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Bulk Polymer Composites

Detecting high energy radiation is important to public health, security, nuclear medicine, and astronomical research. The energy-absorbing materials used in detectors fall into two general ...
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Carbon Nanotube Composites For Supercapacitors

Digital electronic devices continue to evolve rapidly; whereas the development of methods to power these devices has been comparably minimal. Lithium-ion batteries are frequently used in handheld ...
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Cardiac MRI Circular Tagging

Cardiac MRI tagging is a promising technique for noninvasively studying regional heart wall motion. To implement, tags are first formed in the myocardium using spatially dependent excitation ...
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Cell Lines for the Study of Kaposis Sarcoma and Smooth Muscle Cells

Kaposis sarcoma (KS) is a multi-focal neoplasm frequently associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection. As many as 40% of patients with HIV infection will be afflicted with this tumor, ...
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Cell Separation Device using High Electromagnetic Gradients through a Particle-based Microfluidic Approach

Organizing and separating cells is a fundamental function in the research of biochemical systems. Cell separation methods that utilize electromagnetic forces in particular are useful in research ...
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CeramicAsh: Material And Method

Chemically bonded ceramics (CBCs) combine high mechanical strength with corrosion resistance and temperature stability. These materials have utility in hazardous waste containment, radiation ...
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Cerberus And FRZB-1, Secretory Molecules With A Regenerative Function And An Inhibitory Activity On WNTS, Respectively

Soluble growth and neurotrophic factors are valuable for their physiological activities and their utilities in therapeutic, clinical, research, diagnostic, and drug design applications.
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Characterization And Normalization Algorithms For High-Density Oligonucleotide Gene Expression Array Data

Monitoring gene expression using high-density microarrays is a frequently-used technique in the study of cell functions and the associated biochemical pathways, candidate gene identification, ...
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Charge Storage Device Architecture For Increased Energy And Power Density

Electrochemical capacitors are energy storage devices that provide a high-power and lightweight alternative to rechargeable industrial batteries and backup power supplies. Furthermore, the ...
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Chemical Inhibitors Of Cholesterol Biosynthesis And Venous Angiogenesis

Statins are a class of small molecule drugs used for lowering blood cholesterol levels and preventing cardiovascular disease. Atorvastatin, sold by Pfizer under the trade name Lipitor, is the ...
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Chemical Manufacture Of Nanostructured Materials

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes have several potential applications in hydrogen storage, supercapacitors, and structural composites. However, most of these applications depend upon a reliable source ...
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Chemical Sintering For High Throughput Generation Of Porous Scaffolds

Tissue engineering is a field aimed at developing artificial tissues and organs for use in the clinical arena or as tools for in vitro assay where there is a desire to mimic the in vivo setting. ...
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Chemokine to Induce Anti-Tumor Response by Stimulating Cell-Mediated Immune Response and Inhibiting Angiogenesis

Chemokines are a group of homologous yet functionally divergent proteins that mediate leukocyte migration and activation and play a role in regulating angiogenesis. Secondary lymphoid organ ...
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Chordin, a Secreted BMP Antagonist

The study of molecular mechanism within morphogenesis provides substantial therapeutic values since signal molecules involved in the process have potential utilities in regenerating tissues and ...
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Chromo-Modal Dispersive Device

The ability to control group velocity dispersion (GVD) is of paramount importance in applications where the width of an optical pulse is critical to the operation of an optical system. Typically, ...
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Circuits, Architectures And CAD Algorithms For Power Efficient FPGAs

While FPGAs are attractive design platforms due to their low cost and short time to market, their power efficiencies are much lower than that of traditional ASIC designs. Currently, many of the ...
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Cloned Vesicular Amine Transporters And Methods For Drug Screening And Gene Therapy

Classical neurotransmitters accumulate in the cytoplasm after both synthesis and reuptake from the synapse by the plasma membrane transporter. The neurotransmitters are then transported into and ...

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