The majority of studies relating to the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) have not taken gastric emptying (GE), which exhibits a substantial inter-individual variation, into account. We sought to evaluate the impact of GE, on the glycemic and insulinemic responses to a 75-g oral glucose load in older subjects with normal and impaired glucose tolerance. Eighty-seven healthy 'older' subjects (47...

The influence of local exposure to ozone (O3) on respiratory epithelial permeability of sublobar lung segments was studied by using aerosolized 99mTc-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA; mol wt, 492). Two bronchoscopes were inserted through an endotracheal tube in anesthetized, mechanically ventilated, mixed breed dogs and were wedged into sublobar bronchi located in the right and left lo...

A rapid-reaction parallel-plate flow channel was used to study the kinetics of erythrocyte sickling upon sudden deoxygenation with sodium dithionite. The erythrocytes were recorded on 16-mm film or video tape and visually tracked in time. Sickling was identified by morphologic criteria. At the flow rate used in these studies, the rate of sickling was a reaction-limited process. There was no los...

Objective: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in adults. Anticoagulation significantly reduces stroke and related mortality AF patients. This study conducted a bibliometric analysis of top 50 most-cited articles literature on dabigatran, first new-generation oral anticoagulant. Methods: We searched Web Science for with dabigatran title. The cited (T50) were selected....

BACKGROUND Stomach fullness is a determinant of satiety. Although both the viscosity and energy content have been shown to delay gastric emptying, their relative importance is not well understood. OBJECTIVE We compared the relative effects of and interactions between the viscosity and energy density on gastric emptying and perceived satiety. DESIGN A total of 15 healthy men [mean ± SD age: ...

Several natural and synthetic flavone derivatives have been reported to inhibit formation of amyloid fibrils or to remodel existing fibrils. These studies suggest that the numbers and positions of hydroxyl groups on the flavone rings determine their effectiveness as amyloid inhibitors. In many studies the primary method for determining the effectiveness of inhibition is measuring Thioflavin T (...

This study investigated the application of catalytic oxidation process with ozone to decompose polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The process is noted as ozone-catalytic oxidation (OZCO). Naphthalene (Nap), which is the simplest and lowest toxic PAH, was taken as a target compound. The emission of Nap to the atmosphere was generally found from waste incineration or diesel engine combustio...

INTRODUCTION Pyloromyotomy is a pyloric drainage procedure routinely done during transhiatal esophagectomy (THE) to prevent delayed gastric emptying (GE) resulting from truncal vagotomy. However, controversy still surrounds the need for pyloric drainage following esophageal substitution with gastric conduit after esophagectomy. The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of pyloromyot...

Market availability and price of conventional feedstuffs are variable, making imperative to explore alternative feedstuffs. Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a starchy tuber that can be a potential feedstuff for swine. Three sample type (combinations of cassava parts): 100% tubers (T100), 50% tubers and 50% leaves (T50), and 25% tubers and 75% leaves (T25) were ensiled over three periods [fresh (M...

This study tested the hypothesis that acute isocapnic hypoxia results in persistent resetting of the baroreflex to higher levels of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA), which outlasts the hypoxic stimulus. Cardiorespiratory measures were recorded in humans (26 ± 1 yr; n = 14; 3 women) during baseline, exposure to 20 min of isocapnic hypoxia, and for 5 min following termination of hypoxia. ...