Accurate individual norms are required for blood volume measurement to be useful in a clinical setting. The primary physiological determinant of normal blood volume is body composition. Norms have been developed based on weight and body surface area, but these have systematic errors arising from variations in body composition or body size. The only norm that specifically estimates body composit...

in this work, sio2 –zro2 mixed oxides was prepared by the polymeric sol–gel route. the characterization of pore structure, which determines the permeation process of membrane, is of great importance. so far, most investigations have focused on such pore structure as specific surface area and pore size distribution, but the surface fractal, the important parameter reflecting the roughness of por...

Vapor-phase clusters from ethanol–water liquid mixtures of varying compositions, generated by sampling the binary vapor in equilibrium with the liquid mixture, were examined with the aid of a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. The variation of the mole fraction of the alcohol in the cluster beam with the liquid mole fraction was found to be identical to that of the surface concentration obtained...

Elephant seals regularly perform dives during which they spend a large proportion of time drifting passively through the water column. The rate of vertical change in depth during these "drift" dives is largely a result of the proportion of lipid tissue in the body, with fatter seals having higher (more positive or less negative) drift rates compared with leaner seals. We examined the temporal c...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the changes of body composition and muscle strength of North Korean refugees (NKRs) according to their duration of stay in South Korea. METHODS NKRs who volunteered and were living in South Korea, aged 20 to 75 years were recruited. Body compositions were analyzed by bioelectrical impedance analysis. Muscle strength was measured with the han...

Evidence is presented to show that the energy-active state is located within the surface of electrolyzed palladium. Although a high average D/Pd ratio is required to form this state, this is not the only condition. Several additional conditions must exist to cause a very high surface composition to form and to cause a conversion of the resulting material from -PdD to another phase. The require...