VIP changes during daytime in chicken intrinsic choroidal neurons.

Purpose: Ocular autonomic control is mediated by sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fibres. Their interactions are complemented by primary afferent nerve fibers of and intrinsic choroidal neurons (ICN). As the vasodilatative neuropeptide, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), is expressed in extrinsic and intrinsic ocular neurons, it is of special interest in ophthalmic research.

Beamline P02.1 at PETRA III for high-resolution and high-energy powder diffraction.

Powder X-ray diffraction techniques largely benefit from the superior beam quality provided by high-brilliance synchrotron light sources in terms of photon flux and angular resolution. The High Resolution Powder Diffraction Beamline P02.1 at the storage ring PETRA III (DESY, Hamburg, Germany) combines these strengths with the power of high-energy X-rays for materials research.

In situ XRD studies of nanocrystallization of Fe-based metallic glass: a comparative study by reciprocal and direct space methods.

Structural changes occurring in an Fe(72.5)Cu1Nb2Mo2Si(15.5)B7 alloy during a combination of constant rate heating (20 K min(-1)) and isothermal holding at 500 and 520 °C were investigated using in situ high-energy X-ray diffraction.

Performance of a picosecond x-ray delay line unit at 8.39 keV.

A prototype device capable of splitting an x-ray pulse into two adjustable fractions, delaying one of them with the aim to perform x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy and pump-probe type studies, was designed, manufactured, and tested. The device utilizes eight perfect silicon crystals in vertical 90 degrees scattering geometry. Its performance has been verified with 8.

Atomic structure of Al(89)La(6)Ni(5) metallic glass.

Atomic structures of amorphous Al(89)La(6)Ni(5), prepared by single-roller melt spinning, and pre-annealed at 493 and 588 K for 1 h, were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, x-ray diffraction with a large wavevector transfer value, La L(3)-edge and Ni K-edge x-ray absorption fine structure and the reverse Monte Carlo technique. In the as-prepared amorphous alloy, our study reveals that the Ni-Al distance is 2.38 ± 0.