Changes in body water elicit reflex adjustments at the kidney, thus maintaining fluid volume homeostasis. These renal adjustments change the concentration and color of urine, variables that can, in turn, be used as biomarkers of hydration status. It has been suggested that vitamin supplementation alters urine color; it is unclear whether any such alteration would confound hydration assessment v...

Bassett, John M., and Michael E. Symonds. b2-Agonist ritodrine, unlike natural catecholamines, activates thermogenesis prematurely in fetal sheep. Am. J. Physiol. 275 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 44): R112–R119, 1998.— Prolonged administration of the b2-adrenergic agonist ritodrine to fetal sheep increases nonesterified fatty acid mobilization. To investigate whether changes in fetal ...

The leadership literature suggests that passive undermines employee safety performance; because behavior signals the leader is not committed to organizational goals. We tested this hypothesis and investigated role of two possible moderators, moral disengagement intolerance uncertainty. Participants were 78 naval cadets who responded daily surveys during a 30 days voyage on board sailing ship (N...

BACKGROUND The plasma kallikrein-kinin (K-K) system is activated in acute and chronic relapsing intestinal inflammation induced in Lewis rats by intramural injection of exogenous bacterial components. AIMS To determine whether this effect is model specific, K-K system activation was investigated in a modified indomethacin induced enterocolitis model, as well as bradykinin 2 (B2) receptor dist...