This study was aimed at developing a sensitive and selective HPLC method with postcolumn fluorescence derivatization for the detection of propylene glycol alginate sodium sulfate (PSS) in rat plasma. Plasma samples were prepared by a simple and fast ultrafiltration method. PSS was extracted from rat plasma with D-glucuronic acid as internal standard. Isocratic chromatographic separation was per...

© 2014 ETRI Journal, Volume 36, Number 3, June 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.4218/etrij.14.0213.0458 Polarized spectrum sharing (PSS) exploits the spectrum opportunities in a polarized domain. However, when it comes to wideband environments PSS is impaired by the frequencydependent polarization mode dispersion (PMD); thus, the effective throughput of PSS drops. To combat the PMD effect, this work p...

In goldfish, growth hormone (GH) transiently rises 30 min after meals, returning to baseline at 1 h postmeal. Somatostatin (SRIF) is the major inhibitor of GH release. Three cDNAs encoding pre-pro-SRIF (PSS) have been previously cloned from goldfish brain: PSS-I, which encodes SRIF-14; PSS-II, which is potentially processed into gSRIF-28 that has [Glu(1),Tyr(7)(,)Gly(10)]SRIF-14 at the COOH ter...

OBJECTIVE To assess the health related quality of life of patients with primary Sjögren's Syndrome (PSS) in a large US sample. METHODS Questionnaires were mailed to 547 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of PSS (PhysR-PSS) and all active members of the Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation USA (SSF-PSS), half of whom identified a friend without PSS to also complete the survey. RESULTS 277 PhysR-PS...

While Product Service Systems (PSS) are not inherently sustainable, they may form part of the mix of innovations that contribute to the development of more sustainable futures. However, whether the current trajectory of PSS research, with its emphasis on universal frameworks and standardization adequately reflects and builds upon PSS diversity revealed by case study research may be questioned. ...

BACKGROUND A retrospective analysis of clinical data from primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) patients with lung cancer was conducted in order to guide further clinical work. METHODS From January 1993 to December 2010, 10 pSS patients with lung cancer were hospitalized at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. One hundred and three pSS patients were recruited as the controls. Patients' clini...

In this study, we sought to understand the selective pressures shaping the Ig-producing cell repertoire in the parotid glands of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) patients before and after rituximab treatment (RTX). In particular, we evaluated the role of potential N-glycosylation motifs acquired by somatic hypermutation (ac-Nglycs) within Ig H chain V region (IGHV) genes as alternative selectiv...