This study tests the hypothesis that capillary perfusion is controlled in groups rather than at the level of the individual capillary. We measured cell flux (using cells labeled with substituted tetramethyl rhodamine isothiocyanate, XRITC) and vessel diameter in adjoining arterioles of the terminal vasculature of hamster cremaster muscle (Nembutal, 70 mg/kg i.p.) during rest and hyperemia (10(-...

AIMS To assess the accuracy and precision of INR measurement by trained practice and district nursing staff using the Thrombolytic Assessment System (TAS) analyser. METHODS Seventeen nurses from four practices were trained to measure INR using the TAS analyser on citrated capillary blood samples. Quality control (QC) consisted of: daily internal QC using normal and abnormal commercial plasmas...

AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the plasma total antioxidant capacity (TAS) in breast cancer patients in relation to ERβ expression. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study group consisted of newly diagnosed consecutive female breast cancer patients (n = 41) and controls (n = 28) randomly selected from women with benign breast disease. TAS was determined with the ABTS reag...

In this study, bit error rate (BER) performance of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems employing transmit antenna selection with maximal ratio combining (TAS/MRC) and orthogonal space time block codes (OSTBC) is analysed and compared. Analysis has been done for several modulation schemes in equicorrelated Rayleigh fading channels. Novel infinite series expressions for BER of TAS/MRC a...

We report a detailed study of electrical and thermal transport properties in 2H-M$_x$TaS$_2$ (M = Mn, Co) magnets where M atoms are intercalated the van der Waals gap. The intercalation induces ferromagentism with an easy-plane anisotropy 2H-Mn$_x$TaS$_2$, but ferromagnetism strong uniaxial 2H-Co$_{0.22}$TaS$_2$, which finally evolves into three-dimensional antiferromagnetism 2H-Co$_{0.34}$TaS$...

PURPOSE Investigators are currently conducting phase II trials on TAS-108, a novel oral steroidal antiestrogenic agent. The purpose of this study is to investigate the molecular and pharmacologic properties of TAS-108 compared with other antiestrogenic agents such as tamoxifen,raloxifene, and fulvestrant. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN The antagonistic or agonistic activities of these agents against bot...

OBJECTIVES To compare the mean total antioxidant status (TAS) among 3 glaucoma types, namely: pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PEG), primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), and primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG), and study its potential association with various clinical glaucoma-parameters.   METHODS In this case-control study, plasma samples were obtained between September 2013 and October 2014 fr...

BACKGROUND An imbalance between reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in sperm and antioxidant capacity of seminal plasma has been linked to male infertility. The antioxidant power of biological fluids can be evaluated either by measurement of individual antioxidants or total antioxidant capacity (TAC). The aim of this study was to assess whether TAS Randox can also be used for seminal plasm...

The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy and the possible mechanism of action of a recently synthesized drug, TAS-301 [3-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)methylene-2-indolinone], on stenosis after balloon overstretch injury of porcine arteries. We measured the diameter of vessels by angiography and conducted histological analysis. The oral administration of TAS-301 kept dilated the angiograph...