2014 The role of interplanar fluctuations associated with « parallel » vortex loops is considered in the two coupled problems of XY magnetism and superconductivity of the second kind, in a quasitwodimensional situation. Using an admittedly simplified criterion, it is argued that, for weak interplanar couplings, the critical 3d temperature is related to the multiplication of such loops ; it shou...

The belief that Homo sapiens is absolutely dimorphic with the respect to sex chromosome composition, gonadal structure, hormone levels, and the structure of the internal genital duct systems and external genitalia, derives from the platonic ideal that for each sex there is a single, universally correct developmental pathway and outcome. We surveyed the medical literature from 1955 to the presen...

In many cases of callosal dysgenesis in both human patients and mouse models, misguided fibers from the cortex form abnormal bilateral, barrel-shaped structures known as Probst bundles. Because little is known about how axons are arranged within these anomalous fiber bundles, understanding this arrangement may provide structural and molecular insights into how axons behave when they are misguid...

and [[xy]z] + [[yz]x] + [[zx]y] = 0. Left multiplication in a Lie algebra is denoted by ad(x): ad(x)(y) = [x, y]. An associative algebra A becomes a Lie algebra A− under the product, [xy] = xy − yx. The first axiom implies that [xy] = −[yx] and the second (called the Jacobi identity) implies that x 7→ adx is a homomorphism of L into the Lie algebra (EndL)−, that is, ad [xy] = [adx, ad y]. Assum...

Accurate assessment of gestational age, fetal growth, and the detection of fetal and placental abnormalities are major benefits of sonography. Color Doppler can be used to assist in the identification of vascular architecture, detection of vascular pathology and visualization of blood flow changes associated with physiologic processes and disease states. The clinical applications of obstetrical...

A 13 year old female presented with ambiguous external genitalia, right inguinal ovotestis, left ovary, apparently normal Mullerian system, and absent Wolffian system. Cultured lymphocytes showed a 46,XX/46,XY karyotype. Histopathology of the gonads confirmed true hermaphroditism. The presence of two genetically different erythrocyte populations was observed. The findings suggested that the pat...