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    Does sweeping of membranes beyond 40 weeks reduce the need for formal induction of labour? (2002)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    BJOG 109 (2002), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1471-0528
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Objective To assess the efficacy of sweeping of membranes beyond 40 weeks of gestation in reducing the incidence of induction of labour, when induction was planned at 42 weeks.Design Prospective randomised controlled trial.Setting A regional obstetric unit in Hong Kong.Population and methods A total of 120 women with certain gestational age, determined by early pregnancy ultrasound scan, were recruited from 1st July, 1998 to 31st December, 1999. Sixty women were randomly allocated to sweeping of membranes and the other 60 women acted as control. The satisfaction for women allocated to sweeping of membranes was assessed by a questionnaire after the procedure. The two groups were assessed on intention-to-treat basis.Main outcome measures The incidence of formal induction of labour was compared between the two groups. Possible complications of sweeping of membranes such as rupture of membranes, intrapartum infection, postpartum infection, and neonatal infection were also assessed. Maternal and perinatal outcomes were also assessed.Results The recruitment to delivery interval was significantly shorter among women who had sweeping of membranes (3.2 versus 4.2 days, P 〈 0.05). The incidence of induction of labour was comparable (35.5%versus 38%, RR 0.91, 95% CI 0.57–1.46). The incidences of caesarean section and assisted vaginal delivery were comparable. The incidences of premature rupture of membranes, intrapartum, and postpartum infection were comparable. The perinatal outcomes were also comparable between the two groups. Up to 70% of women found that this procedure was associated with significant discomfort. One third of these women complained of significant pain.Conclusions Sweeping of membranes beyond 40 weeks does not reduce the need for formal induction of labour at 42 weeks. Although it is safe, the majority of women felt uncomfortable during the procedure.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01193.x
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    Effect of gravity on the deposition of colloidal particles on a planar surface (1999)
    College Park, Md. : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    The Journal of Chemical Physics 111 (1999), S. 8605-8612 
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    ISSN: 1089-7690
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: A steady state convective-diffusion equation is solved using a collocation method to find the concentration profile and flux of adsorbing particles near a particle adsorbed on the plane surface. At small values of the gravity number, NG=πd4Δρ/6kT, the concentration profile and flux vary slowly near the preadsorbed particle, while they are highly nonuniform at large values of NG. The effect of the position of the system boundary on the collocation calculation is discussed and it is shown how the concept of flux balance may be used to improve the accuracy of the results. Finally, we develop two fitting functions at high and low values of NG, respectively. © 1999 American Institute of Physics.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.480201
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    Ultralow-threshold (50 A/cm2) strained single-quantum-well GaInAsSb/AlGaAsSb lasers emitting at 2.05 μm (1998)
    Woodbury, NY : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Applied Physics Letters 72 (1998), S. 876-878 
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    ISSN: 1077-3118
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Strained single-quantum-well, broadened-waveguide GaInAsSb/AlGaAsSb diode lasers have exhibited room-temperature threshold current densities as low as 50 A/cm2, one of the lowest values reported for diode lasers at room temperature. These lasers, grown by molecular beam epitaxy, have emission wavelengths of ∼2.05 μm, characteristic temperature of 65 K, internal quantum efficiency of 95%, and internal loss coefficient of 7 cm−1. Single-ended cw power of 1 W is obtained for a 100-μm aperture. © 1998 American Institute of Physics.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.120922
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    Differential regulation by Ca2+ of calmodulin- and PKC-dependent contractile pathways in cat lower oesophageal sphincter (2003)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Autonomic & autacoid pharmacology 23 (2003), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1474-8673
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: 1 In the present investigation we examined the regulation of calmodulin (CaM)- and protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent pathways by cytosolic Ca2+ in the contraction of cat lower oesophageal sphincter (LES). 2 Force developed in response to increasing doses of acetylcholine (ACh) was directly related to the increase of the [Ca2+]i measured by fura-2. Thapsigargin, which depletes Ca2+ stores, reduced the contraction and the [Ca2+]i. In addition, contraction in response to maximal ACh was reduced by the CaM inhibitor CGS9343B but not by the PKC inhibitor chelerythrine. The contraction in response to submaximal ACh was reduced by chelerythrine but not by CGS9343B. 3 In permeabilized cells, the contraction in response to low Ca2+ (0.54 μm) was also reduced by CGS9343B. 4 The response to high Ca2+ (1.0 μm) was reduced by CGS9343B. ACh also inhibited PKC activation induced by diacylglycerol, which activation is inhibited by the N-myristoylated peptide inhibitor derived from pseudosubstrate sequences of PKCαβγ (myr-PKC-αβγ), but not of myr-PKC-α. 5 These data are consistent with the view that activated CaM-dependent pathways inhibit PKC-dependent pathways, this switch mechanism might be regulated by Ca2+ in the LES.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-8673.2004.00302.x
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    Left and right superior parietal lobule in tactile object discrimination (2004)
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    European journal of neuroscience 19 (2004), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1460-9568
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Tactile object discrimination is one of the major manual skills of humans. While the exploring finger movements are not perceived explicitly, attention to the movement-evoked kinaesthetic information gates the tactile perception of object form. Using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging in seven healthy subjects we found one area in the right superior parietal cortex, which was specifically activated by kinaesthetic attention during tactile object discrimination. Another area with similar location in the left hemisphere was related to the maintenance of tactile information for subsequent object discrimination. We conclude that kinaesthetic information is processed in the anterior portion of the superior parietal cortex (aSPL) with a right hemispheric predominance for discrimination and a left hemispheric predominance for information maintenance.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03185.x
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    The two different–sized fibreoptic bronchoscope method in the management of a difficult paediatric airway (2001)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Anaesthesia 56 (2001), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1365-2044
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.2001.01840-16.x
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    Novelty enhances retrieval: molecular mechanisms involved in rat hippocampus (2001)
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    European journal of neuroscience 13 (2001), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1460-9568
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Rats exposed to a novel environment just prior to or 1–2 h, but not 4 or 6 h, before retention testing exhibited an enhanced retrieval of a one-trial inhibitory avoidance training. The bilateral intrahippocampal infusion of PD098059, an inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), the specific upstream activator of p42 and p44 MAPKs, given 10 min before the exposure to the novel environment, blocked the enhancing effect of novelty on memory retrieval. In addition, prenovelty infusion of dl-2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (APV), an antagonist of glutamate NMDA receptors, produced similar effects. The exposure to the novel environment is associated with an activation of p42 and p44 MAPKs and an increase in the phosphorylation state of the transcription factor cAMP response element binding protein (CREB). No changes were observed in cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) activity or in α-CAMKII activation. Taken together, our results indicate that novelty activates hippocampal MAPKs, which are necessary, along with glutamate NMDA receptors, for the enhancing effect of novelty on retrieval.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01530.x
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    Frequency dependence of the plasma density for helicon plasmas (1997)
    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Physics of Plasmas 4 (1997), S. 1463-1467 
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    ISSN: 1089-7674
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Variations of plasma density are investigated as a function of frequency of rf power in a helicon plasma source. Abrupt, almost step-like changes in the plasma density are observed during the frequency scans under various conditions of the input rf power, the argon gas pressure, and the magnetic field. It is found that the transition frequencies shift to the lower value region as the input rf power and/or the argon gas pressure is increased, and to the higher value region as the magnetic field is increased. The observed density transitions are compared with semianalytical calculations based on the power balance relation and it has been shown that the results are in good agreement. © 1997 American Institute of Physics.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.872325
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    Anomalous oxygen annealing effects on La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 films grown on MgO substrates (2001)
    Woodbury, NY : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Applied Physics Letters 78 (2001), S. 353-355 
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    ISSN: 1077-3118
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Epitaxial La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 thin films were grown on MgO (001) substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The as-grown films exhibit a metal–insulator transition at temperatures ranging from 200 to 230 K. Surprisingly, the transition temperature of postannealed films under O2 at 900 °C decreases by more than 100 K, featured with the colossal magnetoresistance. The O2 annealed films also show thermal hysteresis in resistivity and nonlinear I–V behavior. These results are interpreted in terms of Mn deficiency induced by large structural difference between film and substrate, and also discussed in viewpoint of a percolative phase transition. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1338972
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    Plasma-induced damage to n-type GaN (2000)
    Woodbury, NY : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Applied Physics Letters 77 (2000), S. 1795-1797 
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    ISSN: 1077-3118
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: The effects of plasma etching on 1/f noise and photoluminescence (PL) characteristics of n-GaN have been investigated. A reduction of 1/f noise was observed after plasma exposure, a result of enhanced passivation of the reactive surface. This is attributed to the removal of carbon and the creation of a Ga-rich surface by the etching process. Nevertheless, the formation of nonradiative recombination centers impaired the PL intensity. Reconstruction of a stoichiometric surface was achieved by annealing. This induced the incorporation of carbon into GaN, deteriorating the PL performance further, but it could be restored by a chemical treatment of 10:1 HF:H2O. © 2000 American Institute of Physics.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1311605
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