The scintillator detectors are recalibrated against the datasheet given by the manufacturer. Optimal and mutual dependent values of (a) high voltage at PMT (Photomultiplier Tube), (b) amplifier gain, (c) average time to count the radiation particles (set by operator), and (d) number of instances/sample number are estimated. Total 5: two versions of Central Limit Theorem (CLT), (3) industry preferred Pulse Width Saturation, (4) calibration based on MPPC coupled Gamma-ray detector, and (5) gross method are used. It is shown that the CLT method is the most optimal method to calibrate the detector and its respective electronics couple. An inverse modeling-based Computerized Tomography method is used for verification. It is shown that statistically averaging results are more accurate and precise data than mode and median if the data is not skewed and a random number of samples are used during the calibration process. It is also shown that the average time to count the radiation particle is the most important parameter affecting the optimal calibration setting for precision and accurate measurements of gamma radiation.
The present study attempts quantitative determination of changes in the morphological surface features viz. fractal dimension, lower and upper cut off length scale through Power Spectral Density analysis prior to and after irradiation of 100 KeV Ar+ ion beam at incidence angles of 0°, 40° and 60° on ZnO thin films. All the unirradiated and irradiated samples are subjected to photoelectrochemical characterization and a correlation between photoelectrochemical performance and morphological parameters is established. Sample irradiated at 40° angle at the fluence of 5 × 1016 ions/cm2 is found to possess maximum fractal dimension of 2.72, lower and upper cut off length scale of 3.16 nm and 63.00 nm respectively. This sample exhibits maximum photocurrent density of 3.19 mA/cm2 and applied bias photon-to-current efficiency of 1.12% at 1.23 V/RHE. Hydrogen gas collected for duration of 1 h for the same sample was ~4.83 mLcm?2. 相似文献
This study investigates quantitatively and qualitatively the sol-gel derived bioactive glass-ceramic system (BGS)—apatite-wollastonite
(AW) type granules in the size range of 0.5–1 mm, as an effective graft material for bone augmentation and restoration. Scanning
electron micrographs (SEM) of the sintered granules revealed the rough material surface with micropores in the range 10–30
μm. X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern of the granules revealed the presence of crystalline phases of the hydroxyapatite and
wollastonite, and the functional groups of the silicate and phosphates were identified by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
(FT-IR). Thein vitro cell culture studies with L929 mouse fibroblast cell line showed very few cells adhered on the BGS disc after 24 h. This
could be due to the highly reactive surface of the disc concomitant with the crystallization but not due to the cytotoxicity
of the material, since the cellular viability (MTT assay) with the material was 80‰ Cytotoxicity and cytocompatibility studies
proved that the material was non-toxic and biocompatible. After 12 weeks of implantation of the BGS granules in the tibia
bone of New Zealand white rabbits, the granules were found to be well osteointegrated, as observed in the radiographs. Angiogram
with barium sulphate and Indian ink after 12 weeks showed the presence of microcapillaries in the vicinity of the implant
site implicating high vascularity. Gross observation of the implant site did not show any inflammation or necrosis. SEM of
the implanted site after 24 weeks revealed good osteointegration of the material with the newly formed bone and host bone.
New bone was also observed within the material, which was degrading. Histological evaluation of the bone healing with the
BGS granules in the tibial defect at all time intervals was without inflammation or fibrous tissue encapsulation. After 2
weeks the new bone was observed as a trabeculae network around the granules, and by 6 weeks the defect was completely closed
with immature woven bone. By 12 weeks mature woven bone was observed, and new immature woven bone was seen within the cracks
of the granules. After 24 weeks the defect was completely healed with lamellar bone and the size of the granules decreased.
Histomorphometrically the area percentage of new bone formed was 67.77% after 12 weeks and 63.37% after 24 weeks. Less bone
formation after 24 weeks was due to an increased implant surface area contributed by the material degradation and active bone
remodeling. The osteostimulative and osteoconductive potential of the BGS granules was established by tetracycline labelling
of the mineralizing areas by 2 and 6 weeks. This sol-gel derived BGS granules proved to be bioactive and resorbable which
in turn encouraged active bone formation. 相似文献
A seed-growth method has been applied to synthesize gold (Au) and Au-silver (Ag) bimetallic nanoparticles (NP) by using 12-3-12, a cationic Gemini surfactant, as a capping agent as well as micellar template. A systematic increase in the [12-3-12] from pre- to post-micellar region (up to 5 times the critical micelle concentration, cmc) produces Au NP from spherical to large plate like structures. Keeping [12-3-12] constant (equal to 1 / 2 cmc) and increasing ascorbic acid (AA) concentration lead to the formation of core shell type Au-Ag bimetallic NP. At maximum AA concentration (i.e. [AA] = 5.6 mM), fused bimetallic Au-Ag NP are obtained. The anisotropic growth of such materials is a key factor for various applications in nanotechnology. 相似文献
Prepulse inhibition (PPI) refers to a reduction in the startle response to a strong sensory stimulus when this stimulus is preceded by a weaker stimulus--the prepulse. PPI reflects a nonlearned sensorimotor gating mechanism and also shows a robust gender difference, with women exhibiting lower PPI than men. The present study examined the eyeblink startle responses to acoustic stimuli of 59 healthy heterosexual and homosexual men and women. Homosexual women showed significantly masculinized PPI compared with heterosexual women, whereas no difference was observed in PPI between homosexual and heterosexual men. These data provide the first evidence for within-gender differences in basic sensorimotor gating mechanisms and implicate the known neural substrates of PPI in human sexual orientation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) 相似文献
The nonsimilar and self-similar flows for the steady natural convection over a vertical heated surface in a saturated porous medium with mass transfer using non-Darcy model have been studied under boundary layer approximations. The differential equations governing both the nonsimilar and self-similar flows have been solved numerically using an implicit finite-difference scheme developed by Keller. The results indicate that both heat transfer and velocity field are appreciably affected by the modified Grashof number and mass transfer except that the effect of the modified Grashof number on the heat transfer for large suction is very small. It is found that the maximum velocity occurs at the wall and it increases as the modified Grashof number or injection increases. 相似文献