OBJECTIVE To observe the therapeutic effect of Wuling Powder extract on rats with renal hypertension and to evaluate the influence of it on the volume of urine and the concentrations of Na(+), K(+), Cl(-). METHODS Reformed Gold-blatt hypertension rat model (G-2K1C) was established. The rats were divided into 6 groups as follows: sham-operation group; model group, Wuling Powder high dosage gro...

AIMS Chloride (Cl) is an established key electrolyte for the activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Recent studies have shown the serum Cl as a key electrolyte for the regulation of body fluid distribution in heart failure (HF) patients. The clinical differences of worsening HF status according to the changes in serum Cl concentration are unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS Data fro...

0. Introduction. If (X,≤) is a partially ordered set and A ⊆ X, then the decreasing hull d(A) of A in X is defined to be d(A) = {x ∈ X : x ≤ a for some a ∈ A}. If the poset X is not understood from the context, we may write dX(A). A subset A ⊆ X is a decreasing set if A = d(A). The intersection or union of any collection of decreasing sets in X is again a decreasing set in X. The increasing hul...

This paper presents the results of a study of variation in the chemical composition of wet precipitation over a 16-year period. The ions SO4 2, NO3 , Cl , Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ K + , Na + , NH4 + and H + were analyzed. The correlation analysis showed a high positive correlation among these ions, indicating that anthropogenic emissions were the most important source. Trends in annual concentrations of S...