BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell malignancy characterized by cytogenetic heterogeneity. In comparison with conventional karyotyping, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) can efficiently detect various genetic changes in non-cycling plasma cells in 50-90 per cent of MM cases. The present study was undertaken in MM patients to evaluate the frequency and clinico-...

OBJECTIVES The nature of land use and mobility during the transition to agriculture has often been debated. Here, we use isotope analysis of tooth enamel from human populations buried in two different Neolithic burial monuments, Penywyrlod and Ty Isaf, in south-east Wales, to examine patterns of land use and to evaluate where individuals obtained their childhood diet. MATERIALS AND METHODS We...

Baseline characterization of concentrations and isotopic values of dissolved natural gases is needed to identify contamination caused by the leakage of fugitive gases from oil and gas activities. Methods to collect and analyze baseline concentration-depth profiles of dissolved CH4 and C2 H6 and δ13 C-CH4 in shales and Quaternary clayey tills were assessed at two sites in the Williston Basin, Ca...

We study the direct CP violation induced by inelastic final state interaction (FSI) rescattering in D → ππ modes, and find that the resultant CP asymmetry is about 10 which is larger than ǫ in the K-system. Our estimation is based on well-established theories and experiment measured data, so there are almost no free parameters except the weak phase δ13 in the CKM matrix. PACS number(s): 11.30.E...

We study regularity properties related to Cohen, random, Laver, Miller and Sacks forcing, for sets of real numbers on the ∆13 level of the projective hieararchy. For ∆12 and Σ 1 2 sets, the relationships between these properties follows the pattern of the well-known Cichoń diagram for cardinal characteristics of the continuum. It is known that assuming suitable large cardinals, the same relatio...

Using the widespread Eurasian perch Perca fluviatilis as a model organism, feeding ranges were investigated using stable-isotope ratios (δ15 N and δ13 C) and body condition. Differences were found between closely located sampling sites in a littoral area without obvious migration barriers, indicating that individual fish had small feeding ranges. Body condition differences between sampled stati...

We further investigate the probability that, weak CP phase originates in a certain geometry. We find that our postulation on weak CP Phase gives strict constraints on angle γ in unitarity triangle DB and the element Vtd in Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix. The predicted |Vtd| is about 0.0086 and γ about 75.3 0 with the very narrow window respectively. These two parameters can be used to t...

Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have enhanced unconventional hydrocarbon recovery but raised environmental concerns related to water quality. Because most basins targeted for shale-gas development in the USA have histories of both active and legacy petroleum extraction, confusion about the hydrogeological context of naturally occurring methane in shallow aquifers overlying shales r...