BACKGROUND Catheter-based renal denervation (RDN) is a promising approach to treat hypertension, but innervation patterns limit the response to endovascular RDN and the post-procedural renal artery narrowing or stenosis questions the endovascular ablation strategy. This study was performed to investigate the anti-hypertensive and target organ protective effects of perivascular RDN in spontaneou...

There is a lack of information pertaining to the effects of transport stress on the acid-base physiology of ruminants. The effect of transportation and/or feed and water deprivation on acid-base balance was studied using 19 2-yr-old Bos indicus steers. The steers were allocated to one of three groups: 1) control, offered ad libitum access to feed and water (n = 8); 2) water and feed deprived, o...

Overt systemic inflammatory response is a predisposing mechanism for infection-induced skeletal muscle damage and rhabdomyolysis. Aberrant DNA methylation plays a crucial role in the pathophysiology of excessive inflammatory response. The antiarrhythmic drug procainamide is a non-nucleoside inhibitor of DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) used to alleviate DNA hypermethylation. Therefore, we evalua...

Rare earth element-doped bismuth oxides with the fluorite structure (δ-Bi2O3) exhibit high oxygen ion conductivity at low temperature, which is promising electrolyte materials for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFCs). However, traditional co-sintering process not applicable to manufacturing of IT-SOFCs using melting point Bi2O3-based electrolyte, while further high-tempera...

The mobility and solvation of lithium ions in electrolytes are crucial for the performance and safety of lithium ion batteries. It has been known that a single type of solvent cannot satisfy the requirements of both mobility and solvation simultaneously for electrolytes. Therefore, complex solvent mixtures have been used to optimize both properties. Here we present the effects of density on the...

Since the early nineties there have been a number of reports on the experimental development of Mg electrolytes based on organo/amide-magnesium chlorides and their transmetalations. However, there are no theoretical papers describing the underlying operating mechanisms of Mg electrolytes, and there is no clear understanding of these mechanisms. We have therefore attempted to clarify the operati...

The presented study compares the structure of hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO) and hexamethyldisilazane (HMDSN) plasma polymer thin films with a thickness about 30 nm before after oxidation process, focusing on analysis porosity correlated electrolyte up-take in formed films. results illustrate that treatment converts HMDSO HMDSN progressively into SiOx-like However, underlying mechanism etching Cx...

Plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) treated ceramic coatings were formed in silicate-based electrolytes without and with the addition of Al2O3, on an aluminum alloy. It was found that coating produced electrolyte containing 7 g/L Al2O3 exhibited most superior corrosion properties. The properties 0.5 M 1 NaCl solutions studied by means potentiodynamic polarization electrochemical impedance spect...

In a study of 514 healthy adults, we used a Beckman Astra 8 Analyzer to establish normal reference intervals for plasma creatinine, urea, and electrolytes. For potassium and chloride these were considerably lower and higher, respectively, than previously reported ranges. All of these analytes showed significant sex-related differences; all except chloride showed age-related changes. The relatio...