E. Masana

The aim of the present study was to determine whether or not the pharmacokinetic and hemodynamic response to a 20 mg single oral dose of lisinopril was sex-dependent. Thirty-two young healthy volunteers (16 males and 16 females) were included in the trial. Blood samples to assess lisinopril plasma concentrations, determined indirectly by inhibition of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and hemodynamic variables, were obtained before and at different times following drug intake. No significant differences in pharmacokinetic parameters were observed between males and females. An hypotensive response was obtained between 2 and 10 h for systolic blood pressure and between 2 and 24 h for diastolic blood pressure. Again, no significant sex-related differences were noted. Lisinopril was well tolerated.

The ESA HIPPARCOS satellite has provided astrometry of unprecedented accuracy, allowing us to reassess, improve and refine the pre-Hipparcos luminosity calibrations. We review the "classical" absolute magnitude calibrations with the Strömgren-Crawford intermediate-band photometric system. A small zero point correction of about 2-4% seems necessary, as well as to refine the dependences on metallicity and projected rotational velocity. The need of a rigorous statistical treatment of the extremely precise Hipparcos data to derive definitive dependences of the luminosity on physical parameters is emphasized.

Terrestrial and airborne LiDAR data, and low altitude aerial photography have been utilized in conjunction with field work to identify and map single and multiple-event stream-offsets along all strands of the San Andreas fault in the Coachella Valley. Goals of the work are characterizing the range of displacements associated with the fault's prehistoric surface ruptures, evaluating patterns of along-fault displacement, and disclosing processes associated with the prominent Banning-Mission Creek fault junction. Preservation offsets is associated with landscape conditions including: (1) well-confined and widely spaced source streams up-slope of the fault; (2) persistent geomorphic surfaces below the fault; (3) slope directions oriented approximately perpendicular to the fault. Notably, a pair of multiple-event offset sites have been recognized in coarse fan deposits below the Mission Creek fault near 1000 Palms oasis. Each of these sites is associated with a single source drainag...