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Overview of main-mechanical-components and critical manufacturing aspects of the Wendelstein 7-X cryostat
Vortex phases in mesoscopic cylinders with suppressed surface superconductivity
Vortex structures in mesoscopic cylinder placed in external magnetic field
are studied under the general de Gennes boundary condition for the order
parameter corresponding to the suppression of surface superconductivity. The
Ginzburg-Landau equations are solved based on trial functions for the order
parameter for vortex-free, single-vortex, multivortex, and giant vortex phases.
The equilibrium vortex diagrams in the plane of external field and cylinder
radius and magnetization curves are calculated at different values of de Gennes
"extrapolation length" characterizing the boundary condition for the order
parameter. The comparison of the obtained variational results with some
available exact solutions shows good accuracy of our approach.Comment: RevTex, 11 pages, 10 figure
MIOPLASTIA EXPERIMENTAL DO ESFÍNCTER ANAL EXTERNO COM Fascia lata AUTÓLOGA, EM CÃES
A incontinência fecal em cães e gatos é uma situação na qual o proprietário tem
dificuldades para resolver as conseqüências advindas desta lesão, e geralmente os pacientes são
submetidos à eutanásia. Algumas técnicas cirúrgicas empregadas na esfincteroplastia são passíveis
de complicações como estenose anal ou incontinência fecal. Este experimento teve como objetivo
reconstituir o músculo esfíncter anal externo em cães, após iatrogenização da incontinência fecal.
Foram utilizados 10 cães hígidos, machos, sem raça definida, com peso variando entre 9 a14 kg.
Após incisão de pele circundando a abertura anal, procedeu-se a miectomia bilateral de esfíncter anal
externo, iatrogenizando-se a incontinência fecal, a qual foi diagnosticada por meio de avaliação física
diária. Trinta dias após, os pacientes foram novamente preparados para cirurgia asséptica e
submetidos à esfincteroplastia anal externa com o uso de Fascia lata autológa medindo 8 cm de
comprimento e 0,5 cm de largura, em média. Os dez cães incontinentes, em decorrência da
miectomia do esfíncter anal externo, apresentaram controle da emissão de fezes em 10 dias após a
realização da esfincteroplastia e mantiveram-se assim durante os dois meses de observação póscirúrgica.
Dessa maneira concluiu-se que a mioplastia do esfíncter anal externo com Fascia lata
autóloga, representa um procedimento eficaz de simples e rápida aplicação, podendo ser utilizado
rotineiramente para restabelecer a continência fecal em cães.
Experimental myoplasty of the external anal sphincter with autologous Fascia lata in dogs
Abstract
Fecal incontinence in dogs and cats is a hard condition for owners to solve the
consequences of this lesion, being patients usually subjected to euthanasia. Some surgical
techniques used in sphincteroplasty are prone to complications such as anal stenosis or fecal
incontinence. This experiment objectified to reconstruct the external anal sphincter in dogs after
iatrogeny of the fecal incontinence. Ten healthy male dogs of undefined breed, weight ranging from 9
to 14 kg, were used. After dermal incision surrounding the anal opening, bilateral myectomy of the
external anal sphincter was performer, with iatrogeny of fecal incontinence, diagnosed by daily
physical evaluation. Thirty days later, patients were again prepared for aseptic surgery and went under
external anal sphincteroplasty using autologous Fascia lata averaging 8 cm long and 0,5 cm wide.
Ten incontinent dogs, due to external anal sphincter myectomy, presented fecal control in ten days
after surgery and for the two subsequent months of follow-up. In conclusion, myoplasty of external
anal sphincter using autologous Fascia lata is a simple and effective treatment that can be used in
fecal incontinence in dogs
Geometric Phase, Curvature, and Extrapotentials in Constrained Quantum Systems
We derive an effective Hamiltonian for a quantum system constrained to a
submanifold (the constraint manifold) of configuration space (the ambient
space) by an infinite restoring force. We pay special attention to how this
Hamiltonian depends on quantities which are external to the constraint
manifold, such as the external curvature of the constraint manifold, the
(Riemannian) curvature of the ambient space, and the constraining potential. In
particular, we find the remarkable fact that the twisting of the constraining
potential appears as a gauge potential in the constrained Hamiltonian. This
gauge potential is an example of geometric phase, closely related to that
originally discussed by Berry. The constrained Hamiltonian also contains an
effective potential depending on the external curvature of the constraint
manifold, the curvature of the ambient space, and the twisting of the
constraining potential. The general nature of our analysis allows applications
to a wide variety of problems, such as rigid molecules, the evolution of
molecular systems along reaction paths, and quantum strip waveguides.Comment: 27 pages with 1 figure, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among veterinary staff in Ontario, Canada (2002): Implications for teratogenic risk
BACKGROUND: Toxoplasma gondii infection is embryotoxic in humans. It is mainly transmitted through raw/undercooked meat and ingestion of oocysts in cat feces. There remains controversy about the actual risk of cats transmitting the disease to humans. Our primary objective was to determine the seroprevalence of T. gondii antibody among veterinary staff, to ascertain whether they have an increased risk through occupational exposure. Our secondary objective was to examine their practices regarding cats, toxoplasma infection, and pregnancy. METHODS: Veterinary staff attending the 2002 Annual Ontario Veterinary Medical Association Conference were invited to discuss their toxoplasma seroprevalence. Interested attendees completed a questionnaire and a physician drew blood samples to determine T. gondii titres using the ELISA IgG test. RESULTS: We collected 161 completed questionnaires, and 141 blood samples. There were 20 (14.2%, CI95%:8.4–19.9%) reactive titres among the veterinarian staff (80% females aged 30–45). All were regularly exposed to cats, washed their hands when in contact and few wore gloves routinely. CONCLUSIONS: These findings of low positive rates may be used to reassure veterinary staff that their exposure to cats does not appear to increase their risk of contracting toxoplasma infection and that pregnant women are not at an increased risk by owning a cat
Reaction on the Interpretation of the Hippocampus Avoidance Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation Trial in SCLC (NCT01780675)
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