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RBCs from individuals with sickle cell disease are more susceptible to oxidant damage. Because key antioxidant defense reactions are linked to the pyridine nucleotides nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP), we tested the hypothesis that the RBC redox potential as manifested by the NADH/[NAD+ + NADH] and NADPH/[NADP+ + NADPH] ratios is dec...

Despite being discovered more than 80 years ago, progress in Blastocystis research has been gradual and challenging, due to the small number of laboratories currently working on this protozoan parasite. To date, the morphology of Blastocystis hominis has been extensively studied by light and electron microscopy but all other aspects of its biology remain little explored areas. However, the avai...

The present study was performed in rats with experimentally induced mononeuropathy after left common sciatic nerve ligation. The hindpaw withdrawal latencies to thermal and mechanical stimulation increased significantly after intra-periaqueductal grey injection of 2 or 3 nmol, but not 1 nmol of galanin in rats with mononeuropathy. Intraperitoneal administration of 4.5 mg/kg morphine induced sig...

Background: Plasma concentrations of atrial natriuretic peptides are correlated with atrial pressures, as are left ventricular ejection fraction and left ventricular filling abnormalities. Aims: This study investigated the relation of atrial natriuretic peptides to both left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in heart failure. Methods: Plasma concentrations of atrial natriuretic peptid...

CAIN, D. P. Testing the NMDA, long-term potentiation, and cholinergic hypotheses of spatial learning. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV 22(2), 181–193, 1998.—The problems and issues associated with the use of pharmacological antagonists in studies on learning and memory are considered in a review of the role of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, NMDA receptor-mediated long-term potentiation (LTP), and ...

Experimental determinations of the atomic structure of insulating oxide surfaces and metal/oxide interfaces are scarce, because surface science techniques are often limited by the insulating character of the substrate. Grazing incidence X-ray scattering (GIXS), which is not subject to charge effects, can provide very precise information on the atomic structure of oxide surfaces: roughness, rela...

A source function method for the generation of waves internal to Boussinesq model grid boundaries (Wei G, Kirby JT, Sinha A. Generation of waves in Boussinesq models using a source function method. Coastal Engng 1999;36:271–299) is generalized to account for the presence of a strong current, for application to wave-current interaction problems. The method is also modified to eliminate waves pro...

A novel blind deconvolution methodology for identification of the local site characteristics based on two seismograms recorded on the free surface of a sediment site is presented. The approach does not require recordings at depth nor at a nearby rock outcrop, and eliminates the need for any prior parameterization of source and site characteristics. It considers that the surface recordings are t...

An incremental method is presented to generate automatically boundary-®tted Delaunay triangulations of the global ocean. The method takes into account Earth curvature and allows local mesh re®nement in order to resolve topological or dynamical features like midocean ridges or western boundary currents. Crucial issues like the nodes insertion process, the boundary integrity problem or the creati...