AIM To determine possible nerve conduction changes in the somatosensory pathway in children with brain ventricular dilatation and to estimate the relation between the ventricular size and somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP). METHODS Twelve children with ventricular dilatation (frontal and occipital horn ratios >0.44) and 19 children without ventricular dilatation (control group), aged betwe...

In a field trial conducted with eight varieties in the north coast area of Natal ratoon stunting disease (RSD) caused increasing lossesin yieldsof cane and sucrosefrom the plant to the second ratoon crop. All the varieties suffered losses in yield but the degree of loss differed markedly among the varieties. The total yield of sugar from the three crops was reduced by 38% in varieties NCo 376an...

The structure of the unbound F15 nucleus is investigated using inverse kinematics resonant scattering a radioactive O14 beam impinging on CH2 target. analysis H1(O14,p)O14 and H1(O14,2p)N13 reactions allowed confirmation previously observed narrow 1/2? resonance, near two-proton decay threshold, identification two new 5/2? 3/2? resonances. newly levels by 1p emission to ground O14, sequential 2...

Preliminary investigations in South Africa into determining the resistance of sugarcane varieties to red rot (Glomerella tucumanensis) by means of an inoculation procedure, conducted in 1988-89, showed promise. Results of these trials, together with findings from industry-wide red rot surveys in the late 1980s, were used to provide a preliminary ranking of a number of released varieties. Variet...

We describe documented simultaneous intracerebral auditory evoked potentials from the auditory cortex and medial geniculate body (MGB) of a human patient. The MGB response lasted > 300 ms, with an initial negativity at 13.5 ms (N13), two positive peaks P21 and P29, and two broader negativities N50 and N200. P21 and N50 amplitudes were strongest for lowest tone frequencies, suggesting possible M...

We present a method to obtain congruences modulo powers of 2 for sequences given by recurrences of finite depth with polynomial coefficients. We apply this method to Catalan numbers, Fuß–Catalan numbers, and to subgroup counting functions associated with Hecke groups and their lifts. This leads to numerous new results, including many extensions of known results to higher powers of 2. ∗Research ...

The long-time asymptotics is analyzed for finite energy solutions of the 1D Schrödinger equation coupled to a nonlinear oscillator. The coupled system is invariant with respect to the phase rotation group U(1). For initial states close to a solitary wave, the solution converges to a sum of another solitary wave and dispersive wave which is a solution to the free Schrödinger equation. The proofs...

Bovine mastitis is the most common and costly disease affecting dairy cattle throughout world. Enterococcus faecalis one of environmental origin mastitis-causing pathogens. The treatment bovine primarily based on antibiotics. Due to negative impact developing antibiotic resistance adverse effects soil water environments, trend toward use nonantibiotic treatments increasing. Phages may represent...

In the Funding section, the grant number from the funder Austrian Science Fund (FWF) is missing. The grant number is: T 478-N13. The publisher apologizes for the error. open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Division of Biotechnology and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, N13-W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan Enzyme research team, Biomass engineering program, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, 2-1, Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan Bioplastic research team, Biomass engineering program, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, 2-1, Hirosawa, Wako-shi,...