The line-dipole approximation is used to investigate the scaling of the groundstate dispersion interaction, EW, between parallel conjugated polymers of length L and transverse separation D. Both a second-order perturbation theory calculation using the Mott-Wannier exciton model of excited states and a semiclassical analysis of distributed dipoles indicate that at L approximately D there is a cr...

Intravitreal injection of the attenuated strain of pseudorabies virus (PRV Bartha) results in transneuronal spread of virus to a restricted set of central nuclei in the rat and mouse. We examined the pattern of central infection in the golden hamster after intravitreal inoculation with a recombinant strain of PRV Bartha constructed to express enhanced green fluorescent protein (PRV 152). Neuron...

OBJECTIVE The primary aim of the Berkeley Contact Lens Extended Wear Study (CLEWS) was to test the hypotheses that extended wear of rigid gas-permeable (RGP) contact lenses with greater oxygen permeability (Dk) reduces the incidence of contact lens-associated keratopathy (CLAK) and increases the survival rate in RGP extended wear (EW). In this article we describe the clinical trial design in de...

Purpose: To investigate whether indium-111–labeled R1507 (In-R1507) immuno-SPECT (single— photon emission computed tomography), a novel noninvasive, in vivo screening method to visualize membranous insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R) expression and accessibility, can be used to predict IGF-1R treatment (R1507) response in bone sarcomas. Experimental Design: BALB/c nude mice were subc...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Only few data on the epicuticular waxes (EWs) of horsetails are available. This contribution therefore focuses on the wax micromorphology and chemical composition of Equisetum species of the subgenera Equisetum and Hippochaete. METHODOLOGY Distribution patterns and structural details of EW on the shoots were studied by scanning electron microscopy. After extraction with ch...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS A ban on multi-buy discounts of off-trade alcohol was introduced as part of the Alcohol Act in Scotland in October 2011. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of this legislation on alcohol sales, which provide the best indicator of population consumption. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Interrupted time-series regression was used to assess the impact of the Alco...

In Split-SUSY models, where the only non-Standard Model states produceable at the LHC consist of a gluino plus neutralinos and charginos (EWgauginos), it is often stated that only mass differences among these latter are measureable. The present work demonstrates that, using a very simple ‘Kinematic Selection’ technique, full reconstruction of EW gaugino masses is possible from one event in prin...

A bstract We consider the production of a pair Z bosons at LHC and study inclusion EW corrections in theoretical predictions fixed order based on multijet-merged parton-shower simulations. To this end we present exact NLO results for pp → e + − μ , and, first time, j compare them to virtual NLL Sudakov approximation. then match result resummed logarithms achieve an improved $$ \mathrm{NLO}\ \ma...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the hygroscopicity and nanomechanics earlywood (EW) latewood (LW) larch after thermal modification under vacuum conditions. Wood samples were heat-treated in a atmosphere at 180–220 °C for 6 h, then their cell wall properties observed using dynamic water vapor sorption (DVS), imaging Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) microscopy, nanoindentation. results sho...

OBJECTIVE To describe the principal clinical outcomes associated with 12 months use of rigid gas-permeable (RGP) extended wear contact lenses and address two primary study questions: (1) does extended wear (EW) of high oxygen transmissibility (Dk/t) RGP lenses reduce the incidence of ocular complications, and (2) does the wearing of high-Dk/t lenses reduce the rate of failure to maintain 6-nigh...