Digital optical holograms can achieve nanometer-scale resolution thanks to recent advances in metasurface technologies. This has raised hopes for applications in data encryption, data storage, information processing and displays. However, the hologram bandwidth has remained too low for any practical use. To overcome this limitation, information can be stored in the orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light, as this degree of freedom has an unbounded set of orthogonal helical modes that could function as information channels. Thus far, OAM holography has been achieved using phase-only metasurfaces, which however are marred by channels crosstalk. As a result, from the corresponding authors upon reasonable request.
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) injections on visual acuity (VA) and foveal retinal thickness in patients with macular oedema secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion. Associated risk factors include advanced age (usually 60-70 years), arterial hypertension, arteriolosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia and smoking.
Conformational
isomerism plays a crucial role in defining the physical
and chemical properties and biological activity of molecules ranging
from simple organic compounds to complex biopolymers. However, it
is often a significant challenge to differentiate and separate these
isomers experimentally as they can easily interconvert due to their
low rotational energy barrier. Here, we use the momentum correlation
of fragment ions produced after inner-shell photoionization to distinguish
conformational isomers of 1,2-dibromoethane (C2H4Br2). We demonstrate that the three-body breakup channel,
C2H4
+ + Br+ + Br+, contains signatures of both sequential and concerted breakup, which
are decoupled to distinguish the geometries of two conformational
isomers and to quantify their relative abundance. The sensitivity
of our method to quantify these yields is established by measuring
the relative abundance change with sample temperature, which agrees
well with calculations. Our study paves the way for using Coulomb
explosion imaging to track subtle molecular structural changes.
The goal of the present study was to determine whether treatment with cigarette smoke extract (CSE) induces cell loss, cellular senescence, and extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis in primary human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Primary cultured human RPE cells were exposed to 2, 4, 8, and 12% of CSE concentration for 24 hours. Cell loss was detected by cell viability assay. Lipid peroxidation was assessed by loss of cis-parinaric acid (PNA) fluorescence. Senescence-associated ß-galactosidase (SA-ß-Gal) activity was detected by histochemical staining. Expression of apolipoprotein J (Apo J), connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), fibronectin, and laminin were examined by real-time PCR, western blot, or ELISA experiments. The results showed that exposure of cells to 12% of CSE concentration induced cell death, while treatment of cells with 2, 4, and 8% CSE increased lipid peroxidation. Exposure to 8% of CSE markedly increased the number of SA-ß-Gal positive cells to up to 82%, and the mRNA expression of Apo J, CTGF, and fibronectin by approximately 3–4 fold. Treatment with 8% of CSE also increased the protein expression of Apo J and CTGF and the secretion of fibronectin and laminin. Thus, treatment with CSE can induce cell loss, senescent changes, and ECM synthesis in primary human RPE cells. It may be speculated that cigarette smoke could be involved in cellular events in RPE cells as seen in age-related macular degeneration.
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