Transporters for Bile Formation in Physiology and Pathophysiology

simulation and experimental studies for prediction mineral scale formation in oil field during mixing of injection and formation water

abstract: mineral scaling in oil and gas production equipment is one of the most important problem that occurs while water injection and it has been recognized to be a major operational problem. the incompatibility between injected and formation waters may result in inorganic scale precipitation in the equipment and reservoir and then reduction of oil production rate and water injection rate. ...

HIGHLIGHTED TOPIC Pulmonary Physiology and Pathophysiology in Obesity Pulmonary physiology and pathophysiology in obesity

OBESITY is now a common occurrence in modern society. Barely one-third of Americans fall into the normal weight range, and 32% of the population has been classified as obese (9). The obesity epidemic is permeating into the childhood years, with 16.3% of children in the United States being above the 95th percentile for the body mass index (BMI), resulting in comorbidities such as the metabolic s...

Physiology And PAthoPhysiology of AquAPorins

Received 2 July 2010, accepted 1 August 2010. Correspondence to: Dr Amaia Rodríguez, Metabolic Research Laboratory, University of Navarra, Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, Spain. Tel.: +34 948 42 56 00 (ext. 6544), Fax: +34 948 42 56 52, E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Aquaporins (AQPs) are water channels that facilitate a rapid transport of water, across cell membranes. in some cases, these pore...

Editorial: Mesothelial Physiology and Pathophysiology

passivity in waiting for godot and endgame: a psychoanalytic reading

this study intends to investigate samuel beckett’s waiting for godot and endgame under the lacanian psychoanalysis. it begins by explaining the most important concepts of lacanian psychoanalysis. the beckettian characters are studied regarding their state of unconscious, and not the state of consciousness as is common in most beckett studies. according to lacan, language plays the sole role in ...