We discuss the classical motion of a spring of arbitrary mass coupled to two arbitrary massive blocks attached at its ends. A general approach to the problem is presented and some general results are obtained. Examples for which a simple elastic function can be inferred are discussed and the normal modes and normal frequencies obtained. An approximation procedure to the evaluation of the normel...

A case is reported of a 59 year old woman who presented with palpitations. Electrocardiographic studies revealed atrial fibrillation and atrioventricular block. Echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a right atrial cystic mass attached to the interatrial septum. The patient underwent surgical excision of the mass. Histopathological findings were of a cystic tumour of the atriove...

A 27-year-old man complained of frequent chest pain and recurrent syncope for 3 months. He was in mild respiratory distress with a respiratory rate of 20/min and a heart rate of 94 bpm, regular in rhythm. His blood pressure was 120/70 mm Hg. Cardiac auscultation revealed a distinct early diastolic click followed by a grade 2/5 diastolic decrescendo murmur at the apex that was variable in charac...

Attachment is a concept familiar to most parents. The idea of attachment parenting has been popularized in recent years by Dr. William Sears, whose recipe for raising attached, and presumably successful, children include breastfeeding, using the baby sling, bed sharing and other B’s. Even those who view attachment parenting with disdain agree that showering the baby with less than one’s total l...

A scale-up design procedure, based on a new physical mass transfer (PMT) model, whichdescribes the performance, for aerobic rotating biological contactors (RBC’s) is developed. This scale-up procedure can be used to determine the disc surface area needed to prevent an oxygen limitation or to obtain a specific degree of treatment. In contrast to the empirical, and most previous RBC performance m...

Fish cells attached to hyphae were observed in brown trout Salmo trutta L. infected with Saprolegnia parasitica. Earlier studies with light microscopy indicated that these cells were lymphocytes and neutrophils and that they were involved in the defence mechanisms against Saprolegnia infections. However, using electron microscopy, we found these attached cells did not show leucocytic characteri...

In 67-year-old woman without any cardiac or neurologic symptoms, a transesophageal echocardiogram showed a rounded mass attached to the non-coronary cusp of the aortic valve (Video 1). We excised the tumor with preservation of the valve (Fig. 1). Gross examination (Fig. 2) and light microscopy confirmed the diagnosis of papillary fibroelastoma. Fig. 1. Intraoperative gross appearance of the pap...

Thermal degradation of aromatic polyesters (see text for formula) (m = 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6) was studied by pyrolysis/gas chromatography using a Curie-point pyrolyzer directly attached to a gas chromatograph with a thermally stable polar separation column (Thermon-1000) to cover a wide range of the degradation products. The characteristic peaks appearing on the pyrograms were identified using a ma...