PURPOSE The current study assesses the feasibility and value of crushed cerebral blood flow (CBFcrushed) and arterial transit time (ATT) estimations for large clinical imaging studies in elderly with hypertension. MATERIAL AND METHODS Two pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (ASL) scans with (CBFcrushed) and without flow crushers (CBFnon-crushed) were performed in 186 elderly with hyperte...

The purpose of our experiments was to examine the effect of different soil covering matters (livestock manure, straw and crushed pine bark) on the quantity of some microbial groups (total bacteria, aerobic cellulolytic bacteria, microscopic fungi) occuring in soil. During two years samples were taken from a Cider apple plantation at the Fruit Production Research and Advisory Kht, Újfehértó four...

PURPOSE Standardization of a simple and low cost technique of exhaled breath condensate (EBC) collection to measure nitrite. METHODS Two devices were mounted in polystyrene boxes filled either with crushed ice/salt crystals or dry ice/crushed ice. Blood samples were stored at -70 degrees C for posterior nitrite dosages by chemiluminescence and the Griess reaction. RESULTS a) The use of crus...

In a randomised trial, treatment with prednisolone in two formulations (oral solution or crushed tablets) was compared in 78 young children with acute asthma. Prednisolone oral solution was better tolerated than crushed tablets (less vomiting, superior taste); clinical resolution was similar.

Peripheral nerve crush initiates a robust increase in transmission strength at spinal synapses made by axotomized group IA primary sensory neurons. To study the injury signal that initiates synaptic enhancement in vivo, we designed experiments to manipulate the enlargement of EPSPs produced in spinal motoneurons (MNs) by IA afferents 3 d after nerve crush in anesthetized adult rats. If nerve cr...

Abstract Ceramic bricks are among the most used building material throughout human history for their excellent technical properties, abundance of raw materials and easy production. Huge quantity brick waste is generated from demolition works at end-of-life stage buildings. Several scenarios within management hierarchy can be considered: a) preparing reuse into masonry units similar purposes; b)...