Moisture content (MC), thickness swelling (TS), and bending properties of five commercial oriente 1 strandboards (OSBs) made of two wood species were measured. The measurements were made after specimens were conditioned to equilibrium at 35, 55, 75, 85, 95% relative humidity (RH) and 24°C'. It was shown that bending modulus of elasticity (MOE) and modulus of rupture (MOR) decreasej with increas...

Implantation of a biomaterial into the body elicits a host foreign body response, during which polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and then monocytes (MCs) are recruited to the site of implantation. MCs and MC-derived macrophages are central players in this response because they secrete proinflammatory and/or pro-wound-healing cytokines and growth factors that influence subsequent healing event...

OBJECTIVES The RESPECT trial was aimed at evaluating safety/efficacy of a new extravascular closure system in diagnostic (Dx) and interventional (Ix) procedures performed through 6 or 7 Fr introducer sheaths. BACKGROUND Although vascular closure devices (VCDs) have been available for two decades, manual compression (MC) remains the standard of care in many institutions. VCDs have not been sho...

In the preand postnatal period of kidney development, proliferation with subsequent functional maturation of intrinsic glomerular mesangial cells (MCs) continues within the existing framework. Recent work has suggested that PKC /3 isoform is responsible for the proliferation observed during maturation. We sought to ascertain whether PKC /3 isoform expression is altered during the development of...

BACKGROUND While lenalidomide (LEN) shows high efficacy in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) with del[5q], responses can be also seen in patients presenting without del[5q]. We hypothesized that improved detection of chromosomal abnormalities with new karyotyping tools may better predict response to LEN. DESIGN AND METHODS We have studied clinical, molecular and cytogenetic features of 42 patie...

The microcystins (MCs) LR and YR are hepatotoxins produced by some species of freshwater cyanobacteria. Only a few reports on the acute nephrotoxicity of MCs have been published to date. Here we investigate the effects on rat kidneys of chronic administration of relatively low doses of MC LR and MC YR. Male Wistar rats were injected every second day for 8 months with MC LR (10 microg/kg i.p., n...

A new spectrofluorometric method is described for the determination of metacycline (MC), based on modified enzyme-amplified lanthanide luminescence. Under the optimum conditions, Eu3+-MC forms a ternary complex with lysozyme in close proximity. Then lysozyme can remarkably enhance the characteristic fluorescence intensity of Eu3+ at 612 nm in metacycline-Eu3+ binary complex. The enhanced fluore...

Background: The characteristics of secondary neutrons in a high energy radiation therapy room were studied using the MCNPX Monte Carlo (MC) code. Materials and Methods: Two MC models including a model with full description of head components and a simplified model used in previous studies were implemented for MC simulations. Results: Results showed 4-53% difference between full and wit...

Blooms of toxic cyanobacteria are becoming increasingly frequent, mainly due to water quality degradation. This work applied qPCR as a tool for early warning of microcystin(MC)-producer cyanobacteria and risk assessment of water supplies. Specific marker genes for cyanobacteria, Microcystis and MC-producing Microcystis, were quantified to determine the genotypic composition of the natural Micro...

OBJECTIVES To determine the haemoglobin (Hb) differences at birth in monochorionic (MC) twins without chronic twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) in relation to birth order and placental vascular anatomy. METHODS All consecutive cases of MC twins without chronic TTTS and dichorionic (DC) twins delivered at our centre and admitted to our neonatal nursery between June 2002 and December 200...