DETECTION OF A FLUORESCENT-LABELED AVIDIN-NUCLEIC ACID NANOASSEMBLY BY CONFOCAL LASER ENDOMICROSCOPY IN THE MICROVASCULATURE OF CHRONICALLY INFLAMED INTESTINAL MUCOSA

Detection of a fluorescent-labeled avidin-nucleic acid nanoassembly by confocal laser endomicroscopy in the microvasculature of chronically inflamed intestinal mucosa

Andrea Buda,1,* Sonia Facchin,1,* Elisa Dassie,2 Elisabetta Casarin,3 Mark A Jepson,4 Helmut Neumann,5 Giorgia Hatem,1 Stefano Realdon,6 Renata D’Incà,1 Giacomo Carlo Sturniolo,1 Margherita Morpurgo3 1Department of Surgical, Oncological, and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, 2Department of Molecular Medicine, Universi

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Selection of Tanned-Leather Waste in Recovering Novel Raw Material for Manufacturing Rubber Artifacts: Towards a Zero-Waste Condition

Zero-waste is an ambitious goal to encourage sustainable production, consumption optimum recycling and resource recovery.The recycling and resource recovery of chrome-tanned leather waste is a difficult proposition because of the three-dimensional chemical network of collagen, which renders leather waste incompatible to polymer matrices.Many attemp

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Assessment of Geological, Hydrogeological and Geotechnical Characteristics of a Proposed Waste Disposal Site: A Case Study in Khon Kaen, Thailand

Occasionally, a selected site suitable for landfill construction is severely protested against by locals.This issue can cause the proposed landfill to be relocated to an environmentally sensitive area.The proposed Khon Kaen waste disposal site has been planned as an integrated municipal solid waste management system, although the site is situated i

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Unsupervised Cerebrovascular Segmentation of TOF-MRA Images Based on Deep Neural Network and Hidden Markov Random Field Model

Automated cerebrovascular segmentation of time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (TOF-MRA) images is an important technique, which can be used to diagnose abnormalities in the cerebrovascular system, such as vascular stenosis and malformation.Automated cerebrovascular segmentation can direct show the shape, direction and distribution of bloo

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