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Abstract The solubility of N 2 in basaltic (MORB) and haplogranitic melts was studied at oxidizing conditions (oxygen fugacity about two log units above the Ni–NiO buffer). Under these conditions, is expected to be only significant nitrogen species present melt. Experiments were carried out from 0.1 GPa 1000–1450 ˚C using either an externally heated TZM pressure vessel, internally gas vessel or...

Preterm birth is the primary cause of perinatal morb idity and mortality. Infants who are born at an early gestational age are at high risk of illness, injury, and handicap. To prevent preterm birth, cervical cerclage is recommended for women diagnosed with cervical insufficiency.Cerv ical incompetence is the inability of the cervix to retain a pregnancy until term or until the fetus is viable....

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Acinetobacter baumannii infections among patients at military medical facilities treating injured US service members, 2002-2004. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2004; 53: 1063-1066. 2. Chu YW, Leung CM, Houang ETS, et al. Skin carriage of Acinetobacters in Hong Kong. / Clin Microbiol 1999; 37:2962-2967. 3. Seifert H, Dijkshoorn L, Gerner-Smidt P, et al. ...

In this study, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) experiments for Ni45Co5Mn36.7In13.3 metamagnetic shape memory alloy were performed under high magnetic fields up to 12 T using a pulsed magnet. Field–induced reverse transformation from martensite phase austenite caused considerable changes in the circular dichroism (MCD) signals and moments of Mn, Ni, Co with ferromagnetic coupling determined....

in this paper we consider several generalizations of the skew t-normal distribution, and some of their properties. also, we represent several theorems for constructing each generalized skew t-normal distribution. next, we illustrate the application of the proposed distribution studying the ratio of two heavy metals, nickel and vanadium, associated with crude oil in shadgan wetland in the south-...