We observed parametric-generation efficiency of 1.61% from 1064 to 1071 nm and at 162 microm in a 0.5 mm thick, 45 mm long z-cut congruent lithium niobate waveguide with a pump energy of 2.2 mJ and a pump pulse width of 5.8 ns. We also measured an ultralow-threshold intensity of 70 MW/cm2 for a 1064 nm pumped parametric oscillator resonating at 1071 nm and emitting at 162 microm with a 1 mm thi...

Daiji Takeuchi, Daigo Yagishita, Keiko Toyohara, Tomomi Nishimura, In-sam Park, and Morio Shoda* Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666 Japan; and Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666 Japan * Corresponding author. Tel: 181-3-3353-8111; fax: 181-3-3356-...

We studied active flexion from 90 degrees to 133 degrees and passive flexion to 162 degrees using MRI in 20 unloaded knees in Japanese subjects. Flexion over this arc is accompanied by backward movement of the medial femoral condyle of 4.0 mm and by backward movement laterally of 15 mm, i.e., by internal rotation of the tibia. At 162 degrees the lateral femoral condyle lies posterior to the tibia.

Thirty-one meningococcal isolates from carriers and disease cases belonging to the sequence type (ST) 162 complex, isolated in Greece in 1999 and 2000, were studied by the use of variable-number tandem repeat analysis. Our study demonstrated that the isolates belonging to the ST-162 clonal complex were a heterogeneous group. Based on this heterogeneity, it is unlikely that the disease-associate...

The Vitek GNI card was used to identify 212 isolates of 10 Yersinia species. Identification was correct for 96.3% of the isolates (156 of 162) to the genus level and for 57.4% of the isolates (93 of 162) to the species level for Yersinia spp. listed in the Vitek database. We recommend additional identification methods for isolates assigned to the genus Yersinia by the Vitek system.

■ CONTENTS Kinetic Capillary Electrophoresis 157 Applications 159 Aptamers 159 KCE for Quantitative Characterization of Aptamer-Target Binding 159 KCE-Based Aptamer Selection 160 Small Molecules 161 Cyclodextrins 162 Proteins 162 Others 164 Instrumentation and Methodology 164 Sample Preparation 164 Capillary Coatings 165 KCE-MS 165 Computational and Mathematical Approaches 166 Validation 167 Co...

background: hla-b*27 is strongly associated with ankylosing spondylitis (as). it represents a family of alleles that differ among ethnic groups. objective: the aim of this study was to determine the distribution of hla-b*27 alleles in as patients and healthy controls in isfahan (iran). methods: sixty as patients and 430 healthy blood donors were selected. all subjects were hla-b*27 positive by ...