Recent Legal Literature

Clark (ed.): Probate Reports Annotated: with Notes and References; Wharton: The Law of Homicide; Ballard: Cream of the Law; The American Political Science Review

UO2 CORROSION IN HIGH SURFACE-AREA-TO-VOLUME BATCH EXPERIMENTS

Unsaturated drip tests have been used to investigate the alteration of unirradiated UO{sub 2} and spent UO{sub 2} fuel in an unsaturated environment, such as may be expected in the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain. In these tests, simulated groundwater is periodically injected onto a sample at 90 C in a steel vessel. The solids react with the dripping groundwater and water condensed on surfaces to form a suite of U(VI) alteration phases. Solution chemistry is determined from leachate at the bottom of each vessel after the leachate stops interacting with the solids. A more detailed knowledge of the compositional evolution of the leachate is desirable. By providing just enough water to maintain a thin film of water on a small quantity of fuel in batch experiments, we can more closely monitor the compositional changes to the water as it reacts to form alteration phases

Recent Legal Literature

Joyce and Joyce: Treatise on the Law Governing Nuisances, With Particular Reference to its Application to Modern Conditions; Hamilton: A Treatise on the Law of Taxation by Special Assessments; Wilcox: Frailties of the Jury; Remsen: The Preparation and Contest of Will

Note and Comment

The Effect of Abandonment on the Contract of Affreightment; The constitutionality of Statutory Restriction Upon Sales of Merchandise; Constitutionality of State Laws as to Service of Process on Foreign Corporations; Creditors\u27 Right to Hold Shareholders Liable on Corporate Stock Issued for Property Valued on the Basis of Prospective Profits; Heirs as Grantees with Mixed Estates of Entirety to Parent

Note and Comment

The Law School; Unauthorized Operation by Physician; The Kansas Oil Refinery Bill; Garnishment of Public Corporations; The rule in Wild\u27s Case Today; Effect of a complicated Form of Ballot on the Elector\u27s Freedom of Choice; Situs of Debts for Garnishment; Malicious Interference With the Contract of Employmen

Altered Gene Expression in Blood and Sputum in COPD Frequent Exacerbators in the ECLIPSE Cohort

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are defined as frequent exacerbators suffer with 2 or more exacerbations every year. The molecular mechanisms responsible for this phenotype are poorly understood. We investigated gene expression profile patterns associated with frequent exacerbations in sputum and blood cells in a well-characterised cohort. Samples from subjects from the ECLIPSE COPD cohort were used; sputum and blood samples from 138 subjects were used for microarray gene expression analysis, while blood samples from 438 subjects were used for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing. Using microarray, 150 genes were differentially expressed in blood (>±1.5 fold change, p≤0.01) between frequent compared to non-exacerbators. In sputum cells, only 6 genes were differentially expressed. The differentially regulated genes in blood included downregulation of those involved in lymphocyte signalling and upregulation of pro-apoptotic signalling genes. Multivariate analysis of the microarray data followed by confirmatory PCR analysis identified 3 genes that predicted frequent exacerbations; B3GNT, LAF4 and ARHGEF10. The sensitivity and specificity of these 3 genes to predict the frequent exacerbator phenotype was 88% and 33% respectively. There are alterations in systemic immune function associated with frequent exacerbations; down-regulation of lymphocyte function and a shift towards pro-apoptosis mechanisms are apparent in patients with frequent exacerbations

Ordering block copolymers

A method for ordering block copolymers including forming a first layer having a first preference mode; and providing a reactive agent in selected regions of the first layer that modifies the selected regions to a second preference mode, wherein the selected regions define other regions of the first layer retaining the first preference mode thereby forming an alignment layer for block copolymers.Board of Regents, University of Texas Syste

Note and Comment

The Proposed Code of Legal Ethics for the American Bar Association; The Power of a court of Equity to Order the Exhumation of a Dead Body for Examination in Aid of the Defense of a Civil Action at Law; The Consolidation of Municipal Corporations and the Federal Constitution; The Scalper in Law and in Equity; The Basis of Equitable Jurisdiction in Cases of Fraud