Chaos and Regularity in the Doubly Magic Nucleus ^{208}Pb.

High-resolution experiments have recently lead to a complete identification (energy, spin, and parity) of 151 nuclear levels up to an excitation energy of E_{x}=6.20  MeV in ^{208}Pb [Heusler et al., Phys.

Effective charge of the (pi)h(11/2) orbital and the electric field gradient of Hg from the Yrast structure of 206Hg.

The gamma-ray decay of excited states of the two-proton hole nucleus, 206Hg, has been identified using Gammasphere and 208Pb+238U collisions. The yrast states found include a T(1/2) = 92(8) ns 10(+) isomer located above the known 5(-) isomer. The B(E2;10(+)-->8(+)) strength is used to derive the quadrupole polarization charge induced by the h(11/2) proton hole.

ADCON-T/N reduces in vivo perineural adhesions in a rat sciatic nerve reoperation model.

Excessive perineural scarring may affect the result of peripheral nerve surgery. The ability of a novel implant material (ADCON-T/N) to prevent this complication was tested in 38 rats. Four weeks after a bilateral sciatic nerve external neurolysis, a secondary bilateral lysis of the adhesions was performed; ADCON-T/N was locally implanted at one side, while the contralateral side was left untreated.

A carbohydrate polymer that effectively prevents epidural fibrosis at laminectomy sites in the rat.

We demonstrate that a carbohydrate polymer, designated GL402, effectively inhibits epidural fibrosis in a rat laminectomy model. A total laminectomy in Lewis rats was performed at lumbar vertebrae 3 and 5. GL402 or phosphate buffer solutions in gelatin sponges were applied to the laminectomy sites.

[Ultrastructure of Clostridium tetani. I. Structural features of the surface structures of vegetative cells].

Crest-like structures formed by internal layer of cell wall and cytoplasmic membrane were revealed in G1.tetani 471 by electron microscopy with the use of negative contrasting, ultrathin sections and freezing-etching. The transverse section of these crest-like structures was 56.