Understanding and engineering phonon-mediated tunneling into graphene on metal surfaces

Metal-intercalated graphene on Ir(111) exhibits phonon signatures in inelastic elec- tron tunneling spectroscopy with strengths that depend on the intercalant. Extraor- dinarily strong graphene phonon signals are observed for Cs intercalation. Li interca- lation likewise induces clearly discriminable phonon signatures, albeit less pronounced than observed for Cs. The signal can be finely tuned by the alkali metal coverage and gradually disappears upon increasing the junction conductance from tunneling to con- tact ranges. In contrast to Cs and Li, for Ni-intercalated graphene the phonon signals stay below the detection limit in all transport ranges. Going beyond the conventional two-terminal approach, transport calculations provide a comprehensive understanding of the subtle interplay between the graphene{electrode coupling and the observation of graphene phonon spectroscopic signatures

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Contains reports on two research projects.U. S. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, under Contract F19628-69-C-0044National Institutes of Health (Grant 2 RO1 NB-04332-06

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Contains reports on two research projects.U. S. Air Force (Electronic Systems Division) under Contract AF19(628)-5661National Institutes of Health (Grant 5 RO1 NB-04332-04)Lincoln Laboratory, a center for research operated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with support of the U.S. Air Forc

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Contains research objectives and reports on two research objectives.U.S. Air Force (Air Force Cambridge Research Center, Air Research and Development Command) under Contract AF19(604)-6102National Science Foundatio

Metabolic Syndrome X – High Risk Factor for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Its Complications

Metabolic Syndrome X is a clinical entity which comprises the following factors: diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, high levels of triglyceride and/or low levels of HDL cholesterol, central obesity and microalbuminuria (by WHO criteria). The first goal of this study was to determine the frequency of the Metabolic Syndrome X (MSX) in patients with acute myocardial infarction compared with the general population. The second goal of the study was to examine the frequency of heart failure and reinfarction rate in the patients with myocardial infarction, with and without MSX. Furthermore, the relationship between gender and MSX was analyzed. A total of 101 patients with acute myocardial infarction took part in randomized trial (32 women and 69 men). MSX and all of its components were diagnosed according to WHO criteria. To determine statistical significance of our results, we used 2 test and t-test for independent samples. From 101 patient 48 had MSX (47.52%), while in the general population incidence of MSX is 3–4%. The reinfarction and the heart failure rate were significantly higher in the group of patients with MSX (p = 0.0067 and p = 0.0217, respectively ). To conclude, the results of the present study confirm that MSX is a high risk factor for myocardial infarction and its complications

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Contains research objectives and reports on two research projects.National Institutes of Health (Grant MH-13390-01)U.S. Air Force (Electronic Systems Division) under Contract AF 19(628)-248

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Contains research objectives and reports on one research project.Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, U.S. Air Force, under Contract AF19(628)-3325National Science Foundation (Grant GP-2495)National Institutes of Health (Grant NB-04332-02)National Institutes of Health (Grant MH-04737-04)National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Grant NsG-496

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Contains research objectives and reports on three research projects.U. S. Air Force (Electronic Systems Division) under Contract AF19(628)-5661National Institutes of Health (Grant 5 RO1 NB-04332-04

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Contains research objectives and reports on four research projects.U.S. Air Force (Electronic Systems Division) under Contract AF 19(628)-3325National Institutes of Health (Grant NB-04332-03

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Contains research objectives, summary of research and reports on one research project.U.S. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, under Contract F19628-69-C-0044National Institutes of Health (Grant 2 RO1 NB-04332-07