048) and MMP-8 levels (1.61 +/- 0.34 vs 4.84 +/- 1.38 pg/mL; P = .001) and higher TIMP-4 levels (3.06 +/- 0.40 vs 2.16 +/- 0.18 pg/mL; P = .05) compared with control. Seven of 9 SIC patients had elevated LV end-diastolic pressures, and all had normal LV end-diastolic dimensions and volumes.

Conclusions: Patients afflicted with SIC had MMP and TIMP profiles similar to those described in hypertensive heart disease and diastolic heart failure and different from the profiles following myocardial infarction. Our findings

uncovered a unique biomolecular profile in SIC during the first Screening Library 24 hours of presentation. (J Cardiac Fail 2012;18:487-492)”
“We have studied surface roughness scaling of ZnO:Al thin films grown by rf magnetron sputtering of a compound target within framework of the dynamic scaling theory using atomic force microscopy. We have observed a crossover in scaling behavior of surface roughness at a deposition time of 25 min. Both the regimes are characterized by power-law dependence of local surface width w(r,t) on deposition time for small r, typical of anomalous scaling. The scaling exponents for the first regime indicate the existence of a new dynamics. For t >=

25 min, the films follow super-rough scaling behavior with global exponents alpha=1.5 +/- 0.2 and beta=1.03 +/- 0.01, and local exponents alpha(local)=1 GDC-0994 in vitro and beta(local)=0.67 +/- 0.05. The anomaly in the scaling behavior of the films is discussed in terms of the shadowing instability and bombardment of energetic particles during growth of the films.”
“The effects of pretreatment reagents on the hydrolysis and physical properties of PET fabrics were investigated under various alkaline hydrolysis treatment and pretreatment conditions. Before

alkaline hydrolysis, solvent treatment with pretreatment reagents, including benzyl alcohol (PET-b) or 2-phenyl ethanol (PET-p), modified the structure of the PET fabric, thus affecting the hydrolysis and physical properties of the PET fabrics. Fabric weight loss increased with increasing hydrolysis time. The rate constant (k) increased markedly with increasing rnethyl groups in the pretreatment reagents. The activation energy (E(a)) of untreated GDC-0994 fabrics was higher than those of the treated fabrics. The crystallinity of the PET fabrics increased with increasing hydrolysis times (t) and methyl groups in the pretreatment reagents. The weight loss of PET-b increased with increasing pretreatment temperature (T). However, the weight loss of PET-p increased up to 100 degrees C but decreased above 120 degrees C. The shrinkage of all samples increased with increasing hydrolysis times (t). Shrinkage of PET-b and PET-p was greater than that of untreated fabrics. PET-b displayed greater shrinkage than PET-p because byproducts polluted the PET fibers. Both the initial and maximum water absorption of the fabrics increased with increasing hydrolysis times (t). (c) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.