autoimmune hemolytic anemia (aiha) is characterized by shortening of red blood cell (rbc) survival and the presence of autoantibodies directed against autologous rbcs. approximately 20% of autoimmune hemolytic anemia cases are associated with cold-reactive antibody. about half of patients with aiha have no underlying associated disease; these cases are termed primary or idiopathic. secondary ca...

Bark tissues of Cornus stolonifera stems, treated with cysteine at 24 hours after treatment, survived exposure to -11 C (the tissue temperature) with little or no injury. An initiation of increase in the cold tolerance was usually observed when plants were treated with cysteine at 12 hours after treatment. Neither plants at 36 or 48 hours after treatment nor plants 12 hours before treatment had...

introduction: radiation therapy following breast conserving surgery is one of the most common procedures performed in any radiation oncology department. a tangential parallel-opposed pair is almost always the technique of choice for this purpose. this technique is often performed based on 3d treatment planning. the aim of this study was to compare 3d treatment planning for two different energie...

In this study, beryllium-copper alloy was subjected to around -150° F for cold treatment and to around -300° F for cryogenic treatment and the effects of these cold and cryogenic treatments on the machinability of beryllium-copper workpieces in electro discharge machining have been investigated. Experimental results showed about 20-30 % increase in material removal rate of cold and cryogenic tr...

Aquaporin proteins (AQPs) have been shown to be involved in abiotic stress responses. However, the precise role of AQPs, especially in response to cold stress, is not understood in wheat (Triticum aestivum). In the present study, quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis revealed that TaAQP7 expression increased in leaves, but decreased in roots after cold treatment. E...

Quarantine treatment enables export of avocado fruit (Persea americana) to parts of the world that enforce quarantine against fruit fly. The recommended cold-based quarantine treatment (storage at 1.1°C for 14 days) was studied with two commercial avocado cultivars 'Hass' and 'Ettinger' for 2 years. Chilling injuries (CIs) are prevalent in the avocado fruit after cold-quarantine treatment. Henc...