BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Inflammation is associated with various types of acute and chronic alcohol liver diseases. In this study, we examined whether umbelliferone (7-hydroxycoumarin, UF) ameliorates chronic alcohol-induced liver damage by modulating inflammatory response and the antioxidant system. METHODS Rats were fed a Liber-Decarli liquid diet containing 5% alcohol with or without UF (0.05...

Uron resin, a kind of urea-formaldehyde (UF) resin containing much more uron structure, were prepared. Several modi ed UF resins were obtained from mixing uron resins with normal UF resins as well as synthesizing UF resin with uron resin as raw material. is work demonstrated that the introducing of the uron structure reduced free formaldehyde content of UF resin and formaldehyde emission levels...

Double-walled polyurethane/poly(urea-formaldehyde) microcapsules (PU/UF) are prepared for use in self-healing materials. This modified encapsulation procedure combines two chemistries to form more robust capsule shell walls in a single operation. Robust capsules are formed by this procedure as long as the aromatic polyisocyanate prepolymer is soluble in the core liquid and the core liquid is co...

BACKGROUND Uterine fibroids (UF) affect 77% of women by menopause, and account for $9.4 billion in annual healthcare costs. Type-2-diabetes (T2D) has inconsistently associated with protection from UFs in prior studies. To further evaluate the relationship between T2D and UFs we tested for association between T2D and UF risk in a large clinical population as well as the potential differences due...

background and objective: during cheese ripening, some of water insoluble casein change to water soluble nitrogen which are include intermediate hydrohysate protein and free amino acids. materials and methods: these enzymes save their activities in pasteurization temperature and also uht processing. in this study effect of number of pscyrotroph bacteria on physical and chemical properties on uf...

Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is one of the most common complications of hemodialysis (HD) treatment. The initiating factor of IDH is a decrease in blood volume, which is related to an imbalance between ultrafiltration (UF) and refilling rate. Impaired reactivity of resistance and capacitance vessels in reaction to hypovolemia plays possibly a major role in the occurrence of IDH. These vessel...

BACKGROUND To compare one-year all-cause and uterine fibroid (UF)-related direct costs in patients treated with one of the following three uterine-sparing procedures: magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), uterine artery embolization (UAE) and myomectomy. METHODS This retrospective observational cohort study used healthcare claims for several million individuals with healthcar...

We measured the free thyroxin (FT4) concentration in serum from 79 patients with nonthyroidal illnesses (NTI), using two analog RIAs and two calculation methods, and compared the results with those by ultrafiltration (UF) as a reference. The percentage of NTI patients with subnormal concentrations of FT4 was 10.1% by UF; 20.3% by mathematical calculation (MC) according to mass-action theory; 19...

SUMMARY The ring F p + uF p + · · · + u k−1 F p may be of interest in coding theory, which have already been used in the construction of optimal frequency-hopping sequence. In this work, cyclic codes over F p + uF p + · · ·+u k−1 F p which is an open problem posed in [1] are considered. Namely, the structure of cyclic code over F p + uF p + · · · + u k−1 F p and that of their duals are derived.

In haemodialysis low-molecular-weight (LMW) heparin is increasingly used for anticoagulation. The advantages over unfractionated (UF) heparin are the lower bleeding risk and the lack of influence on lipid metabolism. However, no reliable and rapid method is available so far to control the efficacy and safety of LMW heparin during haemodialysis. The specific anti-factor Xa (aXa) chromogenic subs...