We used the absorbance spectrum of the pH-sensitive dye dimethylcarboxyfluorescein to monitor intracellular pH (pHi) in the isolated perfused S3 segment of the rabbit proximal tubule, and examined the effect on pHi of switching from a HEPES to a CO2/HCO3- buffer in the lumen and/or the bath (i.e., basolateral solution). Solutions were titrated to pH 7.40 at 37 degrees C. With 10 mM acetate pres...

In this paper we introduce the concept of entropy operator for continuous systems of finite topological entropy. It is shown that it generates the Kolmogorov entropy as a special case. If $phi$ is invertible then the entropy operator is bounded with the topological entropy of $phi$ as its norm.

In this paper, we define and study two operators $Phi^s$ and $Psi^s$ with grill. Characterization and basic properties of these operators are obtained. Also, we generalize a grill topological spaces via topology $tau^s$ induced from operators $Phi^s$ and $Psi^s$.

The object of this paper is to study $(epsilon)$-Lorentzian para-Sasakian manifolds. Some typical identities for the curvature tensor and the Ricci tensor of $(epsilon)$-Lorentzian para-Sasakian manifold are investigated. Further, we study globally $phi$-Ricci symmetric and weakly $phi$-Ricci symmetric $(epsilon)$-Lorentzian para-Sasakian manifolds and obtain interesting results.

Scrubbing identifying information from narrative clinical documents is a critical first step to preparing the data for secondary use purposes, such as translational research. Evidence suggests that the differential distribution of protected health information (PHI) in clinical documents could be used as additional features to improve the performance of automated de-identification algorithms or ...

This paper presents the Personal Health Information system (PHI), which has been designed to influence health behaviours of rural women. The objective of the PHI is to offer health information to rural women to increase their awareness about menses and maternal health. The design and development process of the PHI is based on the theory of planned behaviour and employs social cues of persuasive...

Phi values are experimental measures of how the kinetics of protein folding is changed by single-site mutations. Phi values measure energetic quantities, but they are often interpreted in terms of the structures of the transition-state ensemble. Here, we describe a simple analytical model of the folding kinetics in terms of the formation of protein substructures. The model shows that Phi values...

Introduction It is known that intestinal intramucosal pH (pHi) is a good parameter of tissue perfusion in critical patients. However, physiological meaning of pHi value related to other physiological parameter, such as stress hormone, is not well known. The purpose of the study is to clarify the importance of monitoring pHi during hemorrhagic shock in pig model. The relation between pHi, oxygen...

A double phi peak structure in the dilepton invariant mass spectrum from ultrarel-ativistic heavy ion collisions is proposed as a signal for the phase transition from the quark-gluon plasma to the hadronic matter. The low mass phi peak results from the decay of phi mesons with reduced in-medium mass during the transition. Furthermore, the measurement of the transverse momentum distribution of t...