rPSGL-Ig is a recombinant, soluble, and chimeric form of P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1, which is developed as an antagonist to P-selectin. Allometric and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modeling was used to select doses for human clinical trials. Pharmacokinetic parameters of rPSGL-Ig such as clearance (CL), volume of distribution (Vc), and t(1/2) across animal species are well described by ...

This study investigated the disposition and bioavailability of ceftazidime when it was given intraperitoneally. Seven patients were given 1 gm of ceftazidime intravenously, and 1 wk later, the same dose was given intraperitoneally. After both intravenous and intraperitoneal dosing, serum and peritoneal dialysate samples were obtained at set time intervals over a 24-h period. High-performance li...

Backgrounds: Canine parvovirus (CPV) has been incriminated as a primary pathogen related to acute hemorrhagic enteritis in dogs. Three major antigenic variants of CPV (CPV-2a/2b/2c) have so far been identified. Objectives: This study was carried out to investigate the frequency of CPV-2 and its variants (CPV-2a/2b/2c) in a population of healthy and diarrheic dogs in the north west of Iran. Meth...

A survey of cable logging contracts was conducted in 5 of the 8 Alpine countries, namely: France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland. The goals of the survey were to set a gen­ eral reference for cable logging rates, to identify eventual differences between countries and to determine the effect of technical work parameters (i.e. piece size, removal per hectare, line length) on actual cont...

PURPOSE This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of 20 and 40 mg/day conivaptan (Vaprisol®) in patients with hypervolemic or euvolemic hyponatremia. METHODS Hyponatremic patients - serum sodium (sNa) ≤130 mEq/L - received either 20 or 40 mg/day of conivaptan for 4 days, following an initial 20 mg loading dose. Efficacy was evaluated by the magnitude and extent o...

A bstract. We study the app roximation of solut ions to the Burgers' equation , an + c!.-(n _n 2) = v a 2 n ilt ilx 2 ilx' (1) by spatially avera ging a prob abilistic cellular automaton motivated by random walks on a line. The auto maton consists of moving "particles" on Q. one-dimensional periodic lattice with spe ed one and in a random direction subject to the exclusion principle that at mos...

AIM Leflunomide, via its active metabolite teriflunomide, is used in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment, yet approximately 20 to 40% of patients cease due to toxicity. The aim was to develop a time-to-event model describing leflunomide cessation due to toxicity within a clinical cohort and to investigate potential predictors of cessation such as total and free teriflunomide exposure and pharma...

introduction: long-term levodopa treatment of parkinson’s disease (pd) is frequently complicated by spontaneously occurring involuntary muscle movements called dyskinesia. the exact pathological mechanism of this complication has not yet been elucidated. we have previously demonstrated that in pd patients the vulnerability to develop peripheral but not orofacial dyskinesia is associated with th...

telomerase and systems controlling their activity have been of great attention. there are controversies regarding the role of the alternative splicing forms of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase (htert), the catalytic subunit of telomerase. therefore, the correlation between telomerase enzyme activity, the abundance of alternatively spliced variants of htert and doubling time of a serie...