International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsVolume 107, Issue S2 p. S711-S711 Poster presentations P1068 Benign abdominal metastasizing leiomyoma – A case report R. Meneni, R. MeneniSearch for more papers by this authorA. Farrow, A. FarrowSearch for more papers by this authorA. Hearn, A. HearnSearch for more papers by this authorH. Fawzi, H. FawziSearch for more papers by this author R. Meneni, R. MeneniSearch for more papers by this authorA. Farrow, A. FarrowSearch for more papers by this authorA. Hearn, A. HearnSearch for more papers by this authorH. Fawzi, H. FawziSearch for more papers by this author First published: 20 November 2009 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0020-7292(09)62553-4AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume107, IssueS2Abstracts of XIX FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and ObstetricsOctober 2009Pages S711-S711 RelatedInformation

Two liquid composite moulding techniques have been investigated in this study, resin transfer moulding (RTM) and resin infusion under flexible tool (RIFT) for the processing of glass fabric–epoxy laminates with 5% nanoaggregates of silica nanoparticles in the epoxy matrix. It has been found that the high fibre fraction reinforcement ( Vf=0·50) filters the silica nanoaggregates resulting in stopping the in plane resin infiltration in RTM right at the beginning of the filling stage. Laminates of lower fibre fraction ( Vf=0·40) were produced successfully by RIFT. Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) and three point bend tests showed that fibre–silica–epoxy composites, processed by RIFT, had higher elastic shear modulus and interlaminar shear strength than conventional fibre–epoxy composites manufactured by the same RIFT process.

A sustained natural apophyseal glide (SNAG) is a mobilization technique commonly used in the treatment of painful movement restrictions of the cervical spine. In the manual therapy literature, the biological basis and empirical efficacy of cervical SNAGs have received scant attention. In particular, an examination of their potential biological basis in order to stimulate informed discussion seems overdue. This paper discusses the likely biomechanical effects of both the accessory and physiological movement components of a unilateral cervical SNAG applied ipsilateral to the side of pain when treating painfully restricted cervical rotation. The use of flexion and extension SNAGS, and rotation SNAGS performed contralateral to the side of pain are not considered. Although a cervical SNAG may clinically be able to resolve painfully restricted cervical spine movement, it is difficult to explain biomechanically why a technique which first distracts (opens) and then compresses (closes) the zygapophyseal joint ipsilateral to the side of pain, and perhaps slightly distracts the uncovertebral cleft, would be superior to a technique which distracts the articular surfaces with both accessory and physiological movement components. Therefore, the reported clinical efficacy of cervical SNAGs cannot be explained purely on the basis of the resultant biomechanical effects in the cervical spine.

In order to study the effect of the preceding crop on the response of cotton to applied nitrogen, an experiment consisting of seven crop sequence treatments x four rates of applied nitrogen (N) was done between 1975 and 1980 in the Namoi Valley of N.S.W., Australia. Yields and nitrogen uptake were measured. Without applied nitrogen cotton yielded most after wheat or fallow and least after cotton or sorghum with soybeans intermediate. Response to N was greatest after cotton or sorghum, least after wheat or fallow with soybeans again intermediate. The response pattern for N uptake was in general similar to that of lint yield.

SIRATAC is a computer-based tactical cotton pest management system in commercial use in Australia. Initially, SIRATAC did not include a crop model, but during the period 1976 to 1983 a simple dynamic simulator of cotton fruiting evolved through the following stages: 1.(1) Fruit was counted regularly and compared to a non-dynamic trajectory of development set by the manager in order to determine whether the crop was likely to achieve his expectations.2.(2) A function expressing fruit shedding in terms of fruit load was introduced in order to predict the number of counted fruit likely to contribute to yield.3.(3) Using this function with the heat sum requirement for fruit development and data collected by SIRATAC, a function was developed to predict production of new fruiting sites in terms of fruit load and the cumulative number of fruiting sites.4.(4) The concept of carrying capacity (the fruit load that reduces fruit survival and fruiting site production to zero) was developed. The concept implicitly incorporates the carbon economy of the crop; the ratio of carrying capacity to fruit load is a surrogate for the ratio of carbon supply to carbon demand.

Angular distributions for ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}$ photoproduction from hydrogen at energies between 660 and 800 MeV and proton center-of-mass angles from 0\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} to 140\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} have been measured and analyzed. Some variation from a pure ${d}_{\frac{3}{2}}$ state is seen in the resonance region. A possible high-momentum-transfer enhancement of the cross section is discussed.

We construct several bounds on renormalization constants and on the asymptotic behavior of propagation functions and vertices. The inputs are experimental measurements and/or analyticity properties of vertex functions. We also discuss the connection between zeros in propagators, poles in vertex functions, and the values of coupling constants. This is the problem studied by Geshkenbein and Ioffe and by Meiman, and we discuss the possible physical significance of such zeros in terms of an extended Lee model. In particular we argue on the basis of this model and the scattering amplitude derived from it that there is no reason to exclude the existence of zeros in the propagator. This negates the arguments given for bounding the coupling constants in field theory.

The Mandelstam representation is used to derive fixed-angle dispersion relations for the twelve scalar amplitudes describing the process $\ensuremath{\gamma}+N\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\gamma}+N$. The electromagnetic interaction is calculated to order ${e}^{2}$. The strong interactions are estimated by including one- and two-pion exchange on the left-hand cut. These depend on the ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}2\ensuremath{\gamma}$ decay lifetime and on the $T=0$ $\ensuremath{\pi}\ensuremath{\pi}$ phase shift and the total cross section for photoproduction of pions on pions, respectively. The right-hand cut is estimated by allowing the exchange of a nucleon and a pion-nucleon pair, which depend on the amplitude for meson photoproduction on nucleons. The low-energy limit theorem provides an important tool for estimating the subtractions required in the dispersion relations.It is hoped that the representation will be accurate for barycentric photon energies up to approximately 300 MeV.

ATP bioluminescence is a widely accepted method for rapid microbial screening of raw materials, in-process and finished products. Many bioprocessing samples contain high levels of non-microbial ATP that need to be reduced before microbial ATP can be reliably detected. Due to this limitation, standard ATP bioluminescence technology has not been widely applied to biopharmaceutical sample types. New developments address the need of the biopharmaceutical industry for a sensitive and reliable assay to proactively screen and manage raw and in-process materials for contamination. The biologics-specific assay uses traditional ATP bioluminescence in combination with a proprietary ATP-depleting reagent that effectively eliminates free and somatic ATP commonly found in biologic based sample types and allows for subsequent detection of microbial ATP as either a direct test or a 24h enrichment assay. The Celsis LuminASE™ Biologics reagent has proven to be effective on a series of samples typically found in the biopharmaceutical processing environment including media, cell culture and intermediates from vaccine production. Our data demonstrates that a short Celsis LuminASE treatment reduces sample background readings as high as 1,000,000 Relative Light Units (RLUs) to <1,000 RLUs and further reduced to <100 RLUs with an additional sample processing step. Rapid detection of microbial ATP in biopharmaceutical samples that contain non-microbial ATP allows for the early monitoring, analysis and control of raw and in-process materials and processing consistent with the philosophy of the process analytical technology initiative. Some raw materials and end products may contain high levels of non-microbial ATP that can interfere with the bioluminescence reaction. This non-microbial ATP needs to be removed by use of an apyrase pretreatment. Celsis has developed a proprietary ATP-depleting reagent (Celsis LuminASE) that is capable of isolating and removing both free and somatic ATP, enabling the detection of microbial ATP in contaminated biopharmaceutical samples.