Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is a key treatment of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) but remains complicated by RBC immunization. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of antigen matching for Rh D, C, and E, and K and transfusion from African American donors in 182 patients with SCD. Overall, 71 (58%) chronic and 9 (15%) episodically transfused patients were alloimmunized. Fi...

The effects of various chemical and enzymatic treatments on the biological activity of porcine luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) are described. This experiment was performed before the elucidation of the structure of LH-RH. LH-RH activity was abolished by the following endopeptidases: chymotrypsin, subtilisin, papain, and thermolysin, but not by pepsin or trypsin. Exopeptidases d...

The Merrifield solid-phase peptide synthesis technique has been adapted to the synthesis of homo- and heterometallic metal−organic complex arrays (MOCAs). A terpyridine-appended and Fmoc-protected L-tyrosine derivative was metalated with Pt(II), Rh(III), or Ru(II) ions in solution and sequentially coupled at the surface of functionalized polymeric resin to give a metal complex triad (Rh−Pt−Ru),...

1. The theory of six allelic genes is reviewed, using the new improved nomenclature, and data are summarized regarding the distributions of the eight Rh types among white and negro individuals in New York City. 2. Results are presented of tests for property Hr in a series of 239 white individuals and 49 negroes. Statistical analysis of these data yields results supporting Race and Taylor's hypo...

تأثیر پرتوگیری مزمن بر ساکنین مناطق با پرتوزایی طبیعی بالا در شهر رامسر، استفاده از روش سیتوژنتیک سنجش هستک­های متوقف شده مرحله سیتوکینز و مقایسه­ی نتایج میان دو گروه مورد مطالعه کنترل، بررسی قرار گرفت. نشان داد اختلاف معنی­داری (001/0< P) میانگین فرکانس شمارش لنفوسیت­های خون محیطی (ساکن منطقه­ی بالای رامسر) کنترل تنکابن) وجود دارد. هم­چنین، بعد پرتودهی نمونه­ها، افزایش بیش­تری را هستک­ها نسبت ...

The title compound, [Rh(C(5)H(7)O(2))(C(20)H(32)NP)(CO)], features an acetyl-acetonate-chelated Rh(I) cation coordinated by one P [Rh-P = 2.2525 (7) Å], one carbonyl C [Rh-C = 1.792 (3) Å] and two O [Rh-O = 2.0582 (17) and 2.0912 (18) Å] atoms in a slightly distorted square-planar geometry. Mol-ecules are packed in positions of least steric hindrance, with the phosphane ligands positioned above...

Billingham et al.' reported that mice and chickens injected as embryos with cells from other strains acquired a persistent tolerance to later skin grafts from the donor strains. It seemed possible to us that a similar, but naturally acquired, tolerance might be in part responsible for the variation in response of Rh-negative persons exposed to the Rh antigens.2 The hypothesis to be tested was t...

Phenacoccus solenopsis, the cotton mealy bug, has emerged as a serious pest of cotton in india, necessitating basic studies on its development and survival at different temperatures (20, 25, 30 and 35 °C) and relative humidities (rH) (65, 75 and 85 ± 1 %) levels to ascertain optimal population growth. a life table was constructed using temperature and humidity. The nymphal duration was 20.2 d a...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The pathophysiologic mechanism of rectal hyposensitivity (RH) is not well documented, and the significance of RH in biofeedback therapy (BFT) has not been evaluated. Thus, we aimed to assess the effect of BFT in constipated patients according to the presence of RH. METHODS Five hundred and ninety constipated patients (238 males and 352 females) underwent anorectal physiologic ...

The magnetic character of Rh and Ru on the surface of Au and Ag is investigated by means of weak localization ~WL! and the anomalous Hall effect ~AHE!. Dephasing of the conduction electrons in WL is the most sensitive method to detect magnetic surface impurities. The Au/Rh and Au/Ru systems are investigated in the range between 1/100 of a monolayer of Rh ~Ru! and several monolayers of Rh ~Ru!. ...