The steady state effects of different infusion rates of aldosterone on plasma concentrations of sodium and potassium, plasma renin activity, sodium space, and mean arterial pressure were determined. Measured amounts of aldosterone were infused continuously into adrenalectomized dogs for 13 weeks. Four rates of aldosterone administration were used: 16 +/- 1 mug/day, 48 +/- 3 mug/day (approximate...

REVIEW Auditory neuropathy is a disorder characterised by preservation of outer hair cell function, with normal otoacoustic emissions and/or cochlear microphonics, but an absent or distorted auditory brainstem response. PURPOSE This study aimed to objectively assess hearing thresholds in patients with auditory neuropathy, using the auditory steady state response. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirt...

The bacterium E. coli maneuvers itself to regions with high chemoattractant concentrations by performing two stereotypical moves: ‘runs’, in which it moves in near straight lines, and ‘tumbles’, in which it does not advance but changes direction randomly. The duration of each move is stochastic and depends upon the chemoattractant concentration experienced in the recent past. We relate this sto...

A model of viral infection of monocytes population by dengue virus is formulated in a system of four ordinary differential equations. The model takes into account the immune response and the incidence rate of susceptible and free virus particle as Beddington-DeAngelis functional response. By constructing a block, the global stability of the uninfected steady state is investigated. This steady s...