Slurry storage is a significant source of NH3 and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The aim this laboratory study was to assess the effects different chemical additives biochars on emissions NH3, N2O, CO2, CH4 during short-term pig slurry. experiment performed using Kilner jars filled with raw slurry as control six treatment (5% w/w): acidified slurry, alkalinized neutralized agroforestry biochar...

Purpose: The effectiveness of daily or weekly instillation of non-alkalinized lidocaine for patients suffering interstitial cystitis and/or bladder pain syndrome was evaluated retrospectively. Patients and Methods: Five female patients (40 71 years old) diagnosed as interstitial cystitis by cystoscopic findings and a 68-year-old bladder pain syndrome patient were enrolled. All patients, having ...

Flavone acetic acid (FAA) is an investigational drug that augments natural killer activity, induces the genes for aand 7-interferon (IFN) and tumor necrosis factor a, and synergizes with recombinant interleukin 2 for the successful treatment of murine renai cancer. However, in most clinical studies of FAA only minimal immunomodulatory effects have been reported. Most of the patients in these st...

Horse racing in Japan consists of two systems, the National (10 racecourses) and the Regional public racing (32 racecourses) having about 2,500 racing meetings in total per year. Urine or saliva samples for dope testing are collected by the officials from thw winner, second and third, and transported to the laboratory in a frozen state. In 1975, 76, 117 samples were analyzed by this laboratory....

Cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-dependent airway epithelial bicarbonate transport is hypothesized to participate in airway surface liquid pH regulation and contribute to lung defense. We measured pH and ionic composition in apical surface liquid (ASL) on polarized normal (NL) and CF primary bronchial epithelial cell cultures under basal conditions, after cAMP sti...

Hospitalized ill patients, at risk for invasive candidiasis, often receive multiple medications, including proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). The antifungal fluconazole perturbs the vacuolar proton ATPase. The PPI omeprazole antagonized Candida albicans growth inhibition by fluconazole. A C. albicans codon-adapted pHluorin, Ca.pHluorin, was generated to measure cytosolic pH. The fungal cytosol was ...

We have previously reported a "high-performance" liquid-chromatographic procedure for urinary porphyrins. While attempting to automate this procedure, we discovered that coproporphyrin could be partly or completely lost from urine samples if they were centrifuged or filtered before analysis. The loss is related to the amount of precipitate in each sample, acidic urines showing the greatest loss...

many phragmites-dominated wetlands have been markedly salinized and alkalinized in the songnen plain, northeastern china. agricultural wastewater with high nitrogen content has been discharged into these alkalinized-salinized wetlands. to understand the effect of salinity-alkalinity on reed (phragmites australis) seedlings at various nitrogen levels, we examined photosynthesis rate, chlorophyll...

Aim: To study and investigate the efficacy of intra-cuff alkalinized lidocaine in the prevention of the endotracheal tube (ETT) induced emergence phenomena in children. Methodology: Fifty children, ages 6-12 years, ASA physical status I-II, scheduled for elective dental surgery under N2O free general anesthesia with an expected duration of 120 min or more, were randomly assigned one of the two ...