We present a semiclassical approach, the partial fi resummation method, to calculate nuclear ground state properties in a selfconsistent way starting from an effective nucleon-nucleon interaction. This method is shown to be easily generalized tu describe excited nuclear systems. Selfconsistent semiclassical densities can be further used as an optimal starting point for the calculation of nuclea...

A number of significant structures NH3 (H2O) n (n= 1- 6) clusters have been identified by the quantum chemical methods ( RHF/3-21G, RHF/6-31G**, В3LYP/6-31G**, MP2/6-31G**). The cluster’s geometry configurations and intermolecular energy calculated

Pretreatment with a phytoestrogen genistein has been shown to attenuate the development of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Because PH is not always diagnosed early, we examined whether genistein could also reverse preexisting established PH and prevent associated right heart failure (RHF). PH was induced in male rats by 60 mg/kg of monocrotaline. After 21 days, when PH was well established, rats r...

A novel interference with measurements of serum free thyroxine (FT4) caused by rheumatoid factor (RhF) is described. We found misleading, sometimes gross, increases of FT4 results in 5 clinically euthyroid elderly female patients with high RhF concentrations. All 5 patients had high FT4 on Abbott AxSYM or IMx analyzers. "NETRIA" immunoassays gave misleading results in 4 of the 5 patients; Amerl...

The Numerov method for linear second-order differential equations is generalized to include equations containing a first derivative term. The method presented has the same degree of accuracy as the ordinary Numerov sixth-order method. A general scheme of the application to the numerical solution of the Hartree-Fock equations is considered.

Although the differential response of the kidney to the acute load of various sources of dietary protein in subjects with normal renal function is well known, the influence of habitual dietary protein intake and dietary acid load on renal function has not been tested well. The association between renal hyperfiltration (RHF), the earlier and possibly reversible stage of chronic kidney disease, a...

Pretreatment with a phytoestrogen genistein has been shown to attenuate the development of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Because PH is not always diagnosed early, we examined whether genistein could also reverse preexisting established PH and prevent associated right heart failure (RHF). PH was induced in male rats by 60 mg/kg of monocrotaline. After 21 days, when PH was well established, rats r...

BACKGROUND Rheohemapheresis (RHF) is a method that can stop the activity of the dry form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The pathophysiologic mechanisms are not well understood, and the effects of the RHF procedures extend beyond the time of the individual procedures. PATIENTS AND METHODS We present the data for 46 patients with AMD treated with a series of 8 rheohemapheretic proce...