Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 119-132). Also available in electronic version.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves: 43-46)

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Recently, the rate of corrosion of copper water pipes in Bowling Green, Kentucky has unexpectedly accelerated. The specific reasons for this are unknown. Our aim is to elucidate the factors enhancing the corrosion and help understand the primary mechanisms of action. This will help in combating and reducing future corrosion incidents leading to pipe failure, thus reducing losses experienced when these pipes are replaced. This study seeks to explore the characteristics and factors involved. The scanning electron microscopy was used to obtain elemental composition, and images of both inside and outside of the corroded pipes. Strikingly, corrosion primarily occurred on the outside of the pipes, not inside. X-ray crystallography also was used to examine the pipes. The results showed that the interior of the pipes mostly consisted of SiO2, CuO2, CaCO3 while the exterior consisted of Cu2(OH)2CO3, Fe2Al2O4, CaCO3, SiO2 and Cu2O. There was no clear single factor for the corrosion observed. For further studies, we plan to long temporal experiments. The results from the study will help in minimizing the costs to the city in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Spermiogenesis and ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of two bothriocephalidean cestodes, Oncodiscus sauridae and Senga sp., have been studied using transmission electron microscopy. The presence of a classical pattern for spermatological characters (spermiogenesis of type I with dense-material in early stages and sperm of type II with a characteristic ring of cortical microtubules in the anterior part) in Bothriocephalidea is discussed.

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Thesis (Masters Diploma (Medical Technology)--Cape Technikon, Cape Town, 1995 / The objective of the present study vvas primarily to determine vvhether modifications to the existing osmium tetroxide/potassium ferrocyanide method could be used as a general ultrastructural glycogen stain and whether this glycogen, vvhen so contrasted, differed in appearance in different tumours, such as Evving's sarcoma, Leiomyosarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma and Hepatocellular carcinoma. Normal skeletal muscle and liver were used to obtain a standard for the appearance of glycogen, and then, with diagnostic criteria in mind, the four glycogen-rich tumours, mentioned above vvere examined to determine the appearance, distribution and amount of glycogen present in them. Modifications to the osmium tetroxide/potassium ferrocyanide (OPF) method consisted of raising the concentration of the ferrocyanide, and using no en bloc or thin section staining by any uranyl salt solutions, because solutions of uranyl salts leaches glycogen from tissue. This procedure resulted in extremely electron-dense intracellular glycogen being retained, vvhich aided diagnosis of the these tumours. At high magnification. (>X30000) there vvas no morphological difference betvveen the glycogen particles in the various tumours, so these particles as such could not be used as a diagnostic criterion. Existing methods for the demonstration of myeloperoxidase and platelet peroxidase vvere modified to obtain more precise localization of the diaminobenzidine (DAB) reaction product. Different anti-coagulants, one of which was heparin and a modified fixation procedure vvas follovved.