Preosteoblast Cell Adhesion and Proliferation on Polycaprolactone (PCL) 3D Scaffolds with Hyaluronic Acid Nano Layer

Polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffolds have been widely used for bone tissue engineering. However, PCL is not good due to the lack of cell recognition sites and hydrophobic surface. Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a glycosaminoglycan that plays an important role in adhesion, migration and proliferation. The object of this study is to fabricate the polymeric thin film in order to improving the preosteoblast cells adhesion and proliferation on HA immobilized PCL scaffolds using amine plasma polymerization. HA immobilized PCL scaffold showed no significant effect on preosteoblast cell attachment and proliferation. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/3547

Cryptanalysis of group-based key agreement protocols using subgroup distance functions

We introduce a new approach for cryptanalysis of key agreement protocols based on noncommutative groups. This approach uses functions that estimate the distance of a group element to a given subgroup. We test it against the Shpilrain-Ushakov protocol, which is based on Thompson's group F

Transient response analysis of a submerged floating tunnel under seismic and wave excitations

In this study, a numerical procedure is described for the transient response analysis of a submerged\ud floating tunnel with reference of a designed tunnel in Japan. Tension legs seizing the tunnel are simply modeled by a\ud spring elements and the tunnel itself is assumed by two rigid bodies between which a flexible joint is used. A recorded\ud seismic excitation is used while the wave load is calculated under a specific design condition. Hydro-damping and\ud added mass are considered for numerically modeling the underwater condition. A numerical procedure is validated with\ud compared to the previous results of the designed tunnel. Some modifications are proposed through the validating\ud process in terms of modeling and analysis procedure. Eventually, the modified numerical procedure will be used in\ud analyzing the transient response of a newly designed tunnel

Combinatorial point for higher spin loop models

Integrable loop models associated with higher representations (spin k/2) of U_q(sl(2)) are investigated at the point q=-e^{i\pi/(k+2)}. The ground state eigenvalue and eigenvectors are described. Introducing inhomogeneities into the models allows to derive a sum rule for the ground state entries.Comment: latest version adds some reference

The groupoidal analogue Theta~ to Joyal's category Theta is a test category

We introduce the groupoidal analogue \tilde\Theta to Joyal's cell category \Theta and we prove that \tilde\Theta is a strict test category in the sense of Grothendieck. This implies that presheaves on \tilde\Theta model homotopy types in a canonical way. We also prove that the canonical functor from \Theta to \tilde\Theta is aspherical, again in the sense of Grothendieck. This allows us to compare weak equivalences of presheaves on \tilde\Theta to weak equivalences of presheaves on \Theta. Our proofs apply to other categories analogous to \Theta.Comment: 41 pages, v2: references added, Remark 7.3 added, v3: metadata update

Partonic effects on the elliptic flow at relativistic heavy ion collisions

The elliptic flow in heavy ion collisions at RHIC is studied in a multiphase transport model. By converting the strings in the high energy density regions into partons, we find that the final elliptic flow is sensitive to the parton scattering cross section. To reproduce the large elliptic flow observed in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt s=130A$ GeV requires a parton scattering cross section of about 6 mb. We also study the dependence of the elliptic flow on the particle multiplicity, transverse momentum, and particle mass.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures, revtex, text added to detail the procedure for conversions between hadrons and parton

Signatures of the slow solar wind streams from active regions in the inner corona

Some of local sources of the slow solar wind can be associated with spectroscopically detected plasma outflows at edges of active regions accompanied with specific signatures in the inner corona. The EUV telescopes (e.g. SPIRIT/CORONAS-F, TESIS/CORONAS-Photon and SWAP/PROBA2) sometimes observed extended ray-like structures seen at the limb above active regions in 1MK iron emission lines and described as "coronal rays". To verify the relationship between coronal rays and plasma outflows, we analyze an isolated active region (AR) adjacent to small coronal hole (CH) observed by different EUV instruments in the end of July - beginning of August 2009. On August 1 EIS revealed in the AR two compact outflows with the Doppler velocities V =10-30 km/s accompanied with fan loops diverging from their regions. At the limb the ARCH interface region produced coronal rays observed by EUVI/STEREO-A on July 31 as well as by TESIS on August 7. The rays were co-aligned with open magnetic field lines expanded to the streamer stalks. Using the DEM analysis, it was found that the fan loops diverged from the outflow regions had the dominant temperature of ~1 MK, which is similar to that of the outgoing plasma streams. Parameters of the solar wind measured by STEREO-B, ACE, WIND, STEREO-A were conformed with identification of the ARCH as a source region at the Wang-Sheeley-Arge map of derived coronal holes for CR 2086. The results of the study support the suggestion that coronal rays can represent signatures of outflows from ARs propagating in the inner corona along open field lines into the heliosphere.Comment: Accepted for publication in Solar Physics; 31 Pages; 13 Figure

Measurement of the D+ and Ds+ decays into K+K-K+

We present the first clear observation of the doubly Cabibbo suppressed decay D+ --> K-K+K+ and the first observation of the singly Cabibbo suppressed decay Ds+ --> K-K+K+. These signals have been obtained by analyzing the high statistics sample of photoproduced charm particles of the FOCUS(E831) experiment at Fermilab. We measure the following relative branching ratios: Gamma(D+ --> K-K+K+)/Gamma(D+ --> K-pi+pi+) = (9.49 +/- 2.17(statistical) +/- 0.22(systematic))x10^-4 and Gamma(Ds+ --> K-K+K+)/Gamma(Ds+ --> K-K+pi+) = (8.95 +/- 2.12(statistical) +2.24(syst.) -2.31(syst.))x10^-3.Comment: 10 pages, 8 figure

New Measurements of the D+ to K* mu nu Form Factor Ratios

Using a large sample of D+ to K- pi+ mu+ nu decays collected by the FOCUS photoproduction experiment at Fermilab, we present new measurements of two semileptonic form factor ratios: rv and r2. We find rv = 1.504 \pm 0.057 \pm 0.039 and r2 = 0.875 \pm 0.049 \pm 0.064. Our form factor results include the effects of the s-wave interference discussed in a previous paper.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figure