there is a new technique to measure total body water named bio-electrical impedance analysis (bia), used in healthy subjects and patients. bia determines the total body water (tbw), fat-free mass (ffm), body cell mass (bcm), extra cellular water (ecw), and intra cellular water (icw) in subjects without significant fluid and electrolyte imbalance. there are several methods such as segmental bia,...

P1 A T2D TDNMR Study of Skin Julian Bent 1, Joanna Lee 1, Nikki Carpenter 1, Tim Benson 2 1 Unilever Research Colworth, 2 Advanced Magnetics Resonance Ltd. T2D TDNMR data is used to improve the assignment of the location of water in in-vitro pig skin. Whilst it is not possible to resolve or uniquely assign water environments in either 1-dimensional T2 or D data, the T2D method clearly resolves ...

T2D TDNMR data is used to improve the assignment of the location of water in in-vitro pig skin. Whilst the corresponding 1d experiments report broad distributions of T2 and D respectively, two water components are resolved in the T2D data and are assigned as intraand extra-cellular water by considering the peak intensities in; whole defatted skin, a dermatomed slice of the top 0.4mm (mostly epi...

objective(s) matrix metalloproteinases comprise a family of enzyme that is able to degrade components of extra cellular matrix. there are single nucleotide polymorphisms in the promoter regions of several genes with ability to influence cancer susceptibility. the aim of this study was to analyses association between mmp2 and mmp9 promoter polymorphisms and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma ...

A method has been developed whereby diffusion and exchange in micro cellular structures in the human brain are correlated to produce a new type of image contrast leading to determination of water exchange rates in vivo. The diffusion method relies on differential apparent diffusion coefficients as detectable nuclei exchange between adjacent compartments marked with different apparent diffusion ...

traumatic brain injury (tbi) results from a sudden and external physical impact to the head, and often leads to motor and cognitive impairment. using tissue engineering strategies, we aimed to review aspects of extra cellular matrix (ecm) based scaffold that could be delivered to the injured brain. the ecm is produced intracellularly and secreted to form a dense network of proteins and glycans,...

Understanding the function of Trichoderma species in the control of Phytophthora drechsleri in pistachio orchards is very important.  In this study, the effects of liquid extra-cellular secretions and volatile compounds secreted by 27 isolates of Trichoderma harzianum, T. crassum, T. koningii, T.aureoviride, T. asperellum, T. brevicompactum, T.longibrachiatum and T. virens were investigated on ...