Conventional conductance volumetric systems require ex-vivo calibrations for blood conductivity and parallel conductance. It is often impractical to repeat blood sampling and hypertonic saline infusion for these calibrations. To overcome these limitations, we developed a useful, self-calibrating conductance volumetric system that does not require ex-vivo calibrations. On a conventional 6-electr...

rides consisting of six or more cr-1,4-linked Dglucopyranose units which possess primary hydroxyl groups at the C-6 positions and secondary hydroxyl groups at the C-2 and C-3 positions. Because cyclomaltooligosaccharides have a hydrophobic and optically active interior, they have been utilized as transporters of hydrophobic molecules and as small molecular mimics of enzymes. One of the cyclomal...

from any of the three federal Canadian funding agencies must be reviewed and approved in advance by a human research ethics board (REB). The Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS) requires that each institution be fully responsible for the ethics review of human research conducted under its auspices (Article 1.2). This provision has been interpreted t...