Background Myocardial tissue characterization with T2-weighted imaging is an established technique for evaluating the presence of myocardial edema or iron overload (Kellman, P. MRM 2007, Anderson, LJ. EHJ 2001). More recently, both T2-mapping and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) mapping have emerged as quantitative techniques for characterizing edema (or iron overload) and water mobility. T...

BACKGROUND Iron supplementation is employed to treat post-malarial anaemia in environments where iron deficiency is common. Malaria induces an intense inflammatory reaction that stalls reticulo-endothelial macrophagal iron recycling from haemolysed red blood cells and inhibits oral iron absorption, but the magnitude and duration of these effects are unclear. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We ...

An iron-sulfur protein has been purified from beef heart ubiquinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductase (Complex III) of the mitochondrial respiratory chain by phenyl-Sepharose column chromatography and Sephacryl S-200 gel chromatography. Depletion of most of the endogenous phospholipids in the complex was a prerequisite to the dissociation of the protein from the complex in the former chromatography. T...

Implementation of aquifer storage recovery (ASR) for water resource management in Florida is impeded by arsenic mobilization. Arsenic, released by pyrite oxidation during the recharge phase, sometimes results in groundwater concentrations that exceed the 10 µg/L criterion defined in the Safe Drinking Water Act. ASR was proposed as a major storage component for the Comprehensive Everglades Resto...

The recovery of fine hematite particles from banded hematite quartzite (BHQ) ore with potato starch has been investigated using selective flocculation. Microscopic features, coupled with x-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier transforms infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic data provide evidences for adsorption of starch molecules on hematite surface. The starch molecules show good selectivity for hemati...

The effects of magnesium and iron salts on the recovery and growth of chill-stressed cells of Vibrio parahaemolyticus were studied. Supplementation of glucose salt Teepol (GST) broth with 20 to 100 mM of Mg2+ significantly (P less than or equal to 0.05) increased the number of cells recovered from oyster homogenate stored at 3 degrees C. Populations detected with supplemented GST were comparabl...

BACKGROUND Juvenile hemochromatosis is the most severe form of iron overloading phenotype. Although rare, it should be suspected in patients who present with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, diabetes mellitus, or cardiomyopathy without a clear cause. CASE PRESENTATION A young Serbian male presenting with end-stage heart failure was referred for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. An endomyocar...

Investigations were carried out on the effective utilization of blast furnace flue dust samples obtained from the two integrated steel plants at Rourkela and Jamshedpur. The samples essentially contained unburnt coke and iron rich grains as the value added products. Flotation technique was employed to recover the carbon values present in the sample. It was possible to obtain a product containin...

The aim of the study was to establish an optimized protocol of iron dextran administration to pig neonates, which better meets the iron demand for erythropoiesis. Here, we monitored development of red blood cell indices, plasma iron parameters during a 28-day period after birth (till the weaning), following intramuscular administration of different concentrations of iron dextran to suckling pig...

In this study, the integrated iron and steel plant mill scales prepared to concentrate in different ratios by blending with hematite character ore. CMC was used as binder coke will be reductant. The calcite added such a way that basicity ratio is 0.7. pelletizing machine pellet blends containing at then drying temperature of 150 °C. 28 kg / compressive strength obtained pellets from 100% scales...