… Seaton and Savage and Mathis for values of R~ near 3.1, the value in the diffuse
interstellar medium. … source of data are given in Clayton and Mathis (1988) and … for the …

An attempt is made to fit observational data on interstellar extinction over the wavelength range
from 0.11 to 1 micron to particle-size distributions of different materials in such a way that …

Interstellar dust plays a significant role in influencing the physical and chemical state of the
interstellar medium. It now appears well established that H2, the most abundant molecule in …

The Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid‐Plane Survey Extraordinaire (GLIMPSE), a Space Infrared
Telescope Facility (SIRTF) Legacy Science Program, will be a fully sampled, confusion‐…

… 38 MATHIS … Savage-Mathis extinction laws. Figure 3 shows the mean radiation
intensity at the center of a cloud with a radial extinction of A(V) = 5 magnitudes …

PURPOSE To describe a technique for percutaneous vertebroplasty of osteoporotic vertebral
body compression fractures and to report early results of its use. METHODS The technique …

Study Design. Ex vivo biomechanical study using osteoporotic cadaveric vertebral bodies.
Objective. To determine the association between the volume of cement injected during …

Acrylic cements have been used for the augmentation of weakened or partially destroyed
bones for decades (1). The term vertebroplasty originally described an open surgical …

Study Design. Cadaveric study on the biomechanics of osteoporotic vertebral bodies augmented
and not augmented with polymethylmethacrylate cement. Objectives. To determine the …

Study Design. Ex vivo biomechanical study using osteoporotic cadaveric vertebral bodies.
Objectives. To determine if the inflatable bone tamp (tamp) restores height to compressed …