Hamadeh, Mazen J., and L. John Hoffer. Effect of protein restriction on 15N transfer from dietary [15N]alanine and [15N]Spirulina platensis into urea. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 281: E349–E356, 2001.—Six normal men consumed a mixed test meal while adapted to high (1.5 g zkg21 zday21) and low (0.3 g zkg21 zday21) protein intakes. They completed this protocol twice: when the test meals include...

PURPOSE To evaluate the visual and refractive outcomes, lens power calculation accuracy, and safety of negative power intraocular lenses (IOLs) implanted in highly myopic eyes at the time of cataract surgery. DESIGN Interventional case series. METHODS Sixteen consecutive highly myopic eyes implanted with IOLs from -1 D to -6 D were identified. IOL power; preoperative and postoperative best-...

speciated samples of pm2.5 were collected at the hamshire and orange sites in golden triangle of texas by us epa (environmental protection agency) from july of 2003 to august of 2005. a total of 269 samples for the hamshire site and 293 samples for the orange site with 52 species were measured; however, 22 species were excluded because of too many below-detectionlimit data. among the 22 species...

measurements of pb, cu, zn, as, ni, hg, and fe heavy metals and major elements and components such as ca, hco3, so4, na, k, mg and cl in soluble rain fractions were performed on rainwater collected at arak plain during the rainy seasons of 2012. concentrations of the heavy metals in the soluble fractions decreased for fe, pb, zn, ni, cu, as and hg, respectively and the major elements and compon...

this study was focused on removal of various parameters in paper mill effluent using a method called bioremediation by azolla caroliniana.  the experimental investigations have been carried out using azolla caroliniana for conducting the sorption study with various dilution ratios (2, 4, 6, 8, and 10), ph (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) and biomass (200, 400, 600, 800 and 1000 g). the maximum removal ...

background: there are many reports regarding to effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (g-csf) and stem cell factor (scf)alone in liver repair .but conflicting data have been reported regarding the role of growth factors such as g-csf and scf in the liver regeneration system. also, there is not such data regarding to effects of co-administration both of g-csf and scf in the liver dama...

We reviewed 52 children, born between 1974 and 1985 with spina bifida affecting L3 and L4, who had dislocated hips. Their motor function was stable and they were able to walk at the time of dislocation. They were interviewed and examined physically and radiologically. Physical function was measured by the Rand Health Insurance Study questionnaire (HIS), the Childhood Health Assessment questionn...

S4MPLE is a conformational sampling tool, based on a hybrid genetic algorithm, simulating one (conformer enumeration) or more molecules (docking). Energy calculations are based on the AMBER force field [Cornell et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 5179.] for biological macromolecules and its generalized version GAFF [Wang et al. J. Comput. Chem. 2004 , 25, 1157.] for ligands. This paper describe...

resistance to thyroid hormone is an uncommon condition. we report the clinical and laboratory findings of a case with both resistance to thyroid hormone and, a reduced capacity to produce and respond to thyroid hormone. rth is a disorder characterized by elevated circulating thyroid hormones, state of non-suppressed pituitary tsh secretion and refractoriness to hormone action in peripheral tiss...

background: drug abuse is a major health problem in many countries. noticing the different patterns of drug abuse in different areas, we evaluated the epidemiology of drug abuse and related factors in fars province, southern iran. materials and methods: in a one-year cross-sectional study, from march 21st, 2009 to 2010, all subjects referring to addiction treatment clinic of shiraz university w...