I describe the detection of 201 highly significant dips in the count rate of Sco X-1 from a search of some 500 ks of archival RXTE PCA data, which could be caused by TNO occultations. I show that most of these dips are correlated with particle showers in the PCA, suggesting that the dips in count rate result from large amounts of charge built up in the detectors. From the distribution of partic...

The upper limit of autoregulation of cerebral blood flow was studied in ten young baboons. Blood pressure was increased by infusing angiotensin, and cerebral blood flow was measured by the intracarotid 133 xenon injection method. Autoregulation was maintained until blood pressure was 30-40% above resting values. At this blood pressure level, cerebrovascular resistance reached a maximum. Any add...

The maximal value of thermal conductivity κmax of the perfect wurzite GaN crystal containing isotopes of natural abundance is estimated. Our upper limit of κ = 4800 W/Km at Tmax = 32 K is smaller than calculated by Liu and Balandin κ = 6000 W/Km and higher than obtained by Slack et al κ = 3750W/Km. The phenomenological dependence κ ∝ T obtained by Mion et al for the temperature interval 300− 45...

BACKGROUND After shocks with an approximately 50% probability of success for the upper limit of vulnerability (ULV(50)) of strength, the first few activations appear focally on the epicardium at almost the same site at the left ventricular (LV) apex in both successful and failed induction of ventricular fibrillation (VF). We tested the hypothesis that subendocardial ablation at this early site ...

Our aim is to maximize expected profit per item of a multi-stage production system by determining best adjustment points of the equipments used based on technical product specifications defined by designer. In this system, the quality characteristics of items produced should be within lower and higher tolerance limits. When a quality characteristic of an item either falls beneath the lower li...