Assignment of the methanol OH-stretch overtone spectrum using the pattern recognition method.

We present the measurement and analysis of the 2OH stretching band of methanol between 7165 cm and 7230 cm cooled down to 26 ± 12 K in a buffer gas cooling experiment. Measurements were performed with a cavity ring-down spectrometer having a detection limit = 2 × 10 cm. A total of 350 rovibrational transitions were assigned and 62 rovibrational transitions were tentatively assigned.

Incidence and risk factors of metachronous contralateral inguinal hernia development up to 25 years after unilateral inguinal hernia repair: a single-centre retrospective cohort study.

Background: Patients undergoing unilateral inguinal hernia repair (IHR) are at risk of metachronous contralateral inguinal hernia (MCIH) development. We evaluated incidence and risk factors of MCIH development up to 25 years after unilateral IHR to determine possible indications for concomitant prophylactic surgery of the contralateral groin at the time of primary surgery.

Methods: Patients between 18 and 70 years of age undergoing elective unilateral IHR in the University Hospital of Leuven from 1995 to 1999 were studied retrospectively using the electronic health records and prospectively via phone calls.