Skew Hadamard designs (4n−1, 2n−1, n−1) are associated to order 4n skew Hadamard matrices in the natural way. We study the codes spanned by their incidence matrices A and by I +A and show that they are self-dual after extension (resp. extension and augmentation) over fields of characteristic dividing n. Quadratic Residues codes are obtained in the case of the Paley matrix. Results on the p−rank...

We describe 16 patients with bacteremia caused by Eggerthella lenta (n = 7), Paraeggerthella hongkongensis (n = 3), Eubacterium limosum (n = 4), Eubacterium callanderi (n = 1), and concomitant Eubacterium limosum/Eggerthella lenta (n = 1). Nine (56%) patients had polymicrobial bacteremia. The overall 60-day mortality rate was 19%, and all deaths occurred in patients with E. lenta bacteremia.

BACKGROUND It is unknown whether the duration of systemic immunosuppressive treatment after allogeneic nonmyeloablative hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) might influence the incidence, severity, timing, and/or corticosteroid-responsiveness of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). METHODS We retrospectively analyzed outcomes among 185 patients with hematologic malignancies who were given gr...

Abstract C 24 H 56 N 2 Sn 4 Se 9 , monoclinic, P 1 / n (no. 14), a = 15.3276(10) Å, b 19.0577(15) c 15.3980(11) β 97.947(3)°, V 4454.7(6) Å 3 Z 4, R gt ( F ) 0.0313, wR ref 0.0686, T 223 K.

Highly oxygenated fullerenes, C(60)O(n) with 1 ≤ n ≤ 13, have been prepared by the Mo(O)(2)(acac)(2) catalysed oxidation of C(60) with (t)BuOOH. Increasing the catalyst : C(60) ratio or increasing the reaction temperature increases the yield as well shifting the product distribution to higher oxygenated products, in contrast, increasing the (t)BuOOH concentration shifts the product distribution...

In a placebo-controlled clinical trial, the dietary supplement XP-828L (commercialized as Dermylex) demonstrated potential to reduce symptoms associated with mild-to-moderate psoriasis at a dose regimen of 5 g daily for 56 days. However, recent in vivo data in humans and animals suggest a daily dose of 800 mg could be more efficient than a 5-g dose. However, no well-structured clinical study ha...

background & objectives:extended-spectrum-b-lactamase (esbl)-producing strains of klebsiella pneumoniaare an important cause of many serious infections in hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients and delayed treatment of these infections in crease chance of death in patients. this study was performed to determine the prevalence of esbl-producing k. pneumonia and to evaluate the frequency o...