H-L. M. Cheng, M. A. Haider, M. J. Dill-Macky, J. M. Sweet, J. Trachtenberg, and M. R. Gertner Research Institute & Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Medical Imaging, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University Health Network, Patho...

Among the many achievements of the twentieth century the accelerating development of microprocessors and their capabilities is one of the most impressive accomplishments, influencing virtually every aspect of daily life. The impact of this new technological resource was (and still is) of particular importance for theoretical approaches in science and engineering. Although many theories (Schrödi...

Exhaustive hydro-distillation of the leaves of Piper aduncum and fruits of Piper gibbilimbum (Piperaceae) afforded colorless and pale orange colored oils in 0.35 and 0.30 % yields, respectively. Detailed chemical analysis by GC/MS indicated the volatile constituents of Piper aduncum to be composed of dill apiole (43.3%), beta-caryophyllene (8.2%), piperitione (6.7%) and alpha-humulene (5.1%), w...

A method for sequence optimization in protein models is presented. The approach, which has inherited its basic philosophy from recent work by Deutsch and Kurosky @Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 323 ~1996!# by maximizing conditional probabilities rather than minimizing energy functions, is based upon a different and very efficient multisequence Monte Carlo scheme. By construction, the method ensures that ...

The morbidity arising from exposure of workmen to excessively high environmental temperatures is an old problem, extended and accentuated by the development of modern industry. Economic and humanitarian motives have combined, in recent years, to stimulate investigation of the various clinical entities grouped under the general term " heat sickness." Of the many contributions on this problem, th...

The essential oil produced from the seed of Anethum graveolens L. (Umbelliferae) was tested in vitro and in vivo anti-Candida activity. The microbroth dilution method was used in the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC), according to M27-A3 of the guidelines of the Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI). And then, efficacy evaluation of essential oil in the prophylaxis and treatmen...

The nitrogen content of sweat seems to vary with changes in the rate of sweating. Observing the total or principal nitrogen of sweat, most investigators (Zuntz and Schumburg (15), Schwenkenbecher and Spitta (11), Riggs (10), Kittsteiner (6), Viale (13), Dill et al. (3), and Araki and Ando (1)) noticed that the nitrogen concentration more or less decreased when the amount of sweat discharged per...