Relativistic J-dependence of the isotope shift in the 6s-6p doublet of Ba II

1984

The collinear laser-ion beam technique has been used to measure the isotope shift and hyperfine structure in the 6s-6p doublet (4,934A, 4,554A) of Ba II for all seven stable isotopes. The influence of the excited2P1/2 and2P3/2 states on the field shift leads to a difference of 2.5(3)% in the electronicF factors. The specific mass shifts differ by {A′-A} 2.2(3) MHz which corresponds to about 12% of the normal mass shift.

Shell structure and the fluctuation of the nuclear density distribution

1984

We investigate the relation between the density-fluctuations in nuclei and their description by single-particle models, i.e. the shell model and the Hartree-Fock method; the question is whether every shell-structure necessarily leads to those fluctuations. We demonstrate the flexibility of the single-particle models by constructing a shell-model potential and an effective Hartree-Fock potential, respectively, which produce completely flat distributions without any density fluctuation; this means that “shell structure” is not sufficient an explanation for the fluctuations. Only the additional requirement that the dynamical features of nuclei are also met selects a subclass of “reasonable” po…

Geochemical surveillance of the Solfatara of Pozzuoli (Phlegraean Fields) during 1983

1984

Geochemical surveillance of the Phlegraean Fields area has been intensified since 1983, in response to the increased uplift rate (brady-seismic activity). Fumarolic gases from Solfatara (Pozzuoli) were sampled and analyzed monthly. A Reducing Capacity (RC) monitoring unit was installed at Soffione, the most active fumarole in the Solfatara system. The preliminary analysis of the RC temporal variations suggest they are consistent with the rate of the seismic energy release. The composition of fumarolic gases indicates that the equilibrium temperature and pressure are higher than those of sampling. The observed variations in CH4 content are explained as an increase of pressure (from 1982 to t…

Resonances in the electron impact excitation of metastable states of mercury

1984

Metastable excitation of mercury by electron impact is studied at energies up to the first ionisation potential using an energy selected electron beam with an energy spread of 50 meV FWHM. A great number of resonances is observed in the excitation function. Agreement is good on the whole with a recent relativisticR-matrix calculation and with a former analysis of resonances in the elastic cross section.

Comparative study onSalmonellaisolation from sewage-contaminated natural waters

1984

Alcaide, E., Martinez, J.P. & Garay, E. 1984. Comparative study on Salmonella isolation from sewage contaminated natural waters. Journal of Applied Bacteriology56, 365–371. A comparative study of five factors influencing the isolation of salmonellas from sewage-contaminated natural waters was carried out. The effect of pre-enrichment in buffered peptone water was compared with single-step enrichment in NR10 broth incubated at 43dC. A modification of NR10 has been compared with the original composition. Bismuth sulphite agar (BSA), Hektoen enteric agar (HE) and brilliant green agar (BGA) have been used as plating media. Other factors considered have been temperature of the water and sampling…

Moderating Effects of Trait Anxiety on Electrodermal Reactions in Different Learning Conditions

1984

This study examined the control of the effects of trait anxiety on GSR during a problem-solving task under different conditions. Of 84 subjects, 39 men and 49 women of mean age 21 yr., 42 were classified as high in anxiety, 42 as low in anxiety. Subjects solved concept-formation tasks at different degrees of difficulty under one of three learning conditions. Low tone, unpleasant loud tone, and unpleasant electric shock provided the three kinds of error feedback. For the ‘low tone’ and ‘electric shock’ as feedback on errors significant differences in GSR values resulted for groups high and low in anxiety with the latter showing higher scores. The relevance of physiological patterns in multi…

Anxiety, Stress, and Contingent Negative Variation Reconsidered

1984

Dynamic shakedown by modal analysis

1984

Dynamic shakedown of discrete elastic-perfectly plastic structures under a specified load history is studied using the dynamic characteristics of the structure provided by modal analysis. Several statical and kinematical theorems are presented, including lower and upper bound theorems for the minimum adaptation time of the structure. In the formulation of the kinematical theorems a crucial role is played by the appropriate definition of ≪admissible plastic strain cycle≫.

Bericht über die 53. Jahresversammlung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft in Mainz vom 10. bis 12. Oktober 1983

1984

Effects of the herbicides Benzoylpropethyl and flampropisopropyl on rat liver mitochondria : an alteration in membrane fluidity ?

1984

Abstract The action of the herbicides benzoylpropethyl and flampropisopropyl, and the corresponding unesterified acids was studied in rat liver mitochondria. The herbicides were found to (a) inhibit the mitochondrial electron transfer in complex III or at the level of ubiquinone (I50 of 4 nmol mg protein−1 for flampropisopropyl and 18 for benzoylpropethyl with succinate as a substrate); (b) have an additional (however less sensitive) site of inhibition near succinate dehydrogenase; and (c) interfere with energy transfer. Sensitivity was increased 2- (benzoylpropethyl) and 3.5-fold (flampropisopropyl) as the rats age increased from 12–13 weeks to 23–26 weeks. The free acids were far less eff…

Projektive Klassen endlicher Gruppen

1984

CO2 and H2S concentrations in the atmosphere at the Solfatara of Pozzuoli

1984

The CO2 and H2S concentration in the Solfatara atmosphere has been measured. The concentrations of both gases are higher neraby the more active areas and decrease away from them. A sharp horizontal and vertical gradient of the CO2 content has been recognized.

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1984

Autopolymerisation de ce monomere ionique dans l'eau ou dans un solvant organique par addition d'acide protique. Suivant la concentration du monomere, il se forme un sel diyl-1,4 ou yl-4

Fuzzy expected utility

1984

Decision making under uncertainty requires not only measures of the uncertainty of situations that we try to recognize , but also an estimate of the imprecision from which they are determined. This imprecision can be the result either of a lack of exactness in the measure of the elements which are necessary to the determination of the states of nature or the purely subjective interpretation of these states. Through a subjective measure of the non-measurable imprecision, the purpose of the fuzzy expected utility, which is investigated, is to translate with a great accuracy the imprecise behaviour of the decision-maker in an uncertain world. Consequently we propose to introduce first the prob…

Geothermal energy release at the Solfatara of Pozzuoli (Phlegraean Fields): Phreatic and phreatomagmatic explosion risk implications

1984

The H2O, CO2 and H2S outputs at the Solfatara of Pozzuoli have been measured and a map of the exhaling areas has also been made. The energy released at the surface by the fluids has been estimated to be 1019 ergs/day. The presence of aquifers at Phlegraean Fields increases the phreatic and phreatomagmatic explosion risk. Our results suggest that even if an uprising magma may interact with water at depth, an explosion could occur only at the shallow levels of a few hundred meters. Since the transfer of energy toward the surface is favoured by the presence of fractures, a detailed analysis of the deep fracture network would help to evaluate the risk levels of the various areas of Phlegraean F…

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1984

Deformation and metamorphism at the base of the Helgeland nappe complex, northwest of Grong (Northern Norway)

1984

Pelites, carbonate-silicate rocks and mafic rocks occurring at the base of the Helgeland nappe complex northwest of Grong (N. Norway) were subjected together with the crystalline basement to medium grade metamorphism and threefold deformation during Caledonian times.

Anaerobic Reduction of Glycerol to Propanediol-1.3 by Lactobacillus brevis and Lactobacillus buchneri

1984

Summary Three strains of Lactobacillus brevis and one strain of Lactobacillus buchneri grew very poorly on glucose. Good growth was observed on glucose plus glycerol; while glucose was fermented to acetate or ethanol, lactate and CO 2 , glycerol was dehydrated to 3-hydroxypropanal and subsequently reduced to propanediol-1.3. Cell extracts of L. brevis and L. buchneri grown on glucose plus glycerol contained a B 12 -dependent glycerol dehydratase and a propanediol-1.3 dehydrogenase. Glycerol was not metabolized when used as the only substrate. Fructose as sole carbon source was partially reduced to mannitol. The joint fermentation of fructose and glycerol yielded propanediol-1.3 from glycero…

Analyse économique du temps libre

1984

International audience; Un type de société génère sa théorisation économique ; celle-ci à son tour façonne une idée du temps qui reflète l'organisation et l'utilisation du temps dans la société. Avant que n'apparaissent les promesses et les problèmes du temps libre, un long trajet technologique et social a du être parcouru. Mais c'est la traduction méthodologique de ce trajet par les économistes qui a semblé la plus suggestive et c'est de ce type de discours que l'auteur a tenté ici d'esquisser l'évolution. Ainsi, sont brièvement retracés l'association originelle entre temps et travail, puis le détachement progressif du temps des activités de production, son rapprochement avec la consommati…

Mesozoic volcanics of western sicily

1984

The Mesozoic lavas and minor intrusions in the thrust sheets of western Sicily have the following characteristics: 1. The lavas in the Triassic Mufara Formation in the north were broken into fragments which rotated independently within the incompetent strata that enclose them. This behavior is characteristic of igneous rocks found within the more internal (northerly) thrust units. 2. The Jurassic lavas in the more external (southerly) units have consistent directions which agree with those of the Ammonitico Rosso limestones in the same zone and lie about 30° clockwise from those of coeval autochthonous formations in Tunisia.Schult's presumed Cretaceous directions from Custonaci on the north…

Chiral symmetry breaking condensates from baryonic sum rules

1984

We analyse baryonic sum rules in order to determine chiral symmetry breaking condensates. We especially investigate the influence of the choice of the interpolating field and of the factorization hypothesis for the four quark condensate. Our results are consistent with those obtained from pseudoscalar sum rules and PCAC.

Correlation of the number of pineal ?synaptic? ribbons and spherules with the level of serum melatonin over a 24-hour period in male rabbits

1984

Previous studies have shown that pineal "synaptic" ribbons and spherules may respond differently under normal and experimental conditions. It has been suggested that the increase in the number of ribbons may be a prerequisite for enhanced melatonin formation. In the present study, the number of ribbons and spherules as well as the level of serum melatonin were monitored over a 24-h period in the male rabbit, the pineal gland of which is known to contain many spherules. It was found that both the number of ribbons and the levels of serum melatonin show the typical nocturnal increase, exhibiting peaks at 02:00 and 06:00 h, respectively. There is a good correlation (R = 0.8) of the two paramet…

Muon Knight-shift measurements in CeSn3and some isostructural rare-earth compounds

1984

Sobolev- und Sobolev-Hardy-Räume aufS 1: Dualitätstheorie und Funktionalkalküle

1984

⊥-Decomposable measures and integrals for Archimedean t-conorms ⊥

1984

Vitamin A und Hörorgan Literaturübersicht

1984

Seit der Entdeckung des Vitamin A und ersten Beschreibung seiner Wirkung wird dieses auch in der Otorhinolaryngologie als Therapeutikum bei den unterschiedlichsten Formen von Horstorungen eingesetzt und seine Wirkungsweise am Innenohr erforscht. So wurden sowohl tierexperimentelle als auch klinische Studien durchgefuhrt, um die Bedeutung des Vitamins fur die Funktion des Hororgans zu klaren. Daneben wurden eine Reihe von Beobachtungen mitgeteilt, die einen Zusammenhang zwischen Storungen des Vitamin-A-Stoffwechsels und gleichzeitig auftretenden Horstorungen beschrieben. Neuere Untersuchungen haben ergeben, das Vitamin A in hohen Konzentrationen im Innenohr vorkommt und dort auch gespeichert…

Immunoregulatory T-lymphocyte subset deficiency in newly diagnosed Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus

1984

Humoral and cell-mediated disorders in Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes suggest that an imbalance of immunoregulatory T-cell subsets exists. In 23 newly diagnosed (onset less than 3 months) and 21 long-standing Type 1 diabetic patients, T lymphocyte subsets were analyzed using monoclonal antibodies (OKT3, OKT4, OKT8, OKM1). The newly diagnosed patients showed a reduction with a significant difference from healthy controls in total T cells (OKT3+: 58.1 +/- 8.5% versus 70.7 +/- 8.0%), helper/inducer cells (OKT4+: 33.8 +/- 7.0% versus 47.1 +/- 8.3%), suppressor/cytotoxic cells (OKT8+: 18.5 +/- 7.3% versus 32 +/- 6.8%) and monocytes (OKM1+: 11.5 +/- 3.8% versus 19.9 +/- 5.2%) (p less than 0.…

AN EXTENDED THOMAS-FERMI CALCULATION OF SUPERNOVA MATTER

1984

La réduction du travail complexe au travail simple

1984

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Thallium in Wein — Spurenelement-Vinogramm des Thalliums

1984

Das Ultra-Spurenelement Thallium ist regelmasig in geringsten Gehalten in Wein enthalten, in Rotwein durchschnittlich 0,2 μg Tl/l, mehr als in Weisweinen mit durchschnittlich 0,1 μg Tl/l. Uber Herkunft und Verhalten solcher geringsten Thallium-Gehalte konnen einige Hinweise aus den zusatzlichen Untersuchungen (Boden, Standort, Dungemittel, Einflus der Kellertechnik) gegeben werden. Eine Korrelation von Thallium mit Kalium ist bekannt; es kann aber daruber hinaus gezeigt werden, das ahnlich dem Rubidium gewisse Traubenteile (Beere, Beerenfleisch, Schale) reicher an Thallium sind und auf diese Weise hohere Gehalte, insbesondere in Rotweinen, erklart werden konnen. Geringfugig hohere Thallium-…

Density Fluctuation in Amorphous Polymers by Small Angle X-Ray Scattering

1984

Density fluctuations in an infinite volume can be obtained by extrapolating the scattering intensity to the zero scattering angle, while those in a finite volume having a radius of several tens of Angstrom can be obtained from intensities at non-zero scattering angles. Small angle X-ray scattering intensities for condensed phases were approximated by I(s)=I(0)exp(As2). This s dependence of the intensity arises from the repulsive interaction between two particles. Since the density fluctuations in the above two types of volume (infinite and finite) were nearly the same in magnitude and temperature dependence for an amorphous polymer (PMMA), it was concluded that no density fluctuations due t…

Cell adhesion molecule in the hexactinellid Aphrocallistes vastus

1984

Abstract The Hexactinellida sponge Aphrocallistes vastus contains a soluble aggregation factor (AF) whose purification has been described in this communication. It is characterized by a S° 20.w value of 37 and a buoyant density of 1.45 g/cm 3 . The AF is a glycoporteinaceous particle composed of three major protein species; no core structure could be visualized. In the presence of Ca 2+ , the AF causes secondary aggregation of single cells. The aggregation process is temperature, pH, and ionic strength independent within a broad range. Evidence is presented indicating that two (or more) AF molecules are required for the establishment of a stable cell: cell interaction. In contrast to the AF…

Recanalization of occluded left main coronary artery in unstable angina pectoris

1984

Seeing with the visual cortex

1984

A short analysis of the input-output organization of the primary visual cortical areas in the cat and monkey is followed by a description of the salient microelectrophysiological properties of retino-geniculo-cortical system neurons. It is concluded that a strict hierarchical model of cortical processing of visual information is no longer tenable.

Significance of Various Enzymes in the Control of Mutagenic and Carcinogenic Metabolites Derived from Aromatic Structures

1984

One important early contribution to the control of chemical carcinogenesis is provided by the enzyme pattern responsible for the generation and disposition of reactive metabolites. Especially well studied is the important group of enzymes responsible for the control of reactive epoxides. Many natural as well as man-made foreign compounds, including Pharmaceuticals, possess olefinic or aromatic double bonds. Such compounds can be transformed to epoxides by microsomal monooxygenases present in very many mammalian organs. By virtue of their electrophilic reactivity such epoxides may spontaneously react with nucleophilic centers in the cell and thus covalently bind to DNA, RNA, and protein. Su…

Beta-delayed proton emission observed in new lanthanide isotopes

1984

The following new, beta-delayed proton emitters have been observed at the on-line isotope separator OASIS:120La (2.8±2s),122La (8.7±7s),123Ce (3.8±2s),141Dy (1.0±2s),141Gd, and143Dy (3.2±6s). Z-identification was achieved through observation of characteristic x-rays in coincidence with protons.