although the diagnostic category of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ascus) has been known since 1988, its use and appropriate clinical follow up and management still remains controversial. this study was carried out to evaluate the diagnostic value of ascus, using cytohistologic correlation. a retrospective review of archival materials in our cytology laboratory files was ...

SIL (SPRITE Input Language) is a single token signal flow graph representation developed as an intermediate format between specification languages and silicon compilers. This paper presents a part of a formal semantic model for SIL which is nicely intuitive because of the use of tables as mathematical representation of the semantics. Together with this semantic model SIL becomes a useful langua...

IL-6 signaling via the soluble IL-6 receptor (sIL-6r) has been shown to increase primary afferent responsiveness to noxious stimuli. This finding prompted us to test the hypothesis that IL-6 and sIL-6r would increase the exercise pressor reflex in decerebrate rats with freely perfused femoral arteries. We also tested the hypothesis that soluble glycoprotein (sgp)130, an inhibitor of IL-6/sIL-6r...

The solid immersion lens (SIL), invented by Mansfield and Kino in 1990 [1], attracts potential application in the field of imaging solid state devices, where the structures are buried deep into the substrate such as in integrated circuits. This is due to the ability of SIL to provide sub-surface imaging with better resolution than a conventional microscopy system. Many papers have dealt with th...

SIL (SPRITE Input Language) is developed as an intermediate format between a variety of specification languages and a number of input formats of synthesis tools and silicon compilers. The second aim in its development was to get a useful language backbone for transformational design, Therefore, SIL is based on a formal semantical model and on only a small number of basic concepts. Transformatio...

Stable isotope labeling (SIL) still has not been used very much in pediatric and perinatal clinical pharmacology. However, this method has numerous advantages. It allows one to determine the concentration of drugs with great sensitivity, thereby allowing quantification in small amounts of biologic samples. It also allows quantification with great specificity, eliminating interference by drug me...

Sil®er is known to strongly affect the adsorpti®e properties of zeolites. In the synthesis ( ) of mixed Li,Ag low-silica X-type LSX zeolite, adding ®ery small amounts of sil®er and specific dehydration conditions results in a sorbent with enhanced adsorpti®e characteristics for air separation. The location of the extraframework sil®er in relation to the aluminosilicate framework is of primary i...

BACKGROUND Aim of this study was to elucidate the relation between localised inflammatory heart disease and endothelial dysfunction in the peripheral circulation, considering circulating cytokines as a potential link. METHODS In 38 patients with non-ischemic heart disease, myocardial biopsies were examined for myocardial inflammation (immunohistology) and virus persistence (PCR). Cytokines (s...