Two-terminal integrated circuit temperature transducers (Analog Devices' AD 590) were used to fabricate skin and rectal probes for the monitoring of mean body temperature. They are inexpensive, robust, easily constructed and of low mass. The skin sensor system described is capable of being solidly attached regardless of the body contour such that it remains integral throughout profuse sweating ...

Abstract Study question Can increased time in thaw solution improve oocyte survival and outcomes following vitrification/warming? Summary answer Exposing vitrified oocytes to the first step thawing for 90 seconds improved compared 60 second exposure. What is known already Oocytes are a sensitive cell type careful handling of cells required obtain high vitrification warming. Carefully timed expo...

now, on February 24th, 1888. He was then just convalescing from an attack of remittent fever for which he had been treated in the hospital of the Burmah Military Police, to which corps lie belonged. As the battalion of Burmah Police was leaving Lueknow for Burmah, he was left behind at the depot of the 12th Kelat-i-Ghilzi. On admission he was weak and generally pulled down from the effects of t...

The crisis of 2007–2008 was a crisis of collateral. Since then, financial market participants – particularly in the euro area and the United States – have shown an increased appetite for secured lending. In short-term bank funding markets, there has been a pronounced shift towards repurchase arrangements. And covered bonds have gained in popularity in long-term funding markets. The cyclical fli...