Poet and peer : a novel /

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A method for heat rejection from space power plants,

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A field test report of the development of instruments to determine peer group perceptions of the sociological status of students attending area vocational centers /

Presented to the State of Illinois Advisory Council on Vocational Education.

Draft phase two report : "peer review and technical assistance of nine facilities, a move to improve" : technical assistance and staff training for intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled (ICFDD) and for those ICFDD for fifteen or fewer persons.

"August, 1988."

Cecil, a peer : a sequel to Cecil, or The adventures of a coxcomb /

Paper labels on spines.

The voice of the people, and the facts, in relation to the rejection of Martin Van Buren, by the U.S. Senate.

Van Buren was nominated as minister to Great Britain. This pamphlet contains The voice of New York, proceedings of a meeting of Republican members of the Legislature, Feb. 3, 1832, with remarks of N.P. Tallmadge; Great public meeting in the city of Albany, Feb. 4, 1832, with remarks of Gen Dix and B.F. Butler; Remarks of Webster, W.L. Marcy, S. Smith, J. Forsyth, Clay and Brown in the U. S. Senate on the Van Buren nomination; Correspondence between the Republican members of the New York Legislature and Pres. Jackson; Communication of S. Smith to the National intelligencer, Feb. 12, 1832.

The voice of the people, and the facts, in relation to the rejection of Martin Van Buren, by the U.S. Senate.

At head of cover title: Albany Argus extra.

The peer's progress /

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Iolanthe : or, The peer and the peri : a new and original comic opera in two acts /

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The constitution of the state of Maryland, formed and adopted by the Convention, which assembled at the city of Annapolis, May 8th, 1867, and adjourned August 17th, 1867. Submitted for adoption or rejection by the people, on Wednesday, September 18th, 1867. Printed by authority.

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The effects of group composition and work situation upon peer leadership /

"Funded by the Office of Naval Research, Group Psychology Programs, under contract no. N00014-67-A-0181-0013, NR 170-719/7-29-68 (Code 452)."

The official baronage of England, showing the succession, dignities, and offices of every peer from 1066 to 1885, with sixteen hundred illustrations,

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The influence of viral genotypes and rejection episodes on the recurrence of hepatitis C after liver transplantation

Purpose. The aim of this study was to report the influence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype and rejection episodes on the outcome of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), hepatitis recurrence, and progression to graft cirrhosis after OLT. Methods. Fifty-three patients who all had undergone OLT for end-stage liver cirrhosis were selected for this study. Hepatitis C genotype was determined. Recurrent hepatitis and rejection were diagnosed based on elevated liver function tests and a liver biopsy. Results. The patients were followed up for a mean of 51.9 +/- 34.3 months. The cumulative survival rate was no different in OLT for hepatitis C and OLT for all other liver diseases. After OLT, serum HCV RNA was detected in 93%. Histological recurrence occurred in 85% of all patients. The 1-, 3-, and 5-year recurrence rates were 48%, 77%, and 85%, respectively. Of the 41 patients with recurrent hepatitis C, 4 (10%) had cirrhosis, 18 (44%) had hepatitis with fibrosis, and 91 (46%) had hepatitis without fibrosis at the end of follow-up. A total of 32% of the patients were infected by HCV genotype 1b and 68% by other HCV genotypes. The recurrence rates were significantly higher in patients infected with genotype 1b than in those with other genotypes (p = 0.04). Twenty of 48 patients (42%) experienced acute rejection. There was a strong association between the number of rejection episodes and the incidence of HCV-related cirrhosis (p < 0.01). Conclusion. Our findings showed the genotype 1b to result in a higher recurrence rate after OLT. On the other hand, rejection episodes were associated with a more rapid progression to graft cirrhosis.

Increased mononuclear cell activation and apoptosis early after human liver transplantation is associated with a reduced frequency of acute rejection

Experimental models of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) have shown that the very early events post-OLT are critical in distinguishing immunogenic and tolerogenic reactions. In rodents, increased leukocyte apoptosis and cytokine expression have been demonstrated in tolerogenic strain combinations. Information from human OLT recipients is less abundant. The aim of this study was to determine the amount of early leukocyte activation and apoptosis following human OLT, and to correlate this with subsequent rejection status. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were isolated from 76 patients undergoing OLT - on the day prior, 5 hrs after reperfusion (day 0), and 18-24 hrs post-OLT (day 1). The mean level of apoptotic PBMCs on post OLT day 1 was higher than healthy recipients (0.9% +/- 0.2 vs. 0.2% +/- 0.1, p = 0.013). Apoptosis was greater in nonrejecting (NR) (1.1% +/- 0.3) compared with acutely-rejecting (R) (0.3% +/- 0.1, p = 0.021) patients. On day 1, PBMC from NR patients had increased expression of IFN-gamma (p = 0.006), IL-10 (p = 0.016), and CD40 ligand (p = 0.02) compared with R. Donor cell chimerism on day 1 did not differ between the groups indicating that this was unlikely to account for increased PBMC apoptosis in the NR group. Interestingly, the level of chimerism on day 0 was significantly higher in NR (3.8% +/- 0.6) compared with R (1.2% +/- 0.4, p = 0.004) patients and there was a close correlation between chimerism on day 0 and cytokine expression on day 1. These results imply that similar mechanisms are occurring in the human liver to promote graft acceptance as in the experimental models of liver transplantation and suggest that strategies that promote liver transplant acceptance in rodents might be applicable to humans.

Effect of mutual coupling on the interference rejection capabilities of linear and circular arrays in CDMA systems

This paper is concerned with assessing the interference rejection capabilities of linear and circular array of dipoles that can be part of a base station of a code-division multiple-access cellular communication system. The performance criteria for signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) improvement employed in this paper is the spatial interference suppression coefficient. We first derive an expression for this figure of merit and then analyze and compare the SIR performance of the two types of arrays. For a linear array, we quantitatively assess the degradation in SIR performance, as we move from array broadside to array end-fire direction. In addition, the effect of mutual coupling is taken into account.