Diamond lateral FinFET with triode-like behavior.

In this letter we report a diamond lateral FinFET fabricated using an ohmic regrowth technique. The use of ohmic regrowth separates the source/drain and gate fabrication, providing a viable means to improve ohmic contact resistance while protecting the top surface of the diamond channel from dry etch damage. Enabled by high channel quality, the diamond transistor behavior was shown to transit from a pentode-like to a triode-like characteristic when channel length decreased.

Biological plausibility and stochasticity in scalable VO active memristor neurons.

Neuromorphic networks of artificial neurons and synapses can solve computationally hard problems with energy efficiencies unattainable for von Neumann architectures. For image processing, silicon neuromorphic processors outperform graphic processing units in energy efficiency by a large margin, but deliver much lower chip-scale throughput. The performance-efficiency dilemma for silicon processors may not be overcome by Moore's law scaling of silicon transistors.

Diamond FinFET without Hydrogen Termination.

In this letter we report the first diamond fin field-effect transistor (diamond FinFET) without a hydrogen-terminated channel. The device operates with hole accumulation by metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) structures built on fins to maintain effective control of the channel conduction. Devices with 100-nm-wide fins were designed and fabricated to ensure that the channel pinched off at zero gate bias.

Surgical technique for lumbar intervertebral disc transplantation in a goat model.

Purpose: Fresh-frozen intervertebral disc transplantation was determined to be an effective treatment for degenerative disc diseases in rhesus monkeys and in humans. Further research in improving different aspects of disc allografts transplantation is needed and will be investigated in large animal models. This study reports the detailed surgical technique of intervertebral disc transplantation without internal fixation and the important notes to ensure success in goats.

The effect of remodeling on the kinematics of the malpositioned disc allograft transplantation.

Study Design: A postoperative biomechanical study.

Objective: This study aimed to assess whether the mal-alignment of the intervertebral disc (IVD) allograft during transplantation would negatively affect the biomechanics of the spinal segment.

Summary Of Background Data: Studies of human IVD allograft transplantation have observed remodeling of the allograft implant, suggesting that the remodeling of the allograft may be able to restore the natural mechanics of the IVD.

Osteoid osteoma of the femoral neck causes deformity in children: a case report.

Intra-articular osteoid osteoma (IAOO) is rare and non-specific both in clinical and radiographic presentations, thus often associated with delayed diagnosis. Synovitis and muscle atrophy occur in adult IAOO. Bony deformity can occur in children and has been ascribed to muscle contractures.

REST corepressor (CoREST) repression induces phenotypic gene regulation in advanced osteoarthritic chondrocytes.

Alternations in cartilage chondrocyte phenotype characteristic by the decreased type II collagen and aggrecan together with increased type X collagen synthesis serve as a beacon for osteoarthritis progression. However, little is known about the underlying molecular mechanisms. The current study seeks to discover molecules that involved in osteoarthritic chondrocytes phenotype regulation.