In all cases, the movement

of the endograft had significant components in all three spatial directions: Two of the endografts had the largest component of movement in the transverse direction, whereas three endografts had the largest component of movement in the axial direction. The magnitude and orientation of the endograft displacement force varied depending on aortic angulation and hemodynamic conditions. The average magnitude of displacement force for all endografts was 5.8 N (range, 3.7-9.5 N). The orientation of displacement force was in general perpendicular to the greatest curvature of the endograft. The average BMS-777607 correlation metric, defined as the cosine of the angle between the displacement force and the endograft centroid movement, was 0.38 (range, 0.08-0.66).\n\nConclusions: Computational methods applied to patient-specific postoperative image data can be used to quantitate

3D displacement force and movement of endografts over time. It appears that endograft movement is related to the magnitude and direction of the displacement force acting on aortic endografts. These methods can be used to increase our understanding of clinical endograft β-Nicotinamide migration. (J Vase Surg 2010;51:1488-97.)”
“The preparation of 4-substituted 2-phenyltetrahydroquinolines from N-alkenylsubstituted 2-iodoanilines via intramolecular carbolithiation reactions

has been investigated. The stereochemical outcome of the carbolithiation reactions depends on the nature of organolithium employed to perform the lithium-halogen exchange, the solvent, or the use of additives, for example, TMEDA or chiral GDC-0973 mouse bidentated ligands such as (-)-sparteine. Thus, the 2,4-disubstituted tetrahydroquinolines are obtained with moderate diastereoselectivities (up to 77:23) and with ee up to 94% when Weinreb amide derivatives are used (R = CONMe(OMe)).”
“The temperature-dependent electronic structure of ferromagnetic double perovskite La2MnNiO6 has been investigated by employing soft x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) and soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The measured 2p XAS spectra for Mn and Ni ions at low temperature show that most of Mn ions are formally tetravalent (3d(3)) and that Ni ions are divalent (3d(8)). The measured Ni 2p core-level x-ray photoemission spectroscopy spectrum also supports the divalent states of Ni ions. With increasing temperature, the measured XMCD intensity decreases, in agreement with its high Curie temperature. The line shapes of both XMCD and XAS spectra do not change with temperature, suggesting that the valence states of La2MnNiO6 do not change with temperature. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.