a Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc., 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 USA b Member RIFM Expert Panel, Department of Dermatology, Columbia University Medical Center, 161 Fort Washington Ave., New York, NY 10032, USA c Member RIFM Expert Panel, Department of Occupational & Environmental Dermatology, Malmo University Hospital, Sodra Forstadsgatan 101, Entrance 47, Malmo S...

Cell surface-exposed cholesterol is crucial for cell attachment and invasion of many viruses and bacteria, including the bacterium Salmonella, which causes typhoid fever and gastroenteritis. Using flow cytometry and 3D confocal fluorescence microscopy, we found that mitotic cells, although representing only 1-4% of an exponentially growing population, were much more efficiently targeted for inv...

We have obtained the first measurements with a sodium laser beacon of focus anisoplanatism over large aperture, at the Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT). Focus anisoplanatism sets the fundamental limit to wavefront correction of large telescopes. An artificial star, of visual magnitude 12.5, was created by a 0.5 W beam from a continuous-wave dye laser tuned to the sodium D2 resonance line, projec...

BACKGROUND Pregnant women in Malawi consume soil, but the nutritive potential of these soils is uncertain. METHODS We collected 'edible' Malawian soil samples from Ndirande, Mpingwe and Soche hills and bought an Indian soil sample from a shop in Limbe and tested them for iron, calcium, zinc, magnesium, lead, pH, Bacillus and Clostridium, using standard methods of analyses. FINDINGS Based on...

We present a theoretical interpretation of the broad silicon and iron ultraviolet absorption features observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the spectrum of the Schweizer-Middleditch star behind the remnant of Supernova 1006. These features are caused by supernova ejecta in SN1006. We propose that the redshifted Si II 1260 Å feature consists of both unshocked and shocked Si II. The sharp r...

External QX-314 inhibits evoked cranial primary afferent synaptic transmission independent of TRPV1 1 2 Mackenzie E. Hofmann, Tally M. Largent-Milnes*, Jessica A. Fawley, and Michael C. Andresen 3 Department of Physiology & Pharmacology 4 Oregon Health & Science University 5 Portland OR, USA 6 7 8 9 10 Running Title: QX-314 non-selectively inhibits afferent conduction 11 12 To whom corresponden...

We present a detailed study of the H i 21cm absorption system at z = 0.0912 towards the radio quasar B0738+313. The uncommonly narrow main absorption line and weak secondary line are resolved for the first time and have FWHM velocities of ∆v 1 = 3.7 and ∆v 2 = 2.2 km s −1 (main and secondary component respectively). In addition we find it necessary to add a third, broader shallow component to o...

Although high-altitude exposure can lead to neurocognitive impairment, even upon return to sea level, it remains unclear the extent to which brain volume and regional cerebral vascular reactivity (CVR) are altered following high-altitude exposure. The purpose of this study was to simultaneously determine the effect of 3 weeks at 5050 m on: (1) structural brain alterations; and (2) regional CVR ...

a Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc., 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677, USA b Department of Dermatology, Member RIFM Expert Panel, Columbia University Medical Center, 161 Fort Washington Ave., New York, NY 10032, USA c Department of Occupational & Environmental Dermatology, Member RIFM Expert Panel, Malmo University Hospital, Sodra Forstadsgatan 101, Entrance 47, Malmo ...

This study identifies two categories of exploration for competence-creating subsidiaries of contemporary multinational corporations (MNCs) by taking both the subsidiary’s and the MNC’s existing knowledge into consideration. While subsidiary exploration not new to the MNC (SE1) brings in knowledge that is only new to the focal subsidiary but not new to the rest of the MNC, subsidiary exploration...