Eigenmode projection has been used in analysis of the two-dimensional numerical solution of electron temperature gradient ETG turbulence. The secondary Kelvin–Helmholtz instability KHI that breaks up the primary ETG structure at the onset of saturation is found to be associated with strong excitation of damped eigenmodes and strong energy damping. While the KHI structure induces some fine scale...

The synthesis, NMR characterization, and X-ray crystallography of "lantern-shaped" platinum(III) complexes with four pivaloamidate bridging ligands and two 9-ethylguanines (9-EtG) or 1-methylcytosines (1-MeC) in axial positions are reported: cis-N(2)O(2)-[Pt(2){HN=C(Bu(t))O}(4)(9-EtG)(2)](NO(3))(2) and cis-N(2)O(2)-[Pt(2){HN=C(Bu(t))O}(4)(1-MeC)(2)](NO(3))(2). The last complex is, to the best o...

This work was aimed at developing and validating a hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC)-electrospray ionization (ESI)-ion trap-tandem mass spectrometric method for identification and quantification of ethyl glucuronide (ETG) and ethyl sulfate (ETS) as ethanol biomarkers and at employing this method for analysis of postmortem urine samples. Analytes of interest were separated on a ZIC-...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS 1) To evaluate the efficacy of, and problems with, intratympanic gentamicin injection (ITG) in medically intractable definite Ménière's disease (MD) and secondary endolymphatic hydrops (EH); and 2) to review the vestibular status and treatment options of intractable vertigo even after ITG. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case review and survey. METHODS 780 patients with def...

We analyze spectroscopic and photometric data to determine the projected inclinations of stars in three open clusters: Pleiades, Praesepe, M35. $\sin i$ values 42, 35, 67 each cluster, respectively, from their distributions we find that isotropic spins moderate alignment are both consistent with Pleiades Praesepe data. While it is difficult distinguish between these scenarios for a single an en...

1.1 The direct determination of ethanol itself in hair is not possible due to its volatility and its potential absorption from external sources. Instead, the minor ethanol metabolites ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and/or fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) can be measured in hair as direct markers of alcohol consumption. 1.2 In this consensus FAEEs are defined as: ethyl myristate, ethyl palmitate, ethyl ...

BACKGROUND Monitoring alcohol use is important in numerous situations. Direct ethanol metabolites, such as ethyl glucuronide (EtG), have been shown to be useful tools in detecting alcohol use and documenting abstinence. For very frequent or continuous control of abstinence, they lack practicability. Therefore, devices measuring ethanol itself might be of interest. This pilot study aims at eluci...

The present investigation was carried out to determine the extent to which muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) in vascular and perivascular structures were colocalized with glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-positive structures. To this aim, an immunocytochemical approach on free-floating cryosections and isolated microvessels obtained from rat brain was performed to study the possi...

Recent observations have revealed that early-type galaxies (ETG) in clusters comprise an old galaxy population that is evolving passively. We review some recent observations from the ground and from the HST that show that ETG have undergone a significant amount of luminosity evolution. This evolution is traced by two projections of the fundamental plane (FP): the size-magnitude relation (SMR) a...

A challenge to biochemically monitoring alcohol consumption in pregnancy is the prohibitive costs of collecting thousands of blood samples. This pilot study looks at the feasibility of using residual samples to monitor chronic and acute alcohol consumption in pregnancy. Residual anomalies screening samples (n = 150, 2006/7) were tested for carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT, chronic marker...