Dysfunctional parenting as a risk factor to lifetime depression in a sample of employed Japanese adults: evidence for the ''affectionless control'' hypothesis

A lectin histochemical study was performed to investigate the glycoconjugate saccharidic moieties on the endometrial epithelium and stroma in 12 women undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) for in-vitro fertilisation for embryo transfer (IVF-ET) in early luteal phase. 7 control subjects were also evaluated. For this purpose a battery of seven horseradish peroxidase-conjugated lectins (PNA, SBA, DBA, WGA, ConA, LTA and UEA I) was used. Cytochemical controls were performed for specificity of lectin-sugar reaction. As far as the endometrial glands and stroma are concerned, the obtained data showed no differences in the endometrial lectin binding between the subjects of the control group and the ones undergoing COH, with the exception of PNA reactivity at the level of the apical portion of the glandular cells, which was detected only in COH women. It is noteworthy that, although the endometrial dating using the Noyes's criteria showed marked dissynchronies between the stroma and the glands in COH subjects, a uniformity of lectin binding, revealing the same type and localization of terminal oligosaccharides, was observed in all the examined subjects. The uniformity in distribution of the sugar residues detected in the endometrial specimens following COH might be due to the massive FSH and/or hCG treatment which probably determines an endometrial environment almost equal in all the examined subjects. In all the treated subjects reactivity with sialidase-WGA and ConA, revealing the presence of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and D-mannose respectively, was detected at the level of the lining epithelium.     

The relationship of DSM-III-R personality disorder to clinical variables in patients with major depression: possible difference between personality disorder clusters

The authors evaluated in 1987-1994 the incidence of nosocomial rotavirus infections during hospitalization in 1718 junior children, 450 senior children and adults admitted with diarrhoeal diseases. Rotavirus infection was revealed in 6.2 and 1.3% of the patients resp. During hospitalization the rotaviruses were the most frequent causal agent of nosocomial infections. Hospital infection was contracted regardless of the initial diagnosis most frequently by patients aged 0-12 months. The majority of nosocomial rotavirus infections was associated with symptoms of diarrhoeal disease, on average symptomatic infections prolonged the hospitalization period by 4.2 days. The authors discuss the possibility to influence the incidence of these infections.     

HIGH STRAIN RATE SUPERPLASTICITY OF DISCONTINUOUS CERAMIC FIBER REINFORCED ALUMINUM COMPOSITES

1.IntroductionHighstrainratesuperplasticity(HSRS)inceramicwhiskerorparticulatereinforcedaluminumalloycompositesisexpectedtoofferanefficientlynearannetshapeformingtech-niquetoautomobile,aerospace,andevensemi--conductorindustries,sincetheHSRScom-positesusuallyexhibitatotalelongationof250--600%atahighstrainrateofabout0.1--10s~1[1-ill.ItisthoughtthatprimarydeformationmechanismoftheHSRSisgrainboundaryslidingsincethecompositeshavethefinegrainsizeof3--0.8pm.TheHSRSofthecompositesusuallymanifest…