Simplify Postoperative Self-removal of Bandages for Isolated Patients With Limited Range of Motion Using Pull Tabs.

We describe how we designed, constructed, and applied 2 prototypes of easy self-removal pull tab bandage construction and report on the use of these prototypes in a patient with 2 discrete squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs). The easy-removal feature benefits patients who have little in the way of a support system; have limited range of motion; or want to minimize their exposure to disease-transmitting agents, such as SARS-CoV-2, in public places.

Inverse problem of quartic photonics.

We formulate and solve the inverse problem of quartic photonics, or photonics of metamaterials, whose k-surfaces (also known as iso-frequency surfaces or Fresnel surfaces) are quartic surfaces. This provides an approach to engineer the effective parameters of metamaterials starting from the desired plane waves. We apply our method to the design of the high-k limit of metamaterials, extreme non-reciprocity, and complex bi-anisotropic media.

Effects of abscisic acid and xanthoxin on elongation and gravitropism in primary roots of Zea mays.

We examined the involvement of abscisic acid (ABA) and xanthoxin (Xan) in maize root gravitropism by (1) testing the ability of ABA to allow positive gravitropism in dark-grown seedlings of the maize cultivar LG11, a cultivar known to require light for positive gravitropism of the primary root, (2) comparing curvature in roots in which half of the cap had been excised and replaced with agar containing either ABA or indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), (3) measuring gravitropism in roots of seedlings submerged in oxygenated solutions of ABA or IAA and (4) testing the effect of Xan on root elongation. Using a variety of methods of applying ABA to the root, we found that ABA did not cause horizontally-oriented primary roots of dark-grown seedlings to become positively gravitropic. Replacing half of the root cap of vertically oriented roots with an agar block containing ABA had little or no effect on curvature relative to that of controls in which the half cap was replaced by a plain agar block.

Localization of calcium in roots and microsomal membranes of corn by direct pyroantimonate precipitation.

Many cell membrane systems, including microsomal vesicles of corn, are able to regulate calcium levels both in vivo and in vitro, often in an ATP-dependent, calmodulin-stimulated fashion. The purpose of this study was to determine calcium distribution in meristematic cells of intact tissue and microsomal vesicles from corn roots using direct pyroantimonate-osmium fixation. In root cells, precipitates were localized in mitochondria, plastids, the nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, and along the plasma membrane.