We designed a novel catheter for simultaneous angiography of ipsilateral pulmonary veins (PVs), so that the catheter tip with side holes can be introduced into the inferior PVs and a second curve with side holes into the superior PVs. The simultaneous angiogram of the ipsilateral PVs, using this novel catheter, reveals more clearly the PV ostium to antrum, because simultaneous injection of cont...

Using an effective field theory with correlations we study a diluted mixed spin-112 and spin-312 Ising ferrimagnetic system with a crystal field interaction D(D < 0) on a honeycomb lattice. We find that the system may exhibit two compensation points in the total magnetization curve, although the corresponding system in the absence of dilution or with D = 0 never exhibits any compensation point ...

Although the nitrogen nutrition index (NNI) is a widely used indicator of plant nitrogenstatus, no model of NNI calculation for spring barley (Hordeum vulgare) reflecting also specificmalting requirements on grain has been published. The aim of this study was to determinean optimal range of the nitrogen nutrition index (ratio of nitrogen concentration in shootbiomass to critical nitrogen concen...

N UMEROUS studies concerned with estimates of transcapillary rates of exchange of water and ions based on ‘isotopic arterial disappearance curves’ have appeared in recent years (1-9). For the most part these studies have been unsupported by examinations of the simultaneous events in tissues. It is our purpose here a) to describe water exchange and distribution rates in various tissues; b) to de...

The selection of an external site for a radioisotope determination of cardiac output is discussed with respect to satisfying the analytical conditions of the Stewart-Hamilton dilution equation. Examples of both single-chamber and multichamber recording are illustrated, along with a discussion of the difficulties of curve calibration and extrapola. tion from multiple sites. The development of a ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality of children in Africa. The current practice for diagnosing CMV pneumonitis in this setting is based on interpretation of clinical, laboratory, and radiological findings. There is a need for a sensitive and specific laboratory test to objectively distinguish between patients with CMV pneumonitis and those with CM...

To investigate the cellular events that accompany erythroid hyperplasia, we studied several effects of erythropoietin (Epo) on marrow CFU-E in sickle cell anemia (SCA). We measured CFU-E number, CFU-E growth as a function both of Epo exposure time and of Epo concentration, and suppression of Epo-induced CFU-E formation by anti-Epo antiserum. With 0.5 U Epo/ml, the number of CFU-E was elevated i...

After a single injection of uniformly labeled glucose-Cl4 into rats (1) and dogs (2), the specific activity of plasma glucose, highest immediately after the injection, declines exponentially. The decline is due to a progressive replacement of the tagged compound with relatively non-labeled glucose. The slope or rate constant of the decay curve denotes the rate of turnover of the glucose pool ex...