Second case report of successful electroconvulsive therapy for a patient with schizophrenia and severe hemophilia A.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is used for medication-resistant and life-threatening mental disorders, and therefore it occupies an important position in psychiatric treatment. ECT reportedly increases intracranial pressure and is suspected of increasing the risk of intracranial hemorrhage, especially in patients with hemorrhagic diseases such as hemophilia. A decrease in or loss of blood coagulation factors, including factor VIII and factor IX, are found in hemophilia A and B, respectively.

Giant optical activity in quasi-two-dimensional planar nanostructures.

We examine the spectral dependence in the visible frequency range of the polarization rotation of two-dimensional gratings consisting of chiral gold nanostructures with subwavelength features. The gratings, which do not diffract, are shown to exhibit giant specific rotation (approximately 10(4) degrees/mm) of polarization in direct transmission at normal incidence. The rotation is the same for light incident on the front and back sides of the sample.