Our investigation shows that, for well-defined thicknesses, this two-layer structure is able to emit in narrow spectral peak. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3544359]“
“Adult inflammatory myopathies are rare conditions. Amongst them, inclusion body myositis (IBM) is considered to be the most common acquired myopathy in adults above 50 years of age, follows a slowly progressive course, and ultimately leads to severe disability. The case of a 57-year-old patient with long standing rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
who developed muscle wasting and weakness of the quadriceps femoris after initiation of anti-TNF alpha treatment is presented. Further workup including muscle biopsy revealed IBM. Initiation of rituximab www.selleckchem.com/products/ABT-263.html for continuing synovial inflammation led to remission of RA, but no amelioration of muscle weakness was noted. Although cases of IBM in patients with autoimmune disorders have occasionally been reported and are believed to more favourably respond to immunosuppressive treatment, our patient was unresponsive to glucocorticoids. Furthermore, Prexasertib price deterioration of muscle strength was noted with both adalimumab and etanercept treatment. Rituximab, not previously used in IBM, successfully controlled RA, but showed
no effect on muscle strength. The present case underlines the therapeutic difficulties in IBM and suggests that anti-TNF alpha therapy might even be deleterious. While an early trial of the lymphocyte-depleting antibody alemtuzumab Luminespib in vivo in IBM showed promising results, selective anti-B-cell-therapy remained without effect in our patient.”
“In this article, the effect
of enzyme treatment using neutral cellulase on the color fading property of cotton denim fabric was studied. Four enzyme processing parameters namely treatment temperature, treatment time, pH value, and agitation were considered. To investigate the optimum condition for the enzyme treatment, an orthogonal analysis was used and, based on the K/S summation value (K/S Sum), the optimum condition for enzyme treatment in this study was treatment temperature = 50 degrees C; treatment time = 30 min; pH value = 8; and agitation = 50 steel balls (simulated mild agitation) for the best color fading achievement with desired worn and aged effect. Meanwhile, the level of importance based on the orthogonal analysis was in the order: treatment temperature > treatment time > agitation > pH and the effect of each processing factors was also discussed. In addition, other properties like CIE Lab values, weight loss, and color fastness to laundering and crocking were also evaluated. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 120: 3596-3603, 2011″
“In this work, photocurrent (PC) spectra on GaAs measured by conductive atomic force microscope (AFM) tips are analyzed quantitatively.