We measured intracellular NA+ concentration ([Na+]i) of diabetic rat ventricular myocytes using sodium-binding benzofuran isophthalate (SBFI). We used diabetic rats at 8 weeks after the injection of streptozotocin (45 mg/kg i.v.). The level of [Na+]i during the control perfusion was significantly lower in diabetic myocytes than that in normal myocytes (9.2 +/- 0.4 mM v.s. 12.0 +/- 0.3 mM, p < 0...

The present investigations were undertaken to ascertain the extent of lipid peroxidation, oxidative stress and antioxidative system during ripening of two varieties of ber fruits (Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.) differing in their shelf lives, viz. Umran (8–9 days) and Kaithali (4–5 days). Based on visual observations, fruits were categorized as immature green (IG), mature green (MG), turning colour ...

We consider the fundamental problem of 2-D dynamic orthogonal range reporting for 2and 3-sided queries in the standard word RAM model. While many previous dynamic data structures use O(log n/ log log n) update time, we achieve faster O(log n) and O(log n) update times for 2and 3-sided queries, respectively. Our data structures have optimalO(log n/ log log n) query time. Only Mortensen [13] had ...