... of coral reefs in most tropical areas Of the world’s coral reefs, 10% are now estimated as severely damaged or destroyed, and 58% potentially threatened (Bryant et al. , 1998) The area north of ... features consisting of physical and biological formations or groups of such formations, which are of outstanding universal value from the aesthetic or scientific point of view,” or “Areas which constitute ... constitute the habitat ofthreatenedspeciesof animals or plants of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science, conservation, or natural beauty.” (Our italics) The two governments,...
... homogenized and studied by horizontal starch gel electrophoresis (Selander et al. , 1971) For the preparation of the buffers used for the assay, see Noy etal (1987) The alleles were recorded according ... environmental stress makes them appropriate as genetic detectors and monitors of organic pollutants Such direct genetic indicators can complement other methods of bio- and chemical monitoring The ... responses of planulae and corals For the herring gull chick (Larus argentatus), Miller etal (1978) reported that a single small oral dose of Kuwait or South Louisiana crude oil, caused cessation of...
... 1963; Ogawa et al, 1966; Deamer and Crofts, 1967; Helenius and Simmons, 1975) or on the epicuticular (Gellini et al, 1985; 1987; Noga et al, 1987; Wolter et al, 1988) The aim of this report is to ... inland for a stretch of a few hundred metres or at most km After especially violent wind storms the damage can occasionally reach zones that are many kilometres from the coast (Grossoni et al, ... Innamorati et al, 1989; Grossoni et al, 1990), also focusing on San Rossore In the meantime studies were also carried out in Australia (Pitman et al, 1977; Dowden et al, 1978; Grieve and Pitman,...
... course of the Karpathiou etal Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011, 5:302 http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/302 Page of Figure (A) Tissue slide revealing an obvious distortion of lung ... Karpathiou etal Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011, 5:302 http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/302 Page of Figure (A) Radiography and (B) bone scan of the right humerus at initial diagnosis ... Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011, 5:302 http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/302 Page of Figure (A) Radiography of the chest at the time of bilateral pneumothorax revealing pulmonary...
... analyzed and interpreted the magnetic resonance imaging; OL analyzed and interpreted the FDG-PET AT and KMM performed the histological examination of the tumor All authors read and approved the final ... MRI, CT and FDG-PET scans [6,7] The majority of reported pericardial tumors are metastatic in nature and indicate a poor prognosis Primary tumors of the pericardium are extremely rare, and PMPM ... very rare pericardial tumor of unknown etiology [8-10] So far, about 350 cases have been reported in the literature, and Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Medical Case...
... study of all margins of the conization site, of both parametrial tissues and all lymph nodes surgically excised For fixation, a 4% neutral solution of formaldehyde is commonly used and is ideal for ... occasionally also present in upper epithelial layers of severe reactive and inflammatory change (al- Saleh etal 1995; Bulten etal 1996; Kruse etal 2001; Pirog etal 2002) The expression of CEA ... clinical trials (Heselmeyer etal 1996; Heselmeyer etal 1997) For further technical details, please refer to handbooks on microscopic methods in molecular biology Normal Ectocervix Normal Histology,...
... cheek, and corresponds to the labial surface of the anterior teeth The term facial surface may be used for either the labial surface of anterior teeth or the buccal surface of posterior teeth c ... (convex) or bulges toward the apical on the facial and lingual surfaces of teeth The cervical line is normally curved (convex) toward the incisal (occlusal) on the mesial and distal surfaces of teeth ... marginal ridges are the mesial and distal terminations of the occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth, and the lingual surfaces of anterior teeth Furthermore, it was noted that they are normally...
... crystals of conductors and semiconductors; insulators and polycrystalline samples under special circumstances; 0.25 cm2 or larger, smaller with special effort Main uses Analysis of surface crystallography ... standards, and chemical state analysis, for materials as diverse as biological to metallurgical X P S also is known as electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) Range of elements All ... lengths and coordination numbers for atoms at or near the surface Features near an absorption edge (NEXAFS) are often characteristic of the local coordination (octahedral, tetrahedral, etc.) or oxidation...
... immediately reveal whether the sample is uniaxial (hexagonal or tetragonal) or biaxial (orthorhombic, monoclinic, or triclinic) Addition of the compensator and proper orientation of the rotating ... adrorption-surface areas of any stable solids, e.g., oxides used as catalyst supports and carbon black: Cbcmisorptiorr-measurements of particle sizes of metal powders, andof supported metals in catalysts Instrument ... subfield, or may be quite general and universal There are microscopical atlases for the identification of metals and alloys,' rocks and ores,2paper fibers, animal feeds, pollens, foods, woods, animal...
... classes of processes is more dominant, or more useful, depends on a number of factors, including the energy of the electron beam, the nature of the material (high or low Z), and the type of information ... The main advantages of EDS are its speed of data collection; the detector’s e%ciency (both analytical and geometrical);the ease of use; its portability; and the relative ease of interfacing to ... can determine N Using a hydrogenic model, Egerton5 has developed a set of FORTRAN subroutines (SigmaK and SigmaL) that are used by the vast majority of analysts for the calculation of K- and L-shell...
... antiferromagnetic as well as ferromagnetic materials Surface Metting The ability of XPD and AED to measure the short-range order of materials on a very short time scale opens the door for surface order-disorder ... highly disordered form of y F e 0 H Unfortunately, the majority of EXAFS studies of passive films have been on chemically passivated metals: Electrochemically passivated metals are of greater ... the initial stages ofmetallic corrosion, intehce behavior in epitaxial thin fdms, and semiconductor surface segregation have already profited from XPD and AED experiments A broad range of research...
... routinely for elemental and chemical state analysis over a range of materials in a wide variety of technological and chemical industries Its main current limitations are the lack of high spatial resolutions ... WNDUCTlON BAND - -VALENCE BAND NE) B.E Figure CEELS VEELS Representation of a typical density of electron statesfor a metal having X, V and Zcore levels [top); and REELS spectrum expected from metal ... struczure of an adsorbate overlayer may be obtained, together with information on the geometric orientation of such adsorbate mole5.2 UPS 303 'Typical' metal spectrum plus adsorbed monolayer of M...
... agreement between results of XRF and AAS or EPMA, and the average deviation is 0.9% between XRF and AAS and is 1.1% between XRF and EPMA It is worth noting that the compositions of more than half of ... general name of fluorometry In PL of semiconductors, one monitors emission from the bottom of the conduction band to the top of the valence band All the properties that can be determined from band-edge ... Spectroscopy is one of the most useful techniques for studying the optical proponents of the bulk (semiconductorsor metals) and surface (semiconductors )of technologically important materials It is relatively...
... mathematical details of polarization in optics D E Aspnes In: Handbook of Optical Constana of Solid (E Palik, ed.) Academic Press,Orlando, 1985 Description of use of ellipsometry to determine optical constants ... probe of glassy and amor- 8.1 FTlR 425 phous materials, where few alternate methods exist for obtaining chemical information For other materials, FTIR is a valuable member in the arsenal of characterization ... Raman lines or to the splitting of the lines of the parent structure Group theoretical calculations allow a good prediction of expected spectral behavior for possible ordering schemes, and Raman...
... chemical shift anisotropy The spatial distribution of the chemical shift is assumed to be spherically symmetric (a), axially symmetric (b), and completely asymmetric (c) The toptrace shows theoretical ... exact angular acceptance and efficiency of the detector, as well as details due to the detector’s geometry, one usually uses a calibrated standard, for example a known amount of Sb implanted in 506 ... (WSi,, MoSi,TiSi,, etc.) Barrier metals (TIN,, TiW,, etc.) Insulating layers (SiO,, SiN,, and S i Cu in A interconnect I 111-Vand11-VImaterials(AlxGal&, andHg,Cdi-%Te) Metal multilayer stacks...
... transients SALI has been applied to two basic groups of samples: inorganic and organic solid materials For inorganic analysis or elemental analysis (e.g., semiconductors and metal alloys), ionization ... one of the most powerful surface and microanalytical techniques for materials characterization It is primarily used in the analysis of semiconductors,as well as for metallurgical, and geological ... great deal of flexibility and control in the types and conditions of the energetic beam of particles chosen to stimulate desorption For elemental analysis of inorganic materials, typically a 50-pm...
... not been corrected for this effect AI Metallization The measurement of the concentration depth profiles of the minor alloying elements Si andAl in Al metallizations is also very important to ... insulators (SOI) Epiraxial GaAs Buried oxides (SIMOX) Plated, sputtered, or evaporated metals Table Typical materials analyzed Table lists some of the materials typically analyzed by SSMS and some of ... The analysis of a material in limited supply, and when too little is available for analysis by alternative methods A number of examples of the application of GDMS to various metals and alloys...
... National Laboratory, USA Spallation NBS National Institute of Standards Reactor and Technology, USA MURR University of Missouri, USA Reactor OWR Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA Reactor ORR ... types of radiation (primarily for reasons of safety) While only a few millimeters of metal are required to assure the safety of workers near an X-ray source, several meters of absorbing material ... National Laboratory, USA Reactor HFR Institute Laue Langevin, France Reactor IPNS Argonne National Laboratory, USA Spallation ISIS Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, UK Spallation LANSE Los Alamos...