Lactoferrin was analysed with an ELISA in pleural effusions from 21 patients with malignant exudative effusions (15 carcinomas and 6 mesotheliomas), 12 patients with non-malignant exudative effusions of unknown aetiology, 11 patients with transudative effusions due to congestive heart failure, 12 patients with exudative effusions secondary to infection, and 2 patients with tuberculous effusions...

Detection thresholds for spectral and temporal modulations are measured using broadband spectra with sinusoidally rippled profiles that drift up or down the log-frequency axis at constant velocities. Spectro-temporal modulation transfer functions (MTFs) are derived as a function of ripple peak density (omega cycles/octave) and drifting velocity (omega Hz). The MTFs exhibit a low-pass function w...

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1998; 9: 596–607. [6] van der Velden HMW, Ausma J, Rook MB et al. Gap junctional remodeling in relation to stabilization of atrial fibrillation in the goat. Cardiovasc Res 2000; 46: 476–86. [7] Simon AM, Goodenough DA, Paul DL. Mice lacking connexin40 have cardiac conduction abnormalities characteristic of atrioventricular block and bundle branch block. Curr Biol 199...

The present study focused on students’ academic enjoyment as predicted by achievement in multiple academic domains. Assumptions were based on Marsh’s internal/external (I/E) frame of reference model and Pekrun’s control-value theory of achievement emotions, and were tested in a sample of 1380 German students from grades 5 to 10. Students’ academic enjoyment, self-concept, and achievement were a...

The aim of this study was to estimate the genetic divergence between African cowpea lines from the Cowpea Germplasm Bank of Embrapa Meio-Norte, Brazil. The morphoagronomic diversity of 57 cowpea lines was assessed using multivariate analysis. The germplasm was evaluated in August 2009 using a randomized block design with three replications based on the following traits: number of pods per pedun...

Title: Physiological temperatures drive glutamate release onto trigeminal superficial dorsal horn 1 neurons 2 3 Authors: Tally M. Largent-Milnes, Deborah M. Hegarty, Sue A. Aicher, Michael C. Andresen 4 Author Affiliations: All authors are affiliated with the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, 5 Oregon Health & Science University, Mail code: L334, 3181 Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, O...

This paper examines the use of a computational geometry-based spatial color indexing methodology for efficient and effective image retrieval. In this scheme, an image is evenly divided into a number of M*N nonoverlapping blocks, and each individual block is abstracted as a unique feature point labeled with its spatial location, dominant hue, and dominant saturation. For each set of feature poin...

Z. Naturforsch. 54 b, 1505-1509 (1999); eingegangen am 13. September 1999 Crystal Structure, Chalcogenides, Thiostannates, Rubidium, Tin, Sulfur Colorless crystals of the new thiostannate Rb6Sn2S7 were obtained by reacting a stoichio­ metric melt of Rb2S, Sn and S at 700°C. The compound is orthorhombic, oP60, s.g. f ’2,2,2, (No. 19) with a = 9.982(4), b = 13.45(1), c = 15.20(1) A; Z = 4. The cr...