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    Interleukin-6 as an early marker for fat embolism

    Fat Embolism is a complication of long bone fractures, intramedullary fixation and joint arthroplasty. It may progress to fat embolism syndrome, which is rare but involves significant morbidity and can occasio...

    R Yoga, JC Theis, M Walton, W Sutherland in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research (2009)

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    Efficacy and safety of single agent capecitabine in pretreated metastatic breast cancer patients from the French compassionate use program

    Background. A retrospective source review identifying predictive factors and assessing safety and efficacy in pretreated metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients treated with capecitabine in a French compassionat...

    J. Y. Pierga, P. Fumoleau, Y. Brewer, L. Zelek in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (2004)

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    Direct detection of a microlens in the Milky Way

    The nature of dark matter remains mysterious, with luminous material accounting for at most ∼25 per cent of the baryons in the Universe1,2. We accordingly undertook a survey looking for the microlensing of stars ...

    C. Alcock, R. A. Allsman, D. R. Alves, T. S. Axelrod, A. C. Becker, D. P. Bennett in Nature (2001)

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    The MACHO Project 5.7 Year LMC Results

    The MACHO collaboration has analyzed 5.7years of photometry on approximately 11.7 million stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) in a search for gravitational microlensing events. Two sets of cuts were used...

    M. J. Lehner, C. Alcock, R. A. Allsman in Dark Matter in Astro- and Particle Physics (2001)

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    Effects of dietary coconut oil, butter and safflower oil on plasma lipids, lipoproteins and lathosterol levels

    Objective: The aim of this present study was to determine plasma levels of lathosterol, lipids, lipoproteins and apolipoproteins during diets rich in butter, coconut fat and safflower oil.

    C Cox, W Sutherland, J Mann, S de Jong in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1998)

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    A diet rich in walnuts favourably influences plasma fatty acid profile in moderately hyperlipidaemic subjects

    Objective: To compare two low fat diets one rich in walnuts on parameters of lipid metabolism in a group of hyperlipidaemic subjects.

    A Chisholm, J Mann, M Skeaff, C Frampton in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1998)

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    Properties of LMC Planetary Nebulae and Parent Populations in the MACHO Database

    The MACHO microlensing experiment’s time-sampled photometry database contains blue and red lightcurves for nearly 9 million stars in the central bar region of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We have identifi...

    D. R. Alves, C. Alcock, R. A. Allsman, T. S Axelrod, A. C Becker in Planetary Nebulae (1997)

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    Bulge δ Scuti Stars in the Macho Database

    We describe the search for δ Scuti stars in the MACHO database of bulge fields. Concentrating on a sample of high amplitude δ Scutis, we examine the light curves and pulsation modes. We also discuss their spat...

    D. Minniti, C. Alcock, D. R. Alves in Fundamental Stellar Properties: The Intera… (1997)

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    Statistical Issues in the MACHO Project

    The MACHO project is an ongoing survey project which collects photometric timeseries data on roughly 20 million stars in the LMC, SMC, and Galactic bulge. The data is irregularly time sampled, largely due to w...

    T. S. Axelrod, C. Alcock, R. A. Allsman in Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy… (1997)

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    Optical variability of the LMC supersoft source RX J0513.9-6951

    We present optical spectroscopy and photometry of the LMC supersoft source (SSS) RX J0513.9-6951. Through the exceptional monitoring capabilities of the MACHO project, we show the optical history of this objec...

    K. A. Southwell, M. Livio, P. A. Charles, W. Sutherland in Supersoft X-Ray Sources (1996)

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    The CCD Array Camera for the Macho Project

    We have developed an astronomical imaging system tailored to our search for gravitational microlensing by compact objects in the halo and disk of the Galaxy. The challenge of detecting rare microlensing events...

    S. Marshall, C. Alcock, C. W. Akerlof, R. A. Allsman in Astronomy from Wide-Field Imaging (1994)

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    Possible gravitational microlensing of a star in the Large Magellanic Cloud

    THERE is now abundant evidence for the presence of large quantities of unseen

    C. Alcock, C. W. Akerlof, R. A. Allsman, T. S. Axelrod, D. P. Bennett, S. Chan in Nature (1993)

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    Das Atomgewicht des Radiums

    W. Sutherland, W. Marshall, Watts, Harry C. Jones in Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie (1907)