nm, double-camera image recording system, micro-computer managed operation system and a touch-screen display for image control and displaying the concentration distribution maps of four skin chromophores - melanin, oxy-hemoglobin, deoxy-hemoglobin and bilirubin. Besides, the device captures skin auto fluorescence image at 405 nm laser excitation to separate seborrheic keratosis from ot…

GENERAZIONE DI SECONDA ARMONICA IN GUIDA D’ONDA IN TANTALATO DI LITIO CONGRUENTE CON POLING PERIODICO E CONVERSIONE DI LUNGHEZZA D’ONDA IN BANDA C + L

2010

Here we show the results obtained by the characterization of a lithium-tantalate based device for second-harmonic-generation and all-optical wavelength conversion. The waveguides have been obtained by proton-exchange in a periodically-poled congruent lithium tantalate substrate.

Laparoscopic surgical management of localized recurrent ovarian cancer: a single-institution experience

2014

Background: Optimally, secondary cytoreduction is acknowledged as a valid option in terms of oncologic outcome for patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer. In cases of localized relapse, a laparoscopic approach has been attempted at various institutions, but studies on its role for this subset of patients still are limited. This report describes the authors' experience using laparoscopic secondary cytoreduction for patients with localized recurrent ovarian cancer. The results from a retrospective analysis of a prospective case series are reported. Methods: Between October 2011 and May 2013, 29 patients with localized recurrent ovarian cancer were selected for a laparoscopi…

Protein diffusion through charged nanopores with different radii at low ionic strength

2014

[EN] The diffusion of two similar molecular weight proteins, bovine serum albumin (BSA) and bovine haemoglobin (BHb), through nanoporous charged membranes with a wide range of pore radii is studied at low ionic strength. The effects of the solution pH and the membrane pore diameter on the pore permeability allow quantifying the electrostatic interaction between the chargedpore and the protein. Because of the large screening Debye length, both surface and bulk diffusion occur simultaneously. By increasing the pore diameter, the permeability tends to the bulk self-diffusion coefficient for each protein. By decreasing the pore diameter, the charges on the pore surface electrostatically hinder …

Statics and Dynamics of Bidisperse Polymer Melts:  A Monte Carlo Study of the Bond-Fluctuation Model

1998

As a first step toward the computer simulation of polydisperse polymeric melts, a lattice model containing two types of chains with lengths N1 = 20 − x and N2 = 20 + 4x (0 ≤ x ≤ 10 ) is studied. This variation of x, together with the fixed composition of 80% of short and 20% of long chains, leads to a polydispersity of 1 ≤ Nw/Nn ≤ 2 (Nw, Nn:  weight-, number-average chain lengths). To represent dense melts, the bond-fluctuation model at a volume fraction, φ = 1/2, of occupied lattice sites is used. The simulation treats both the athermal case (chain connectivity and excluded volume interaction only) and a thermal case, where additionally a choice for the bond length and bond angle potential…

Self-Organization of Polarization State in Optical Fibers

2017

Complexity Selection of the Self-Organizing Map

2002

This paper describes how the complexity of the Self-Organizing Map can be selected using the Minimum Message Length principle. The use of the method in textual data analysis is also demonstrated.

Measurement of the and B− meson lifetimes

1993

Abstract The lifetimes of the B 0 and B − mesons have been measured with the ALEPH detector at LEP. Semileptonic decays of B 0 and B − mesons were partially reconstructed by identifying events containing a lepton with an associated D ∗+ or D 0 meson. The proper time of the B meson was estimated from the measured decay length and the momentum and mass of the D -lepton system. A fit to the proper time of 77 D ∗+ l − and 77 D 0 l − candidates, combined with a constraint on the lifetime ratio ( τ − τ 0 ) arising from the relative rates of observed D ∗+ l − and D 0 l − events, yielded the following lifetimes: τ 0 =1.52 −0.18 +0.20 ( stat. ) −0.13 +0.07 ( syst. ) ps , τ − = 1.47 −0.19 +0.22 ( sta…

Fast response vibration sensor based on Bragg gratings written in tapered core fibres

2007

Bragg gratings written in tapered core fibres permit a direct measure of mechanical vibrations with a time response better than 10 µs. The intrinsic properties of the sensors lead to a simple interrogation technique and wavelength multiplexing capacity. The sensor system is operated at 800 nm and is compact and low-cost.

Diagnosis of flavobacteriosis by direct amplification of rRNA genes

2002

A broad-range bacterial PCR method with universal 16S rDNA targeting primers and bacterial cultivation was used to identify the putative pathogen in flavobacterial outbreaks. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis and sequencing of the partial 16S rDNA PCR products of 10 skin samples and 10 representative isolates derived from the same fish specimens revealed differences between direct molecular and cultivation-based analysis. Flavobacterium columnare-like sequences dominated in the direct molecular analysis in most cases, whereas most of the isolates belonged to a phylogenetically heterogeneous group of flavobacteria clustering with F. hibernum. F. columnare was isola…