1. The fractional rate of protein synthesis (FSR) was determined in skeletal muscle, liver, rumen and cardiac muscle of wether sheep by continuous intravenous infusion of L-[4,5-3H]leucine accompanied by infusion of 0, 7.6, 15.2 or 22.8 mmol leucine/h (three sheep per treatment). FSR was calculated assuming plasma (ksp) or intracellular (ksi) leucine-specific radioactivity (SRA) was representat...

BACKGROUND A major problem arising from searching across bibliographic databases is the retrieval of duplicate citations. Removing such duplicates is an essential task to ensure systematic reviewers do not waste time screening the same citation multiple times. Although reference management software use algorithms to remove duplicate records, this is only partially successful and necessitates re...

BACKGROUND Impaired left ventricular (LV) function has been shown by strain rate (SR) imaging in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Our aim was to investigate global and regional, systolic and diastolic left atrial (LA) and right atrial (RA) longitudinal deformation in CAD using velocity vector imaging. METHODS Echocardiographic and velocity vector imaging studies were performed in ...

Administration of recombinant human relaxin (rhRLX) to conscious rats increases global arterial compliance, and small renal arteries (SRA) isolated from these rats demonstrate increased passive compliance. Here we characterize relaxin-induced vascular remodeling and examine its functional relevance. SRA and external iliac arteries (EIA) were examined in rhRLX-treated (1.0 μg/h for 5 days) and r...

The combined use of low heat Portland cement (LHC), MgO-based expansive agent (MEA) and shrinkage reducing admixture (SRA) is beneficial to reduce the cracking risk concrete. In this study, effects MEA SRA on rheological behaviour LHC paste were investigated using dynamic static shearing tests. response surface methodology was used estimate MEA, SRA, superplasticizer parameters, while zeta pote...

In a classic study, Rushton and colleagues presented 20-item scale to assess the altruistic behavior of people: Self-Report Altruism (SRA) scale. This article focuses on development simplified 9-item scale—the 9-SRA scale—describing entire refinement validation procedure using exploratory confirmatory factor analysis. The shows adequate reliability validity represents more parsimonious instrume...

This study aims to present a true image of social responsibility accounting (SRA) in Jordanian companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). A survey questionnaire was employed check level SRA practice, and checklist used discover disclosure which collected from annual reports firms ASE. The questionnaires were collect information 104 financial, services, industrial sectors for this study...

Clara cell secretory protein (CC16) is associated with Th2 modulation. Surfactant protein D (SPD) plays an important role in surfactant homeostasis and eosinophil chemotaxis. We measured CC16 and SPD in sputum supernatants of 84 asthmatic patients and 12 healthy controls. In 22 asthmatics, we additionally measured CC16 and SPD levels in BAL and assessed smooth muscle area (SMA), reticular basem...

Introduction In normal individuals, hip flexion involves combined motion of the femur with respect to the pelvis and flexion of the lumbar spine. Conflicting reports site insufficient head to neck diameter ratio and fear of instability as limiting factors of post-hip resurfacing (SRA) and total hip replacement (THR), respectively. Restoring anatomical range of motion is important for THR and SR...