had no relevance to his illness. He was a non-pigmented normotensive man with an enlarged (6 cm below costal margin) firm non-tender liver, and was otherwise normal. Apart from minor abnormality of liver function tests the results of other relevant laboratory investigations were normal. The serum iron was 57 7 Mmol/l (322 Mg/100 ml) and 100 saturated transferrin. The resting electrocardiogram (...

Fruit peels are a rich source of many substances, such as pectin. Extraction natural thickening agent (pectin) from fruit waste (orange and pomegranate peels) is an environmentally friendly alternative to commercial thickeners cheap for use in the printing synthetic fabrics, especially polyester polyacrylic fabrics. Hexamine was used treat extracted pectin make it appropriate alkali medium cott...

Lipotubuloids, structures containing lipid bodies and microtubules, are described in ovary epidermal cells of Ornithogalum umbellatum. Microtubules of lipotubuloids can be fixed in electron microscope fixative containing only buffered OsO(4) or in glutaraldehyde with OsO(4) post-fixation, or in a mixture of OsO(4) and glutaraldehyde. None of these substances fixes cortical microtubules of ovary...

This paper reports on the impedimetric transduction of binding reaction between polymerized saccharides and target lectins. The controlled potential electro-oxidation of pyrrole-lactosyl and pyrrole-3'-sialyllactosyl at 0.95 V vs. Ag/AgCl, provides thin and reproducible poly(pyrrole-saccharide) films. The affinity binding of two lectins: Arachis hypogaea, (PNA) and Maackia amurensis (MAA) onto ...

OBJECTIVE Reflexive testing of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) specimens with Gomori methenamine silver (GMS) and acid-fast bacillus (AFB) stains is not routinely performed by most institutions. Instead, these stains are usually ordered to evaluate for the presence of fungal elements and/or acid-fast organisms if initial histopathologic assessment suggests the presence of these pathogens. Our inst...

The plywood industry’s sustainability, performance, and production costs depend on wood adhesives the hot pressing technique. In this investigation, a cold-setting adhesive based polyvinyl alcohol (P), tannin (T), hexamine (H) was produced. physical mechanical properties of were examined at different formulations such as concentration (10% 20%), content (5%, 10%, 15%), cold-pressing time (3, 6,...

The vascular architecture of the developing Sprague-Dawley rat spinal cord from E11 through E16 is reported. The paraffin-embedded cord is serially sectioned in the sagittal, transversal and frontal planes and stained with PAS and methenamine silver. Serial semithin transverse sections are stained with toluidine blue. The results demonstrate two highly integrated vascular systems: one sagittall...

This study reports the epidemiological, pathological and mycological findings of cutaneous pythiosis in cattle in southern Brazil. 23 calves, that were kept next to a river with extensive marshy regions, presented ulcerated cutaneous lesions in thoracic and pelvic limbs, sometimes extending to the ventral thoracic region. Histopathological examination revealed multifocal pyogranulomas in the su...