Methods for the restoration of circulating blood volume, including the use of intravenous fluids, have been widely discussed over many years. There are no clear guidelines regarding the type of solutions, the total volume that should be transfused, or time schedules. Colloid solutions, usually hydroxyethyl starch compositions, are probably the most commonly used volume expanders in resuscitatio...

PURPOSE To access the effect of repeated extracorporeal shock wave (ESW) on urinary biochemical markers METHODS 20 rats were assigned for ESW (Direx Tripter X1(R) - 14 KV) to one of two groups: G1 (n=10) one ESW; G2 (n=10) two ESWs within a 14-day interval. Within the twenty-four hour period before and after the application of shock waves, the animals were placed in metabolic cages for 24 hou...

DESPITE the large number of researches which have been made on blood coagulation, no single one of the many theories advanced satisfies the criterion of a tenable hypothesis in which all known facts should be correlated. A better understanding of the fluidity and clotting of blood should lead to important results. On the practical side, we may hope for the elucidation of thrombosis—the formatio...

Since the discovery of AFB1 as an important mycotoxin in 1960, several investigations have attempted to develop methods for the degradation and removal of mycotoxins from food and feed. The use of chemical preservatives in food to abate the mycotoxin problem has disadvantages due to residual effects of these preservatives on human and animal health (Freedman 1980; Parke and Lewis 1992; Knezevic...

Increased expression levels of both mitochondrial citrate transporter (CTP) and plasma membrane citrate transporter (PMCT) proteins have been found in various cancers. The transported citrates by these two transporter proteins provide acetyl-CoA precursors for the de novo lipogenesis (DNL) pathway to support a high rate of cancer cell viability and development. Inhibition of the DNL pathway pro...

A specific radioimmunoassay procedure was developed to monitor the plasma concentrations of thiamin-binding protein, a minor yolk constituent of the chicken egg. By using this sensitive assay, the kinetics of oestrogen-induced elaboration of this specific protein in immature chicks was investigated. After a single injection of the steroid hormone, with an initial lag period of 4-5 h the thiamin...

Repeated oral administration of mexazolam, an anti-anxiety agent, may cause adverse effects such as gastric disturbance, drowsiness, and ataxia due to transiently high blood levels. Transdermal administration would avoid the systemic side effects and gastric disorders after oral administration. We have developed a matrix using ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), a heat-processible and flexible materi...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of various chemical forms of iodine (Iand IO3 -) and selenium (SeO3 2and SeO4 2-) on the nutritional and health-promoting quality of carrot (Daucus carota L.) storage roots. The experiment (conducted in 2012-2014) comprised the soil fertilization of carrot 'Kazan' F1 in the following combinations: 1. Control, 2. KI, 3. KIO3, 4. Na2SeO4, 5. Na2S...

BACKGROUND Optimum management to prevent recurrent kidney stones is uncertain. PURPOSE To evaluate the benefits and harms of interventions to prevent recurrent kidney stones. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, Cochrane, and other databases through September 2012 and reference lists of systematic reviews and randomized, controlled trials (RCTs). STUDY SELECTION 28 English-language RCTs that studied tre...