Spuriously low electronic platelet counts heparin, oxalate, or citrate. Agglutination were obtained on blood collected in EDTA in the presence of EDTA was not inhibited from six patients. Platelet numbers on by heparin, a-tocopherol, or N-ethylmaleblood smears and electronic counts perimide, but was inhibitied by excess EDTA formed on blood collected in other antior divalent cation. The aggluti...

Root canal irrigants are used to minimize the negative effects of smear layer on endodontic sealer retention. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of agitation of 17% ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) with ultrasonic, 1064-nm Nd:YAG and 980-nm diode laser on the retention of an epoxy-based sealer to the root canal walls. Forty single-rooted bovine teeth were instrumented with...

Effects of 10 microM cadmium (supplied as Cd nitrate) on the utilization and allocation of iron (Fe) were investigated in poplar (Populus alba L.) plants grown in nutrient solution with Fe(III)-EDTA or Fe(III)-citrate as the Fe source. The effects of Cd were also compared with those of Fe deprivation. The accumulation of Fe in roots was 10-fold higher in plants grown with Fe-citrate than with F...

RATIONALE Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia (EDTA-PTCP) is a rare phenomenon characterized by spuriously low platelet counts when EDTA reacts with harvested blood. However, to the best of our knowledge, only two cases involving EDTA-PTCP in postoperative patients with sepsis have been reported. Here, we describe a case of EDTA-PTCP that appeared transiently in a p...

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), when used as a main chelator for complex plant microfertilizers, causes many negative environmental effects; therefore, new compounds or use of the known to replace EDTA have been widely studied. In present study, biodegradation rate, (Raphanus sativus) growth stimulation and ecotoxicity towards Daphnia magna Chlorella vulgaris iminodisuccinic (IDS), cons...

I was born in 1927. That was the year Charles Lindbergh flew to Paris and Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs. These high points remain vivid in my memory. Later, however, I became aware of two other happenings that plunged hundreds of my human brothers and sisters into a terrible dark and dismal slough of despondance. In 1927, Hitler wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle). In it he called for the cleansing of ...

The effects of depressed mothers' touching on their infants' behavior were investigated during the still-face situation. 48 depressed and nondepressed mothers and their 3-month-old infants were randomly assigned to control and experimental conditions. 4 successive 90-sec periods were implemented: (A) normal play, (B) still-face-no-touch, (C) still-face-with-touch, and (A) normal play. Depressed...

The classic moral stories have been used extensively to teach children about the consequences of lying and the virtue of honesty. Despite their widespread use, there is no evidence whether these stories actually promote honesty in children. This study compared the effectiveness of four classic moral stories in promoting honesty in 3- to 7-year-olds. Surprisingly, the stories of "Pinocchio" and ...

Microwave enhanced chromium extraction from sewage sludge and soil-sludge mixtures was carried out using ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) more biodegradable chelating agents: methyleneglycinediacetic (MGDA), S, S’-ethylenediaminedisuccinic (EDDS) S-carboxyl-L-cysteine (SCLC). Raising the temperature microwave energy had particularly strong effect on Cr efficiency with MGDA all investigate...

To investigate the effects of two widely used anticoagulants and storage on the in vitro osmotic fragility of erythrocytes, haematocrit (Hct) and plasma osmolality of ostriches, blood was collected by venipuncture from 8 birds (90-110 kg) into vacutainer tubes containing either EDTA (k3) or lithium heparin. The osmotic fragility of the erythrocytes was determined by measuring the release of hae...