Study of turbulent transport in magnetized plasmas with flow using symplectic maps.

Turbulent transport in a magnetized plasma of the kind found in tokamaks is modeled by a 2D wave spectrum that allows reduction to a symplectic map. The properties of particle transport when chaos sets in are analyzed in various circumstances including finite Larmor radius (FLR) effects and a background plasma flow. For large wave amplitudes, regular particle orbits become chaotic, which represents a type of Lagrangian turbulence.

Obstetrical outcome in women with urinary tract infections in childhood.

Introduction: Urinary tract infections (UTI) during childhood can result in permanent renal damage, with possible implications for future pregnancies. The aim of this prospective study was to investigate pregnancy outcomes in women followed after their first UTI in childhood.

Material And Methods: A cohort of 72 parous women was followed from their first UTI in childhood up to a median age of 41 years.

Urinary tract infection pattern in adult women followed from childhood.

Background: The aim of this study was to describe the pattern of urinary tract infection (UTI) and bladder function in women who had experienced recurrent UTI in childhood, with and without consequent renal damage, and followed for three to four decades.

Methods: A population-based cohort of women who had been followed from the first UTI in childhood and previously studied at a median age of 27 years was studied at a median age of 41 years. Renal damage was evaluated by (99m)Tc-dimercaptosuccinic acid scan.

Renal function in adult women with urinary tract infection in childhood.

Background: The risk of deterioration of renal function in patients with urinary tract infection (UTI)-associated renal damage over several decades is incompletely known but of importance in regard to follow-up.

Methods: A population-based cohort of women followed from their first UTI in childhood was studied at median age of 27 years and now at 41 years. Renal damage was evaluated by (99m)Tc-dimercaptosuccinic acid scan and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by (51)Cr-edetic acid clearance.

Age and date for early arrival of the Acheulian in Europe (Barranc de la Boella, la Canonja, Spain).

The first arrivals of hominin populations into Eurasia during the Early Pleistocene are currently considered to have occurred as short and poorly dated biological dispersions. Questions as to the tempo and mode of these early prehistoric settlements have given rise to debates concerning the taxonomic significance of the lithic assemblages, as trace fossils, and the geographical distribution of the technological traditions found in the Lower Palaeolithic record. Here, we report on the Barranc de la Boella site which has yielded a lithic assemblage dating to ∼1 million years ago that includes large cutting tools (LCT).