Sliding twin-domains in self-heated needle-like VO single crystals.

The prototypical metal-insulator transition in VO at 340 K is from a high-temperature rutile phase to a low-temperature monoclinic phase. The lower symmetry of the monoclinic structure removes the degeneracy of the two equivalent directions of the tetragonal structure, giving rise to twin domains. Since formation of domain walls require energy most needle-like monoclinic single crystal are single-domain.

Ghosted and Ancestral Selves in : Loewald's "Present Life" and Winnicott's "Potential Space" in Shakespeare's Play.

This psychoanalytic reading of places Shakespeare's play in the theoretical contexts of Loewald on time and Winnicott on space. For Loewald the subject moves from past to present, in a therapeutic fashion, through the intervention of the analyst, a contemporary object. A redemption of time occurs in the internalized action of thought and dialogue.

Revisioning the death-drive: the compulsion to repeat as a death-in-life.

This article presents a revisionary reading of Freud's Beyond the Pleasure Principle. Recognizing the power of Freud's meditation on a universal "death-drive" in living organisms, it argues that Freud makes a greater contribution by strengthening the compulsion to repeat to a form of figurative death. We recall that after shattering the presupposition of a universal pleasure principle, Freud demonstrates an equally strong pain-principle.

Ureteral stenting via an ileal conduit using a gastroscope.

Purpose: We describe a technique that facilitates retrograde ureteral cannulation and stenting in patients with an ileal conduit.

Materials And Methods: A standard flexible gastroscope is inserted into the ileal conduit. Guide wires are passed into the ureters under direct vision.

X-ray and neutron diffraction study of benzoylacetone in the temperature range 8-300 K: comparison with other cis-enol molecules.

The crystal structure of benzoylacetone (1-phenyl-1,3-butanedione, C(10)H(10)O(2); P2(1)/c, Z = 4) has been determined at 300, 160 (both Mo Kalpha X-ray diffraction, XRD), 20 (lambda = 1.012 Å neutron diffraction, ND) and 8 K (Ag Kalpha XRD), to which should be added earlier structure determinations at 300 (Mo Kalpha XRD and ND, lambda = 0.983 Å) and 143 K (Mo Kalpha XRD).

Anaphylaxis to chlorhexidine. Case report. Implication of immunoglobulin E antibodies and identification of an allergenic determinant.

Background: There are many reports of allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, following exposure to chlorhexidine. Reactions may occur via contact with the skin and mucous membranes or from catheters treated with the antibacterial agent. Apart from implicating chlorguanide in immunoglobulin (Ig) E antibody-binding studies on serum from an anaphylactic patient, little work has been done on the molecular basis of recognition of the agent in sensitive subjects.

Prostatic cancer: role of color Doppler imaging in transrectal sonography.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the roles of transrectal color Doppler and gray-scale sonography in revealing prostatic cancer, using biopsy as the reference standard.

Subjects And Methods: Two hundred fifty-six patients referred for urologic studies underwent transrectal sonography using gray-scale and color Doppler scanning. All abnormal areas shown on gray-scale or color Doppler sonography or both were targeted and biopsies were performed.

Impotence.

Impotence is a clinical problem that patients and doctors are becoming more prepared to discuss. To advise patients with confidence a knowledge of causes, investigations and treatments is necessary. The treatment options include sex counseling, intracorporeal injection, external vacuum devices and penile implants.

Experience with the Jonas penile prosthesis in the treatment of impotence.

The penile prosthesis has become established as a mode of therapy for organic and chronic psychogenic impotence. The Jonas type of penile prosthesis has been implanted into 10 patients and has achieved both functional success and excellent acceptance by the partner. Mechanical and pathological complications have a very low incidence.

Detection of bacterial nitrite production from nitrate by a nitrate-starch-iodide agar medium.

A medium consisting of nitrate agar (Difco), modified by the addition of 1% starch and 1% KI, was used to detect the production of nitrite by a number of different bacterial species.

Functional pelviureteric junction obstruction.

A case of functional pelviureteric junction obstruction is reported and a radiological method for detecting this entity is described. The causes of this condition are described and the reasons for the appropriate treatment are given.