We study theNernst effect influctuating superconductors by calculating the transport coefficient xy a in a phenomenologicalmodel where the relative importance of phase and amplitude fluctuations of the order parameter is tuned continuously to smoothly evolve from an effectiveXYmodel to themore conventional Ginzburg–Landau description. To connect with a concrete experimental realizationwe choose...

BACKGROUND Primary amenorrhea due to 46,XY disorders of sex differentiation (DSD) is a frequent reason for consultation in endocrine and gynecology clinics. Among the genetic causes of low-testosterone primary amenorrhea due to 46,XY DSD, SRY gene is reported to be frequently involved, but other genes, such as SF1 and WT1, have never been studied for their prevalence. METHODS We directly sequ...

This document summarises the capabilities of the XY-pic package for typesetting graphs and diagrams in TEX. For a general introduction as well as availability information and conditions refer to the User’s Guide [14]. A characteristic of XY-pic is that it is built around a kernel drawing language which is a concise notation for general graphics, e.g., A B (/).*-+, j j j j j j j j j G ' 55 was d...

We present a new short combinatorial proof of the sufficiency part of the well-known Kuratowski's graph planarity criterion. The main steps are to prove that for a minor minimal non-planar graph G and any edge xy: (1) G-x-y does not contain θ-subgraph; (2) G-x-y is homeomorphic to the circle; (3) G is either K5 or K{3,3}. c © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. In 1930, K. Kuratowski published his wel...

To investigate whether sex chromosome complement modulates bradycardic baroreflex response and contributes to the angiotensin II-bradycardic baroreflex sex differences, we used the four core genotype mouse model in which the effect of gonadal sex and sex chromosome complement is dissociated, allowing comparisons of sexually dimorphic traits among XX and XY females, as well as in XX and XY males...

PURPOSE to verify the prevalence and clinical characteristics of patients with primary amenorrhea and XY karyotype, evaluated in our Service, aiming at identifying findings which could help their recognition. METHODS from January 1975 to November 2007, 104 patients with amenorrhea were evaluated. All the cases were analyzed by the karyotype by GTG bands. Among them, 21 (20.2%) presented a XY ...

High-valent transition-metal-substituted Keggin-type polyoxometalates (POMs) are active and robust oxidation catalyst. The important oxidized intermediates of these POM complexes are very difficult to be characterized by using the experimental method, and thus no detail information is available on such species. In the present paper, density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been carried...

OBJECTIVES To compare bone mineral density (BMD) and body proportions between women with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS) and with gonadal dysgenesis (GD). SETTING Adult Disorders of Sexual Development and Ovarian Failure Clinics at University College London Hospitals. DESIGN Retrospective cross-sectional study of three groups of women aged 17-58 years with varying degrees of...

We tested the role of sex chromosome complement and gonadal hormones in sex differences in several different paradigms measuring nociception and opioid analgesia using "four core genotypes" C57BL/6J mice. The genotypes include XX and XY gonadal males, and XX and XY gonadal females. Adult mice were gonadectomized and tested 3-4 weeks later, so that differences between sexes (mice with testes vs....