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Our study demonstrates that serum miRNA profiles may be used as novel and minimally invasive diagnostic markers for PTC.

[1] The 15-month climatology of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (MSTIDs) during a solar minimum period has been constructed from observations of a dense GPS receiver array in Central China. In total, 793 MSTID events are identified, with peaks in occurrence at 1500 LT and 0100 LT. The occurrence of MSTIDs decreases following an increase in geomagnetic activity, with 46% of the MSTIDS occurring in the daytime. Daytime MSTIDs are characterized by a major occurrence maximum around the winter solstice and by an equatorward propagation direction. The period, phase velocity, azimuth, and amplitude of daytime MSTIDs are 20-60 min, 100-400 m/s, 130°-270°, and 0.8-1.5%, respectively. The remaining 54% of the MSTIDs occurred at night, and were characterized by a peak in occurrence at the summer solstice and by a southwestward propagation direction. The period, phase velocity, azimuth, and amplitude of nighttime MSTIDs are 20-70 min, 50-230 m/s, 170°-300°, and 2-7%, respectively. The propagation directions and the seasonal behaviors support the view that daytime MSTIDs are an ionospheric manifestation of atmospheric gravity waves from the lower atmosphere, while a possible excitation mechanism of nighttime MSTIDs is the electrodynamics process caused by plasma instability in the F layer.

A quaternary combinatorial masking strategy was used in conjunction with photolithography to generate compositionally diverse thin-film phosphor libraries containing 1024 different compositions on substrates 2.5 centimeters square. A parallel imaging system and scanning spectrophotometer were used to identify and characterize compositions in the library with interesting luminescent behavior. Optimal compositions were identified with the use of gradient libraries, in which the stoichiometry of a material was varied continuously. This process led to the identification of an efficient blue photoluminescent composite material, Gd3Ga5O12/SiO2. Experimental evidence suggests that luminescence in this material may arise from interfacial effects between SiO2 and Gd3Ga5O12.