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Friction and Wear of Ion Implanted Metals
Recent work has demonstrated that large changes in friction can occur as the result of the implantation of various selected ions into steel [1] The present contribution supplements these data by describing experi...
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Article
Thyroid hormones in insulin requiring diabetes before and after treatment
Thyroid hormones have been measured in normal subjects and insulin-requiring diabetic patients before and after treatment. Plasma thyroxine (T4) and 3, 3′, 5-triiodothyronine (T3) concentrations were both low ...
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Glucose and free fatty acid turnover in normal subjects and in diabetic patients before and after insulin treatment
Turnover rates of glucose and free fatty acids were measured, using3H-glucose and14C-1-palmitic acid as tracers, in insulin-requiring diabetic patients at presentation and after insulin treatment. Correlations we...
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A comparison between propranolol, practolol and betaxolol (SL75212) on the circulatory and metabolic responses to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia
1. Six healthy male volunteers received equivalent intravenous beta-blocking doses of propranolol, practolol and betaxolol (SL75212) or saline at weekly intervals Sixty minutes later 0.1 unit/kg insulin was gi...
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A laboratory assessment of ciprofloxacin and comparable antimicrobial agents
The in vitro activity of ciprofloxacin against a wide range of bacterial isolates was assessed in comparison with norfloxacin, enoxacin, co-trimoxazole and penicillin (or ampicillin) where appropriate. Minimal...
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Article
The temperature and pressure dependence of the normal fraction of superfluid3He-B
Measurements have been made of the normal fluid fraction of superfluid3He-B at eight different pressures between 0 and 29.2 bar. The minimum temperatures were such that ρ n /ρ wa...
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A Laboratory Assessment of Ciprofloxacin and Comparable Antimicrobial Agents
The in vitro activity of ciprofloxacin against a wide range of bacterial isolates was assessed in comparison with norfloxacin, enoxacin, co-trimoxazole and penicillin (or ampicillin) where appropriate. Minimal...
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Article
Constant-volume pressure measurements on BCC solid3He
Measurements have been made of the pressure of the bcc phase of solid3He at molar volumes from 24.2 to 23.2 cm3 and at temperatures from 25 to 0.5 mK. The solid undergoes an unusual antiferromagnetic ordering at ...
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Article
Japanese Marketing Strategies in the UK: A Comparative Study
Hypotheses about Japanese marketing are examined using a matched sample of British companies and their major Japanese competitors. Japanese subsidiaries in Britain are shown to be much more market-oriented, mo...
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Spread of non-typable multiply resistantHaemophilus influenzae in a South African hospital
In July 1987 non-typableHaemophilus influenzae strains resistant to both ampicillin and chloramphenicol were isolated from the endotracheal aspirate of two children with pneumonia at Baragwanath Hospital, Johanne...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Selective, Delayed Increase in Transfer Constants for Cerebrovascular Permeation of Blood-Borne 3H-Sucrose Following Forebrain Ischaemia in the Rat
Experiments were conducted to explore the time course of changes in blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability that may occur in the 2-vessel occlusion model of stroke in the rat. Anaesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats...
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Article
Anisotropic attenuation of zero sound in superfluid3He-A
The anisotropic attenuation of zero sound in superfluid3He-A at 29.3 bar pressure has been measured at 24.4, 34.2, 44.2, 54.0, 63.9, 73.7, 83.5, and 93.4 MHz. The clap** mode resonance has been observed at all ...
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Acoustic attenuation in superfluid3He-B at low pressures
The attenuation of zero sound in superfluid3He-B has been measured up to 160 cm−1, at pressures less than 4 bar and at frequencies 34.2, 44.2, and 54.0 MHz. The contribution of pair breaking to the attenuation ha...
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Chapter
Nuclear Magnetism of 3He Films Adsorbed on the Surface of Graphite
The properties of 3He adsorbed on the surface of graphite exhibit a rich variety of phenomena as the areal density is changed. The system permits the study of two dimensional quantum liquids and solids, as well a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Electron-Phonon Interaction in NTD Ge Irradiated in 1980
Neutron transmutation doped (NTD) Ge has been used by several groups as thermometric sensors [1] in cryogenic particle detectors. Pure Ge single crystals are irradiated with thermal neutrons in a reactor.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Phonon Heat Flux Through a Si-Cu Point Contact
The ballistic transport of phonons through a point contact (PC) can be realized when the characteristic dimension of the contact (d) fulfils two conditions;
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Drug discovery
For over a decade now, the major players in the pharmaceutical league have had at their disposal an array of modern tools to assist in the discovery of new drugs; ample time one would think for the products of...
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Article
Superfluidity of4He films adsorbed on hydrogen plated graphite
The superfluidity of4He on graphite with various preplatings of HD is under investigation using a torsional oscillator. Results for a bilayer of HD follow a similar pattern to those obtained earlier on pure4He fi...
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Article
Nuclear antiferromagnetic exchange in two dimensional solid3He
Measurements are reported of the magnetic susceptibility of pure3He films, at coverages for which the nuclear exchange interaction is antiferromagnetic. A comparison is made with earlier results obtained on prepl...
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Interfacial friction of submonolayer helium films adsorbed on the surface of graphite
The frictional coupling between an adsorbed helium film and the surface of graphite has been studied using torsional oscillator methods and exfoliated graphite as a substrate, in the temperature range 50mK to ...
