This study examined the effects of long-term frozen storage (-20 °C for 5 months) of free amino acids (FAAs) and nucleotide-related compounds (NRCs) in muscle and hepatopancreas of the coconut crab Birgus latro. Although long-term frozen storage had little effect on FAA composition in muscle, the amounts of several FAAs increased in the hepatopancreas that may be the result of protein decomposi...

Th i s paper examines the r o l e of both ep isod ic memory and a b s t r a c t p lann ing knowledge in n a r r a t i v e comprehension. Many n a r r a t i v e s a re memorable f o r the a b s t r a c t p lann ing adv ice they c o n t a i n , u s u a l l y i n the form o f f a i l u r e s which n a r r a t i v e charac te rs exper ienced du r i ng e i t h e r p l a n n i n g , o r p l an execut...

For the comparative study of liquid and frozen plasma, 3 fresh pools of plasma were prepared by the Blood Plasma Department of the U. S. Naval Medical School, Washington, D. C. One half of each pool was transferred to small containers holding 200 ml. of citrated plasma and immediately frozen at -30° C. The other half was kept in similar containers in the liquid state at room temperature. At pre...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Catheter injection speed affects depth and placement of the embryo into the uterine cavity and is shown to be highly variable in, and between, subjects in a manually performed embryo transfer. In an effort to standardize the injection speed during embryo transfer, we developed an automated transfer pump: the pump-regulated embryo transfer (PRET) device. In this randomized contro...

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) sperm was frozen in liquid nitrogen in straws or as pellets on dry ice and stored in liquid nitrogen until artificial insemination. Sperm was diluted with one of three extenders containing 15% DMSO or 15% DMA as a cryoprotectant at a ratio of one part sperm to two parts extender. The straws were thawed in a water bath while the frozen pellets were thawed in t...

We introduce a mathematical setup for charge transport in quantum pumps connected to a number of external leads. It is proved that under rather general assumption on the Hamiltonian describing the system, in the adiabatic limit, the current through the pump is given by a formula of Büttiker, Prêtre, and Thomas, relating it to the frozen S-matrix and its time derivative.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) laser surgery as a conservative tool plays a peculiar role in the management of head and neck cancer. Numerous patients who were candidates for transoral laryngeal microsurgery have forced us to eliminate frozen-section evaluation of surgical margins and use a magnified view of the larynx. The present study evaluated surgeon-judged negative margins with permanent microscopi...