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NMR study on the stability of the magnetic ground state in MnCrO
The canting angles and fluctuation of the magnetic ion spins of spinel oxide
MnCrO were studied by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) at low
temperatures, which has a collinear ferrimagnetic order below and a
ferrimagnetic spiral order below . Contrary to previous reports,
only one spin canting angle of Cr ions was observed. The spin canting angles of
Mn and Cr ions in the ferrimagnetic spiral obtained at a liquid-He temperature
were 43\,^{\circ} and 110\,^{\circ}, respectively. The nuclear spin-spin
relaxation was determined by the Suhl-Nakamura interaction at low temperatures
but the relaxation rate increases rapidly as the temperature
approaches . This indicates that the fluctuation of the spiral component
becomes faster as the temperature increases but not fast enough to leave an
averaged hyperfine field to nuclei in the time scale of nuclear spin precession
in the ferrimagnetic phase, which is on the order of s. The spiral
volume fraction measured for various temperatures reveals that the collinear
and the spiral ferrimagnetic phases are mixed below the transition temperature
of the spiral order. The temperature hysteresis in the volume fraction implies
that this transition has first-order characteristics.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figure
Ultrafast Electron Microscopy Integrated with a Direct Electron Detection Camera
In the past decade, we have witnessed the rapid growth of the field of ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM), which provides intuitive means to watch atomic and molecular motions of matter. Yet, because of the limited current of the pulsed electron beam resulting from space-charge effects, observations have been mainly made to periodic motions of the crystalline structure of hundreds of nanometers or higher by stroboscopic imaging at high repetition rates. Here, we develop an advanced UEM with robust capabilities for circumventing the present limitations by integrating a direct electron detection camera for the first time which allows for imaging at low repetition rates. This approach is expected to promote UEM to a more powerful platform to visualize molecular and collective motions and dissect fundamental physical, chemical, and materials phenomena in space and time.ope
Optimizing Parameters of Information-Theoretic Correlation Measurement for Multi-Channel Time-Series Datasets in Gravitational Wave Detectors
Data analysis in modern science using extensive experimental and
observational facilities, such as a gravitational wave detector, is essential
in the search for novel scientific discoveries. Accordingly, various techniques
and mathematical principles have been designed and developed to date. A
recently proposed approximate correlation method based on the information
theory is widely adopted in science and engineering. Although the maximal
information coefficient (MIC) method remains in the phase of improving its
algorithm, it is particularly beneficial in identifying the correlations of
multiple noise sources in gravitational-wave detectors including non-linear
effects. This study investigates various prospects for determining MIC
parameters to improve the reliability of handling multi-channel time-series
data, reduce high computing costs, and propose a novel method of determining
optimized parameter sets for identifying noise correlations in gravitational
wave data.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figure
Molecular Weight Dependent Glucose Lowering Effect of Low Molecular Weight Chitosan Oligosaccharide (GO2KA1) on Postprandial Blood Glucose Level in SD Rats Model
Abstract This research investigated the effect of enzymatically digested low molecular weight (MW) chitosan oligosaccharide on type 2 diabetes prevention. Three different chitosan oligosaccharide samples with varying MW were evaluated in vitro for inhibition of rat small intestinal α-glucosidase and porcine pancreatic α-amylase (GO2KA1; \u3c1000 Da, GO2KA2; 1000–10,000 Da, GO2KA3; MW \u3e 10,000 Da). The in vitro results showed that all tested samples had similar rat α-glucosidase inhibitory and porcine α-amylase inhibitory activity. Based on these observations, we decided to further investigate the effect of all three samples at a dose of 0.1 g/kg, on reducing postprandial blood glucose levels in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rat model after sucrose loading test. In the animal trial, all tested samples had postprandial blood glucose reduction effect, when compared to control, however GO2KA1 supplementation had the strongest effect. The glucose peak (Cmax) for GO2KA1 and control was 152 mg/dL and 193 mg/dL, respectively. The area under the blood glucose-time curve (AUC) for GO2KA1 and control was 262 h mg/dL and 305 h mg/dL, respectively. Furthermore, the time of peak plasma concentration of blood glucose (Tmax) for GO2KA1 was significantly delayed (0.9 h) compared to control (0.5 h). These results suggest that GO2KA1 could have a beneficial effect for blood glucose management relevant to diabetes prevention in normal and pre-diabetic individuals. The suggested mechanism of action is via inhibition of the carbohydrate hydrolysis enzyme α-glucosidase and since GO2KA1 (MW \u3c 1000 Da) had higher in vivo effect, we hypothesize that it is more readily absorbed and might exert further biological effect once it is absorbed in the blood stream, relevant to blood glucose management
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