BACKGROUND To evaluate the role and toxicity of ATRA therapy in newly-diagnosed APL patients aged > 60 yrs, the outcome of 16 consecutive elderly APL patients observed between January 1990 and June 1996 were analyzed. PATIENTS AND METHODS Their median age was 65.5 yrs (range 60-81 years), the male/female ratio was 7:9, and molecular biology analysis showed a PML/RARa rearrangement in all pati...

a Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TW, UK b School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK c Department of Mathematics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2532, USA d DPMMS, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0BW, UK e Alfréd Rényi Insti...

1 Department of Mathematics, Darmstadt University of Technology Schlossgartenstrasse 7, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany [email protected] 2 Institute of Mathematics ”Simion Stoilow” of the Romanian Academy P.O. Box 1-462, Bucharest, Romania Currently: Department of Mathematics, Darmstadt University of Technology Schlossgartenstrasse 7, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany leustean@mathemat...

In this note, we establish a mass formula for self-orthogonal codes over Zp2, where p is a prime. As a consequence, an alternative proof of the known mass formulas for self-dual codes over Zp2 is obtained. We also establish a mass formula for even quaternary codes, which includes a mass formula for Type II quaternary codes as a special case. On study leave from the Institute of Mathematics, Uni...

This paper describes the design objectives and presents an overview of the design for the IBM S/390T CMOS Cryptographic Coprocessor, also known as the S/390 cryptographic module (SCM). The SCM is fully compatible with the earlier S/390 cryptographic module, ICRF (Integrated Cryptographic Facility), and has been certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology at the highest level...

The effects of ash refuse pile from a black soap-making facility were studied on the surface (0-15 cm) layer of soils and commonest plants at Ori-Ebu, Afao Quarter, Ikere-Ekiti in Nigeria. Soil and plant samples were collected at 0, 15, 30, 60, 75, 105 and 150 m from the ash refuse pile and analyzed for cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb) and nickel (Ni). The prominent plant spe...

Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-decorated polystyrene (PS) nanoparticles with mean hydrodynamic diameter (D) and zeta-potential (ζ) of (286 ± 15) nm and (-50 ± 5) mV, respectively, were modified by the adsorption of Congo red (CR). The PS/PEG/CR particles presented D and ζ values of (290 ± 19) nm and (-36 ± 5) mV, respectively. The adsorption of lipase onto PS/PEG or PS/PEG/CR particles at (24 ± 1)...

additive effect on quinolone susceptibility.7 Though Qnr proteins and Aac(60)-Ib-cr only induce low level quinolone resistance, they are known to facilitate selection of resistancemutations in the presence of concentrations of quinolone antibiotics.8 We describe an isolate of K. pneumoniae isolate carrying three plasmid-mediated quinolone-resistant genes (qnrB, qnrS and aac (60)-Ib-cr variant) ...