Abstract Aim In high risk groups such as patients undergoing open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery, the of incisional hernia (IH) formation is up to 69%. IH can be prevented through prophylactic mesh augmentation (PMA). Several randomized controlled trials (RCT) have shown a significant decrease in after PMA. However, due study design and sample size issues, implementation PMA into daily...

As the German contribution to the Southern Ocean Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics Study (SO GLOBEC), RV Polarstern visited the Eastern Bellingshausen Sea between 18 April and 1 May 2001. This paper examines in situ feeding cycles, ingestion rates and growth of larval krill Euphausia superba. Larval krill were exceptionally numerous, especially over the shelf break and continental slope: mean 88...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect that standardized instruction of the male urogenital examination had on the anxiety levels of students and to determine what influence, if any, the gender of the student had on this experience. METHODS One hundred thirty six second year medical students were asked to report their level of anxiety before and after participation in a small group teaching ses...

The three-dimensional matrix that surrounds cells is an important insoluble regulator of cell phenotypes. Examples of such insoluble surfaces are the extracellular matrix (ECM), ECM analogues and synthetic polymeric biomaterials. Cell-matrix interactions are mediated by cell adhesion receptors that bind to chemical entities (adhesion ligands) on the surface of the matrix. There are currently no...

Citation Alexandrou, C. et al. " Nucleon to Delta Transition Form Factors with NF=2+1 Domain Wall Fermions. Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. The MIT Faculty has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. We calc...

A single electron in a quantum cyclotron yields new measurements of the electron magnetic moment, given by g/2 = 1.001 159 652 180 73 (28) [0.28 ppt], and the fine structure constant, α−1 = 137.035 999 084 (51) [0.37 ppb], both significantly improved from prior results. The static magnetic and electric fields of a Penning trap confine the electron, and a 100 mK dilution refrigerator cools its c...

very much higher concentrations.1-4 We have also studied the distribution of gold in blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis during treatment with sodium aurothiomalate and confirmed these results on the intersubject differences in distribution of gold. We surveyed the patients to determine factors which might affect the distribution of gold. From this survey we have identified smoking as t...

The first optical spectroscopic investigation of MoC has revealed a complicated vibronic spectrum consisting of about 35 bands between 17 700 and 24 000 cm. Analysis has shown the ground state to be the V50 spin–orbit component of a S state that derives from a 10s11s5p2d configuration. The X S01 2 rotational constant for MoC was determined to be B050.553 640 60.000 055 cm, giving r051.687 71960...