In the present tetragonal modification of dysprosium orthomolybdate, Dy(2)(MoO(4))(3), the Dy, one Mo and one O atom are located on a mirror plane with Wyckoff symbol 4e, while another Mo atom is located on a fourfold inverse axis, Wyckoff symbol 2a. A single crystal was selected from a polycrystalline mixture of the Dy(2)O(3)-ZrO(2)-MoO(3) system and was stable at room temperature for at least...

The external dimensions, weight and contents (yolk, albumen, shell) of Double Yolked (DY) and Single Yolked (SY) eggs of the duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) were measured and compared. The yolks in DY eggs did not differ in weight (p = 0.144), although each double yolk was significantly lighter than the yolk of a SY egg (p<0.001). DY albumen weight was below that expected of a SY egg of co...

High-spin states of the neutron-rich odd nuclei Dy have been studied using the incomplete fusion reactions Gd( Li,(p ,d ,t)xn). In Dy, the band crossing in the 11/2@505# band has been observed for the first time. Moreover, 11 E1 transitions connecting both signatures of the 3/2@521# band to the 5/2@642# band have been observed in this nucleus; the deduced B(E1)/B(E2) ratios as well as the B(M1)...

Perceptual learning in humans was examined in 2 experiments. In Experiment 1, participants received intermixed exposure to 2 similar compounds (AX, BX, AX, BX, . . .) and blocked exposure to a 2nd pair of similar compounds (CY, CY, . . . , DY, DY, . . .). Aversions established to AX and CY generalized less to BX than to DY. In Experiment 2, 1 pair of compounds was presented in a forward order (...

Dynamic spinal fixators, such as the Dynesys (DY) and K-ROD (KD) systems, are designed to restore spinal stability and to provide flexibility. The long-term complications of implant breakage and the biomechanics of the adjacent and the bridged levels using the KD system are still unknown. Therefore, this study aims to investigate and compare the biomechanical effects of the KD system and the DY...

Dexterous manipulation relies on modulation of digit forces as a function of digit placement. However, little is known about the sense of position of the vertical distance between finger pads relative to each other. We quantified subjects' ability to match perceived vertical distance between the thumb and index finger pads (dy ) of the right hand ("reference" hand) using the same or opposite ha...

Macrophages play impor tant roles in inflammation and host defense against bacterial infection. T h e metabolites o f arachidonic acid (20:4) 1 are impor tant modulators o f these responses (1). When macrophages interact with stimuli such as an immune complex or a bacter ium, phospholipases are activated and 20:4 is l iberated f rom plasma mem b ran e phospholipids. T h e free 20:4 is then quan...

Rare information on photodisintegration reactions of nuclei with mass numbers $A \approx 160$ at astrophysical conditions impedes our understanding the origin $p$-nuclei. Experimental determination key ($p,\gamma$) cross sections has been playing an important role to verify nuclear reaction models and provide rates relevant ($\gamma,p$) in $\gamma$-process. In this paper we report first section...