Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a major metabolic disorder worldwide which is characterized by having three or more of the five metabolic abnormalities. These metabolic abnormalities include abdominal obesity (waist circumference &ge; 90 cm for men and &ge; 80 cm for women), high triglyceride levels (TG) (&le; 150 mg/dL), decreased high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) (< 40 mg/dL in men an...

We report a simple and efficient method for replacing germanium atoms in deltahedral Ge(9)(4-) clusters with Sb or Bi. While reactions of Ge(9)(4-) with EPh(3) (E = Sb, Bi) at room temperature are known to produce mono- and disubstituted clusters [Ph(2)E-Ge(9)-Ge(9)-EPh(2)](4-) and [Ph(2)E-Ge(9)-EPh(2)](2-), respectively, at elevated temperatures or with sonication they result in exchange of Ge...

Structural characterization by scanning tunneling microscopy and alkali low-energy ion scattering spectroscopy of Pt~100! surfaces covered by less than 0.5-ML Ge is reported. Despite bulk solubility of Ge in Pt, it was found that Ge remains on top of the Pt~100! surface as adatoms even after annealing to 1200 K. Furthermore, Pt adatoms produced by lifting of the Pt~100!-hex reconstruction in th...

The utilization of polarized targets in scattering experiments has become a common practice in many major accelerator laboratories. Noble gases are especially suitable for such applications, since they can be easily hyper-polarized using spin exchange or metastable pumping techniques. Polarized helium-3 is a very popular target because it often serves as an effective polarized neutron due to it...

Conventional Polaroid time-of-flight (TOF) sonars provide object range measurements, but their wide beam widths limit the object bearing accuracy. We describe a first-order model that predicts the TOF readings from an object at given range, bearing, and reflecting strength produced by the Polaroid 6500 series sonar ranging module connected to a 600 series electrostatic transducer. The model pro...

Poly-trans-[(2-carboxyethyl) germasesquioxane] (Ge-132) is the most common organic germanium compound. The ingestion of Ge-132 promotes bile secretion. We assessed the rat caecal characteristics after the administration of Ge-132 and raffinose, a prebiotic oligosaccharide, because both Ge-132 and some prebiotics can change the fecal color to yellow. We also compared the changes in the caecal fl...

BACKGROUND/AIMS To evaluate associations between delayed gastric emptying (GE) assessed by the octanoic acid breath test and upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. METHODS A historical, prospective study included 111 consecutive symptomatic adults referred for a GE breath test because of upper abdominal symptoms suggestive of delayed GE. Exclusion criteria included underlying organic disease a...

glycidol undergoing 100 % transformation into 3-MCPD (reference value) (NaCl) [TF=0.67] GE stearate (NaCl) [TF=0.85] GE linolenate (NaCl) [TF=0.67] GE oleate (NaCl) [TF=0.71] glycidol undergoing 100 % transformation into 3-MBPD (reference value) (NaBr) [TF=0.48] GE stearate (NaBr) [TF=0.51] GE linolenate (NaBr) [TF=0.31] Linear (GE linolenate (NaBr) [TF=0.31]) Challenges in Analysing Glycidyl F...