The presence of banding in the skeleton of coralline algae has been reported in many species, primarily from temperate and polar regions. Similar to tree rings, skeletal banding can provide information on growth rate, age, and longevity; as well as records of past environmental conditions and the coralline alga's growth responses to such changes. The aim of this study was to explore the presenc...

The incorporation of [2, 3-H]proline into collagen hydroxyproline and into noncollagenous protein was measured during development of cardiac hypertrophy produced by surgical constriction of die ascending aorta in rats. Heart weight increased sharply during the first 4 days after aortic banding and then slowly rose to a plateau. Free intracellular proline concentration remained unaltered 2 days ...

BACKGROUND Gastric banding is a well established weight reduction operation that is effective in the treatment of severe obesity. Its metabolic and endocrine mechanisms of action, however, remain unclear. The aim of this study was to establish a rat model of gastric banding that would replicate the procedure performed in human obese patients. METHODS Male Wistar rats were submitted either to ...

Replicating DNA regions on barley chromosomes were investigated by a replication banding technique. Of all chromosomal regions, the late replicating regions, in which DNA replicated in the last third of S phase, were detected as exceptionally distinct bands. Each late replicating region had its own timing and duration to replicate, which were not influenced by any translocations. This suggested...

The present study describes the molecular authentication of 21 Korean Artemisia species using PCR-RFLP (polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism) technique based on the trnL-F sequences in chloroplast DNA. Five different banding patterns were generated from 21 Artemisia species using HinfI restriction enzyme. A. apiacea, A. keiskeana and A. sieversiana have specific ba...

The absence of longitudinal bands in fish chromosomes has been associated with technical problems in chromosome preparations or the absence of a structural compartmentalization in the fish genome. In the present study, a R-banding pattern was obtained using a replication banding technique by in vivo treatment with 5-bromodeoxyuridine (5-BrdU). G-banding patterns were obtained after trypsin trea...

OBJECTIVE We sought to compare the development of paraurethral banding and subsequent dyspareunia in women undergoing either a transobturator (TO) or retropubic (RP) sling. STUDY DESIGN We conducted a retrospective cohort study comparing women treated with either a TO or RP sling during a 10-month period. RESULTS A total of 25 TO sling patients and 28 RP sling patients were compared in the ...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of dual chest banding using elastic bands on the shoulder pain of a scapular dyskinesis patient with winging and an elevated scapula. [Subject] The subject was a 40-year-old male scapular dyskinesis patient with winging, an elevated scapula, and shoulder pain. [Methods] This study developed a method of dual chest banding using el...