Considerable evidence was available indicating that wet dipping practices were failing to eradicate lice on sheep and that ineffective wetting was believed to be a major contributory factor. To examine wetting of sheep in plunge and shower dips, a series of experiments were undertaken to investigate both the mechanical and management opportunities which might improve the efficiency and efficacy...

The Langmuir–Blodgett technique has been applied to build optically homogeneous thin films of chemically solubilized single-wall carbon nanotubes (s-SWNTs) which possess good surface spreading properties at the air/water interface. Deposition can be performed in a layer-by-layer fashion up to 100 or more layers either by horizontal lifting or vertical dipping, allowing to readily control the fi...

We present results from three XMM-Newton observations of the M31 low mass X-ray binary XMMUJ004314.4+410726.3 (Bo 158), spaced over 3 days in 2004, July. Bo 158 was the first dipping LMXB to be discovered in M31. Periodic intensity dips were previously seen to occur on a 2.78-hr period, due to absorption in material that is raised out of the plane of the accretion disc. The report of these obse...

Narcolepsy with cataplexy (NC) is a neurological sleep disorder characterized by very low or undetectable concentration of hypocretin-1 in the cerebrospinal fluid. It has been recently found that patients with NC have disturbed circadian pattern of blood pressure, with more frequent non-dipping, compared to healthy controls. It has been hypothesized that lack of hypocretin may lead to increase ...

AIM The present study was conducted to determine efficacy of edible coating of carrageenan and cinnamon oil to enhance the shelf life of chicken meat stored under refrigeration conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Chicken breast was coated with carrageenan and cinnamon oil by three methods of application viz., spraying brushing and dipping. The coated meat was evaluated for drip loss, pH, thioba...

During a BeppoSAX observation of the lowmass X-ray binary dip source XB1323−619 a total of 10 type I X-ray bursts and parts of 12 intensity dips were observed. During non-bursting, non-dipping intervals, the 1.0–150 keV BeppoSAX spectrum can be modelled by a cutoff power-law with a photon index of 1.48± 0.01, a cutoff energy of 44.1 −4.4 keV together with a blackbody with kT of 1.77± 0.25 keV c...

The prognostic value of sleep blood pressure reported by recent studies is variable. Our aim was to examine the relationship of sleep blood pressure, measured by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, with all-cause mortality. We studied a cohort of 3957 patients aged 55+/-16 (58% treated) referred for ambulatory monitoring (1991-2005). Sleep, including daytime sleep, was recorded by dia...

Electrode logging as known in the oil industry is a method for determining the electrical conductivity distribution around a borehole or between two boreholes from the static-field (dc) measurements in the borehole. In this paper , we discuss the reconstruction of the three-dimensional (3-D) conductivity around a borehole in a highly deviated formation with invasion. At this moment, we have not...

OBJECTIVE To study circadian BP patterns in patients with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS). DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Teaching hospital in Paris, France. PATIENTS Eleven patients with CCHS (median age, 13 years; range, 6 to 18 years) and 11 sex- and height-matched control subjects. INTERVENTION None. METHODS Each subject underwent 24-h ambulatory BP monitori...

BACKGROUND Uretero-ileal anastomotic stricture (UIAS) is a urological complication after ileal neobladder, the initial management being endourological intervention. If this fails or stricture recurs, surgical intervention will be indicated. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS From 1994 to 2013, 129 patients were treated for UIAS after unsuccessful endourological intervention. Unilateral UIAS was present ...