Rotation due to hydrodynamic interactions between two spheres in contact.

We analyze the rotational and translational motion of two close spheres in a fluid at low Reynolds number to investigate if their surfaces come into mechanical contact. The rotational motion of a sphere settling close to another fixed ball is calculated from a model in which contact interactions between the spheres are added to the gravitational and hydrodynamic forces. The model predicts a transition from pure rolling to rolling with slip, determined by the Coulomb's law, when the ratio of the mechanical friction to the load increases up to the static friction coefficient.

[99mTc-nanocolloid: clinical results of its use as a new inflammation marker].

Fifty scintigrams were performed on 45 patients using 99mTc-nanocolloid in order to test its affinity for inflammatory lesions; in these patients there was clinical and/or radiological suspicion of an inflammatory process. There was good correlation between the degree of uptake and the activity of the inflammatory process. Specificity is limited because of uptake in certain tumours (eg.

[CT cavography: diagnosis of iliocaval thrombosis by administration of contrast medium into the foot].

CT permits demonstration of thrombus in the iliac veins and inferior vena cava by injecting contrast material into vein in the dorsum of the foot. This technique, called CT cavography in this paper, has advantages over conventional venography or DSA and also over sonography. It is indicated following phlebographic demonstration of recent pelvic thrombosis and for demonstrating tumour thrombi in patients with carcinomas of the kidney.

[Reversible fatty infiltration of the liver parenchyma in acute pancreatitis].

Case studies show that acute pancreatitis occurring independently or combined with a preceding abuse of alcohol may be the cause of fatty infiltration of the liver. These fat areas can evolve in a very short time and provoke in the case of focal incidence diagnostic problems of differentiation against abscesses or metastases. Due to this fact and because of the rapid reversibility of the fatty infiltration under therapy, the safest method to clarify the situation consists of short-term CT controls.