A top-down scalable method to produce flexible water and blood repellent tubes is introduced. The method is based on replication of overhanging nanostructures from an aluminum tube template to polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) via atomic layer deposition (ALD) assisted sacrificial etching. The nanostructured ...
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The operational window on the Plexiglas® cage (Figure 1A,B) was used to insert the blood reservoir into the cage and served as a conduit for the stainless-steel tubes (and circulating warm water) and for the power cables to the electrified cloth (described in more detail later). During...
and approved by NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Belugas were captured by net in shallow water and held for up to two hours, as a physical exam was conducted. As part of the diagnostic evaluation, samples of blood, skin, and blubber...
PE, or blood clots in your lungs, is a dangerous condition that happens when clots break free from vessels in other parts of your body and get wedged in the blood vessels of your lungs. Blood clots in brain When a blood vessel in your brain narrows, it slows blood flow to other parts...
The concentration of the library was then adjusted to a final concentration of 4 nM using nuclease-free water and applied to the MiSeq platform (Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA). Sequencing was performed using a MiSeq Reagent Kit v3 for 300 base pairs, paired-end (Illumina, San Diego, ...
Fasting for blood work means you don't eat or drink anything but water for 8-12 hours before you have a blood test. You also need to avoid chewing gum, smoking, exercising, and taking certain medications and supplements. Your doctor will ask you to fast for certain blood tests because fo...
During this time, all food and most beverages are off the table. But you can still drink black coffee, and water is encouraged. 2. Schedule your blood draw for the morning Most people schedule their test for the morning since it's easier to fast overnight. ...
The influences of drought treatment on phenotype and fruit quality during ripening and postharvest blood orange The results showed that the seasonal drought (SD) treatment significantly reduced the soil moisture content (Fig. 1A). Before treatment, the soil relative water content of the control (CK...
Keeping your house clean and free of crumbs and other food will deter carpenter ants from entering. You can also wipe down surfaces with a mixture of equal parts lemon juice and water to remove any scents that might be attracting them. You can also choose to buy a liquid ant bait and fo...