OBJECTIVES The UCLA Scleroderma Clinical Trial Consortium Gastrointestinal Tract Instrument (UCLA-SCTCGIT) 2.0 was developed to assess systemic sclerosis (SSc) associated gastrointestinal tract (GIT) symptoms severity and its impact on patients' well-being. Our objective was to translate the UCLA-GIT 2.0 from English to French and to evaluate the reliability and validity of the French version. ...

Aneesh Bapat,* Thao P. Nguyen,* Jong-Hwan Lee,* Ali A. Sovari, Michael C. Fishbein, James N. Weiss, and Hrayr S. Karagueuzian Translational Arrhythmia Research Section, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California; Department Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, David Geffen School...

The possibility of using high density plasmas as a medium for a high gradient accelerator is being studied experimentally at UCLA. This proof-ofprinciple experiment uses a large C@ laser to excite plasma waves with large accelerating fields and a 1.5 MeV linac to probe the fields. Preliminary results from optical scattering diagnostics indicate that the length L of the wave times the accelerati...

Problem 2. Let A be a central division algebra (of finite dimension) over a field k. Let [A, A] be the k-subspace of A spanned by the elements ab − ba with a, b ∈ A. Show that [A, A] = A. Solution. Let K be the algebraic closure of k, and consider B = A ⊗ k K. Then B ∼ = M n (K) for some n ∈ N, and thus we can understand [B, B] ∼ = [A, A] ⊗ k K. In this case, [B, B] contains only matrices of tr...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to evaluate the stability of interface between Co-Cr-Mo (CCM) UCLA abutment and external hex implant. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixteen external hex implant fixtures were assigned to two groups (CCM and Gold group) and were embedded in molds using clear acrylic resin. Screw-retained prostheses were constructed using CCM UCLA abutment and Gold UCLA abutment. Th...

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