The long term performance characteristics of the 2400 and 1260 series of Starr-Edwards aortic prostheses were investigated by a follow up study of clinical outcome of 327 patients discharged from hospital with isolated aortic valve replacement. Follow up lasted for up to 10 years and was based on 1616 patient-years. The 2400 series cloth covered tracked valve was implanted in 182 patients from ...

Large branching ratios observed for D and B decays to final states containing the a1(1260) ± are comparable to those for corresponding decays to states containing a charged pion or a charged ρ, and much larger than those for all other decays. Implications are discussed of a “vector-dominance model” in which a W is produced and immediately turns into an axial vector, vector or pseudoscalar meson...

This Application Note shows the determination of protein molecular weight and size, together with linear quantifi cation using the Agilent 1260 Infi nity Multi-Detector Bio-SEC Solution. The molecular weights and sizes of proteins, ranging from cytochrome C (11 kDa) to thyroglobulin (670 kDa) were correctly determined, independent of sample loading. Using the dual angle light scattering detecto...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have indicated that abnormal glucose levels and diabetes are negatively associated with the prognosis of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The genetic polymorphism of the promoter region -1260 of a gene encoding the enzyme 1-alpha-hydroxylase (CYP27B1-1260) has been shown to have an impact on the signaling pathways involved in insulin secretion. ...

[This corrects the article on p. 1260 in vol. 8, PMID: 28769879.].

Gregor Kozlowski,* Markus Stoffel, Sébastien Bétrisey, Léonard Cardinaux and Matteo Mota 1 Natural History Museum Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 6, CH-1700, Fribourg, Switzerland 2 Department of Biology and Botanic Garden, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, CH-1700, Fribourg, Switzerland 3 Dendrolab.ch, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1+ 3, CH-3012, Bern...

Based on a data sample of an integrated luminosity of 57.4 fb at the Υ(4S) resonance taken with the BABAR detector using the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy B-Factory, hadronic decays of B meson with the final states D and three pions are studied. The study is performed by fully reconstructing the exclusive decays of B → Da1(1260) and the non-resonant modes B → D ρπ and B → Dπππ. The current stat...