Significance of a Simulation for the Relocation of an Intensive Care Unit.

There have been few reports concerning simulation drills for the relocation of severely ill or injured patients treated in intensive care units (ICUs). We herein report our experience of one such simulation drill. It is a Narrative method.

Preparation and Fluorescence Properties of Perylenediimide Nanodispersions Having a One-Dimensional π-Stacked Structure.

We prepared stable nanodispersions of a fluorescent perylenediimide (PDI) derivative having long alkyl chains by nanosecond laser fragmentation of its microcrystalline powder in acetonitrile (ACN). The nanoparticles had cube-like or rod shapes with a mean size of 100 nm, and they dispersed stably for longer than 1 month. The prepared nanobricks exhibited absorption and fluorescence spectra characteristic of one-dimensional aggregates with cofacial stacking of PDI planes.

Effects of sera from infertile women with sperm immobilizing antibodies on fertilization and embryo development in vitro in mice.

Problem: This study was performed to investigate if patients' sera with anti-human sperm antibodies show inhibitory effects on in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo development in mice.

Method Of Study: Patients' sera were collected from eight infertile women having sperm immobilizing antibodies and 17 infertile women without the antibodies. Male ICR mice and female F1 mice (BALB/c X C57BL/6J) were used.