Fullerene C60 films deposited by sublimation were irradiated with Kr-F laser in a wide fluence interval from 15 to 40 mJ/cm2. In situ photoacoustic analysis was applied to study the phase transformation during the irradiation. The results obtained were discussed in conjunction with atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Raman spectroscopy data. It was found that for a irradiation fluence interval fr...

VLBI observations at 5 GHz have revealed that supernova 1979C, in the galaxy M100 in the Virgo cluster, has shell structure. The shell is approximately circular with the 50% contour deviating from a circle by an rms of no more than 8% of the radius. The brightness distribution along the ridge may vary. The position of the center of the shell is at R.A.=12 h 22 m 58. s 66758 and decl.=15 • 47 ′ ...

On October 1, 2013 the reporting of diagnoses and procedures in the U.S. will transition from the clinical modification of the ninth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM) to the tenth revision (ICD-10). The impact of conversion to ICD-10 on Medicare MS-DRG payments to hospitals was estimated using 2009 Medicare data. A minimal hospital payment increase of 0.05 perc...

A Advanced software concepts for employing microcomputers in .the laboratory, B. Scott Tilden and M. Bonnet Denton, April 1979, 128. Analytical Quality Control (Meeting Reportj, D. Porter, July 1979, 229. An automated distillation method for the determination of diacetyl in beer: a comparison of analysis by Auto Analyser and gas chromatography, J. C. Buitjen and B. Holm, January 1979, 88. An au...

Boris Ephrussi studied fruit flies, yeast, and mouse [3] genetics and development while working in France and the US during the twentieth century. In yeast, Ephrussi studied how mutations in the cytoplasm persisted across generations. In mice he studied the genetics of hybrids and the development of cancer. Working with George Wells Beadle [4] on the causes of different eye colors in fruit flie...

Outlays for health care in the nation reached $212.2 billion in calender year 1979--12.5 percent higher than in 1978, according to preliminary figures compiled by the Health Care Financing Administration. This estimate represented $943 per person in the United States and was equal to 9.0 percent of the Gross National Product. This latest report in the annual series representing national health ...