Methods 69 FMF patients (37 with amyloidosis, 32 – without amyloidosis) were investigated. All 69 patient underwent molecular-genetic investigation (PCR method), 9 different mutant combinations of MEFV gene were detected: 3 homozygous M694V/M694V(AA) in 25 patients, M680I/ M680I(CC) in 4, V726A/V726A(BB) in 1, 5 compound heterozygous M694V/V726A(AB) in 17, M694V/M680I (AC) in 9, V726A/M680I(BC)...

The activity of methicillin, oxacillin, vancomycin, imipenem and FK037 against 106 isolates of staphylococci was assessed using a microbroth dilution method with low (10(5) cfu/mL) and high (10(7) cfu/mL) inoculum sizes. Overall, FK037, an oxime-type cephem antibiotic, was as active as imipenem, but less active than vancomycin (MIC90s 25, 25 and 6.25 mg/L, respectively) at the lower inoculum. E...

A velocity dispersion has been measured for the luminous globular cluster M31 037–B327, claimed to be the most massive star cluster in the Local Group and to be a young “super star cluster” that has survived to an old age. M31 037– B327 has a mass comparable to that of M31 G1, but not significantly larger. Although near the upper end for the mass distribution of globular clusters, it is not an ...

A velocity dispersion has been measured for the luminous globular cluster M31 037-B327, claimed to be the most massive star cluster in the Local Group and to be a young “super star cluster” that has survived to an old age. M31 037-B327 has a mass comparable to that of M31 G1 but not significantly larger. Although near the upper end for the mass distribution of globular clusters, it is not an un...

An abundance analysis for the carbon-enhanced, extremely iron-poor (1⁄2Fe=H 3:5) star CS 29498-043 has been obtained using new high-resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio spectra from the Subaru Telescope. The [O i] forbidden line at 6300 8 and the O i triplet feature at 7771–7776 8 are both clearly detected. The overabundance of oxygen is significant (1⁄2O=Fe > 2). In addition, Na, Co, and Ni ...

037-B327 is of interest because it is both the most luminous and the most highly reddened cluster known in M31. Deep observations with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space T elescope provide photometric data in the F606W band, and also show that this cluster is crossed by a dust lane. We determined the structural parameters of 037-B327 by fitting the observed surface brightness d...