3,3'-dichlorobenzidine (DCB) is suspected to be arcinogenic in experimental animal and human. Several studies have investigated excretion of metabolites in urine, hemoglobin adduction and cancer incidence among workers exposed occupationally to DCB. In these researches, metabolites of DCB had a very important role. The purpose of this study was to develop the urinary monitoring method of its me...

BACKGROUND Studies assessing drug-coated balloons (DCB) for the treatment of femoropopliteal artery disease are encouraging. However, challenging lesions, such as severely calcified, remain difficult to treat with DCB alone. Vessel preparation with directional atherectomy (DA) potentially improves outcomes of DCB. METHODS AND RESULTS DEFINITIVE AR study (Directional Atherectomy Followed by a ...

Using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and temperature-programmed desorption (TPD), the room temperature (RT) adsorption and thermal evolution of monochlorobenzene (MCB) and 1,3-dichlorobenzene (1,3-DCB) on Si(100)2x1 have been investigated and compared with that of 1,2-dichlorobenzene (1,2-DCB) reported previously. Like 1,2-DCB, the C 1s features observed at 284.6 (C(1)) and 286.0 eV (C(...

Strains DCB-MT and DCB-F were isolated from anaerobic 3-chlorobenzoate (3CB)-mineralizing cultures enriched from marine sediments. The isolates are large, Gram-negative rods with a collar girdling each cell. The isolates are obligate anaerobes capable of reductive dechlorination of 3CB to benzoate. Growth by chlororespiration in strain DCB-MT yielded 1.7 g protein mol(-1) 3CB dechlorinated with...

We investigated the effects of the selective inhibitor of Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX), 2',4'- and 3',4'-dichlorobenzamil (DCB), on large-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (BK(Ca)) channels in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and fresh isolated mouse aortic smooth muscle cells (MASMCs) using the patch clamp techniques. Both kinds of DCB reversibly activated BK(Ca) curren...

DMSP-consuming bacteria (DCB) were recovered from the body and fecal pellets of the copepod Acartia tonsa (Dana). The most probable number of DCB associated with starved A. tonsa was 9.2x10(2) cells copepod(-1). The abundance of DCB recovered from the copepod body increased to 1.6-2.8x10(4) after the copepod fed on DMSP-containing alga. DCB abundance associated with fecal pellets averaged 1.2x1...

OBJECTIVES To determinate whether ossicular chain reconstruction performed with modified double-cartilage block (DCB) ossiculoplasty used by authors, leaving the intact perichondrium layer on the cartilage surface in contact with tympanic membrane, results in significant hearing results and prevents DCB displacement and DCB loss of stiffness when compared with the original DCB technique describ...

BACKGROUND To compare the clinical outcomes of patients undergoing repeated drug-coated balloon (DCB) treatment for femoropopliteal (FP) DCB restenosis with those of patients without repetition-DCB.Methods and Results:From March 2013 to September 2014, 102 patients (118 affected legs) underwent DCB for symptomatic FP disease; 47 patients had restenosis, and 37 underwent reintervention over a 45...

The differential code bias (DCB) in satellites of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) should be precisely corrected when designing certain applications, such as ionospheric remote sensing, precise point positioning, and time transfer. In the case of COMPASS system, the data used for estimating DCB are currently only available from a very limited number of global monitoring stations. ...