In the present work a statistical investigation of the spatial distribution of longitudinal coordinates of sunspot data has been carried out. For the analysis the maximal area of umbra plus penumbra of sunspot groups has been taken into account. Spatial distributions of longitudinal coordinates of sunspot data are obtained in diierent coordinate systems (e.g. Carrington, equatorial and diierent...

Death of a Hospital Chairman. By the death abroad of Mr. Carrington-Smith, the Acton Hospital has lost its founder, who remained its friend and contributed handsomely to its enlargement. He had been president of the hospital for 22 years. Lieut.-Col. Sword has been appointed, out of 360 applicants, secretary to the hospital. He is stated to be well acquainted with accounts and office routine, a...

We present a comparative seismic study of conditions around and beneath isolated sunspots. Using the European Grid of Solar Observations’ Solar Feature Catalogue of sunspots derived from SOHO/MDI continuum and magnetogram data, 1996-2005, we identify a set of isolated sunspots by checking that within a Carrington Rotation there were no other spots detected in the vicinity. We then use level-2 t...

The glyoxalase system catalyses the conversion of methylglyoxal to D-lactic acid via the intermediate S-D-lactoylglutathione (Fig. 1). It comprises two enzymes, glyoxalase I and glyoxalase II, and a catalytic amount of reduced glutathione (Carrington & Douglas, 1986; Thornalley, 1989). Glyoxalase I (EC 4.4.1.5, lactoylglutathione lyase) catalyses the formation of S-D-lactoylglutathione from the...