In 1902, Albert Moll, who at that time ran a private practice for nervous diseases in Berlin, published his comprehensive book on medical ethics, Ärztliche Ethik. Based on the concept of a contractual relationship between doctor and client, it gave more room to the self-determination of patients than the contemporary, usually rather paternalistic, works of this genre. In the first part of the p...

The complex index of refraction of liquid HNO3/H2O and H2SO4/HNO3/H2O has been obtained at different temperatures and acid concentrations. FT-IR specular reflectance spectra were obtained for 30, 54, and 64 wt % aqueous HNO3 and for four different H2SO4/HNO3/H2O mixtures in the temperature region from 293 to 183 K. The complex index of refraction was obtained from the reflectance spectra with t...

OBJECTIVE It has been observed that a systemic inflammatory response after on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) participates in the pathogenesis of postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF). In patients undergoing off-pump CABG, it is plausible that inflammation is associated with the development of postoperative AF. The present study examined relation of proinflammatory cytokines, which...

The effects of heat treatment on the microstructural evolution and mechanical behavior Al-Si-Cu alloy were investigated. Solution was performed at 500oC/6h 540oC/6h, followed by quenching in warm water 60ºC. Lastly, artificial ageing 160ºC/6h, 190ºC/4h 210ºC/2h. samples before after treatments analyzed optical microscopy, scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS)...

BACKGROUND Methanol intoxication leads liver injury; in contrast melatonin and n-acetyl cysteine (NAC) are known to have protective effects on liver. AIM We aimed to investigate the ultrastructural effects of melatonin and NAC on livers of methanol intoxicated rats and compare potential protective effects of melatonin and NAC on their liver ultrastructure. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-six ad...

Nitric acid (HNO3) vapor is a significant component of air pollution. Dry deposition of HNO3 is thought to be a major contributor to terrestrial loading of anthropogenically-derived nitrogen (N), but many questions remain regarding the physico-chemical process of deposition and the biological responses to accumulation of dry-deposited HNO3 on surfaces. To examine these processes experimentally,...

A modified Ebers-Moll transistor model for RF-interference analysis " in IEEE Trans.

The 3Vo}• and 4Vo}• of H20•, HNO3, and HO2NO2 have been observed. The band strengths o•f 3v_o• are (7.0 +1.8) x10 -2ø, (2.9 +0.7) x10 ©, and (3.8 +1.1) x10 -20 cm 2 moleculescmfor H20•, HNO3, and HO2NO9, respectively. Those of 4Vo• are (4.5 + 1.6) 21 21--71 2 1 1 x 10, (2.8 + 1.0) x 10, and (3.0 + 1.8) x 10cm moleculescmfor H202, HNO3, and HO2NO2, respectively. The uncertainty is for one standa...