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Quality of Life After Bilateral Adrenalectomy in MEN 2
Pheochromocytoma is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) syndrome. For the physician, surgical treatment seems well justified even though bilateral adrenalectomy will induce iatrogenically complete loss of adrenocortical function. For the patient this treatment may be a cause of medical problems as well as worry. We have evaluated quality of life after bilateral adrenalectomy in 27 MEN 2 patients through a combined oral and written approach. Mortality was low (one of 27), as was serious morbidity. Most patients had adapted well to the postadrenalectomy state. However, fatigue, worry, and noncompliance with daily medication often caused problems
The Distance to the M31 Globular Cluster System
The distance to the centroid of the M31 globular cluster system is determined
by fitting theoretical isochrones to the observed red-giant branches of
fourteen globular clusters in M31. The mean true distance modulus of the M31
globular clusters is found to be 24.47 +/- 0.07 mag. This is consistent with
distance modulii for M31 that have been obtained using other distance
indicators.Comment: 11 pages, 2 postscript figures, uses aaspp4.sty, to be published in
the May 1998 Astronomical Journa
Bryan Rubber Plant - International Shoe Company, Inc.
This paper is an energy case study of a failing
American manufacturing process suffering from:
. outdated ideas
. misinformation
. plant vs management misunderstanding
. counterproductive methods
. inefficient practices
. old equipment
. foreign competition
. rising utility rates
Surprisingly, foreign competition and rising utility
rates were the motivation for the energy study and
subsequent implementation but they had little to do with
the real problems of excessive manufacturing costs.
This Project started in July 1981, and was finally
completed in June 1983. It was very successful in
immediately reducing utility costs by approximately 40%.
It would be really wonderful to announce that the Plant,
by lowering its utility costs that much, reestablished its
share of the market, became profitable, increased output
and employment, and is a now vital American industry.
But, it's not. As of July 1985, it's barely hanging on
The First Data Release from SweetSpot: 74 Supernovae in 36 Nights on WIYN+WHIRC
SweetSpot is a three-year National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)
Survey program to observe Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) in the smooth Hubble flow
with the WIYN High-resolution Infrared Camera (WHIRC) on the WIYN 3.5-m
telescope. We here present data from the first half of this survey, covering
the 2011B-2013B NOAO semesters, and consisting of 493 calibrated images of 74
SNe Ia observed in the rest-frame near-infrared (NIR) from .
Because many observed supernovae require host galaxy subtraction from templates
taken in later semesters, this release contains only the 186 NIR () data
points for the 33 SNe Ia that do not require host-galaxy subtraction. The
sample includes 4 objects with coverage beginning before the epoch of B-band
maximum and 27 beginning within 20 days of B-band maximum. We also provide
photometric calibration between the WIYN+WHIRC and Two-Micron All Sky Survey
(2MASS) systems along with light curves for 786 2MASS stars observed alongside
the SNe Ia. This work is the first in a planned series of three SweetSpot Data
Releases. Future releases will include the full set of images from all 3 years
of the survey, including host-galaxy reference images and updated data
processing and host-galaxy reference subtraction. SweetSpot will provide a
well-calibrated sample that will help improve our ability to standardize
distance measurements to SNe Ia, examine the intrinsic optical-NIR colors of
SNe Ia at different epochs, explore nature of dust in other galaxies, and act
as a stepping stone for more distant, potentially space-based surveys.Comment: Published in AJ. 10 tables. 11 figures. Lightcurve plots included as
a figureset and available in source tarball. Data online at
http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~wmwv/SweetSpot/DR1_data
Book Reviews
Book reviews by Roger Paul Peters, David Bidney, Lester M. Ponder, Edward J. Murphy, Thomas M. Clusserath, and Thomas L. Shaffer
A microfluidic chip based model for the study of full thickness human intestinal tissue using dual flow
© 2016 Author(s). The study of inflammatory bowel disease, including Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease, has relied largely upon the use of animal or cell culture models; neither of which can represent all aspects of the human pathophysiology. Presented herein is a dual flow microfluidic device which holds full thickness human intestinal tissue in a known orientation. The luminal and serosal sides are independently perfused ex vivo with nutrients with simultaneous waste removal for up to 72 h. The microfluidic device maintains the viability and integrity of the tissue as demonstrated through Haematoxylin & Eosin staining, immunohistochemistry and release of lactate dehydrogenase. In addition, the inflammatory state remains in the tissue after perfusion on the device as determined by measuring calprotectin levels. It is anticipated that this human model will be extremely useful for studying the biology and tes ting novel interventions in diseased tissue
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