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homopolyacrylamide shows only thermothinning behavior and viscosity loss in both pure water and KCl solution. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 116: 3516-3524, 2010″
“Hydrothermal grown n-type ZnO samples have been investigated by deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS), thermal admittance spectroscopy (TAS), temperature dependent Hall effect (TDH) measurements, and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) after www.selleckchem.com/products/crenolanib-cp-868596.html thermal treatments up to 1500 degrees C, in order to study the electrical properties of samples with different lithium content. The SIMS results showed that the most pronounced impurities were Li, Al, Si, Mg, Ni, and Fe with concentrations up to similar to 5 X 10(17) cm(-3). The Li concentration was reduced from similar to 10(17) cm(-3) in as-grown samples to similar to 10(15) cm(-3) for samples treated at 1500 degrees C, while the concentration of all the other major impurities appeared stable. The results from DLTS and TAS displayed at least five different levels having energy positions of E-c-20 meV, E-c-55 meV, E-c-0.22 eV, E-c-0.30 eV, and E-c-0.57 eV (E-c denotes

the conduction band edge), where the E-c-55 meV level is the dominant freeze out level for conduction PXD101 chemical structure electrons in samples treated at temperatures <1300 degrees C, while higher annealing temperatures revealed the shallower (E-c-20 meV) level. The TDH measurements showed a pronounced increase in the electron mobility for the heat treated samples, where a peak mobility of 1180 cm(2)/V

s was reached for a sample treated at 1300 degrees C. The results provide strong evidence that Li in hydrothermal ZnO is almost exclusively in the substitutional configuration (LiZn), supporting theoretical predictions that the formation of LiZn prevails over Li on the interstitial site for SB203580 in vitro Fermi level positions at and above the middle of the band gap. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3415551]“
“Musculoskeletal signs and symptoms of hypoadrenalism are less well described in the literature compared to other endocrine disorders such as diabetes mellitus and thyroid disease. This may in part be due to the difficulties associated with making a definitive diagnosis of hypoadrenalism where the general symptoms and signs can be very subtle. Hence, suspecting hypoadrenalism in a patient with mainly musculoskeletal features can be difficult and delayed. To illustrate this point, we present three cases of hypoadrenalism with varying degrees of rheumatological symptoms and signs. This article reviews all the cases of hypoadrenalism in the English, French and Spanish language medical literature, going back to the time of Thomas Addison. All the important clinical and laboratory features have been summarised to help clinicians diagnose and treat this disease.