The study of the crystal structure by x-ray diffraction shows that BVD-523 no crystallographic orientation other than Co(70)Fe(30)(110) is present in our films, although we cannot unambiguously deconvolute characteristic reflections of Co(70)Fe(30)(110) from those of GaAs(110) due to the very small lattice mismatch. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy shows that the crystal structure of the Co(70)Fe(30) film is coherently matched to the GaAs(110) substrate. The magnetic anisotropies in both 35 and 1100 angstrom

thick films are consistent with those of similar epitaxial films, and demonstrate that a strong bcc (110) texture is propagated throughout the entire film thickness. The cubic and uniaxial anisotropy constants extracted by fitting with the Stoner-Wohlfarth model are consistent with those of molecular beam epitaxy grown bcc Co(x)Fe((100-x))/GaAs(110). LGX818 supplier This work shows that sputter deposition may be used to produce structurally coherent bcc-Co(70)Fe(30)/GaAs(110) contacts suitable for spin-injection applications. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3093875]“
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is difficult to mix two liquids on a microfluidic chip because the small dimensions and velocities effectively prevent the turbulence. This paper describes two 2-layer PDMS passive micromixers based on the concept of splitting and recombining the flow that exploits a self-rotated contact surface to increase the concentration gradients to obtain fast and efficient mixing. The designed micromixers were simulated and the mixing performance was assessed. The mixers have shown excellent mixing efficiency over a wide range of Reynolds number. The mixers were reasonably fabricated by multilayer soft lithography, and the experimental measurements were performed to qualify the mixing

performance of the realized mixer. The results show that the mixing efficiency for one realized mixer is from 91.8% to 87.7% when the Reynolds number increases from 0.3 to 60, AZD0530 in vivo while the corresponding value for another mixer is from 89.4% to 72.9%. It is rather interesting that the main mechanism for the rapid mixing is from diffusion to chaotic advection when the flow rate increases, but the mixing efficiency has not obvious decline. The smart geometry of the mixers with total length of 10.25 mm makes it possible to be integrated with many microfluidic devices for various applications in mu-TAS and Lab-on-a-chip systems. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.”
“Background: Most patients affected with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) present with arrhythmias and cardiomyopathies. Drugs which potentially may induce tachycardia or hypertension could precipitate acute cardiac failure in these patients and should be avoided.

Methods: Thirty anesthesia records of five experimental male golden retriever cross-bred dogs affected with X-linked muscular dystrophy (GRDM), a model of DMD, were retrospectively reviewed (DMD group).