... ions. The
present work aims to understand whether the SnO
2
nanocrystals can sensitize the Sm
3+
emission in the
silica matrix. The one-step synthesis of the silica
xerogels containing SnO
2
nanocrystals ... to the energy gap of
the SnO
2
nanocrystals, while no emission of Sm
3+
ions
can be observed for the samples containing Sm
3+
ions.
The enhanceme...
... competing interests
All intellectual rights are reserved by the California Insti-
tute of Molecular Medicine (CIMM), and all aspects of
this work were performed by CIMM. There are no compet-
ing interests ... bp were limited to the region between two strings of
C's, with 56% of the sequences containing deletions lack-
ing 113 bp and 44% lacking 116 bp. Most of the I...
... be made into these programmes in
order to maintain the "low and slow" development of HIV
in the Philippines.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' ... reflects a
degree of uncertainty in the route of exposure.
The dominant mode of HIV transmission in the Philip-
pines is sexual (~92%). But the large...
... CHF enhancement in
nanofluids, two kinds of hypotheses on the roles of
nanoparticle during nanofluid boiling were suggested in
the early stage of research.
Vassallo et al. [6] (one of the initial ... 6:415
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the liquid promote the pinning of the contact-angle line
of the evaporating meniscus and sessi...
... CdSe contacted with Pb atoms
instead of oleic acid; this induced the increase of surface
polarization charges. The spectra shift to red because of the
enhancement of the Stark effect (Fig. 2).
Fig. ... more or less induce surface defects at
the interface of the two materials [22]. The carriers will be
trapped and result in the enhancement of the Stark effec...
... participated in the conduct of the study.
ET participated in design and conduct of the study.
UK participated in design and conduct of the study.
DN conceived of the study, coordinated the study ... confirming the
results of former studies investigating Vβ-repertoire
restrictions in blood of patients with other tumor entities,
which have been interpreted as i...
... viral
preparations.
Targeting viruses to cell surface avb integrins by
inserting RGD tripeptide motif into the HI loop of the
fiber knob (Ad5lucRGD) or into the fiber shaft KKTK
domain (AdTLRGDK) increased the expression ... Juselius
Foundation, Academy of Finland, Biocentrum Helsinki. Akseli Hemminki is K.
Albin Johansson Research Professor of the Foundation for the Finni...
... the type of hospital, the number of family members
living together and the severity of the disease at admis-
sion. Our findings suggest that Bulgarian male inpatients
and individuals living in ... employed in
medical institutions. For the aim of the study, the inter-
viewers received additional training.
Key measures
In the analysis, the principal measure was o...
... an
11-point numerical rating scale (NRS) to enable enroll-
ment of individuals with a broad range of pain severity,
since another outcome of this study was validation of cut-
points representing ... enrollment; the par-
ticipants' clinicians forwarded written confirmation of the
diagnosis of FM to the study investigators. Individuals
were required to have a current pain...