A model organic semiconductor (MDMO-PPV) was used for testing a modified version of a photoelectrochemical scanning droplet cell microscope (PE-SDCM) adapted for use with nonaqueous electrolytes and containing an optical fiber for localized illumination. The most attractive features of the PE-SDCM are represented by the possibility of addressing small areas on the investigated substrate and the...

Let E be a Banach space that does not contain any copy of l and A be a non commutative C∗-algebra. We prove that every absolutely summing operator from A into E∗ is compact, thus answering a question of Pe lczynski. As application, we show that if G is a compact metrizable abelian group and Λ is a Riesz subset of its dual then every countably additiveA∗-valued measure with bounded variation and...

ion to construct new hypotheses that may require additional information. Uses concepts from several sources to build new knowledge in support of the project at hand.4.1. Applies new and prior information to the planning and creation of a particular product or performance.c. Integrates the new and prior information, including quotations and paraphrasing, in a manner that supports the pur...

To assess whether plasma from women with preeclampsia altered trophoblast invasion, SGHPL-4 extravillous trophoblasts were treated with pooled plasma from women with preeclampsia (PE-P; 10%) or with plasma from healthy pregnant controls (C-P). PE-P significantly inhibited SGHPL-4 invasion through Matrigel-coated transwells (P < .01), reduced mitochondrial dehydrogenase activity (P < .01), and i...

Previous research on performance monitoring revealed that errors are followed by an initial fronto-central negative deflection (error-related negativity, ERN or Ne) and a subsequent centro-parietal positivity (error positivity, Pe). It has been shown that error awareness mainly influences the Pe, whereas the ERN seems unaffected by conscious awareness of an error. The aim of the present study w...

The spread of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) in the hospital and also the community is worrisome. Neonates particularly are exposed to the risk of ESBL-PE acquisition and, owing to the immaturity of their immune system, to a higher secondary risk of ESBL-PE-related infection. Reducing the risk of acquisition in the hospital is usually based on a bundle o...

This work follows the progression of a grammatical construction that unifies the Romanian accusative preposition pe with a coreferential pronominal clitic, together forming the cd-pe construction. On the basis of historical texts, it is argued that these two grammatical phenomena evolved into a clause-level construction with a dedicated semantics and pragmatics in the modern language. A corpus ...

BACKGROUND Little is known about national patterns of pharmacological treatment of atrial fibrillation, in particular, use of medications for ventricular rate control and for restoration and maintenance of sinus rhythm. METHODS We analyzed 1555 visits by patients with atrial fibrillation to randomly selected office-based US physicians included in National Ambulatory Medical Care surveys condu...

OBJECTIVES To study the acquisition of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) among the faecal flora during travel, with a focus on risk factors, antibiotic susceptibility and ESBL-encoding genes. METHODS An observational prospective multicentre cohort study of individuals attending vaccination clinics in south-east Sweden was performed, in which the submission o...