We present a direct measurement of the parity-violating parameter A b by analyzing the left-right forward-backward asymmetry of b quarks in e + e ; !Z 0 ! bb. The SLD experiment observes hadronic decays of Z 0 bosons produced at resonance in collisions of longitudinally polarized electrons and unpolarized positrons at the SLC. Heavy avor decays of the Z 0 are identiied by using the topologicall...

Organizers Ann English, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montreal, H3G 1M8, Canada; Phone: 514-848-3338; Fax: 514-848-2868; Email: [email protected] Ichiro Okura, Department of Bioengineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan; Phone: 045-924-5752; Fax: 045-924-5778 Shigenobu Yano, Department of Chemistry, Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan;...

Results The study group comprised 221 FMF patients (116F, 105M) with a mean age of 12.7±5.3 years. Mean duration of colchicine use was 58.9±45.3 months. Patients were divided into two groups according to their colchicine response; Group I (n=131) included patients with no attacks after colchicine and Group II (n=90) patients with partial or no response to colchicine. Mean age, sex, age at disea...

Methods The case records of patients with auto inflammatory syndrome were studied to assess history and site of VTE. Subtype of auto inflammatory disease was noted along with risk factors for VTE and therapy for auto inflammatory disease. In addition it was assessed if auto inflammatory disease had been clinically active at the time of VTE and whether inflammatory markers were elevated in the 6...

The effect of light on the partitioning of resources between photosynthesis and chemical defence was studied in Eucalyptus cladocalyx F. Muell. This species allocates up to 15% of leaf nitrogen to the constitutive cyanogenic glycoside, prunasin, making it an ideal system for studying resource allocation. By controlling the level of leaf nitrogen we were able to test the hypothesis that light li...