During development of the calcitonin binding assay using rat brain particulate fraction, it was noticed that 125l-salmon calcitonin-l (125-SCT) was partly absorbed by the polypropylene tube surface in an irreversible manner. Absorption was partially prevented by cold SCT and complete prevention was achieved by bacitracin. Triton X-100, Brij 36T, and some Zwittergents in such concentration range...

Recent optical observations have led to a significant progress in our understanding of galaxy formation and evolution. However, our view on the deep universe is currently limited to the starlight which directly escapes from high–redshift galaxies, since we so far ignore the fraction of luminosity absorbed by dust and released in the IR/submm wavelength range. A new constraint is set by the poss...

Inhaled glucocorticoids such as beclomethasone dipropionate, which are used in the treatment of asthma, may be associated with systemic adverse effects. To determine whether any systemic absorption following the inhalation of beclomethasone was a result of drug being absorbed from the lung (inhaled fraction) or the gastrointestinal tract (swallowed fraction), we studied normal subjects after th...

This paper documents the short and long term balance sheet effect of cash flows. We show that cash savings in the short run and debt reduction in both the short and the long run account for a substantial fraction of cash flow use. Although, in the long run, investment exhibits substantial sensitivity to cash flows, investment does not absorb the entire cash flow shock. In fact, the tighter the ...

We present some results of the deepest extragalactic survey performed by the INTEGRAL satellite. The fraction of very absorbed AGN is quite large. The sharp decrease in the absorption fraction with X-ray luminosity observed at lower-energy X-rays is not observed. The current lack of truly Compton-thick objects, with an upper limit of 14% to the size of this population, is just compatible with r...

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The pharmacokinetics of 186Re-HEDP, a radiopharmaceutical for palliative treatment of metastatic bone pain, was investigated in 11 patients (17 studies) who suffered from metastatic breast or prostate cancer. Half-life times of 186Re in three blood fractions (whole blood, plasma and plasma water) were 40.1 +/- 5.0, 41.0 +/- 6.0 and 29.5 +/- 6.4 hr, respectively. Time-dependent increase in plasm...

Copper sulfate was given to male rabbits intraperitoneally and the copper concentrations in the plasma, red cells and EtOH-CHCl3 treated fraction of the cells were determined. The concentration of copper in the plasma increased markedly and in the red cells increased slightly after administration of 1 mg copper/kg of body weight, while the copper level in the EtOH-CHCl3 treated fraction remaine...

We present the results of a 2-10 keV BeppoSAX survey based on 140 high galactic latitude MECS fields, 12 of which are deep exposures of “blank” parts of the sky. The limiting sensitivity is 5 × 10 erg cmswhere about 25% of the Cosmic X-ray Background (CXB) is resolved into discrete sources. The logNlogS function, built with a statistically complete sample of 177 sources, is steep and in good ag...