AIMS To substantiate the claim that low vision aids reduce the degree of disability associated with visual impairment. METHODS An observational study of vision, ocular pathology, age, sex, and reading ability in new referrals to a low vision clinic. Reading ability was assessed both with the patients' own spectacles and with an appropriate low vision aid. RESULTS The reading performance and...

Oligonucleotides incorporating the unusually linked 8-aza-7-deazapurine N8-(2'-deoxyribonucleosides) 3a,b (purine and 6-amino-2-chloropurine analogues) were used as chemical probes to investigate the base pairing motifs of the universal nucleoside 8-aza-7-deazapurin-6-amine N8-(2'-deoxyribofuranoside) 2 (adenine analogue) and that of the 2,6-diamino compound 1. Owing to the absence of an amino ...

We now want to apply linear response theory in a very specific way to probLecture 5 10/6/09 continued from N8 lems in equilibrium statistical mechanics. We imagine that we have an system that is in thermodynamic equilibrium at a specific temperature. We assume that it can be described by a canonical ensemble, in the sense that the measured values of properties are equal to the appropriate avera...

By Charles Gilmore Kerley, m.d., Professor of Diseases of Children, N8\v York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital, Attending Physician to the New York Infant Asylum, etc. Illustrations 71; pp. 597. PuV)lished by W. B. Saundeis Co., 190/, Philadelphia and London. In the preface of this excellent work it is stated, " that it has been prepared for the general practitioner, to present to iiim mo...

University of California, Irvine, Samueli School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 5200 Engineering Hall, Irvine, California 92697-2700, United States University of California, Irvine Medical Center, 101 The City Dr. S, Orange, CA 92868 Beckman Laser Institute, 1002 Health Sciences Road, Irvine, California, 92617, United States Chonnam National University Medical School, 160...

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58, No. 8 (2007), pp. 1109-1113. Personal, noncommercial use permitted on the condition that proper reference is given to the following publication: Ulrich, W. (2007). Philosophy for professionals: towards critical pragmatism. Viewpoint, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58, No. 8, pp. 1109-1113. [ISSN 0160-5682] [HTML] http://www.palgrave...

This study aims to investigate the capability of Silicon-Doped Carbon Nanotube (Si-CNT) detect and adsorb BMSF-BENZ ((4-Bromo-7-methoxy-1-(2-methoxyethyl)-5-{[3-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]methyl}-2-[4- (propane-2-))yl)phenyl]-1H-1,3-benzothiazole) molecular. For this purpose, we considered different configurations for adsorbing drugs on surface Si-CNT nanotube. All are optimized using density funct...

Okumura, Manabu, Hirofumi Kai, Shinya Shinozawa, Yoichiro Isohama, and Takeshi Miyata. Effects of eosinophil granule major basic protein on phosphatidylcholine secretion in rat type II pneumocytes. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol. 20): L763–L768, 1999.—Eosinophils are involved in inflammatory diseases such as asthma. We previously reported that activated eosinophils increased the p...

1,2-Dimethylhydrazine (DMH) is a potent procarcinogen with selectivity for the colon. Recently, it has been demonstrated that levels of N1-acetylspermidine were elevated 2-3-fold in colonic tumors induced by this agent compared to control tissues. To determine whether alterations in the urinary levels of this acetylated polyamine or other polyamines were useful biochemical markers for colon can...