The treatment of older adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia by triple infusion chemotherapy

This retrospective study analyzed 202 toe-to-hand transplants performed over the last 20 years at the Davies Medical Center, San Francisco (USA). The overall success rate was 97%. Toe transplants for finger reconstruction yielded optimal functional and cosmetic results due to their anatomical similarity to fingers. The great toe was preferably used for thumb reconstruction, whereas the other toes were used for reconstruction of the long fingers. Early reconstructions, multiple simultaneous toe transplants, and interventions combining toe transplantation with free flaps seemed to be advantageous because of shorter rehabilitation and comparable results.     

Blood loss in dialysis in repeatedly used capillary dialysators

The blood losses increase to the twofold to threefold by capillary dialysators C-DAK 4 and C-DAK 5 are about 6.8 ml and 26 ml, respectively, in the first use. In repeated use of the C-DAK 4 the blood losses by the C-DAK 5, however, are so high that it is not to be advised to use them manifold under our conditions of dialysis. By an increase of the reperfusion quantity from 150 to 250 ml of electrolyte solution for one C-DAK 4 blood losses may considerably be reduced. In a parallel switching of two C-DAK 4 each exemplar should be perfused individually.     

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Scattering by an arbitrary cylinder at a plane interface: broadsideincidence

The problem of the determination of the fields scattered by an infinite dielectric cylinder of arbitrary cross section located at the interface between two semi-finite dielectric media is reduced to the solution of integral equations for unknown functions defined on the boundaries. These boundary functions are chosen so as to minimize their number. The incident field is that of a plane monochromatic wave. The derivation of the integral equations is given for the transverse electric (TE) mode for a dielectric cylinder and for a perfectly conducting cylinder. The exact electromagnetic fields are obtained from the solutions of the integral equations by integration, and the radar cross section can be computed from the far-field approximation. Sample outputs of the computer programs that implement this solution are shown     

Neighboring-patch integrals in transient electromagnetic scattering

The integrals over patches that are close to the self-patch are calculated by expanding the factors in the integrand in power series. The values are computed analytically up to first order in the linear size of the patch. This procedure applies to patches for which the distance between the centers is of the same order of magnitude as the size of the patch. The same formulas are useful in steady-state scattering problems.     

Raumlufmessung neuer Wirkstoffe am Beispiel von Xyligen B

The fungicidal active compound Furmecyclox (2,5-Dimethyl-N-cyclohexyl-N-methoxy-3-furancarbonamidic acid) is variously used in new-developed wood preservatives. Under practical conditions it should be found wether such wood preservatives or treated timbers cause any pollution of the air in rooms. It could be shown by tests that the concentration of Furmecyclox in the air drops down to 0,1 μg/m³ already after a few days, a value which is below the measurable limit. These results are practically independent of the kind of formulation.     

Measurements and predictions of light scattering by clear coatings

Comparisons are made between calculated and measured angle-resolved light-scattering distributions from clear dielectric isotropic epoxy coatings over a range of rms roughness conditions, resulting in strongly specular scattering to diffuse scattering characteristics. Calculated distributions are derived from topography measurements performed with interferometric microscopes. Two methods of calculation are used. One determines the intensity of scattered light waves with a phase integral in the Kirchhoff approximation. The other is based on the reflection of light rays by locally flat surfaces. The angle-resolved scattering distributions for the coatings are measured with the spectral trifunction automated reference reflectometer (STARR) developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Comparisons between measured and calculated results are shown for three surfaces with rms roughness values of approximately 3, 150, and 800 nm for an angle of incidence of 20 degrees .     

Angular distribution of light scattered from a sinusoidal grating

The angular distributions of light scattered by gold-coated and aluminum-coated gratings with amplitudes of ~90 nm and periods of 6.67 mum were measured and calculated for light incident from a He-Ne laser at an angle of 6 degrees . Experimental results are compared with predictions of Beckmann's scalar theory and Rayleigh's vector theory. The measured scattering pattern has a background of scattered light due mainly to residual surface roughness. Also the power in the higher-order peaks is larger by several orders of magnitude than the computed one, which can be attributed mainly to the low-order contributions of the harmonics in the profile.