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Correlative Tomography for Polymineralic Inclusion Composition in Sublithospheric Diamonds Open
Sublithospheric diamonds and their inclusions are the deepest known samples from the Earth's mantle. Typically, the inclusions are trapped as minerals which are only stable in the deep mantle, retrogressing into multiple phases during thei…
A qualitative investigation into the essential knowledge and skills for early career nutritionists in New Zealand Open
The nutrition workforce plays a vital role in disease prevention and health promotion, with expanding job opportunities shaped by factors like aging populations, climate change, global food systems, and advancing technologies (1,2) . Prepa…
A many-body quantum model is proposed as the mechanism responsible for accelerating rates of heat uptake by oceans as anthropogenic heat inputs rise Open
A recent many-body quantum approach to thermal radiation (Smith GB, et al 2022 J. Phys. Commun. 6 , 065004 ) reveals that the energy capacitance of heated water is about twice its heat capacitance, due to energy stored as local hybrid pair…
View article: Decay Energy Spectrometry for Improved Nuclear Material Analysis at the IAEA NML
Decay Energy Spectrometry for Improved Nuclear Material Analysis at the IAEA NML Open
Decay energy spectrometry (DES) is a novel radiometric technique for high-precision analysis of nuclear materials. DES employs the unique thermal detection physics of cryogenic microcalorimeters with ultra-high energy resolution and 100$\%…
View article: P.060 Provider and patient perspectives on outcome measure use in clinical care for chronic inflammatory neuropathy
P.060 Provider and patient perspectives on outcome measure use in clinical care for chronic inflammatory neuropathy Open
Background: The use of patient reported and functional outcome measures in routine practice enhances shared decision making and supports patient-centred care. This study compared the perspectives of Chronic Inflammatory Neuropathy (CIN) pa…
View article: P.029 Relevance and home completion rate of patient reported outcome measures set in chronic inflammatory neuropathies
P.029 Relevance and home completion rate of patient reported outcome measures set in chronic inflammatory neuropathies Open
Background: Patient-centred care is important in the management of chronic inflammatory neuropathies (CIN) given the heterogeneity in disease course and treatment response. Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) support value-based heal…
A transcriptome software comparison for the analyses of treatments expected to give subtle gene expression responses Open
Background In this comparative study we evaluate the performance of four software tools: DNAstar-D (DESeq2), DNAstar-E (edgeR), CLC Genomics and Partek Flow for identification of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) using a transcriptome …
P.048 Objective measures of balance deficits in sensory ganglionopathy Open
Background: Sensory ganglionopathy (SG) is a rare form of neuropathy affecting the dorsal root ganglia and leading to non-length-dependent sensory abnormalities. Although balance problems are frequently reported by patients, a comprehensiv…
P.040 Value-based approach to the management of Inflammatory Neuropathies: Incorporating objective outcome measures in clinical care Open
Background: Measuring outcomes that matter to patients is a key component of ensuring patient-centred care. In Chronic Inflammatory Neuropathies (CINs), where immunomodulatory treatments have risks and high costs, systematic evaluation of …
Partial coherence and amplified internal energy when thermal radiation is sourced within matter Open
Photons excited into ground state modes at finite temperature display partitioning among photon phases, lifetimes and distances travelled since creation. These distributions set the distance from an interface a created photon has some chan…
Non-reciprocal emissivity, partial coherence, and amplification of internal energy from photon recycling when thermal radiation is sourced within matter Open
Photons excited into ground state modes at finite temperature display partitioning among photon phases, lifetimes and distances travelled since creation. These distributions set the distance from an interface a created photon has some chan…
P.060 Immunoglobulin Use For Neuromuscular Conditions: Updating British Columbia Provincial Guidelines Through Focused Literature Review Open
Background: Immune-mediated neuromuscular conditions often cause significant disability and may require ongoing immunomodulating therapies such as immunoglobulin (Ig). Ig use in several neuromuscular conditions such as Chronic Inflammatory…
The Stefan-Boltzmann constant re-visited for photons thermally generated within matter Open
The Stefan-Boltzmann constant arose from photon densities inside a cavity, but inside matter photon mode densities are material specific. Photon speeds are governed by the mode they occupy, so mode densities can be expressed in terms of sp…
Deinococcus radiodurans UWO298 Dependence on Background Radiation for Optimal Growth Open
Ionizing radiation is a major environmental variable for cells on Earth, and so organisms have adapted to either prevent or to repair damages caused by it, primarily from the appearance and accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In…
Lyophilization Process Development for Biopharmaceuticals: Applications for EISPAT. on-line presentation at 11th Conference on Biologics Formulation Development and Drug Delivery, 2020 October 22-23th Open
Cite as :Smith, G. (2020) Lyophilization Process Development for Biopharmaceuticals: Applications for EISPAT. online presentation at Marcus Evans11th Conference on Biologics Formulation Development and Drug Delivery, 2020 October 22-23Over…
Rapid, simple, low-cost smartphone-based fluorescence detection of Escherichia coli Open
Food and waterborne diseases pose considerable public health threats even in highly industrialized parts of the world. Examples of these pathogens in food can be Escherichia coli O157: H7, Salmonella sp., and Listeria monocytogenes. Rapid,…
Lyophilization Process Development. Applications for eisPAT. On-line presentation at Digital Week Biologicals Formulation Development and Drug Delivery. June 22-26th 2020 Open
Cite as:Smith, G. (2020) Lyophilization Process Development. Applications for eisPAT. On-line presentation at Digital Week Biologicals Formulation Development and Drug Delivery. June 22-26th 2020Conference presentation by Geoff Smith at th…
The Phenotypic and Transcriptomic Response of the Caenorhabditis elegans Nematode to Background and Below-Background Radiation Levels Open
Studies of the biological effects of low-level and below-background radiation are important in understanding the potential effects of radiation exposure in humans. To study this issue we exposed the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to avera…
Spectrally Selective Solar Absorbers based on Ta:SiO<sub>2</sub> Cermets for Next‐Generation Concentrated Solar–Thermal Applications Open
An iterative algorithm is used to design a spectrally selective thin‐film stack to provide maximum solar‐to‐thermal conversion efficiency at the very high operating temperatures associated with high solar concentrations. The resulting stac…
Design, control, and characterisation of switchable radiative cooling Open
Here we present our recent developments in temperature dependent ellipsometry, FTIR and emittance measurements of flat and structured vanadium dioxide (VO2) surfaces allowing significant control of switchable radiative cooling beyond that …
Transcriptome analysis reveals a stress response of Shewanella oneidensis deprived of background levels of ionizing radiation Open
Natural ionizing background radiation has exerted a constant pressure on organisms since the first forms of life appeared on Earth, so that cells have developed molecular mechanisms to avoid or repair damages caused directly by radiation o…
Extending the applicability of the four-flux radiative transfer method Open
A generalized four-flux method capable of modeling and tuning the spectral reflectance of a diverse range of complex composite coatings is presented. An example application is exploring and maximizing the visible and near-infrared (IR) spe…
0126 NEUROIMAGING OF CIRCUIT-SPECIFIC PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN HUMAN SUBJECTS DURING SLEEP-DEPENDENT MEMORY CONSOLIDATION Open
The notion that memory consolidation depends on protein synthesis is based on demonstrations that protein synthesis inhibitors prevent consolidation. We sought to demonstrate directly that protein synthesis is affected during sleep-depende…
Below-Background Ionizing Radiation as an Environmental Cue for Bacteria Open
All organisms on earth grow under the influence of a natural and relatively constant dose of ionizing radiation referred to as background radiation, and so cells have different mechanisms to prevent the accumulation of damage caused by its…
The importance of surface finish to energy performance Open
\nPower generation in solar energy systems, thermal control in buildings and mitigation of the Urban Heat Island problem, are all sensitive to directional response to incoming radiation. The radiation absorption and emission profile also p…
AZO/Ag/AZO anode for resonant cavity red, blue, and yellow organic light emitting diodes Open
Indium tin oxide (ITO) is the transparent electrode of choice for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Replacing ITO for cost and performance reasons is a major drive across optoelectronics. In this work, we show that changing the transp…