The role of leukocytes and nonleukocyte-derived reactive oxygen metabolites (ROMs) in reperfusion-induced skeletal muscle injury was determined. Male rats received 2 h no-flow hindlimb ischemia-reperfusion (I/R, n = 6) or were rendered neutropenic via antineutrophil serum (ANS) before I/R (I/R + ANS, n = 5). Oxygen radicals in the absence of neutrophils were tested by administration of dimethyl...

ABSTRACT: Narrow-gap semiconductors are sought-after materials due to their potential for long-wavelength detectors, thermoelectrics, and more recently non-trivial topology. Here we report the synthesis characterization of a new family narrow-gap semiconductors, $R$$_{3}$Cd$_{2}$As$_{6}$ ($R=$ La, Ce). Single crystal x-ray diffraction at room temperature reveals that As square nets distort Cd v...

Abstract Background Diagnostics of small bowel Crohn’s disease (CD) may be difficult. Combined PET-MRI has been documented to a reliable tool for evaluating intestinal metabolism, but clinical use limited due accessibility, costs and lack standardized methods quantify inflammation. Our study aims prove that combined can used detect active CD inflammation in bowel. Methods 25 patients with suspe...

OBJECTIVES Interactions between the host and gut microbial community contribute to the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease (CD). In this study, we aimed to detect lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and 1,3-β-D-glucan (BG) in the sera of CD patients and clarify the potential role in the diagnosis and therapeutic approaches. MATERIALS AND METHODS Serum samples were collected from 46 patients with active CD (...

This study explored the effects of gender and aging on the complexity of cardiac pacemaker activity. Electrocardiogram signals were studied in normal women (n = 240) and men (n = 240) ranging in age from 40 to 79 yr. Nonlinear analysis of short-term resting R-R intervals was performed using the correlation dimension (CD), approximate entropy (ApEn), and largest Lyapunov exponent (LLE). Evidence...

Cardiothoracic ratio (CTR), the ratio of cardiac diameter (CD) to thoracic diameter (TD), is a useful screening method to detect cardiomegaly, but is reliable only on posteroanterior chest radiography (chest PA). We performed this cross-sectional 3-phase study to establish reliable CTR from anteroposterior chest radiography (chest AP). First, CD(Chest PA)/CD(Chest AP) ratios were determined at ...

This study shows the accumulation of heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Zn and Cu) from soil in roots beetroot (Beta Vulgaris L.) individual gardens polluted area CopșaMică.The estimation metal grown affected by historical pollution was carried out based on a data set collected 18 households. The content ranged for Cd between 0.52 mg/kg-1 19.52 mg/kg-1, Pb had values 19 to 530 28 112 Cu 150 1136 mg/kg-1. co...

INTRODUCTION Nutritional status has been implicated in the modulation of the immune response, possibly augmenting the pathogenesis of Chagas disease (Cd). We evaluated diet quality and nutritional status in adults and elderly patients with chronic Cd in a tertiary hospital. METHODS A case-control study of Cd patients was conducted, paired for gender, age, and co-morbidities with non-Cd patien...