We have characterized the vibrational predissociation (VP) of the Ne(2)Br(2) van der Waals complex using time- and frequency-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy. After exciting Br(2) within the complex to a vibrational level 16<or=nu(')<or=23 in the B state, we follow the flow of halogen vibrational energy to the van der Waals modes in real time by recording the time-dependent behavior of Ne(2)Br(...

Background There is a high incidence rate of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) in patients on dialysis. However, the studies about nephroureterectomy (NU) in this high surgical risk group are limited. The aim of this study is to investigate the outcomes of NU in this population. Results There were total 931 patients enrolled and 218, 582, 131 patients were non-NU, unilateral and one-sta...

In this study we directly compared the in vitro antibacterial activities of resident and inflammatory phagocytes obtained from athymic (nu/nu) and euthymic (nu/+) mice. Resident peritoneal macrophages obtained from flora-defined nu/nu and nu/+ mice both demonstrated little ability to restrict the growth of Listeria monocytogenes in vitro. Inflammatory peritoneal neutrophils and macrophages obta...

For a finite group $G$ let $nu(G)$ denote the number of conjugacy classes of non-normal subgroups of $G$. We give a short proof of a theorem of Brandl, which classifies finite groups with $nu(G)=1$.

‎Let $G$ be a finite group and $nu(G)$ denote the number of conjugacy classes of non-normal subgroups of $G$‎. ‎In this paper‎, ‎all nilpotent groups $G$ with $nu(G)=3$ are classified‎.  

The colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) are cytokines involved in the production, differentiation, and activation of host phagocytes. During murine infection with Chlamydia trachomatis (MoPn), plasma CSF levels increased in euthymic (nu/+) and athymic (nu/nu) BALB/c mice. Levels declined later in infection, with the nu/+ mice resolving the infection but the nu/nu mice succumbing by day 16. Either...

Nude athymic (nu/nu) mice on a BALB/c background and their heterozygous euthymic litter mates (nu/+) were infected with either 10(8) or 10(6) Mycobacterium lepraemurium organisms intravenously or in the left hind footpad (LHF). After LHF infection with 10(8) M. lepraemurium organisms, nu/+ mice slowly developed a response that consisted of LHF swelling and local resistance to Listeria monocytog...

Heavily irradiated peritoneal cells (PC) from congenitally athymic nude (nu/nu) mice markedly restored the impaired in vitro antibody response of nu/nu spleen cells to sheep erythrocyte antigens (T-dependent antigen), whereas irradiated spleen or lymph node cells from nu/nu mice had no effect on the response. This activity of the irradiated PC of nu/nu mice was completely abolished by treatment...

Using BALB/c nu/nu, BALB/c nu/nufC3H (BALB/c nu/nu mice raised by C3H/HeN foster mother), BALB/c thymus-engrafted BALB/c nu/nufC3H, BALB/c nu/+, and BALB/c nu/+fC3H mice, we examined what kinds of cells are carriers of blood-borne mouse mammary tumor virus (B-MMTV). A radioimmunoassay and an immunoperoxidase assay revealed the presence of MMTV-gp52 antigen in the mammary glands of all BALB/c nu...