We examined prospectively the outcome of primary and nonprimary maternal cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy among 88 and 120 women, respectively. The risk for vertical transmission was 1.83x higher for primary infection than for nonprimary infection. Nonetheless, congenital CMV disease was diagnosed in both infection groups at similar rates.

Lipomatosis of the perineum is an extremely rare condition. We report a localized hypertrophy of adipose tissue of the perineum in a 58-year-old man. The cause of enlargement could not be revealed. Nonetheless, preoperative workup and exclusion of possible malign tumors is essential.

In this work we study the inverse boundary value problem of determining the refractive index in the acoustic equation. It is known that this inverse problem is ill-posed. Nonetheless, here we show that the ill-posedness decreases when we increase the wave number.

This report provides information supporting the conclusion that sleep deprivation produces only very small biomedical effects. It nonetheless concludes that chronic partial sleep deprivation may contribute to gastrointestinal disorders, cardiovascular disease, and other medical conditions that occur more often in shiftworkers than in permanent dayworkers.

There are considerable difficulties modelling new business processes. One approach is to adapt existing models, but this leads to the difficult problem of maintaining consistency between model and code. This work reports an investigation into creating quick models that are nonetheless useful in providing insight into proposed designs.

Force-velocity, force-time, and force-length relations of muscle are typically evaluated with reductionist techniques in which force is measured while the variable of interest is manipulated. However, force produced during voluntary movement arises from complex interaction of these contractile characteristics. Nonetheless, neuromuscular performance for cyclical, work-producing movements can be ...

Increased immunoactivity of (-nitrosolysine was detected in Western blot in peroxynitrite-reacted histones H2A, H3 and H4. The N-nitrosation may be reversible as indicated by the decreased immunoactivity via either subsequent incubation with reduced glutathione or 48-hour dialysis and 48-hour storage at 4 degrees C. Nonetheless, the biological significance of N-nitrosation of protein lysine is ...

Leishmania donovani-infected interleukin-13-/- BALB/c mice showed impaired initial gamma interferon secretion and incomplete granuloma assembly at parasitized liver foci. Nonetheless, control of early parasite replication, resolution of liver infection, and responsiveness to antileishmanial chemotherapy were intact. By itself, interleukin-13 does not appear to materially influence acquired resi...

The notes have mainly developed over the past two years at Queen's and are targeted to be comprehensive over the course of teaching. Nonetheless, during the preparation of the notes, some additional resources, in addition to the instructor's lecture notes and discussions with a large group of students at different venues, are particularly acknowledged: Applied Analysis

A bis(phosphonatemonoester) is employed as a linker in a Zn(II) metal organic framework. The complex is a layered structure pillared only by vdW interactions between alkyl groups. Nonetheless, permanent pores are formed as confirmed by PXRD and gas sorption analysis.