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Takings Law, Lucas, and the Growth Management Act
In light of Lucas and the recent constitutionally questionable Washington decisions, government entities charged with implementing the GMA may have a more difficult time avoiding takings liability than previously thought. Accordingly, this Article first seeks to clarify the modern takings analysis as refined by Lucas. Second, Washington takings precedent is contrasted with the federal approach and several key changes are suggested to make state law consistent with controlling federal precedent. Third, key aspects of the GMA are identified that can be expected to raise takings implications. By identifying potential trouble spots in the GMA now, hopefully some takings will be avoided without resort to litigation in the future
Spontaeneous subacute portomesenteric venous thrombosis: a case report
Although uncommon and often asymptomatic, portal venous thrombosis can have catastrophic consequences for the individual it afflicts, particularly when the process propagates to involve the superior mesenteric vein. Familiarity with the condition's pathogenesis and presentation however permits early diagnosis and allows aggressive conservative management to achieve a successful outcome. Here we describe the successful outcome of such management for a 42-year-old male patient who developed this condition spontaneously
New reactive fluorophores in the 1,2,3-trianze series
A one-pot synthesis of new fluorescent 2,5-dihydro-1,2,3-triazines with reactive functional groups and a large Stokes shift of 200 nm is described
New reactive fluorophores in the 1,2,3-trianze series
A one-pot synthesis of new fluorescent 2,5-dihydro-1,2,3-triazines with reactive functional groups and a large Stokes shift of 200 nm is described
A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of a Teamwork Intervention for Heart Failure Care Dyads
Background: Dyadic heart failure (HF) management can improve outcomes for patients and caregivers and can be enhanced through eHealth interventions. Objective: To evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an eHealth dyadic teamwork intervention, compared to an attention control condition. Methods: We recruited 29 HF patient-caregiver dyads from inpatient units and randomized dyads to an intervention or a control group. We calculated enrollment and retention rates, described acceptability using interview and questionnaire data, and computed intervention effect sizes. Results: 37% of eligible dyads agreed to participate and 93% of randomized participants completed follow-up questionnaires. Participants found both study conditions to be acceptable. Between-group effect sizes suggested that the intervention led to improvements in relationship quality, self-efficacy, and quality of life for patients and caregivers. Conclusions: Dyadic recruitment from acute care settings is challenging. Findings provide initial evidence that our intervention can contribute to better health outcomes for HF dyads
Highly Ordered and Pinched Magnetic Fields in the Class 0 Proto-Binary System L1448 IRS 2
We have carried out polarimetric observations with the Atacama Large
Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) toward the Class 0 protostellar system
L1448 IRS 2, which is a proto-binary embedded within a flattened, rotating
structure, and for which a hint of a central disk has been suggested, but whose
magnetic fields are aligned with the bipolar outflow on the cloud core scale.
Our high sensitivity and high resolution ( au) observations show a
clear hourglass magnetic field morphology centered on the protostellar system,
but the central pattern is consistent with a toroidal field indicative of a
circumstellar disk, although other interpretations are also possible, including
field lines dragged by an equatorial accretion flow into a configuration
parallel to the midplane. If a relatively large disk does exist, it would
suggest that the magnetic braking catastrophe is averted in this system, not
through a large misalignment between the magnetic and rotation axes, but rather
through some other mechanisms, such as non-ideal magneto-hydrodynamic effects
and/or turbulence. We have also found a relationship of decreasing polarization
fractions with intensities and the various slopes of this relationship can be
understood as multiple polarization mechanisms and/or depolarization from a
changing field morphology. In addition, we found a prominent clumpy
depolarization strip crossing the center perpendicular to the bipolar outflow.
Moreover, a rough estimate of the magnetic field strength indicates that the
field is strong enough to hinder formation of a rotationally supported disk,
which is inconsistent with the feature of a central toroidal field.Comment: 14 pages, accepted for publication in Ap
Получение модифицированных нефтеполимерных смол и применение их в составе водомасляных эмульсий
Использование нефтеполимерных смол в качестве стабилизаторов в водомасляных эмульсиях.Use of polimeric petroleum resins as stabilizers in water-in-oil emulsions
Vpu Antagonizes BST-2–Mediated Restriction of HIV-1 Release via β-TrCP and Endo-Lysosomal Trafficking
The interferon-induced transmembrane protein BST-2/CD317 (tetherin) restricts the release of diverse enveloped viruses from infected cells. The HIV-1 accessory protein Vpu antagonizes this restriction by an unknown mechanism that likely involves the down-regulation of BST-2 from the cell surface. Here, we show that the optimal removal of BST-2 from the plasma membrane by Vpu requires the cellular protein β-TrCP, a substrate adaptor for a multi-subunit SCF E3 ubiquitin ligase complex and a known Vpu-interacting protein. β-TrCP is also required for the optimal enhancement of virion-release by Vpu. Mutations in the DSGxxS β-TrCP binding-motif of Vpu impair both the down-regulation of BST-2 and the enhancement of virion-release. Such mutations also confer dominant-negative activity, consistent with a model in which Vpu links BST-2 to β-TrCP. Optimal down-regulation of BST-2 from the cell surface by Vpu also requires the endocytic clathrin adaptor AP-2, although the rate of endocytosis is not increased; these data suggest that Vpu induces post-endocytic membrane trafficking events whose net effect is the removal of BST-2 from the cell surface. In addition to its marked effect on cell-surface levels, Vpu modestly decreases the total cellular levels of BST-2. The decreases in cell-surface and intracellular BST-2 are inhibited by bafilomycin A1, an inhibitor of endosomal acidification; these data suggest that Vpu induces late endosomal targeting and partial degradation of BST-2 in lysosomes. The Vpu-mediated decrease in surface expression is associated with reduced co-localization of BST-2 and the virion protein Gag along the plasma membrane. Together, the data support a model in which Vpu co-opts the β-TrCP/SCF E3 ubiquitin ligase complex to induce endosomal trafficking events that remove BST-2 from its site of action as a virion-tethering factor
TADPOL: A 1.3 mm Survey of Dust Polarization in Star-forming Cores and Regions
We present {\lambda}1.3 mm CARMA observations of dust polarization toward 30
star-forming cores and 8 star-forming regions from the TADPOL survey. We show
maps of all sources, and compare the ~2.5" resolution TADPOL maps with ~20"
resolution polarization maps from single-dish submillimeter telescopes. Here we
do not attempt to interpret the detailed B-field morphology of each object.
Rather, we use average B-field orientations to derive conclusions in a
statistical sense from the ensemble of sources, bearing in mind that these
average orientations can be quite uncertain. We discuss three main findings:
(1) A subset of the sources have consistent magnetic field (B-field)
orientations between large (~20") and small (~2.5") scales. Those same sources
also tend to have higher fractional polarizations than the sources with
inconsistent large-to-small-scale fields. We interpret this to mean that in at
least some cases B-fields play a role in regulating the infall of material all
the way down to the ~1000 AU scales of protostellar envelopes. (2) Outflows
appear to be randomly aligned with B-fields; although, in sources with low
polarization fractions there is a hint that outflows are preferentially
perpendicular to small-scale B-fields, which suggests that in these sources the
fields have been wrapped up by envelope rotation. (3) Finally, even at ~2.5"
resolution we see the so-called "polarization hole" effect, where the
fractional polarization drops significantly near the total intensity peak. All
data are publicly available in the electronic edition of this article.Comment: 53 pages, 37 figures -- main body (13 pp., 3 figures), source maps
(32 pp., 34 figures), source descriptions (8 pp.). Accepted by the
Astrophysical Journal Supplemen
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