M etabolites isolated from the soybean pathogen Colletotrichum truncatum w ere identified as mesoand d -( —)-butane-2,3-diol and the previously u n rep o rted com pound, colletruncoic acid m ethyl ester, to which structure 1 is assigned m ainly on 'H and 13C M R evidence. T he com pound has a skeleton unpreceden ted for a fungal polyketide. T he previously unknow n 2-hydroxym ethylhexa-2,4-dien...

Childhood and adult obesity are both serious health problems that are catalyzed by inadequate physical activity and the resulting chronic energy imbalance. For most people, walking consumes more metabolic energy than any other daily activity. Thus it is important to understand the energetic cost of walking for obese persons. Recently, physiologists have quantified the greater metabolic cost of ...

Breast cancer is a major source of mortality and morbidity to women in the UK. In this paper we estimate the costs of treating breast cancer using random samples of secondary and primary care records. We estimate the average cost per case of breast cancer to be pound 7247 which gives a total cost of pound 243 million per annum for the whole of the UK.

We present a summary of experimental tests of Local Position Invariance (LPI) via gravitational red-shift measurement. The results of the Pound-Rebka and Pound-Snider experiments are discussed, as well as those of Gravity-Probe A. A summary of null gravitational red-shift experiments is presented, concluding with the most recently established value of uncertainty in the null red-shift LPI viola...

Cyano acid hydrazide 1 was condensed with cyclohexanone in refluxing ethanolic piperidine to yield the hydrazone 4. Com pound 4 reacts with arylidines 5 a i to yield the 1,2,4triazolo[l,5-a]pyrid ines 7 a -i. C om pound 4 also reacts with m ixtures o f aliphatic aldehydes and different active m ethylene reagents to yield l,2 .4-triazolo[l,5-a]pyrid ines 8 a -d . Similarly reaction o f 4 with ar...

In order to minimize the bias of Constant score we modified the allocation of strength subscore. One hundred and two patients with 3- and 4-part proximal humerus fractures were treated using locking plate fixation and followed up for > 1 year. The clinical outcomes were assessed by DASH score abbreviated Constant score (AbbCS strength item excluded) modified Constant score (ModCS with 12-pound ...

We present a new application and implementation of the Pound-locking technique for the interrogation of superconducting microresonators. We discuss how by comparing against stable frequency sources this technique can be used to characterize properties of resonators that cannot be accessed using traditional methods. Specifically, by analyzing the noise spectra and the Allan deviation, we obtain ...

The chapters in this book explore both contemporary and historical perspectives relating to some of the theories and approaches which have influenced Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) today. This chapter gives an overview of the structure of the book and its rationale. In the chapter, we signpost some key themes raised in the ensuing chapters and invite you to take a critical stance in ...

Bread baking technology has an important effect on starch digestibility measured as its predicted glycemic index tested in vitro. The aim of this work was to evaluate the changes in predicted glycemic index of pound cake baked in a two-cycle microwave toaster and a conventional oven. The glycemic index was calculated from hydrolysis index values by the Granfeldt method. Non-significant differen...