The osmorespiratory compromise, the trade-off between the requirements for respiratory and ionoregulatory homeostasis at the gills, becomes more intense during environmental hypoxia. One aspect that has been previously overlooked is possible change in transepithelial potential (TEP) caused by hypoxia, which will influence branchial ionic fluxes. Using the euryhaline killifish, we show that acut...

BACKGROUND To describe the rationale and design of an observational cohort study analyzing the effects of endoscopic Totally Extraperitoneal (TEP) hernia repair on male fertility (MAIN study). METHODS AND DESIGN The MAIN study is an observational cohort study designed to assess fertility after endoscopic TEP hernia repair. The setting is a high-volume single center hospital, specialized in TE...

UNLABELLED To evaluate long-term use of indwelling Blom-Singer voice prosthesis (VP) for vocal rehabilitation of patients submitted to total laryngectomy (TL). We studied the influence of time of performance of tracheo-esophageal puncture (TEP), use of radiotherapy (XRT), patients' age and length of follow-up, on the rate of success of use of VP. STUDY DESIGN Clinical prospective. MATERIAL ...

Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) are ubiquitous in marine and freshwaters, and have been subject to intensive study by oceanographers and limnologists over the past 15 years. These microscopic organic particles (visualized by Alcian Blue staining for acid polysaccharides) may be considered a planktonic form of exopolymeric substances (EPS). Two aspects relating to the potential involvemen...

Trie in-plane thermoelectric power (TEP of trie layered orgamc superconductors ~-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 and ~-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br bas been studied in trie vicinity of trie superconducting transition under magnetic field. Below trie transition temperature, an anomalous non-monotonic behavior of trie TEP is found in trie ~-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 sait: instead of a graduai monotonic decrease, trie T...

Luis A.M. Carrascosa Group TEP-243, Departamento de Química-Física, Facultad de Ciencias (Universidad de Cádiz), Puerto Real (Cadiz), Spain, [email protected] Dario S. Facio Group TEP-243, Departamento de Química-Física, Facultad de Ciencias (Universidad de Cádiz), Puerto Real (Cadiz), Spain, [email protected] Maria J. Mosquera Group TEP-243, Departamento de Química-Física, F...

To evaluate long-term use of indwelling Blom-Singer voice prosthesis (VP) for vocal rehabilitation of patients submitted to total laryngectomy (TL). We studied the influence of time of performance of tracheo-esophageal puncture (TEP), use of radiotherapy (XRT), patients' age and length of follow-up, on the rate of success of use of VP. Study Design: clinical prospective. Material and Method: Se...

The mechanisms of K(+) entry from the hemolymph into principal cells of Malpighian tubules were investigated in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. The K(+) channel blocker Ba(2+) (5 mmol l(-1)) significantly decreased transepithelial (TEP) fluid secretion (V(s)) from 0.84 nl min(-1) to 0.37 nl min(-1) and decreased the K(+) concentration in secreted fluid from 119.0 mmol l(-1) to 54.3 mm...

Telomeric DNA of Tetrahymena thermophila consists of a long stretch of (TTGGGG)n double-stranded repeats with a single-stranded (TTGGGG)2 3' overhang at the end of the chromosome. We have identified and characterized a protein that specifically binds to a synthetic telomeric substrate consisting of duplex DNA and the 3' telomeric repeat overhang. This protein is called TEP (telomere end-binding...