To learn whether the low flux density combined magnetic field (CMF) can affect rats pretreated with a dopamine agonist, the frequency spectra of cortical and hippocampal EEG were studied after intraperitoneal injection of agroclavine (50 microg/kg, Day 1) either alone (N=5) or combined with 30-min exposure to CMF (B(AC)=50 microT, f(AC)=20.9Hz, B(DC)=27.3 microT) (N=5) an hour post-injection. T...

A common pattern recognition problem is finding a library element closest, in some sense, to a given reception. In many scenarios, optimal detection requires N matched filters for N library elements. Since N can often be quite large, there is a need for suboptimal techniques that base their decisions on a reduced number of filters. The use of composite matched filters (CMFs) (also called synthe...

5-Halomethylfurfurals can be considered as platform chemicals of high reactivity making them useful for the preparation of a variety of important compounds. In this study, a one-pot route for the conversion of carbohydrates into 5-chloromethylfurfural (CMF) in a simple and efficient (HCl-H3PO4/CHCl3) biphasic system has been investigated. Monosaccharides such as D-fructose, D-glucose and sorbos...

We re-analyse all of the archive observations of the Ophiuchus dark cloud L1688 that were carried out with the submillimetre common-user bolometer array (SCUBA) at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT). For the first time we put together all of the data that were taken of this cloud at different times to make a deeper map at 850μm than has ever previously been published. Using this new, deep...

Wood decayed by brown rot fungi and wood treated with the chelator-mediated Fenton (CMF) reaction, either alone or together with a cellulose enzyme cocktail, was analyzed by small angle neutron scattering (SANS), sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and transmission electron microscopy (T...

Over the last 35 years, classical CMF (combination chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and fluorouracil) has been a milestone in the adjuvant treatment of women with breast cancer. However, after an early burst of success lasted just over 10 years, classical CMF has been supplanted by 'third-generation' regimens containing taxanes and anthracyclines. Questions have been raised in t...

Purpose To evaluate the impact that preand postoperatively administered chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and fluorouracil (CMF) and postoperative chemotherapy vs. postoperative chemotherapy alone have on long-term prognosis. Patients and Methods The ABCSG conducted a nationwide randomized phase III trial in high-risk endocrine non-responsive breast cancer patients comparing prea...

Cardiac fibroblasts (CF) not only modulate extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins homeostasis, but also respond to chemical and mechanical signals. CF express a variety of receptors through which they modulate the proliferation/cell death, autophagy, adhesion, migration, turnover of ECM, expression of cytokines, chemokines, growth factors and differentiation into cardiac myofibroblasts (CMF). Diff...

THE CONCEPT OF FIBROOSSEOUS LESIONS OF BONE HAS EVOLVED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES AND NOW INCLUDES TWO MAJOR ENTITIES: fibrous dysplasia and ossifying fibroma. Peripheral cemento-ossifying fibroma is a relatively rare tumour classified between fibroosseous lesions. It predominantly affects adolescents and young adults, with peak prevalence between 10 and 19 yrs. The cemento-ossifying fibrom...