Constrictive vascular remodeling limiting blood flow, as well as compensatory outward remodeling, has been observed in many cardiovascular diseases; however, the underlying mechanisms regulating the remodeling response of the vessels remain unclear.Plasminogen activators (PA) are involved in many of the processes of vascular remodeling.We have show

To manipulate liquid matter at the nanometer scale, 3m speedglas 9002nc we have developed a robotic assembly equipped with a hollow atomic force microscope (AFM) cantilever that can handle femtolitre volumes of liquid.The assembly consists of four independent robots, each sugar cube sized with four degrees of freedom.All robots are placed on a sing

Textiles are a vital and indispensable part of our clothing that we use daily.They are very flexible, often lightweight, and have a variety of application uses.Today, with the rapid developments in small and flexible sensing materials, textiles can be enhanced and used as input whelen arges spotlight devices for interactive systems.Clothing-based w

Complete radial tears of the meniscus render the entirety of the meniscus functionally incompetent (known as an ameniscal state); therefore, attempts at repair are essential.Although various techniques have been described, repair failures continue to frequently occur, especially with the medial meniscus.Inside-out repair and anchoring of the preser

Barley mild mosaic virus (BaMMV), Barley yellow mosaic virus (BaYMV) and Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) have been identified as an important causative agents for an economically important disease of winter barley in Korea.In this study, a multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (mRT-PCR) method was used for the simultaneous dete