In the past decade there has been a resurgence of interest in the clinical use of inert gases. In the present paper we review the use of inert gases as anesthetics and neuroprotectants, with particular attention to the clinical use of xenon. We discuss recent advances in understanding the molecular pharmacology of xenon and we highlight specific pharmacological targets that may mediate its acti...

DOI 10.1515/taa-2015-0005 Received August 20, 2014; accepted August 16, 2015 Abstract: The intrinsic algebraic entropy ̃︂ ent(φ) of an endomorphism φ of an Abelian group G can be computed using fully inert subgroups of φ-invariant sections of G, instead of the whole family of φ-inert subgroups. For a class of groups containing thegroupsof finite rank, aswell as those groupswhichare trajectories ...

Yttria stabilised zirconia (YSZ) inert matrix fuel (IMF) fabricated at PSI and irradiated 3 years in the Halden Material Test Reactor (HBWR) since 2000, has been examined by Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA) and Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS) after irradiation and compared with data gained for the unirradiated material. The examined pellet cross-section was estimated to have an equiva...