We administered reduced L-homocysteine perorally (67 mumol/kg of body wt) to 12 healthy subjects and injected the same dose into one person, and determined the kinetics of the alterations in reduced, oxidized, and protein-bound concentrations of homocysteine, cysteine, and cysteinylglycine. After oral intake, reduced homocysteine increased rapidly (tmax < or = 15 min), reaching concentrations [...

BACKGROUND Guidelines advise that patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) should respond clinically by Day 3 of antibiotics. White blood cell (WBC) count, maximum temperature (Tmax), and PaO2:FIO2 ratio are all said to respond significantly by Day 6. Resolution of abnormalities has not been evaluated in trauma patients. METHODS Retrospective review of trauma patients with VAP. The...

Evolution of phase separation in InxGa1−xN alloys x 0.65 grown on AlN/sapphire templates by metal organic chemical vapor deposition has been probed. It was found that growth rate, GR, is a key parameter and must be high enough 0.5 m /h in order to grow homogeneous and single phase InGaN alloys. Our results implied that conditions far from thermodynamic equilibrium are needed to suppress phase s...

Air temperature is a key variable in wide range of environmental applications, including land–atmosphere interaction, climate change research and hydrology crop growth models, among others. The objective this study was to estimate daily maximum (Tmax) minimum (Tmin) temperatures, based on MODIS AQUA/TERRA land surface (LST), NDVI, extraterrestrial solar radiation precipitation data. Artificial ...

We study a minimal non-Markovian model of superdiffusion which originates from long-range velocity correlations within the generalized Langevin equation approach. The model allows for a three-dimensional Markovian embedding. The emergence of a transient hyperdiffusion, (Δx2(t))∝t(2+λ), with λ∼1-3 is detected in tilted washboard potentials before it ends up in a ballistic asymptotic regime. We r...

BACKGROUND Although preseason aerobic fitness has been suggested as a modifiable risk factor for injury in adult athletes, the relationship between aerobic fitness, injury, and illness in youth athletes is unknown. PURPOSE To determine whether preseason aerobic fitness predicts in-season injury and illness risk in female adolescent soccer players. STUDY DESIGN Case-control study; Level of e...

Climate change and its impact on agriculture are challenging issues regarding food production security. Many researchers have been trying to show the direct indirect impacts of climate using different methods. In this study, we used linear regression models assess crop yield spatially temporally by managing irrigated non-irrigated fields. The data in study Tmax (maximum temperature), Tmean (mea...

The aim of this in vivo study was to assess the ability of the prodrug conjugate diclofenac-β-cyclodextrin to release diclofenac in the colon following oral administration, using sulfapyridine (a metabolite of sulfasalazine) as a marker of colonic absorption. Two groups of rats were used; the test rats received a suspension containing the two prodrugs, diclofenac-β-cyclodextrin and sulfasalazin...

Reactive hyperaemia, which occurs after a period of arterial occlusion is the result of an autoregulatory mechanism, involving local factors and autonomic nerve system control. To determine this autoregulatory mechanism in cutaneous blood flow in premature newborns measured the cutaneous reactive hyperaemia response after a 1 min occlusion, using a diode laser Doppler flowmeter applied to the s...

To investigate an association between surface electrocardiographic (ECG) parameters and sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) in children after repair of congenital heart disease (CHD), data were obtained and analyzed in three groups (group I, 7 postoperative patients with episode of sustained VT (4 tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), 2 double outlet right ventricle (DORV), 1 truncus arteriosus); group...