We compared a spectrophotometric kit method (Glycospec) for determination of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1) with a microcolumn kit method (Bio-Rad). The Glycospec method is based on the change in absorbance when phytic acid binds to hemoglobin A. With glycosylated hemoglobin there is no such change because the binding is blocked by the sugar moiety. Inter-assay CVs were 2-6% for both methods. I...

This paper describes the Spectrophotometric and titrimetric methods for the determination of gentamycin and amoxycillin. The use of potassium iodate reagent for direct titrimetric method for the determination of some selected antibiotic has been described. The end point was characterized by a sharp change in color from colorless to deep red followed by spectrophotometric measurements.

Personal floatation devices maintain either a semirecumbent flotation posture with the head and upper chest out of the water or a horizontal flotation posture with the dorsal head and whole body immersed. The contribution of dorsal head and upper chest immersion to core cooling in cold water was isolated when the confounding effect of shivering heat production was inhibited with meperidine (Dem...