In part I it was shown that for each k ≥ 1 the generalized Sato–Levine invariant detects a gap between k-quasi-isotopy of link and peripheral structure preserving isomorphism of the finest quotient Gk of its fundamental group, ‘functorially’ invariant under k-quasi-isotopy. Here we show that Cochran’s derived invariant β, provided k ≥ 3, and a series of μ̄-invariants, starting with μ̄(111112122) ...

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*Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia da Faculdade de Cie“ ncias da Universidade do Porto, Prac a GomesTeixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal. CIIMAR, Rua dos Bragas 177, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal. Faculdade de Cie“ ncias da Sau¤ de da Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Rua Carlos da Maia 296, 4200-150 Porto, Portugal. ISPA, Rua Jardim doTabaco 34, 1149-041 Lisboa, Portugal. Corresponding author, e-ma...

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a devastating and refractory generalized epilepsy affecting children and adolescents. In this study we report the results of resective surgery in 18 patients with LGS phenotype who underwent single-lobe/lesionectomy or multilobe resection plus multiple subpial transection and/or callosotomy. After surgery, seven patients became completely seizure-free (Engel Cla...

Recent molecular phylogenetic studies on Lophocoleaceae have recovered some well-supported monophyletic lineages within Chiloscyphus s. lat. that merit recognition at the generic level. As a consequence, Chiloscyphus is herein circumscribed to include only Chiloscyphus subgen. Chiloscyphus, Chiloscyphus subgen. Connati is elevated to generic rank to which the new name Cryptolophocolea is applie...

Let w be a word in the free group of rank n ∈ N and let V(w) be the variety of groups defined by the law w = 1. Define V(w∗) to be the class of all groups G in which for any infinite subsets X1, . . . , Xn there exist xi ∈ Xi, 1 ≤ i ≤ n, such that w(x1, . . . , xn) = 1. Clearly, V(w) ∪ F ⊆ V(w ∗); F being the class of finite groups. In this paper, we investigate some words w and some certain cl...

PURPOSE To evaluate if degree of anxiety proneness is affected by seizure outcome after epilepsy surgery. METHODS Five scales related to anxiety, which are part of the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP), were administered pre-operatively and 2-8 years post-operatively to 31 female and 26 male patients. High scores indicate a high degree of anxiety. Seizure outcome was either Engel I or En...

Recently there has been renewed interest among differential geometers in the theory of Engel structures. We introduce holomorphic analogues of these structures, and pose the problem of classifying projective manifolds admitting them. Besides providing the basic properties of these varieties, we present two series of examples and characterize them by certain positivity conditions on the Engel st...