The possibility of controlling transport properties of colossal magnetoresistance manganite films using substrate-induced strain has attracted great interest. We have investigated transport properties of La0.9Ca0.1MnO3, La0.92Ba0.08MnO3, La0.8Ba0.2MnO3, and LaMnO3 films. When the films were post-annealed at proper conditions, all of them showed metal–insulator transitions. Their transition temperatures TMI were much higher than the corresponding bulk values, irrespective of the type of substrate-induced biaxial strain. This surprising fact demonstrated that strain could not be the main origin of the TMI enhancement observed in the underdoped (dopant concentration x<0.3) manganite films. We suggested that TMI enhancements should be attributed mostly to the cationic vacancies in the post-annealed films.

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Intra-arterial tirofiban delivery appears to be a safe and effective treatment modality when thromboembolism is encountered during the endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms.

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The electro-conductive fabric (e-textile or e-fabric) as an electrode for ECG measurement is one of the best application for ubiquitous healthcare system. However, it is difficult to measure the bio-signal due to its sensitivity variation caused by impedance change, especially by motion of the subject. In this paper, adaptive motion artifacts reduction using motion information from 3-axis accelerometer is proposed and analyzed in quantitative manner.

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