INFLUENCE OF NONMETALLIC INCLUSIONS ON THE RESISTANCE OF METAL WELD TO BRITTLE FRACTURES


Cone-Like Rectification Properties of cGMP-Gated Channels in Transmutated Retinal Photoreceptors of Nocturnal Geckoes

Photoreceptors of nocturnal geckoes are scotopic, with rod-shaped outer segments, and sensitivities to mpu63zm/a light similar to the one of retinal rods from other species of lower vertebrates.However, these cells are not rods, but they originated from cones of ancestral diurnal geckoes with pure-cone retinas, after being forced to adapt to a noct

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Selecting short-statured children needing growth hormone testing: Derivation and validation of a clinical decision rule

Abstract Background Numerous short-statured children are evaluated for growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD).In most patients, GH provocative tests are normal and are thus in retrospect unnecessary.Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted to identify predictors of growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD) in children seen for short cartoon mart

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