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In the lab, the Moon rocks look nondescript -- dark gray basalt, a whitish mineral called anorthosite and mixtures of the two with crystals thrown in. Yet nearly 40 years […]

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Current study results on Dermatology have been published. According to news reporting originating from Tokyo, Japan, by NewsRx [...]

According to the authors of recent research from Eugene, Oregon, 'In mountainous terrain, deep-seated landslides transport large volumes of material on hillslopes, exerting a dominant control on erosion rates and [...]

According to the authors of recent research from Shiraz, Iran, 'This paper aims at investigation of the effect of asphaltene structure on wettability and topography alteration of a glass surface [...]

Nanotopography is conceived as nanometer-sized characteristics possibly seen in grains, pores, particles, or valleys, at the nanometer-sized level. This type of nanometric structures have the advantage to stimulate more potential [...]

'The effect of different storage solutions on surface topography of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) and new experimental cement (NEC) as root-end fillings was investigated. Twenty-four single-rooted teeth were cleaned, shaped [...]

According to recent research from Parkville, Australia, 'The prevalence of infections caused by multidrug-resistant gram-negative Acinetobacter baumannii strains and the lack of novel antibiotics under development are posing a global [...]

Researchers in Lodz, Poland conducted a study "To investigate the level of gastric ghrelin in stomach mucosa of dyspeptic patients in relation to Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) infection, bacterial cytotoxicity, [...]

According to recent research from South Korea, 'The perceptions of dental professionals and laypeople were compared with respect to relative gingival marginal levels of the lateral incisors, flatness of the [...]

'Important in developing new biomaterials is the prevention of unspecific protein adsorption and cell interactions that in vivo can lead to a foreign body reaction. On the other hand, the [...]

According to recent research published in the Journal of Neurophysiology, 'Perez ML, Shanbhag SJ, Pena JL. Auditory spatial tuning at the crossroads of the midbrain and forebrain.' 'J Neurophysiol 102: [...]

"Basement membranes have many features that greatly influence vascular endothelial cell function, including a complex three-dimensional topography. As a first step in the design and development of vascular prosthetics, we [...]

According to recent research from Lausanne, Switzerland, 'Electrogustometry (EGM) is the standard tool to assess gustatory functions in clinical environments. The stimulation elicits a percept often described as metallic, sour [...]

According to a study from Jerusalem, Israel, 'The contraction of the extra-ocular muscles, during the execution of saccades, produces a strong electric potential in the EEG called the saccadic spike [...]

According to recent research from the United States, 'Ingestion of the non-proteinic amino acid L-theanine (c-glutamylethylamide) has been shown to influence oscillatory brain activity in the alpha band (8-14 Hz) [...]

'The brain processes associated with mental imagery have long been a matter of debate. Neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies have yielded diverging evidence of mental transformation activating the right hemisphere, the [...]

According to recent research from Birmingham, the United Kingdom, 'A single flash accompanied by two auditory beeps tends to be perceived as two flashes (Shams et al. Nature 408:788, 2000, [...]

'To sensibly interact with the environment, like when grasping objects and navigating through space, the brain needs to compute not only target- and environment-related inputs, but also the size and [...]

"Surface topography is one of the most important surface properties of biomaterials and microfabrication techniques provide new routes to produce precisely controlled surface topographies for investigating the topographic effects on [...]

"Topographic maps and columnar structures are fundamental to cortical sensory information processing. Most of the knowledge about detailed topographic maps and columnar structure comes mainly from experiments conducted on anesthetized [...]

In this recent study, researchers in Brisbane, Australia conducted a study 'To compare the repeatability within anterior corneal topography measurements and agreement between measurements with the Pentacam HR rotating Scheimpflug [...]

Investigators publish new data in the report 'The topography of visuospatial attention as revealed by a novel visual field mapping technique.' According to recent research from the United States, 'Previously, [...]

In this recent report, researchers in Rome, Italy conducted a study 'To analyze the 2-year topographic response of the cornea to deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK). The Orbscan topographies of [...]

In this recent study, researchers in India conducted a study "To Study the clinical and visual outcome and corneal topography in eyes that underwent full-thickness or lamellar eccentric-''shaped'' (biconvex/crescentic) corneal [...]

"An optimization algorithm to be used in point-source corneal topographers is developed for the reconstruction of the topography of aspheric corneal surfaces. It is based on the damped least-squares technique," [...]

According to recent research from the United States, 'Approaches to the fabrication of surfaces that combine methods for the topographic patterning of soft materials with opportunities for facile, post-fabrication chemical [...]

According to recent research published in the journal Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, "This study was conducted to determine the magnitude of pupil center shift between the illumination conditions provided [...]

According to recent research published in the journal Tissue Engineering Part a, "While tissue-engineered blood vessels have already been successfully used in surgical practice, artificially restoring lymphatic circulation when needed [...]

"Recent functional MR imaging studies have revealed that the inferior parietal lobule (IPL) supports numerous functions; however, the precise organization of the IPL remains unclear. It has been previously reported [...]

New investigation results, 'An introduction to understanding elevation-based topography: how elevation data are displayed - a review,' are detailed in a study published in Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology. According to [...]

"A series of composite films were prepared by blending chitosan with three polycations, poly(L-lysine), polyethyleneimine, and poly-L-ornithine, in specific blend proportions. The surface properties of the composite films, including surface [...]

'Many brain regions show metabolic and perfusion abnormalities in major depressive disorder (MDD), including anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortices. Some of these same areas also show abnormal function with low [...]

According to recent research from Beer Sheva, Israel, 'In this paper we present a novel approach for interactive rendering of large terrain datasets. Our approach is based on subdividing a […]

In this recent report, researchers in Taiwan conducted a study 'To evaluate the effect of pterygium surgery on refractive spherocylinder power and corneal topography. Twenty-four patients (27 eyes) undergoing pterygium [...]

"The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that peri-implant bone formation can be improved by modifying dual acid-etched (DAE) implant surfaces using organic coatings that enhance [...]

Researchers in Sydney, Australia conducted a study "To investigate the time course of refractive and corneal topographic changes in overnight hyperopic orthokeratology (OK). Ten Young adult subjects were fitted with [...]

According to recent research from Oxford, the United Kingdom, "Auditory neurons in the superior colliculus (SC) respond preferentially to sounds from restricted directions to form a map of auditory space. [...]

According to recent research from Valencia, Spain, "Surfaces of poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) of well-defined microtopography were prepared by making use of the semicrystalline character of PLLA. Different thermal treatments before [...]

'Previous neuroanatomical research has shown that semantic processing of action-related language activates the premotor, motor, and sensory cortices somatotopically (e.g., Tettamanti et al., J Cognitive Neurosci. 2005;17(2): 273-281, using a [...]

According to recent research published in the journal Brain Topography, 'The T1 head template model used in Statistical Parametric Mapping Version 2000 (SPM2), was segmented into five layers (scalp, skull, [...]

Research findings, 'The surface properties of nanocrystalline diamond and nanoparticulate diamond powder and their suitability as cell growth support surfaces,' are discussed in a new report. According to a study [...]