It is shown that a pandiagonal n2×n2-Sudoku exists if and only if n ≡ ±1 (mod 6). Also for these n the existence of row-cyclic, pandiagonal n2×n2-Sudokus is conjectured and confirmed for n = 5 and n = 7.

Optical emission spectra ~OES! from CH4/N2 rf plasmas, which are used for the deposition of nitrogen-containing hydrogenated amorphous carbon ~a-C:H:N! thin films, have been characterized. Previously unidentified spectral lines have been assigned to atomic N. Further identified species include CH, H, H2, N2, N2 1 , N, and CN. Variations between spectra from the pure CH4 or N2 plasmas and the mi...

The best recognized intestinal manifestation of food allergy is food allergic (food-sensitive) enteropathy. The feature of enteropathy may include lymphocyte and plasma cell infiltration, epithelial abnormality, or crypt hyperplastic villous atrophy, and impairing absorption, enterophaty continues while the food remains in the diet, remitting on an exclusion diet, and usually recurring on food ...

Mediastinal (N2) lymph node involvement is heterogeneous with huge variation in the extent and grouped together under stage IIIA. However, they showed a different survival even in the same stage. We tried to determine the prognostic implication of the multiple station N2 lymph node metastasis in stage IIIA N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The survival of stage IIIA N2 was analyzed accordi...

A variety of N2-fixers occur in oligotrophic waters and these diazotrophs make a substantial contribution to the nitrogen budget of the upper water column. A synthesis of previously published and new rate measurements for the North Atlantic provides insight into the role of two different groups of N2-fixers (Trichodesmium and small diazotrophs) in supporting N2 fixation in the tropical Atlantic...

We have investigated the electronic ground-state structure and binding mode of CH2N2 by ab initio multireference perturbation calculations CASPT2 and CASPT3, using correlation consistent cc-pVTZ basis sets. Our calculations suggest that the CH2-N2 binding between the CH2 (ãA1) and N2 (XΣg) moieties consists of a “harpooning” σ, bond from N2 to CH2 and a π-like bond due to the back-transfer of e...