Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) is a complex, multi-organ system disease of unknown etiology characterized by functionally debilitating exhaustion and a constellation of associated symptoms. Its diagnosis is complicated; its treatment is largely supportive; and full recovery is rare. As well, lack of medical acknowledgement of CFIDS as a legitimate disease has caused patient...

GC, Grompe M: Germ cell defects and hematopoietic sensitivity to 11. Poot M, Gross O, Epe B, Pflaum M, Hoehn H: Cell cycle g-interferon in mice with a targeted disruption of the Fanconi anemia defect in connection with oxygen and iron sensitivity in Fanconi C gene. Blood 88:49, 1996 anemia lymphoblastoid cells. Exp Cell Res 222:262, 1996 2. Saito H, Hammond AT, Moses RE: Hypersensitivity to oxy...

The Guillain-Barré syndrome(s) (GBS[s]) comprises various forms of acute flaccid paralysis caused by an autoimmune attack against components of the peripheral nerve. The most common pattern is the acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP), in which the putative target antigens are on the myelin sheath. The least common, but better understood forms, are the acute motor (or motor-sen...

Optical sensing of palladium ions has attracted considerable attention due to their serious environmental and health problems. Water resources, soil, dust and natural ora have been contaminated by increased palladium emissions which are caused by a wide spectrum of applications such as the electrical and electronic industries, catalytic converters, dental appliances, fuel cells and jewellery. ...

Gold clusters or nanoparticles have been proposed as catalytically active species in a variety of homogeneous processes, which might proceed by mechanisms that are very different from those occurring under homogeneous conditions. The preparation of new types of small gold clusters has attracted recent attention because of their structural novelty and potential for the discovery of new reaction ...

We examined the organization and function of the ventral object processing pathway. The prevailing theoretical approach in this field holds that the ventral object processing stream has a modular organization, in which visual perception is carried out in posterior regions and visual memory is carried out, independently, in the anterior temporal lobe. In contrast, recent work has argued against ...

Einstein’s research manuscripts provide important insights into his exceptional creativity. At the same time, they can present difficulties for a publication in the documentary edition of the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein (CPAE). The problems are illustrated by discussing how some important examples of Einstein’s research manuscripts have been included in previous volumes of the CPAE seri...