TOPIC: Diffuse Lung Disease TYPE: Fellow Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Inhaled amikacin is FDA approved in the treatment of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). Here we present a case acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis after initiating therapy with inhaled amikacin. CASE PRESENTATION: An 82 year old male history MAC infection and chronic hypoxemia on 2L oxygen presented progressive non-pro...

Background: The fact that mental state may serve as a trigger for attacks of periodic fever diseases is known in Familial Mediterranean (FMF). There lack information regarding the role emotional triggers PFAPA attacks. Objectives: To examine whether distress Methods: Enrolled were patients with active PFAPA, from two Israeli medical centers. Researchers contacted their parents by phone occasion...

The thermal unfolding curve for aa tropomyosin in which the two chains are cross-linked a t cysteine190 shows two striking features that distinguish it from that of its counterpart for non-cross-linked molecules: (1) a “pretransition” at 25-50 OC and (2) a shift in the principal transition to higher temperature, but with the same steepness. Previously, the pretransition was explained by postula...

The role of systemic vascular disease in the development and manifestation of dementing illnesses is becoming increasingly important. Both epidemiologic and histopathologic studies have emphasized the role of vascular risk factors not only in the development of cognitive impairment and dementia, but also in the cognitive dysfunction that may result in the presence of both vascular and neurodege...

1. ALTERMATT, H. A. and NEISH, A. C. The biosynthesis of cell wall carbohydrates. III. Further studies on formation of cellulose and xylan from labeled monosaccharides in wheat plants. Can. Jour. Biochem. Physiol. 34: 405-413. 1956. 2. AXELROD, B. and BEEVERS, H. Mechanisms of carbohy,drate breakdown in plants. Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. 7: 267-298. 1956. 3. BEEVERS, H. Intermediates of the pento...

The word “ecological” in the title might bring to mind for the reader visions of plants and animals evolving to fill an environmental “niche,” ecosystems changing too quickly creating endangered species or vanishing rainforests, or the complex climate systems for which advanced mathematical models have only limited success in predicting such things as hurricanes, ocean currents, global warming,...

Linear thermal expansivity (α, 1–300 K), heat capacity (Cp, 1–108 K), and electrical resistivity (ρ, 1–300 K) measurements are reported for single grain i-Al61.4Cu25.4Fe13.2 quasicrystals as a function of sample processing. While ρ(T) is sensitive to sample treatment, both Cp and α are relatively insensitive (to a few percent) except at the lowest temperatures (below 4 K), where an inverse corr...

1. ALTERMATT, H. A. and NEISH, A. C. The biosynthesis of cell wall carbohydrates. III. Further studies on formation of cellulose and xylan from labeled monosaccharides in wheat plants. Can. Jour. Biochem. Physiol. 34: 405-413. 1956. 2. AXELROD, B. and BEEVERS, H. Mechanisms of carbohy,drate breakdown in plants. Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. 7: 267-298. 1956. 3. BEEVERS, H. Intermediates of the pento...

—Turbidity in aquatic systems can change rapidly, affecting the visual ability of predators. Increased turbidity is known to reduce the reactive distance and foraging success of some planktivores and insectivores, leading to decreased growth rates. However, little is known about the effects of turbidity on prey selection by piscivores. We examined the interactions between largemouth bass Microp...