In electrochemical glucose sensing, the enhancement of sensitivity and response time is essential in developing stable reliable sensors, especially for continuous monitoring. We developed a method to increase shorten sensing upon appropriate addition single wall carbon nanotube onto osmium polymer-based hydrogel electrode. Also, background stabilization dramatically enhanced. Keywords: Continuo...

Discrepancy was found between enhanced hypotension and attenuated relaxation of conduit arteries in response to acetylcholine (ACh) and bradykinin (BK) in nitric oxide (NO)-deficient hypertension. The question is whether a similar phenomenon occurs in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) with a different pathogenesis. Wistar rats, SHR, and SHR treated with NO donors [molsidomine (50 mg/kg) or ...

tion of pancreatic cancer caused by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration An 87-year-old woman with a pancreatic masswas referred to our hospital for treatment. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) revealed a 25-mm-diameter mass with cystic changes in the body of the pancreas (●" Fig.1a). Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) was performed using a 22g...

Cooling heat transfer of supercritical CO2 in horizontal straight tubes with wall is numerically investigated by using FLUENT. The results show that almost all models are able to present the trend of heat transfer qualitatively, and the stand k-ε with enhanced wall treatment model shows the best agreement with the experimental data, followed by LB low Re turbulence model. Then further studies a...

BACKGROUND Because ischemically injured myocardium is frequently composed of viable and nonviable portions, a method to discriminate the two is useful for clinical management. METHODS AND RESULTS Ischemically injured myocardium was characterized with extracellular nonspecific (Gd-DTPA) and necrosis-specific (mesoporphyrin) MR contrast media in rats. Relaxation rates (R1) were measured on day ...

The antifungal compound 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol-producing bacterium, Pseudomonas fluorescens strain LRB3W1, inhibits the growth of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici, and controls Fusarium wilt of tomato caused by F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. On the other hand, Serratia marcescens strain B2, which produces cell wall-degrading enzyme chitinases, did not inhibit fungal growth and the su...

Conjoined twins are derived from the division of a single fertilized ovum; a phenomenon accompanied with multiple congenital anomalies. Such twins are identical, of the same sex, and more likely to be female. Most twins die during the embryonic period, and only 18% survive longer than 24 hours. There are complex anomalies in thoraco-omphalopagus twins that makes them unlikely to live long enoug...