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Basic instrumentation for Hall A at Jefferson Lab
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Ingår i: Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment. - : Elsevier BV. - 0167-5087 .- 0168-9002. ; 522:3, s. 294-346
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The instrumentation in Hall A at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility was designed to study electro-and photo-induced reactions at very high luminosity and good momentum and angular resolution for at least one of the reaction products. The central components of Hall A are two identical high resolution spectrometers, which allow the vertical drift chambers in the focal plane to provide a momentum resolution of better than 2 x 10(-4). A variety of Cherenkov counters, scintillators and lead-glass calorimeters provide excellent particle identification. The facility has been operated successfully at a luminosity well in excess of 10(38) CM-2 s(-1). The research program is aimed at a variety of subjects, including nucleon structure functions, nucleon form factors and properties of the nuclear medium. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Lu, W., et al.
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Application of combinatorial material chip method on the improvement of quantum dots emission efficiency
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. - : SPIE. - 0277-786X .- 1996-756X. ; 5277:1, s. 99-108
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The combinatorial material chip method has been used to study the emission efficiency of InAs/GaAs quantum dots. The photoluminescence spectroscopy is performed to obtain the rule of emission efficiency on the proton implantation dose. A pronounced enhancement of room temperature emission efficiency has been obtained by the optimized quantum dots process condition. The increment of emission efficiency up to 80 itmes has been observed. This effect may be resulted from both the proton passivation and carrier capture enhancement effects. The maximum photoluminescence peak shift is about 23 meV resulted from the intermixing of quantum dots. A linear dependence behavior has been observed for both the non-radiative recombination time and carrier relaxation time on the ion-implantation dose. The maximum enhancement of the photoluminescence is observed in the proton implantation dose of 1.0 x 1014 cm-2 followed by rapid thermal annealing at 700°C. These effects will be useful for the QDs' optoelectronic devices.
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- Wang, X., et al.
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Involvement of the MKK6-p38? cascade in ?-radiation-induced cell cycle arrest
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Ingår i: Molecular and Cellular Biology. - 0270-7306 .- 1098-5549. ; 20:13, s. 4543-4552
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- The p38 group of kinases belongs to the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase superfamily with structural and functional characteristics distinguishable from those of the ERK, JNK (SAPK), and BMK (ERK5) kinases. Although there is a high degree of similarity among members of the p38 group in terms of structure and activation, each member appears to have a unique function. Here we show that activation of p38-? (also known as ERK6 or SAPK3), but not the other p38 isoforms, is required for ?-irradiation- induced G2 arrest. Activation of the MKK6-p38? cascade is sufficient to induce G2 arrest in cells, and expression of dominant negative alleles of MKK6 or p38? allows cells to escape the DNA damage-induce G2 delay. Activation of p38? is dependent on ATM and leads to activation of Cds1 (also known as Chk2). These data suggest a model in which activation of ATM by ? irradiation leads to the activation of MKK6, p38?, and Cds1 and that activation of both MKK6 and p38? is essential for the proper regulation of the G2 checkpoint in mammalian cells.
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- Bäckhed, Fredrik, 1973, et al.
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Gastric mucosal recognition of Helicobacter pylori is independent of Toll-like receptor 4
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Ingår i: J Infect Dis. - 0022-1899. ; 187:5, s. 829-36
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Little is known about the interactions between Helicobacter pylori, which specializes in colonizing the mucin layer that covers the gastric mucosa, and primary gastric epithelial cells. The expression pattern of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in primary gastric epithelial cells and cell lines was compared. Primary cells did not express TLR4, whereas all cell lines expressed a nonsignaling form of TLR4. Because other cells within the mucosa expressed TLR4, it was next investigated whether H. pylori can be recognized by TLR4--they cannot. Moreover, H. pylori infection of primary cells induced a regulated production of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, whereas infection of cell lines only resulted in IL-8 production. The cytokine production in all cell types was strictly cag dependent. These findings indicate that, although the epithelium is important in directing the immune response against H. pylori infections, the response is independent of TLR4.
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- Christ, George J., et al.
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Increased connexin43-mediated intercellular communication in a rat model of bladder overactivity in vivo.
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Ingår i: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. - : American Physiological Society. - 0363-6119 .- 1522-1490. ; 284:5, s. 1241-1248
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- Bladder overactivity associated with outflow obstruction is a common human condition recapitulated in the female rat by narrowing the diameter of the urethra. The goal of these studies was to evaluate the role of intercellular communication through connexin43 (Cx43)-derived gap junction channels to bladder overactivity following partial urethral outflow obstruction of 3-day to 6-wk duration. Cx43 mRNA and protein expression were barely detectable by Northern or Western blots, respectively, in the detrusor layer of normal bladders, but bands were found with both techniques after 6 wk of obstruction. Linear regression analysis of the RT-PCR data revealed a statistically significant positive correlation between the duration of obstruction (again, ranging from 3-day to 6-wk duration) and Cx43 mRNA transcript levels, such that after 6 wk of obstruction, Cx43 transcript levels were ≈15-fold greater than initial control values. When taking into account the approximately fivefold increase in bladder weight over this same time frame, the absolute amount of Cx43 mRNA in the bladder apparently increased by ≈75-fold. In that regard, as anticipated, and consistent with previous observations, 6 wk of obstruction was also associated with a significant increase in spontaneous bladder contractions between micturitions. The amplitude of these contractions was significantly reduced by heptanol given intravesically. Furthermore, carbachol-precontracted bladder strips from obstructed animals were more sensitive to heptanol-induced relaxation (100 μM) than their unobstructed counterparts ( n = 6; P < 0.01). When bladder strips were equivalently precontracted via electrical field stimulation (EFS; 20 Hz), similar heptanol-induced relaxation responses were observed. However, the tetrodotoxin-resistant portion of the EFS-induced contraction was greater in the obstructed than in the unobstructed animals, and this portion of the contractile response was more sensitive to heptanol-induced relaxation in obstructed than unobstructed bladders ( n = 7; P < 0.01). Taken together, these observations indicate that partial outlet obstruction produces an overactive bladder that may be more dependent on intercellular communication through gap junctions for modulation of contractile responses than its normal counterpart.
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