We report on a detailed investigation of continuous-wave and SESAM mode-locked (ML) laser operation an Yb:SrLaAlO 4 laser. Pumped with high-brightness fiber at 976 nm, the ML delivered soliton pulses as short 38 fs 1071 nm average output power 86 mW pulse repetition rate ?59 MHz. The maximum reached 1.05 W 1054 for longer (94 fs), corresponding to peak 146 kW optical efficiency 38.6%. To best o...

We report the detection of weak gravitational lensing of faint, distant background galaxies by the rich, X-ray luminous cluster of galaxies MS 1054−03 at z=0.83. This is the first measurement of weak lensing by a bona fide cluster at such a high redshift. We detect tangential shear at the 5% 10% level over a range of radii 50 ∼< r ∼< 250 ′′ centered on the optical position of the cluster. Two-d...

background: paratracheal air cysts (pacs) are extraluminal collections of air mostly located adjacent to the right of the trachea at the level of the thoracic inlet. although, pacs are usually asymptomatic, the lesions do occasionally cause complications such as chronic cough, difficult intubation, and right-sided recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy. the purpose of the present study was to demonstr...

BACKGROUND Our previously developed assay for detection of the factor V Leiden mutation (G1691A) based on a nucleic acid photo-cross-linking technology used two allele-specific capture probes and six fluorescein-modified signal-generating reporter probes. We wished to improve the sensitivity and performance of the method. METHODS We developed new reporter probes with approximately 10-fold mor...

We evaluated the activity of quinupristin-dalfopristin (Q-D) against three clinical strains of Staphylococcus aureus susceptible to Q (MIC, 8 microg/ml) and Q-D (MICs, 0.5 to 1 microg/ml) but displaying various levels of susceptibility to D. D was active against S. aureus HM 1054 (MIC, 4 microg/ml) and had reduced activity against S. aureus RP 13 and S. aureus N 95 (MICs, 32 and 64 microg/ml, r...

This paper looks at the typology of borders which have traversed Balkan lands for centuries. They been diverse - geographical, political, economic, ethnic, linguistic, religious and cultural. As a result their length duration, consequences importance, they led to phenomena can hardly be fully appreciated. Serbs lived along those borders, already existing or created over time. research is focuse...

Using a magnitude-limited, spectroscopic survey of the X-ray luminous galaxy cluster MS 1054–03, we isolate 153 cluster galaxies and measure MS1054’s redshift and velocity dispersion to be z = 0.8307± 0.0004 and σz = 1156 ± 82 km s . The absorption-line, post-starburst (“E+A”), and emission-line galaxies respectively make up 63±7%, 15±4%, and 23±4% of the cluster population. With photometry fro...