BACKGROUND Muscle metaboreflex control in hypertensive subjects has not been described yet. We investigated the integrity of muscle metaboreflex control of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and blood pressure (BP) in never-treated hypertensive subjects. METHODS Eighteen hypertensive (42+/-1 years) and 22 normotensive subjects (38+/-1 years) were studied. The MSNA was measured by micron...

The earth maintains surprisingly large voltage gradients, Ez [V/m], between its surface and a conductive ionosphere above 100 km, with fair-weather measurements averaging about 160 V/m near the surface, positive upwards. These gradients are easily detected but difficult to quantify with accuracies better than a few percent. Data records survive from several sites dating to the early 1900's. Mea...

BACKGROUND Portable ventilators continue to decrease in size while increasing in performance. We bench-tested the triggering, battery duration, and tidal volume (V(T)) of 7 portable ventilators: LTV 1000, LTV 1200, Puritan Bennett 540, Trilogy, Vela, iVent 101, and HT50. METHODS We tested triggering with a modified dual-chamber test lung to simulate spontaneous breathing with weak, normal, an...

We examined the in vitro anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) activity of MRN-100, an iron-based compound derived from bivalent and tervalent ferrates. MRN-100 action against HIV-1 (SF strain) was tested in primary cultures of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (MNC) by analyzing p24 antigen production and percent survival of MNC infected with HIV. MRN-100 at a concentration of 10% (v/v) inh...

     Due to the environmental problems caused by the accumulation of significant amounts of waste from peanut cultivation, it seems necessary to provide a solution for the reuse of this organic waste. Therefore, this experiment was conducted to investigate the possibility of using compost of peanut shells in potting Begonia rex. This research was based on randomized complete block desi...

The cloud point extraction behavior of aluminum(III) with 8-quinolinol (HQ) or 2-methyl-8-quinolinol (HMQ) and Triton X-100 was investigated in the absence and presence of 3,5-dichlorophenol (Hdcp). Aluminum(III) was almost extracted with HQ and 4(v/v)% Triton X-100 above pH 5.0, but was not extracted with HMQ-Triton X-100. However, in the presence of Hdcp, it was almost quantitatively extracte...

Immunofluorescence Cells were fixed in 2% (v/v) formaldehyde for 40 min. After being washed in PBS, the cells were permeabilized in a blocking buffer containing 10% (v/v) FBS, 3% (w/v) BSA and 0.5% (v/v) Triton X-100 in PBS. The cells were then incubated at 4 °C with primary antibodies against EEA1, CI-MPR, clathrin heavy chain or the α subunit of AP-2 for 6-12 hours. Excess antibody was remove...