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High-spin states of nuclei near doubly magic Ni-56 were studied with the reaction Si-28(Ar-36, xpynz alpha) at 136 MeV beam energy. The GAMMASPHERE array in conjunction with the 4 pi charged-particle detector array MICROBALL and neutron detectors were used to detect gamma rays in coincidence with evaporated light particles. The resulting extensive decay schemes of Fe-54, Co-54,Co-55, Ni-56,Ni-57,

This study reports the changes in number of breeding Starlings Sturnus vulgaris as recorded in seventeen areas distributed over all Sweden in 1981-2002. The number of breeding attempts declined by about fifty percent, consistent with the general decline observed in the Swedish Breeding Bird Survey. In no area was a long-term increase observed. There was no consistent geographical pattern; areas wi

I will describe the current status of the PYTHIA7 project to completely rewrite the 'Lund family' of event generators in C++. The PYTHIA7 program is a general platform for implementing event generator models and is not limited to the standard Lund programs (PYTHIA, JETSET, ARIADNE,...). Also the future C++ version of the HERWIG program will be implemented in the PYTHIA7 framework. The underlying f

Energy transfer in flow cytometry can occur when two fluorochromes are bound in close proximity (generally within 100 A) and the emission spectrum of one fluorochrome overlaps significantly with the excitation spectrum of the other. The latter criterium is fulfilled for the fluorochromes fluorescein isothiocyanate and propidium iodide and also the former when they, e.g., are used in bromodeoxyurid

We have previously described the evaluation of a cDNA microarray platform to identify and clone mutated barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genes, using their transcriptionally defective mutant alleles (S. Zakhrabekova, C.G. Karmangara, D. von Wettstein, M. Hansson, A microarray approach for identification of mutated genes, Plant Physiol. Biochem. 40 (2002) 189-197). It was concluded that competitive hybr

Today most patients with CF reach adulthood and consequently marry and have children. Health care systems are lacking in knowledge of how these adults cope with the strain of having children. Eight patients were interviewed about their experiences of having children. The study was a qualitative descriptive study and the patients were interviewed with open questions regarding their experiences of p

Transgenic mice were generated expressing NK1.1, an NK cell-associated receptor, under control of the human CD2 promoter. Unexpectedly, one of the founder lines, Tg66, showed a marked defect in thymic development characterized by disorganized architecture and small size. Mapping of the transgene insertion by fluorescence in situ hybridization revealed integration in chromosome 2, band G. Already f

Aqueous two-phase systems composed of ethylene oxide/propylene oxide random co-polymers, EO30/PO70 or Ucon (EO50/PO50), in the top phase and dextran T500 in the bottom phase, have been studied. The cloud point diagram for EO30/PO70 in water solution was determined. EO30/PO70 has a cloud point of 32oC at a concentration of 10% (w/w). The phase diagram for the system EO30/PO70-dextran T500-water was

The childhood tumour neuroblastoma is derived from immature cells of the sympathetic nervous system, which have become arrested at different maturation stages. Neuroblastoma is a malignancy with a high degree of heterogeneity, and there is a correlation between a poor differentiation status and a more aggressive phenotype. The MYCN gene is amplified in approximately 25% of neuroblastoma tumours an

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Fragility fractures are correlated to reduced bone size and/or reduced volumetric bone density (vBMD). These region-specific deficits may originate from reduced mineral accrual and/or reduced skeletal growth during the first 2 decades of life. Before pathological development can be defined, normal skeletal growth must be described. To evaluate growth of bone size, accrual of bone mineral content (