9 compared with 0.998 in the neoplastic group (P=.0003).

Conclusion: DW imaging enables discrimination between bland and neoplastic portal vein thrombi when the ratio of the ADC of the thrombus to the ADC of HCC was lower than 2 and when the thrombi showed similar SI as the primary HCC when qualitative analysis was performed. (C) RSNA, 2010″
“Species with a broad distribution rarely have the same genetic make-up throughout their entire range. In some cases, they may constitute a cryptic complex consisting of a few species, each with a narrow distribution, instead of a single-,

widely distributed species. These differences can have profound impacts for biodiversity conservation planning. The genetic differentiation of four populations of Aegla longirostri, a freshwater crab found in two geographically isolated basins GSI-IX concentration LY3039478 in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, was investigated by analyzing pentanucleotide multi-loci microsatellites in a heteroduplex assay. Although no morphological differences were evident, we found significant genetic differentiation among the four populations, based on F-ST values and clustering analysis. This high level of differentiation may be indicative of cryptic species in these populations. If this hypothesis is correct, then the species occurring in the Ibicui-Mirim River, at the southern limit of the Atlantic Rain

Forest, would be under threat, considering its very restricted distribution.”
“Large mass bolometers are used in particle physics experiments to search for rare processes. By operating at low temperature, they are able to detect particle energies from few keV up to several MeV, measuring the temperature rise produced by the energy released. This study was performed on the bolometers of the CUORE experiment. The response function of these detectors is not linear in the energy range of interest, and it changes with the operating temperature. The nonlinearity is found to be dominated by the thermistor and its biasing circuit, and is modeled using few measurable parameters. A method to obtain a linear

response is the result JQ-EZ-05 concentration of this work. It allows a great simplification of the data analysis. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3498808]“
“Purpose: To evaluate and compare total body weight (TBW), lean body weight (LBW), and estimated blood volume (BV) for the adjustment of the iodine dose required for contrast material-enhanced multidetector computed tomography (CT) of the aorta and liver.

Materials and Methods: Institutional review committee approval and written informed consent were obtained. One hundred twenty patients (54 men, 66 women; mean age, 64.1 years; range, 19-88 years) who underwent multidetector CT of the upper abdomen were randomized into three groups of 40 patients each: (a) TBW group (0.6 g of iodine per kilogram of TBW), (b) LBW group (0.821 g of iodine per kilogram of LBW), and (c) BV group (men, 8.6 g of iodine per liter of BV; women, 9.