The generalized relativistic effective core potential (GRECP) approach is employed in the framework of multireference singleand double-excitation configuration interaction (MRD-CI) method to calculate the spin-orbit (SO) splitting in the 2P o ground state of the Tl atom and spectroscopic constants for the 0+ ground state of TlH. The 21-electron GRECP for Tl is used and the outer core 5s and 5p ...

It has been hypothesized that high visit-to-visit variability (VVV) of systolic blood pressure (SBP) may be the result of poor antihypertensive medication adherence. The authors studied this association using data from 1391 individuals taking antihypertensive medication selected from a large managed care organization. The 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale, administered during 3 annual s...

BACKGROUND Literature on difficult doctor-patient relationships has focused on the "difficult patient." Our objective was to determine physician and practice characteristics associated with greater physician-reported frustration with patients. METHODS We conducted a secondary analysis of the Physicians Worklife Survey, which surveyed a random national sample of physicians. Participants were 1...

Vaccination of mice with heat shock proteins isolated from tumor cells induces immunity to subsequent challenge with those tumor cells the heat shock protein was isolated from but not with other tumor cells (Udono, H., and P.K. Srivastava. 1994. J. Immunol. 152:5398-5403). The specificity of this immune response is caused by tumor-derived peptides bound to the heat shock proteins (Udono., H., a...

JEADV 2006, 20, 1328–1399 © 2006 European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 1391 Upper lip and eyelid oedema usually appear at about the same time, and in more than 80% of cases the condition manifests itself before the age of 20. Even though euthyroid or non-toxic goiter is considered an important clinical finding of the syndrome, it is thought to be present in less than 10% of cases and ...

We obtain the following new coloring results: A 3-colorable graph on n vertices with maximum degree can be colored, in polynomial time, using O(( log ) 1=3 logn) colors. This slightly improves an O(( 1=3 log ) logn) bound given by Karger, Motwani and Sudan. More generally, k-colorable graphs with maximum degree can be colored, in polynomial time, using O(( 1 2=k log ) logn) colors. A 4-colorabl...

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were measured in air (using PUF disk passive samplers) in 31 homes, 33 offices, 25 cars, and 3 public microenvironments. Average concentrations of sigmaBDE (273 pg m(-3)) and sigmaPCB (8920 pg m(-3)) were an order of magnitude higher than those previously reported for outdoor air. Cars were the most contaminated microen...

Preterm birth is a major cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity worldwide. Bacterial infection and the subsequent inflammatory response are recognised as an important cause of preterm birth. It is hypothesised that these organisms ascend the cervical canal, colonise placental tissues, cause chorioamnionitis and in severe cases infect amniotic fluid and the foetus. However, the presence of ba...

GOLDBERG, ALFRED L., AND RICHARD ODESSEY. Oxidation of amino acids by diaphragms from fed and fasted rats. Am. J. Physiol. 223(6) : 1384-1391. 1972.-The oxidation of L-amino-14C acids was studied in isolated diaphragms from fed and fasted rats. During a 90-min incubation, diaphragms from fed rats produced 14C02 from leucinel14C, isoleucine1 -14C, valine1 -14C, alanineP4C, glutamate-U-14C, and a...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Gulf of Maine Seawater temperature seasonality Climate change Sclerochronology Arctica islandica Oxygen isotopes In this study, we use subannually resolved oxygen isotope values of fossil (dead-collected) and modern (live-caught) bivalve shells (Arctica islandica L.) from the northwestern Atlantic (Gulf of Maine, USA) to reconstruct past seasonal changes in seawa...