Self-Heating-Induced Deterioration of Electromechanical Performance in Polymer-Supported Metal Films for Flexible Electronics.

The retention of electrical performance under the combined conditions of mechanical strain and an electrical current is essential for flexible electronics. Here, we report that even below the critical current density required for electromigration, the electrical current can significantly deteriorate the electromechanical performance of metal film/polymer substrate systems. This leads to a loss of stretchability, and this effect becomes more severe with increasing strain as well as increasing current.

Color Fringe Correction by the Color Difference Prediction Using the Logistic Function.

This paper proposes a new color fringe correction method that preserves the object color well by the color difference prediction using the logistic function. We observe two characteristics between normal edge (NE) and degraded edge (DE) due to color fringe: 1) the DE has relatively smaller R-G and B-G correlations than the NE and 2) the color difference in the NE can be fitted by the logistic function. The proposed method adjusts the color difference of the DE to the logistic function by maximizing the R-G and B-G correlations in the corrected color fringe image.

Pulmonary cryptococcosis that mimicked rheumatoid nodule in rheumatoid arthritis lesion.

Recently, the incidence of pulmonary cryptococcosis is gradually increasing in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Pulmonary rheumatoid nodules (PRN) are rare manifestations of RA. Eighteen months ago, a 65-year old woman was admitted to hospital due to multiple nodules (2.

Gender-specific molecular heterosis of dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) for smoking in schizophrenia.

We examined the genetic effect of DRD2 A1 allele in 167 Korean schizophrenics in relation to their smoking habit. Although there was no apparent difference in the genotype distributions of DRD2 gene among the female schizophrenics (n = 66), the male counterpart (n = 101) showed significant differences in their genotype distributions. The comparison between male smoking and non-smoking patients showed the difference in genotype distribution (P = 0.