Sentence examples for function of the rod from inspiring English sources

The vertical arrays of Au nanorods served as high surface area templates, where the surface area could be controlled as a function of the rod length in a given geometrical surface area.

In Figure 5b, LEE is calculated as a function of the rod height from 400 to 1,600 nm when the rod diameter is 260 nm.

In Figure 5a, LEE is calculated as a function of the rod diameter from 40 to 500 nm when the rod height is 1,000 nm.

Even if XIAP gene therapy only protects the structure (and not the function) of the rod photoreceptors, this may still have significant effects on visual outcome in humans.

The VBH implies a rather horizontal neck posture and is only reasonable for an inflexible neck, because any deviation from a maximum ventrally flexed position would have reduced the load and thereby the bracing function of the rod formed by the cervical ribs.

These variables relate ambiguously to the length of rods; they are a function of the rod's length, diameter, and material density.

The earliest symptom is night blindness, which may first be noticed in childhood and is due to alteration in the function of the rods, which are the visual receptors used in dim light.

After all, both I 1 and M are functions of the rod's length, material density, and diameter.

The exact functions of the rod-associated rings in spirochetes are not known.

Beyond these few reported observations, little is known mechanistically about the chemoattractant signals that drive formation of rod-shaped microglia, or about the specific functions of the rod-shaped microglia in relation to the neuron.

Since the first description of myopathy- and cardiomyopathy-causing DES mutations [ 16], over 70 mutations have been reported, which spread over the entire DES gene, thus affecting the structure and function of the head, rod, and tail domains of the protein [ 12].