The effect results from combination of the electromagnetic induction in the conductive loop and the piezoelectric effect R788 clinical trial in ferroelectrics. A theory for the direct and converse piezoinductive effects
is developed. Data on piezoinductive voltage when a ring of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) is subjected an ac magnetic field h and a dc bias H show a linear increase in both h and H and a resonance enhancement at electromechanical resonance. Similarly the ac magnetic field generated by PZT due to the converse piezoinductive effect when the sample is dc biased and excited with an ac voltage U shows a linear dependence on U and H. The theory and data are in very good agreement. The effects discussed here are of importance for magnetic field sensing and modulation. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3195073]“
“A captive breeding programme for the Fennoscandian Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus; syn. Alopex lagopus) failed due to fatal encephalitis. The aim of this study was to identify the causative agent. Viral nucleic acid was detected by PCR and in situ hybridization in the brain of affected foxes. The results selleck chemicals suggest that a herpesvirus might be the causative agent. Whether this infection also occurs in free-living Arctic foxes is unknown. (C) 2011 Elsevier
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“Band alignments of La2Hf2O7 (LHO) films grown on fully depleted SiGe on insulator (FD SGOI) substrates have been
investigated by x-ray photoelectron technique. The valence and conduction band offsets for LHO/FD SGOI systems are determined to be 3.25 and 1.49 eV, respectively. Such asymmetric band Screening Library cost alignment can be modulated to be quite symmetric by the Surface nitridation of FD SGOI using NH3 treatment. The impact of NH3-treatment temperature on band offsets is also investigated. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3204459]“
“In this study, genomic sequences of pestiviruses available in GenBank were aligned to design three primer pairs and TaqMan probes: two targeting the NS5A region of the viral genome of classical swine fever virus (CSFV) for the differentiation of wild-type CSFV and hog cholera lapinized vaccine (HCLV) vaccine, and one targeting the 5′-untranslated region of bovine viral diarrhea virus 1 (BVDV-1). With these primers and probes, a triplex TaqMan real-time RT-PCR assay was developed for differentiating wild-type CSFV, the HCLV strain, and BVDV-1. The detection limit of the assay was 4.5 TCID50 for wild-type CSFV, 10 TCID50 for HCLV-strain CSFV, and 3.2 TCID50 for BVDV-1. The triplex real-time RT-PCR had at least 98% (248 samples) agreement with other RT-PCR methods. The assay provides a sensitive tool for simultaneous detection and differentiation of wild-type CSFV and HCLV from BVDV-1. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.