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Analysis of synergy between cyclophosphamide Therapy and Immunity Against a Mouse Tumour
C3H/He and CBA/T6T6 mice which share the H2k haplotype were compared for their capacity to survive challenges with the C3H-derived fibrosarcoma BP8. It was found
Solar Energetic Particle Spectral Breaks
The five large solar particle events during October–November 2003 presented an opportunity to test shock acceleration models with in-situ observations. We use solar particle spectra of H to Fe ions, measured by instruments on ACE, SAMPEX, and GOES-11, to investigate the Q/M-dependence of spectral breaks in the 28 October 2003 event. We find that the break energies scale as (Q/M)^b with b ≈ 1.56 to 1.75, somewhat less than predicted. We also conclude that SEP spectra >100 MeV/nucleon are best fit by a double power-law shape. ©2005 American Institute of Physic
Mesh inlay, mesh kit or native tissue repair for women having repeat anterior or posterior prolapse surgery: randomised controlled trial (PROSPECT)
Funding The project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme (Project Number 07/60/18). The Health Services Research Unit and the Health Economics Research Unit are funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank the women who participated in the PROSPECT study. We also thank Margaret MacNeil for her secretarial support and data management; Dawn McRae and Lynda Constable for their trial management support; the programming team in CHaRT, led by Gladys McPherson; members of the Project Management Group for their ongoing advice and support of the study; and the staff at the recruitment sites who facilitated the recruitment, treatment and follow up of study participants.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Front propagation into unstable and metastable states in Smectic C* liquid crystals: linear and nonlinear marginal stability analysis
We discuss the front propagation in ferroelectric chiral smectics (SmC*)
subjected to electric and magnetic fields applied parallel to smectic layers.
The reversal of the electric field induces the motion of domain walls or fronts
that propagate into either an unstable or a metastable state. In both regimes,
the front velocity is calculated exactly. Depending on the field, the speed of
a front propagating into the unstable state is given either by the so-called
linear marginal stability velocity or by the nonlinear marginal stability
expression. The cross-over between these two regimes can be tuned by a magnetic
field. The influence of initial conditions on the velocity selection problem
can also be studied in such experiments. SmC therefore offers a unique
opportunity to study different aspects of front propagation in an experimental
system
Polar Smectic Films
We report on a new experimental procedure for forming and studying polar
smectic liquid crystal films. A free standing smectic film is put in contact
with a liquid drop, so that the film has one liquid crystal/liquid interface
and one liquid crystal/air interface. This polar environment results in changes
in the textures observed in the film, including a boojum texture and a
previously unobserved spiral texture in which the winding direction of the
spiral reverses at a finite radius from its center. Some aspects of these
textures are explained by the presence of a Ksb term in the bulk elastic free
energy density that favors a combination of splay and bend deformations.Comment: 4 pages, REVTeX, 3 figures, submitted to PR
Ring-Pattern Dynamics in Smectic-C* and Smectic-C_A* Freely Suspended Liquid Crystal Films
Ring patterns of concentric 2pi-solitons in molecular orientation, form in
freely suspended chiral smectic-C films in response to an in-plane rotating
electric field. We present measurements of the zero-field relaxation of ring
patterns and of the driven dynamics of ring formation under conditions of
synchronous winding, and a simple model which enables their quantitative
description in low polarization DOBAMBC. In smectic C_A* TFMHPOBC we observe an
odd-even layer number effect, with odd number layer films exhibiting order of
magnitude slower relaxation rates than even layer films. We show that this rate
difference is due to much larger spontaneous polarization in odd number layer
films.Comment: 4 RevTeX pgs, 4 eps figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
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