The changes in plasma thyroid hormone concentration were studied during exchange transfusion performed for haemolytic disease. 24 transfusions were performed using blood preserved with acid-citrate and dextrose and in 11 cases 10 or 50 mug glucagon was added to the donor blood. Plasma tri-iodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4), thyrotropin (TSH), thyroid hormone binding capacity, and free thyroxine...

The degree to which thyroid functions are affected by non-thyroid illness and an assessment of its correlation with mortality was evaluated. Thirty infants (20 M, 10 F) with a mean age of 433 +/- 3.28 months (+/- 1 SD), with severe acute systemic illness and 30 healthy controls, age and sex matched, were studied for total serum T3, T4 and TSH levels at admission and recovery or before death. Se...

PURPOSE An auditory electrophysiological study was conducted to explore the influence of language experience on the saliency of dimensions underlying cortical pitch processing. METHODS Mismatch negativity (MMN) responses to Mandarin tones were recorded in Chinese and English participants (n=10 per group) using a passive oddball paradigm. Stimuli consisted of three tones (T1: high level; T2: h...

Proliferation of a human metastatic breast cancer cell line derived at the Michigan Cancer Foundation (MCF-7) was stimulated significantly (p < 0.05) by the addition of L-3,3 ,5-triiodothyronine (T3) to the culture medium. An optimal effect was observed near 5 x 10 I0 M. Thyroid hormone receptor was assayed by comparing the radioactive [125I]T3incorporated by MCF-7 cells incu bated in culture w...

During pregnancy maternal thyroid hormones are of great importance for normal development of the central nervous system of the fetus. Iodine deficiency of the mother carl result in an impaired development of the fetal brain. In large areas of the world iodine intake is moderately low. To study the effects of marginal iodine deficiency (MID) on the production, distribution, and transport of thyr...

Se evaluó los parámetros de composición química, degradación y cinética ruminal del ensilado pasto elefante (Pennisetum purpureum) con inclusión residuos cascara maracuyá (Passiflora edulis). aplico un diseño bloques completos al azar cuatro tratamientos (T1:0%; T2:10%; T3:20% ,k 30% T4:40%) maracuyá, tres (bovinos rumen fistulados) siete tiempos incubación (0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48 72 horas). Las d...

OBJECTIVE To examine associations between breakfast cereal consumption and the dietary habits, nutrient intakes and nutritional status of young people, considering both nutrient adequacy and safety issues (fortification). METHODS Using archived data from 1688 children in the (British) National Diet and Nutrition Survey of Young People aged 4 to 18 years, nutrient intakes and status were compa...

This technical report covers a set of experiments on the 64-core SPARC T3-4 system, comparing it to two similar AMD and Intel systems. Key characteristics as maximum integer and floating point arithmetic throughput are measured as well as memory throughput, showing the scalability of the SPARC T3-4 system. The performance of POSIX threads primitives is characterized and compared in detail, such...

INTRODUCTION We evaluated relations between interleukins (IL) IL-6 and IL-10 and euthyroid sick syndrome (ESS) in patients with nonthyroidal illness (NTI). MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty patients and 20 healthy volunteers were recruited. The patients had either chronic kidney disease (CKD), congestive heart failure (CHF), or acute myocardial infarction (MI), distributed equally in 3 subgroups. S...

Los alimentos funcionales se refieren a aquellos procesados, los cuales contienen ingredientes que desempeñan una función específica en procesos fisiológicos del organismo más allá de la nutrición. El objetivo este trabajo fue determinar capacidad funcional bebida base guanábana, sábila y moringa. Se emplearon dos factores estudio: mezclas materias primas tiempos infusión La acidez 0,4 % pH 5,5...