Correspondence: Ming-Sheng Zhou Vascular Biology institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Nephrology-Hypertension Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1201 Nw 16 Street, Room A-1009, Miami, FL 33125, USA Tel +1 305 575 3103 Fax +1 305 575 3378 email [email protected] Abstract: A growing number of experimental and clinical studies have provided evidence indicating that p...

At the present time most patients with hypertension can only be offered mitigation of their disease and alleviation of their symptoms. Cure is possible only in certain well-defined syndromes such as phaeochromocytoma, primary hyperaldosteronism, coarctation of the aorta, and unilateral renal disease. The work relating to this last cause of hypertension has recently been reviewed by Smith (1956)...

Myoglobin from the dark muscle of sardine (Sardinella gibbosa) with the molecular weight of 15.3 kDa was isolated and characterized. The different myoglobin derivatives exhibited varying thermal unfolding characteristics. Deoxymyoglobin showed a single distinct endothermic peak at 74.5°C, whereas two transition temperatures were noticeable for oxymyoglobin (64.5°C and 78.4°C) and metmyoglobin (...

Concentration profiles of nitrogen in vacuum-annealed n-type single crystal (100) InP implanted with 1x10 30-keV N ions cm have been studied by the secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) and nuclear resonance broadening (NRB) techniques. Damage induced by the nitrogen implantation was studied by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) and channeling. Annealing the InP samples led to loss a...

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Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) with a golden pigment and black spots were discovered during harvest of a University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) experimental channel catfish production pond. Golden catfish were mixed with catfish of normal pigmentation and of similar sizes. Following the observation that differences existed in algal-off flavor, three golden and three normal pigmented...

AIMS To describe the validation and reliability of a new pain tool (the Alder Hey Triage Pain Score, AHTPS) for children at triage in the accident and emergency (A&E) setting. METHODS A new behavioural observational pain tool was developed because of dissatisfaction with available tools and a lack of confidence in self-assessment scores at triage. The study was conducted in a large paediatric...

Holsteinized Russian Black Pied cattle of the Ural type are bred in Sverdlovsk region, which is represented by large, highly productive animals with a high genetic potential for productivity. The purpose work was to study effect first heifers’ live weight on their productivity and interrelation between milk yield quality indicators. It found that there positive tendency an increase cows’ from l...

Steroids, in particular, 17beta-estradiol (E(2)), have been reported to improve the response to trauma in animal models. In these models, the leukocyte plays a critical role in the inflammatory cascade. We examined the affects of E(2), hydrocortisone (H), progesterone (P(4)), and E(2) with P(4) on oxidant production in human granulocytes (PMNs) and mononuclear leukocytes (MNCs). Each cell type ...