Renal complications in cancer patients include AKI, hypertension, orelectrolyte and acid–basedisorders. Of the latter, there are various types that share the ability to increase morbidity and mortality, delay treatment, and decrease quality of life. Understanding the etiology of electrolyte and acid–base abnormalities in cancer patients is critical to prompt recognition and appropriate treatmen...

In this study, a fuzzy logic controller is developed using a new methodology for designing its rule-base. This controller consists of two rule-base blocks and a logical switch in between. The rule-base blocks admit two inputs one of which is newly devised and called “normalized acceleration” and the other one is the classical “error”. The newly devised input gives a relative value about the “fa...

Analytic expressions for plasma total titratable base, base excess (DeltaCB), strong-ion difference, change in strong-ion difference (DeltaSID), change in Van Slyke standard bicarbonate (DeltaVSSB), anion gap, and change in anion gap are derived as a function of pH, total buffer ion concentration, and conditional molar equilibrium constants. The behavior of these various parameters under respir...

1. Should Brfinsted-Lowry's acid-base definitions be adopted or should the term acid-base balance be synonymous with the term electrolyte balance? 2. Are the relevant parameters pH, Pcoz and actual bicarbonate, or is it preferable to have a more direct measure for the accumulation of nonvolatile acid or base than the bicarbonate value, such as, for instance, standard bicarbonate, buffer base, o...

Intracellular pH (pHi) regulation in the brain is important in both physiological and physiopathological conditions because changes in pHi generally result in altered neuronal excitability. In this review, we will cover 4 major areas: (1) The effect of pHi on cellular processes in the brain, including channel activity and neuronal excitability. (2) pHi homeostasis and how it is determined by th...

the present study was conducted to see the effect of non-specific genital infections and ovulatory disturbances on clinical signs of oestrusnamely oestrus duration, tonicity of uterus, relaxation of cervix and persistence of follicle. the mean values of oestrus duration, tonicity of uterus and relaxation of cervix varied significantly (p

This paper uses a steady-state modeling approach to describe the effects of changes in acid-base balance on the chemoreflex control of breathing. First, a mathematical model is presented, which describes the control of breathing by the respiratory chemoreflexes; equations express the dependence of pulmonary ventilation on Pco(2) and Po(2) at the central and peripheral chemoreceptors. These equa...

INTRODUCTION Pendred syndrome, a combination of sensorineural deafness, impaired organification of iodide in the thyroid and goitre, results from biallelic defects in pendrin (encoded by SLC26A4), which transports chloride and iodide in the inner ear and thyroid respectively. Recently, pendrin has also been identified in the kidneys, where it is found in the apical plasma membrane of non-α-type...

A method is proposed for the identification of the inertial parameters of the base body of a freeflying robot directly in space. This can serve to improve the path tracking capabilities of the robotic system as well as to measure the parameters of a load on the end-effector. Furthermore, the ETS-VII Dynamic Motion experiments have shown that a non controlled spacecraft is subject to non negligi...

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