Lipoprotein glomerulopathy (LPG) is a rare glomerulopathy caused by lipoprotein thrombi. In almost all cases of LPG, several apolipoprotein (apo) E mutations were reported. Here, we present a case of LPG caused by a novel mutation that we named ApoE2 Kurashiki, which substitutes arginine with proline at apoE codon 158. ApoE2 polymorphism is well known for its relationship to type III hyperlipop...

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OBJECTIVE To study interobserver agreement in the assessment of intrapartum automated fetal electrocardiogram ST interval analysis (STAN). DESIGN Observational study. SETTING Labor ward in tertiary level university hospital. Sample. Two hundred (140 reassuring and 60 non-reassuring) STAN recordings on non-selected women with singleton, vertex, term pregnancies were selected from our archive...

A gentic instability in Phycomyces is described that appears to be associated with a single nuclear gene, dar. The wild type is able to take up riboflavin and its toxic analogue, deaza-riboflavin, from nanomolar concentrations in the medium. The mutants are unable to take up riboflavin and are resistant to deaza-riboflavin. Forward and reverse mutation rates are estimated to be 4 x 10(-5) and 2...

The paper profited significantly from the discussions there. Furthermore, we acknowledge the sub stan-tia l input provided thereafter from Patrick Kenis.

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of introduction of the STAN monitoring system. STUDY DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Tertiary referral labour ward, St George's Hospital, London. POPULATION High-risk term pregnancies. METHODS We report all consecutive cases of intrapartum monitoring using the STAN S 21 fetal heart monitor. Cases with adverse neonatal outcome were evaluated...

Stan is a Graphplan-based planner, so-called because it uses a variety of STate ANalysis techniques to enhance its performance. Stan competed in the AIPS-98 planning competition where it compared well with the other competitors in terms of speed, nding solutions fastest to many of the problems posed. Although the domain analysis techniques Stan exploits are an important factor in its overall pe...