Spherical harmonics analysis of surface density fluctuations of spherical ionic SDS and nonionic CE micelles: A molecular dynamics study.

The surface structure and its fluctuation of spherical micelles were investigated using a series of density correlation functions newly defined by spherical harmonics and Legendre polynomials based on the molecular dynamics calculations. To investigate the influence of head-group charges on the micelle surface structure, ionic sodium dodecyl sulfate and nonionic octaethyleneglycol monododecylether (CE) micelles were investigated as model systems. Large-scale density fluctuations were observed for both micelles in the calculated surface static structure factor.

Social capital in Japan: What characteristics do public health nurses see in their communities?

Aim: A concept of social capital that accounts for a community's cultural background and incorporates social capital into public health nursing practice are needed. This study aimed to describe the characteristics of social capital in the context of public health nursing in Japan.

Methods: The study interviewed 11 veteran public health nurses from five municipalities across Japan and undertook a qualitative research analysis.

iMAP™ imaging of tumorous lesions surrounding the coronary arteries in a patient with an elevated serum level of immunoglobulin G4.

A 76-year-old woman with multiple coronary risk factors was admitted to our hospital because of episodes of new-onset chest pain that had begun 3 days previously. She underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for severe stenoses in the two high lateral (HL) branches. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) revealed massive stenotic lesions in the HL branches and tumorous nonstenotic lesions in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) and the left circumflex coronary artery (LCx).