Reduction of critical temperatures in pure and thoriated UBe13 by columnar defects

We investigate the influence of columnar defects on the superconducting transition temperatures of pure and thoriated UBe13. The defects cause all the transitions to widen and to drop slightly in temperature. Quantitatively, the single UBe13 transition resembles the lower transition in a sample with 3% thorium more closely than the upper thoriated transition.Comment: 3 pages, 1 figure. To be presented at M2S-HTSC-V

Das Land der Echinoderen : Reisebericht und Artenliste einer Exkursion des CURCULIO-Instituts nach Tunesien 2003 (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)

In der Zeit vom 19.10. bis 2.11.2003 fand die 3. Exkursion des CURCULIO-Institutes statt. Nord- und Mittel-Tunesien waren das Exkursionsziel. Der Reisebericht stellt u.a. die Biotope und Fundumstände vieler Curculionoidea dar und beschreibt die Habitate zahlreicher neuer Echinodera- und Kyklioacalles-Arten. Abschließend wird eine vollständige Exkursionsliste der in Tunesien gesammelten Curculionoidea vorgestellt (93 Arten). Habitus und Aedoeagus der von uns nicht zu bestimmenden bzw. neuen Arten werden abgebildet. Mit 49 Abbildungen.From October 19th to November 2nd, 2003, the third excursion of the CURCULIO-Institute was carried out. The northern and central parts of Tunesia were the area of interest. Biotopes and finding circumstances of many Curculionoidea are presented, and habitats of several new Echinodera and Kyklioacalles species are described. Finally a complete species list of all collected weevils is given (93 species). Habitus and aedeagus of new species and of species, that could not be identified, are depicted. With 49 figures

Abilities to explicitly and implicitly infer intentions from actions in adults with autism spectrum disorder

Previous research suggests that Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) might be associated with impairments on implicit but not explicit mentalizing tasks. However, such comparisons are made difficult by the heterogeneity of stimuli and the techniques used to measure mentalizing capabilities. We tested the abilities of 34 individuals (17 with ASD) to derive intentions from others’ actions during both explicit and implicit tasks and tracked their eye-movements. Adults with ASD displayed explicit but not implicit mentalizing deficits. Adults with ASD displayed typical fixation patterns during both implicit and explicit tasks. These results illustrate an explicit mentalizing deficit in adults with ASD, which cannot be attributed to differences in fixation patterns

Oxidative stress and adrenocortical insufficiency

This work has been supported by the Wellcome Trust (Clinical Research Training Fellowship grant number WT095984AIA to R P) and the Medical Research Council UK (project grant number MR/K020455/1 to L A M

Giant pyogenic granuloma of the thigh: a case report

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