Abstract The use of wood-derived cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) or galactoglucomannans (GGM) for emulsion stabilization may be a way to obtain new environmentally friendly emulsifiers. Both have previously been shown act as emulsifiers, offering physical, and in the case GGM, oxidative stability emulsions. Oil-in-water emulsions were prepared using highly charged (1352 ± 5 µmol/g) CNFs by TEMPO-m...

Introduction: Mechanical Ventilation is an essential tool in paediatric critical care unit. Judicious use of ventilation when indicated, along with very close clinical and hemodynamic monitoring, for successful outcome. As prolonged associated numerous adverse outcomes, we tried to find out common complications invasive mechanical its Methods: The study observational descriptive conducted on me...

Myoglobin (Mb) is a protein that enters rapidly and is rapidly cleared from plasma after coronary reperfusion. We sought to determine the accuracy with which a rapid rise in plasma [Mb] could predict successful coronary artery reopening in patients undergoing coronary arteriography in conjunction with attempted reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction. In 42 patients, plasma Mb levels were me...

A sensitive colorimetric procedure has been developed for the assay of angiotensin converting enzyme (EC 3.4.15.1) in serum. Serum (10 microL) is incubated for 30 min with hippuryl-glycyl-glycine as described earlier (Clin Chem 28: 1352-1355, 1982). After a Folin-Wu deproteinization, the liberated glycyl-glycine is derivatized with a borate-buffered (pH 9.3) trinitrobenzenesulfonate solution (6...

1. Iglehart JK. Health insurers and medical-imaging policy—a work in progress. N Engl J Med. 2009;360(10):1030-1037. 2. Redberg RF. Cancer risks and radiation exposure from computed tomographic scans: how can we be sure that the benefits outweigh the risks? Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(22):2049-2050. 3. Stern RG. Diagnostic imaging: powerful, indispensable, and out of control. Am J Med. 2012;125(2...

BACKGROUND This meta-analysis aimed to provide critically estimated evidence for the advantages and disadvantages of Chinese herbal medicines used for premature ovarian failure (POF), which could provide suggestions for rational treatments. MATERIALS AND METHODS The databases searched included MEDLINE, EMBASE, CNKI, VIP, China Dissertation Database, China Important Conference Papers Database,...

Fifteen sodium salts of mono and di-substituted N-bromobenzene-sulphonamides of the configuration, 4-X-C6H4SO2NaNBr (where X = H; CH3; C2H5; F; Cl; Br; or NO2) and i-X,jYC6H3SO2NaNBr (where i-X, j-Y = 2,3-(CH3)2; 2,4-(CH3)2; 2,5-(CH3)2; 2-CH3,4-Cl; 2-CH3,5-Cl; 3-CH3,4-Cl; 2,4-Cl2 or 3,4-Cl2) are prepared and characterised by measuring their infrared spectra in the solid state and NMR spectra in...

Introduction Generalized atrophic benign epidermolysis bullosa (GABEB) is a form of nonlethal junctional epidermolysis bullosa characterized by universal alopecia and atrophy of the skin. We report a deficiency of the 180-kD bullous pemphigoid antigen in three patients with GABEB from unrelated families. We screened specimens of clinically normal skin from nine junctional epidermolysis bullosa ...

Lindsay A. Turnbull, Cloé Paul-Victor, Bernhard Schmid, and Drew W. Purves. 2008. Growth rates, seed size, and physiology: Do small-seeded species really grow faster? Ecology 89:1352–1363. Appendix B. PARAMETER ESTIMATION FOR THE DAILY GROWTH MODEL. The likelihood analysis used measurements of aboveand belowground biomass of individual plants, growing in different temperature and nutrient regim...

In an attempt to assess whether silica induces lung cancer, a nested case-control study of 316 male lung cancer cases and 1352 controls was carried out among pottery workers and tungsten, copper-iron, and tin miners from five provinces in south central China. Exposure to dust and silica for each study subject was evaluated quantitatively by cumulative exposure measures based on historical indus...