1,2-Dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-rac-glycerol has been suggested to form at intermediate temperatures and at high concentrations in low-salt solutions as a continuous sponge phase (Heimburg, T.; Biltonen, R. L. Biochemistry 1994, 33, 9477-9488). In the present study, the changes in signals seen for a range of fluorescent probes during phase transformations of this phospholipid indicate cont...

The increasing population in Australia is highly urbanized. There is no doubt that the rapid growth in the numbers of residents in the metropolitan areas can highly affect the conditions in the public realm, places where people naturally interact with each other and their community. Therefore, a valid measurement of wellbeing is required for a planner to come up with solid decisions for improvi...

PYCNODYSOSTOSIS is a rare disease. Only thirty-three cases have appeared in the literature since 1923. The term pycnodysostosis (from the Greek pycnos I =dense, dus=defective and stosis=of bone) was tS U i{: ' ..........; coined by Maroteaux & Lamy in 1962 for an apparent j clinical entity which included micromelic dwarfism, increased radiological density of bone, dysplasia of the skull, atroph...

True achondroplasia is a well-delineated and distinct entity as familiar to the layman as it is to the members of the medical profession (Maroteaux and Lamy, 1964). In the past the designation was often assigned to a hotchpotch of entities such as Morquio's disease and spondylo-epiphysial dysplasia (McKusick, 1966; Maroteaux and Lamy, 1959; Jacobsen, 1939). It is considered to be due in all ins...

According to Lamy and Mayer, (I) and Porges and Pribram (2), the infusion of calcium chloride diminishes the elimination of urine through its influence on the circulatory system; by lowering the blood pressure (Porges and Pribram) or by constriction of the renal vessels and diminution of the amount of blood passing through the kidneys (Lamy and Mayer). We have found in previous investigations (...