Successful pancreas preservation during storage in oxygenated perfluorodecalin (PFD) is mainly related to oxidative ATP generation during storage. Increasing the storage temperature would accelerate this process essential for resuscitation of ischemically damaged pancreatic tissue. The present study aimed at comparing islet isolation outcome from adult pig pancreata preserved in oxygenated PFD ...

We compared the effect of CO2 concentration ([CO2], ranging from f 5 to f 34 Amol l ) at four different photon flux densities (PFD= 15, 30, 80 and 150 Amol m 2 s ) and two light/dark (L/D) cycles (16/8 and 24/0 h) on the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi. With increasing [CO2], a decrease in the particulate inorganic carbon to particulate organic carbon (PIC/POC) ratio was observed at all light...

The photosynthetic induction response is constrained by stomatal and biochemical limitations. However, leaves in some plants like Populus koreana x trichocarpa cv. Peace (a hybrid clone) may have little stomatal limitation because their stomata barely respond to changes in photon flux density (PFD). We examined the induction responses of leaves of well-watered and dehydrated P. koreana x tricho...

Résumé L’objet de cette étude est la représentation des Défaillances de Cause Commune (DCC) dans les systèmes programmés de grande taille. Le système considéré est représentatif du contrôle-commande d’une centrale nucléaire. Le modèle retenu de DCC est le modèle d’Atwood. En effet, il permet de représenter les défaillances indépendantes, les défaillances communes non létales pour certains compo...

Balanced truncation is the most commonly used model order reduction scheme in control engineering. This is due to its favorable properties of automatic stability preservation and the existence of a computable error bound, enabling the adaption of the reduced model order to a specified tolerance. It aims at minimizing the worst case error of the frequency response over the full infinite frequenc...

Trichomonads are early-diverging eukaryotes that lack both mitochondria and peroxisomes. They do contain a double membrane-bound organelle, called the hydrogenosome, that metabolizes pyruvate and produces ATP. To address the origin and biological nature of hydrogenosomes, we have established an in vitro protein import assay. Using purified hydrogenosomes and radiolabeled hydrogenosomal precurso...

Objective: Pirfenidone is a new, anti-fibrotic drug used for the treatmentof idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This study was designed to verify the effect of pirfenidone administrated in connective tissue diseases related interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD). Methods: Twenty two patients diagnosed with CTD-ILD were administrated with a 6-months treatment with or without pirfenidone. At basel...

The sodium concentration (mg/100g) for 23 of 125 Sentinel Foods (e.g. white bread) were identified in the 2009 CDC Packaged Food Database (PFD) and compared with data in the USDA's 2013 National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference(SR 26). Sentinel Foods are foods identified by USDA to be monitored as primary indicators to assess the changes in the sodium content of commercially processed f...

It is unclear whether patients with chronic liver disease have impaired pancreatic exocrine function. This study was designed to answer this question. Pancreatic exocrine function was evaluated with pancreatic function diagnostic (PFD) test in 16 patients with chronic hepatitis, 32 patients with liver cirrhosis, and 26 patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and in 26 control...

Cognitive deficits following ventromedial prefrontal damage (VM-PFD) have been elusive, with most studies reporting primarily emotional and behavioral changes. The present case illustrates the utility of a process approach to assessing cognitive deficits following VM-PFD. At age 26, C.D. acquired bilateral VM-PFD, more so in the left frontal region, following a penetrating head injury. Despite ...