Evaluation of ambipolar carrier mobility in alkyl-substituted phthalocyanine thin film

Yuki Nishikawa, Yuya Nakata, Shigehiro Ikehara, Akihiko Fujii, and Masanori Ozaki "Evaluation of ambipolar carrier mobility in alkyl-substituted phthalocyanine thin film," Journal of Photonics for Energy 8(3), 032214 (15 May 2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.8.03221

Effects of a 1.5 T time-varying magnetic field on cell volume regulation of bovine adrenal chromaffin cells in hyposmotic media

Effects of a time-varying magnetic field on cell volume regulation by hyposmotic stress in cultured bovine adrenal chromaffin cells were examined. Through regulatory volume decrease (RVD), cell volume of chromaffin cells that were incubated in a hypotonic medium initially increased, reached a peak and finally recovered to the initial value. Two hour exposure to a magnetic field and addition of cytochalasin D increased peak value and delayed return to initial value. Intracellular F-actin contents initially decreased but returned to normal levels after 10 sec. Two hour exposure to the magnetic field and addition of cytochalasin D continuously reduced the F-actin content. Results suggest that exposure to the magnetic field stimulated disruption of the actin cytoskeleton and that the disruption delayed the recovery to the volume prior to osmotic stress

Nursing assistance for psychological adjustment of gastrointestinal cancer patients undergoing laparotomy in the perioperative period

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Aerobic microbial life persists in oxic marine sediment as old as 101.5 million years

The discovery of aerobic microbial communities in nutrient-poor sediments below the seafloor begs the question of the mechanisms for their persistence. Here the authors investigate subseafloor sediment in the South Pacific Gyre abyssal plain, showing that aerobic microbial life can be revived and retain metabolic potential even from 101.5 Ma-old sediment