Microbial Effects on Repository Performance

This report presents a critical review of the international literature on microbial effects in and around a deep geological repository for higher activity wastes. It is aimed at those who are familiar with the nuclear industry and radioactive waste disposal, but who are not experts in microbiology; they may have a limited knowledge of how microbiology may be integrated into and impact upon radioactive waste disposal safety cases and associated performance assessments (PA)

East Kent maternity services review

Background to Report: This document presents the results of an analysis of the responses to the formal public consultation on east Kent maternity services which took place over a 14 week period from 14th October 2011 to 20th January 2012. The consultation was conducted by NHS Kent and Medway, and the data gathered was analysed independently by the Centre for Nursing and Healthcare Research at the University of Greenwich

Stress and Resilience among Healthcare Professionals: A Synthesized Literature Review

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Non-Perturbative Green's Functions in Theories with Extended Superconformal Symmetry

The multiplets that occur in four dimensional rigidly supersymmetric theories can be described either by chiral superfields in Minkowski superspace or analytic superfields in harmonic superspace. The superconformal Ward identities for Green's functions of gauge invariant operators of these types are derived. It is shown that there are no chiral superconformal invariants. It is further shown that the Green's functions of analytic operators are severely restricted by the superconformal Ward when analyticity is taken into account.Comment: 17 pages, plain tex. Some conjectures that were in the original paper are clarifed in the light of more recent work to which we give references. See Note added for detail

BMI and Average Steps Completed during a Six-minute Step Test in Mid-Michigan Middle School Students

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Development of reverse-transcription PCR techniques to analyse the density and sex ratio of gametocytes in genetically diverse Plasmodium chabaudi infections

We have developed cross-genotype and genotype-specific quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) assays to detect and quantify the number of parasites, transmission stages (gametocytes) and male gametocytes in blood stage Plasmodium chabaudi infections. Our cross-genotype assays are reliable, repeatable and generate counts that correlate strongly (R(2)s > 90%) with counts expected from blood smears. Our genotype-specific assays can distinguish and quantify different stages of genetically distinct parasite clones (genotypes) in mixed infections and are as sensitive as our cross-genotype assays. Using these assays we show that gametocyte density and gametocyte sex ratios vary during infections for two genetically distinct parasite lines (genotypes) and present the first data to reveal how sex ratio is affected when each genotype experiences competition in mixed-genotype infections. Successful infection of mosquito vectors depends on both gametocyte density and their sex ratio and we discuss the implications of competition in genetically diverse infections for transmission success

Transformations of Group 7 Carbonyl Complexes: Possible Intermediates in a Homogeneous Syngas Conversion Scheme

A variety of C−H and C−C bond forming reactions of group 7 carbonyl complexes have been studied as potential steps in a homogeneously catalyzed conversion of syngas to C_(2+) compounds. The metal formyl complexes M(CO)_3(PPh_3)_2(CHO) (M = Mn, Re) are substantially stabilized by coordination of boranes BX_3 (X = F, C_6F_5) in the form of novel boroxycarbene complexes M(CO)_3(PPh_3)_2(CHOBX_3), but these boron-stabilized carbenes do not react with hydride sources to undergo further reduction to metal alkyls. The related manganese methoxycarbene cations [Mn(CO)_(5−x)(PPh_3)_x(CHOMe)]+ (x = 1 or 2), obtained by methylation of the formyls, do react with hydrides to form methoxymethyl complexes, which undergo further migratory insertion under an atmosphere of CO. The resulting acyls, cis- and trans-Mn(PPh_3)(CO)_4(C(O)CH_2OMe), can be alkylated to form the cationic carbene complex [Mn(PPh_3)(CO)_4(C(OR)CH_2OMe)]^+, which undergoes a 1,2 hydride shift to form 1,2-dialkoxyethylene, which is displaced from the metal, releasing triflate or diethyl ether adducts of [Mn(PPh_3)(CO)_4]^+. The acyl can also be protonated with HOTf to form a hydroxycarbene complex, which rearranges to Mn(PPh_3)(CO)_4(CH_2COOMe) and is protonolyzed to yield methyl acetate and [Mn(PPh_3)(CO)_4]^+; addition of L (L = PPh_3, CO) to the manganese cation regenerates [Mn(PPh_3)(CO)_4(L)]^+. Since the original formyl complex can be obtained by the reaction of [Mn(PPh_3)(CO)_5]^+ with [PtH(dmpe)_2]^+, which in turn can be generated from H_2, this set of transformations amounts to a stoichiometric cycle for selectively converting H_2 and CO into a C_2 compound under mild conditions