The protein content of tracheal secretions and of bronchial lavage and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was compared with that of sputum in 33 patients who underwent fibreoptic bronchoscopy. The secretion-to-serum concentration ratios for albumin, alpha 1-antitrypsin, alpha 1-antichymotrypsin, and immunoglobulin A (IgA) fell progressively as samples were obtained from further down the bronchial tre...

The goal of this work is to research the effect different Au-Ag ratios on homogeneity bimetal alloys. Thin films silver (Ag)-gold (Au) alloy were produced using Vaksis Thermal Evaporator system and quartz crystal microbalance detector at gold additive ratios. Micro beam X-Ray fluorescence spectrometer was used calculate bimetallic Ag-Au thin production with concentration values. It seen that ca...

Objective To determine whether outcomes of resuscitation with albumin or saline in the intensive care unit depend on patients’ baseline serum albumin concentration. Design Analysis of data from a double blind, randomised controlled trial. Setting Intensive care units of 16 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand. Participants 6045 participants in the saline versus albumin fluid evaluation (SAFE)...

A basic difference was found in the kinetics of uptake and utilization of glucose and glycerol by washed suspensions of Mycobacterium phlei. With glucose, the rates of uptake, respiration, and assimilation were saturated at low external substrate concentration. With glycerol, these rates were found to increase with increasing substrate concentration and did not show saturation at any concentrat...

Sensory systems represent stimulus identity and intensity, but in the neural periphery these two variables are typically intertwined. Moreover, stable detection may be complicated by environmental uncertainty; stimulus properties can differ over time and circumstance in ways that are not necessarily biologically relevant. We explored these issues in the context of the mouse accessory olfactory ...

Objective To determine whether outcomes of resuscitation with albumin or saline in the intensive care unit depend on patients’ baseline serum albumin concentration. Design Analysis of data from a double blind, randomised controlled trial. Setting Intensive care units of 16 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand. Participants 6045 participants in the saline versus albumin fluid evaluation (SAFE)...