The quantification of nitrogen (N) supplying capacity of organic amendments applied to a soil is of immense importance to examine synchronization, N release capacity, and fertilizer values of these added materials. The aims of the present study was to determine the potential N mineralization and subsequent nitrification of separate and combined use of poultry manure (PM), wheat straw residues (...

T HERE have been many reports that the adrenergic eateehol amines (epinephrine and norepinephrine) cause a wastage of oxygen by the heart muscle that exceeds the simultaneous oxidative energy requirements for mechanical work. Recently, however, Katz' suggested a "stress-adapting mechaiiisms" related to the catechol amines that appears to make the heart more efficient in the utilization of oxyge...

Reduced plasma levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol are associated with increased risk for coronary heart disease. Although plasma HDL levels are, in general, inversely related to plasma triglyceride (TG) concentrations, a small proportion of individuals with low HDL cholesterol concentrations have normal plasma TG levels. We wished to determine whether subjects with low plasma ...

The effect of changing the DNA concentration on RNA synthesis, protein synthesis, and cell growth rate was studied in Escherichia coli B/r. The DNA concentration was varied by changing the replication velocity or by changing replication initiation in a thymine-requiring strain with a mutation in replication control. The results demonstrate that changes in DNA concentration (per mass) have no ef...

The electrocardiographic effects of imipramine hydrochloride at therapeutic plasma concentrations were determined in 44 depressed patients during a 6-week clinical outcome study of depression. During each week of the protocol, i.e., 2 weeks of control and 4 weeks of drug treatment, a standard 12-lead ECG, high-speed, high-fidelity ECG tracings, and a 24-hour continuous ECG recording were obtain...

The objective of this study was to compare the steady-state plasma and intrapulmonary concentrations of orally administered pyrazinamide in normal volunteers and subjects with AIDS. Pyrazinamide was administered at 1 g once daily for 5 days to 40 adult volunteers (10 men with AIDS, 10 normal men, 10 women with AIDS, and 10 normal women). Subjects with AIDS and with more than four stools per day...

intestine is normal with no evidence of malabsorption." Three-day faecal fat excretion and xylose absorption test were normal. Although the serum B12 level was not available at the time, the evidence from blood, marrow, and barium meal examinations suggested vitamin B12 deficiency due to pernicious anaemia, and treatment was started with hydroxocobalamin 1 mg intramuscularly daily for four days...

Unborn children are exposed to environmental pollutants via the placenta, and there is a causal relationship between maternal intake of pollutants and fetal exposure. Placental examination is an effective way for acquiring data for estimating fetal exposure. We analyzed the concentrations of 104 congeners of persistent organic pollutants, seven organotin compounds, five heavy metals, and methyl...

We consider the following singularly perturbed Neumann problem ε∆u− u+ u = 0 , u > 0 in Ω, ∂u ∂ν = 0 on ∂Ω, where p > 2 and Ω is a smooth and bounded domain in R2. We construct a new class of solutions which consist of large number of spikes concentrating on a segment of the boundary which contains a strict local minimum point of the mean curvature function and has the same mean curvature at th...

the presence of radon in drinking water causes health risks associated with exposure from both inhalation and ingestion. since the studies show that faults near the water resources have a critical effect on the concentration of radon, kouhbanan active fault zone, to find water resources  with high radon concentration was chosen for the following investigation. water samples were taken from all ...