By ALEXANDER S. WIENER, M.D., F.A.C.P., RAFFAELE NAPPI, M.D. AND EVE B. GORDON I N THE PRECEDING PAPER’ our methods for performing Rh antibody titrations were described in detail, with special reference to the precautions taken to insure objective and reproducible results. Using these technics, it was shown that pregnancies with Rh-negative fetuses and the birth of Rh-negative babies have no si...

98 Mexican Indians were tested for the blood properties A-B-O, A(1)-A(2), M-N, P, Rh'-Rh''-Rh(0)-rh, and Hr. Of the 98 Indians, 90.8 per cent belonged to group 0, 6.1 per cent belonged to A(1), and 3.1 per cent to group B. There were 61.2 per cent of type M, 3.1 per cent of type N, and 35.7 per cent of type MN. Of the 95 Mexican Indians tested with anti-P serum, 21.1 per cent were found to lack...

The physiological mechanism of functional constipation (FC) includes defecatory disorders and delayed colon transit. About 18% to 68% constipated patients may have rectal hyposensitivity (RH). We performed this study to investigate the association between RH and functional defecatory disorder (FDD) as well as that between RH and delayed colon transit in FC patients.A total of 218 FC patients we...

Red blood cell deficiency of Rh proteins is associated with morphologic and functional abnormalities of erythrocytes and with a chronic hemolytic anemia of varying severity. Rh-deficiency may be the result of homozygosity either for a silent allele at the RH locus (Rhnull amorph type) or for a recessive inhibitor gene(s) at an autosomal locus unlinked to RH locus (Rhnull regulator and Rhmod). I...

[1] This study investigates the aerosol humidification effect (AHE) using 70 profiles of the aerosol scattering coefficients at high ( 80%) and low ( 40%) relative humidity (RH) levels and absorption coefficient at a low RH level obtained by a light aircraft (Cessna C-172N) over the Southern Great Plains (SGP) site from April 2003 to June 2004. The column aerosol humidification factor, R(RH), d...

To remediate indoor fungal growth, understanding the moisture relations of common indoor fungi is crucial. Indoor moisture conditions are commonly quantified by the relative humidity (RH). RH is a major determinant of the availability of water in porous indoor surfaces that fungi grow on. The influence of steady-state RH on growth is well understood. Typically, however, the indoor RH constantly...