Radiative cooling to subambient temperatures can be efficiently achieved through spectrally selective emission, which until now has only been realized by using complex nanoengineered structures. Here, a simple dip-coated planar polymer emitter derived from polysilazane, which exhibits strong selective emissivity in the atmospheric transparency window of 8-13 μm, is demonstrated. The 5 μm thin silicon oxycarbonitride coating has an emissivity of 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this article is to report a new case of a probably radio-induced bilateral breast cancer occurred after prophylactic bilateral pulmonary irradiation in the treatment of osteosarcoma. A 42-year-old woman, treated at the age of 12 years for osteosarcoma at the right lower limb with chemotherapy (methotrexate, adriamycin and cisplatin) followed by non-conservative surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy. Eighteen years after, she developed her first breast cancer, and five years later, her second contralateral breast cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies are classical serological markers of small-vessels vasculitis. However, they have been described in many other pathological situations. The aim of this study was to determine through our experience, the main antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies-associated diseases and to investigate antigen targets of these antibodies.
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