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R Bork

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Upper limits on a stochastic background of gravitational waves.

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory has performed a third science run with much improved sensitivities of all three interferometers. We present an analysis of approximately 200 hours of data acquired during this run, used to search for a stochastic background of gravitational radiation. We place upper bounds on the energy density stored as gravitational radiation for three different spectral power laws. For the flat spectrum, our limit of omega0 < 8.4 x 10(-4) in the 69-156 Hz band is approximately 10(5) times lower than the previous result in this frequency range.

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Limits on gravitational-wave emission from selected pulsars using LIGO data.

We place direct upper limits on the amplitude of gravitational waves from 28 isolated radio pulsars by a coherent multidetector analysis of the data collected during the second science run of the LIGO interferometric detectors. These are the first direct upper limits for 26 of the 28 pulsars. We use coordinated radio observations for the first time to build radio-guided phase templates for the expected gravitational-wave signals. The unprecedented sensitivity of the detectors allows us to set strain upper limits as low as a few times 10(-24). These strain limits translate into limits on the equatorial ellipticities of the pulsars, which are smaller than 10(-5) for the four closest pulsars.

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[Roentgenologic documentation of findings in coloscopy].

This contribution covers the X-ray documentation of primary coloscopy findings in 29 patients. High coloscopy as a primary method of diagnosis used to have the disadvantage that when dealing with a circumscribed lesion requiring surgery, a barium enema had to be administered on order to localize it and determine its extent. The endoscopic-radiological coloscopy method described here combines primary coloscopy with a spatial visualization of the colon on an X-ray picture. It should bei applied wherever coloscopy is used as the primary method of examining the colon.

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[PO-2-PCO-2-pH-nomograms for rat blood at 37 degrees C (author's transl)].

In order to determine the interdependence of the parameters of the respiratory gas transport in rat blood (Sprague-Dawley) CO-2-equilibration curves in fully oxygenated and deoxygenated blood are measured. The results are presented in the form of pH-log P-CO-2-diagrams. O-2-dissociation curves of rat blood are registered at different CO-2 partial pressures. The P-02 at S-02 equals 50% ranged between 27.7 mm Hg for P-C0-2 equals 20 mm Hg. 35.1 mm Hg for P-C0-2 equals 40 mm Hg and 42.2 for P-C0-2 equals 60 mm Hg. Cartesian and alignment nomograms are constructed using CO-2 equilibration curves and O-2 dissociation curves. These nomograms give the interrelations between P-O-2, P-CO-2, pH and S-0-2 of rat blood. Separate nomograms are presented for Hb-concentrations of 10-13 g-% and 13.1-16 g-% because of great variations of Hb concentration in rat blood. If two of these values are known the nomograms permit the reading of the remaining paramters.

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