Feasibility of forward-viewing upper endoscopy for detection of the major duodenal papilla.

Background And Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of forward-viewing upper endoscopy for detection of the major duodenal papilla (MDP) as an indicator of the descending duodenum.

Methods: A total of 338 patients were prospectively enrolled. Upper endoscopy was first performed by a routine method for all patients, and a subsequent straightening endoscopic technique, straightening the loop by withdrawal of the scope, was performed if the MDP was not identified during the routine method.

Incipient formation of an electron lattice in a weakly confined quantum wire.

We study the low-temperature transport properties of 1D quantum wires as the confinement strength V_{conf} and the carrier density n_{1D} are varied using a combination of split gates and a top gate in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures. At intermediate V_{conf} and n_{1D}, we observe a jump in conductance to 4e;{2}/h, suggesting a double wire. On further reducing n_{1D}, plateau at 2e;{2}/h returns.

Spin-incoherent transport in quantum wires.

When a quantum wire is weakly confined, a conductance plateau appears at e;{2}/h with decreasing carrier density in zero magnetic field accompanied by a gradual suppression of the 2e;{2}/h plateau. Applying an in-plane magnetic field B_{ parallel} does not alter the value of this quantization; however, the e;{2}/h plateau weakens with increasing B_{ parallel} up to 9 T, and then strengthens on further increasing B_{ parallel}, which also restores the 2e;{2}/h plateau. Our results are consistent with spin-incoherent transport in a one-dimensional wire.

Primary T cell lymphoma of salivary gland: a report of a case and review of the literature.

Lymphoma of the salivary gland accounts for 5% of cases of extranodal lymphoma and 10% of malignant salivary gland tumours. Most primary salivary gland lymphomas are B marginal zone lymphomas arising on a background of sialadenitis associated with autoimmune disorders such as Sjorgen's syndrome. Primary T cell lymphoma of the salivary gland is rare.

The study of the process of fluid-phase endocytosis in cervical squamous cells using fluorescent microspheres.

Physiological processes in cervical squamous epithelium have not been extensively studied. Perhaps understandably, most of the research has concentrated on the pathology of the cervix, in particular dysplasia and malignancy. Fluid-phase endocytosis is a physiological process which has been demonstrated to be important in understanding disease development at other squamous epithelial sites, e.