Elastic Recovery Properties of Ultralight Carbon Nanotube/Carboxymethyl Cellulose Composites.

Ultralight materials exhibit superelastic behavior depending on the selection, blending, and carbonization of the materials. Recently, ultimate low-density materials of 5 mg/cm or less have attracted attention for applications such as sensors, electrodes, and absorbing materials. In this study, we fabricated an ultralight material composed of single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNT) and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), and we investigated the effect of density, composition, and weight average molecular weight of CMC on elastic recovery properties of ultralight CNT/CMC composites.

A comparative study of methods of photoreceptor morphometry.

A comparative study was performed to compare methods of quantitative evaluation of damage to photoreceptor cells in rat eyes exposed to light. Using a manual count of individual photoreceptor nuclei as the standard, the following measurements were compared: (1) outer nuclear layer column count, (2) area, (3) thickness, and (4) the number of nuclei of the outer nuclear layer of the retina using a newly developed computer program that counts a digitized image. Linear-regression analysis of the data showed that the computer method was the most accurate with a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.

Thin malignant melanomas with regression and metastases.

The significance of partial regression in thin malignant melanomas (0.76 mm or less) of the skin was evaluated to determine if the regression was associated with the later development of metastases in patients who previously were considered to have a favorable prognosis. Of 575 patients with primary cutaneous melanoma treated and followed up by the Division of Surgical Oncology at the University of Illinois, Chicago, we found that 103 (18%) had tumors that measured less than 0.

Population heterogeneity in human sperm DNA content.

The range of variability in the population distribution characteristics of sperm DNA content was surveyed in a selected group of donors. The donors included identical twins, carriers of chromosomal translocations, and oligospermics. The DNA content of sperm was measured individually in an automated cytofluorometer.

Constancy in human sperm DNA content.

The frequency distribution of DNA content of human sperm was measured in an automated flow microfluorometer. The flow method measures the DNA content by quantifying the amount of fluorescence emitted by the fluorescent Feulgen stained DNA of single sperm cells suspended in microdroplets. The variability in the mean value for the haploid amount of DNA in sperm from 15 randomly chosen donors was less than 1%.