Two dinuclear triple-stranded helicates [Ln(2)L(3)](3+) (Ln = Dy and Tb) obtained via self-assembly from the ligand HL (2,6-diformyl-4-methylphenol di(benzoylhydrazone)) and lanthanide perchlorate have been synthesized and characterized. The crystal structural analysis demonstrates that three ligand strands wrap around a pseudo-threefold axis defined by the two metal ions, leading to a 'meso'-r...

MOAA0104–Table 1. Clonal expansion of HIV integration sites CD4 count HIV DNA/10 CD4 cells % Clonal expansion in blood % Clonal expansion in LN % Clonal expansion

To support the integration of existing programs into multidisciplinary applications, we have constructed the Multidisciplinary Application Runtime System (MARS). MARS supports legacy code integration, heterogeneous execution environments, conditional execution ows, dynamic module invocation and realignment, and dynamic binding of I/O paths. It also provides a simple speci cation language to scr...

Two new ternary rare earth chalcogenides, Dy3GaS6 (1) and Y3GaS6 (2), are reported here. They both crystallize in the orthorhombic space group Cmc21 (no. 36). Both are synthesized in pure phase and show phase-matchable second harmonic generation (SHG) of about 0.2 and 0.5 times, respectively for 1 and 2, as strong as that of KTiOPO4 (KTP) based on the powder SHG measurement at the wavelength of...

A hierarchic structure of syn re chains has been proposed as the neural substrate for compositionality; individual chains represent aspects of a complex object, and the dynamic binding of several chains integrates the entire object. In this study we demonstrate that such a structure is capable of modelling compositionality in a generic fashion, i.e. not just for reactive computations such as pe...

Metal (4f)-ligand (Cl 3p) bonding in LnCl(6)(3-) (Ln = Ce to Yb) complexes has been studied on the basis of 4f-->4f and Cl,3p-->4f charge-transfer spectra and on the analysis of these spectra within the valence bond configuration interaction model to show that mixing of Cl 3p into the Ln 4f ligand field orbitals does not exceed 1%. Contrary to this, Kohn-Sham formalism of density functional the...

We investigate one aspect of the proximity effect, viz., the local density of states of a superconductor-normal metal sandwich. In contrast to earlier work, we allow for the presence of an arbitrary elastic mean free path in the structure. The superconductor induces a gap in the normal-metal spectrum that is proportional to the inverse of the elastic mean free path lN for rather clean systems. ...

In this concept we present tools for faster designing of reconfigurable function oriented animation systems. A set of basic animation structures and a set of basic animation techniques are defined. An object-oriented hierarchy can be built on the basis of the relationship between basic animation structures and animation techniques. We propose a corresponding class hierarchy for animation design...

We consider one-dimensional systems of self-gravitating sticky particles with random initial data and describe the process of aggregation in terms of the largest cluster size Ln at any fixed time prior to the critical time. The asymptotic behavior of Ln is also analyzed for sequences of times tending to the critical time. A phenomenon of phase transition shows up, namely, for small initial part...

BACKGROUND Current evidence suggests that fetal movements are an important indicator of fetal well-being. About a quarter of women who present with decreased fetal movements have adverse perinatal outcomes such as intrauterine growth restriction and stillbirth. There are no New Zealand studies reporting maternal knowledge about fetal movements in late pregnancy. AIMS To determine what informa...