A sensitive and reproducible gas chromatographic procedure for the quantitative determination of urinary o-cresol is described. The first step involves acid hydrolysis (2N HCl, 100 degrees C, 10 min), which yields unconjugated o-cresol. After extraction (methylene chloride, pH 2), the organic layer is concentrated by evaporation and samples are analyzed by gas chromatography-flame ionization de...

Establishing sampling techniques for juveniles of tuna species is essential understanding their ecology and population dynamics because only individuals showing rapid growth during larval juvenile stages are able to survive. This study the first report on successful using larva catcher (LC)-type trawl net, a pelagic gear with 10 × 10-m mouth opening, 40-m total length, 5 5-mm mesh size. It was ...

Objective: This study investigated the Weibull parameters and 5% fracture probability of direct, indirect composites, and CAD/CAM composites. Material and Methods: Discshaped (12 mm diameter x 1 mm thick) specimens were prepared for a direct composite [Z100 (ZO), 3M-ESPE], an indirect laboratory composite [Ceramage (CM), Shofu], and two CAD/CAM composites [Lava Ultimate (LU), 3M ESPE; Vita En...

Suspensions of 3':5'-cyclic AMP (cAMP)-sensitive cells of Dictyostelium discoideum responded to a cAMP pulse with increased 3':5'-cyclic GMP (cGMP) levels. Under the assay conditions used (2 x 10(8) cells per ml in 10 mM phosphate buffer, pH 6.0) cAMP (5 x 10(-8) M final concentration) increased cGMP levels from 1 pmol per 10(7) cells to 7 pmol per 10(7) cells in 10 sec and basal levels were re...

Patient Cause of PH Age (years) Gender mPAP (mm Hg) RAP (mm Hg) CO (L.min) TPR (dyne.sec.cm) 1 IPAH 27 F 55 13 2,9 1733 2 IPAH 56 M (64) (15) (5.6) (923) 3 IPAH 42 M 30 NA 9,2 264 4 EAA 44 M 33 22 6,2 422 5 COPD 59 M 30 15 7,2 330 6 sarcoidosis 44 M 48 11 NA NA 7 IPAH 41 F (60) (13) (3.2) (1481) 8 IPAH 37 F 45 14 5,4 662 9 IPF 64 M 51 8 5,1 805 10 EAA 52 M 43 11 4,5 764 11 PAH-CHD 45 V (71) (14...

The RF integrated noise suppressor is demonstrated by integration of soft magnetic films on coplanar transmission line. Vertical structure is composed of the magnetic film (2 mm x 15 mm x 1, 2 m) /2 m-thick polyimide/15.2 mm-long and 3 mthick Cu transmission line/seed layer (Ti/Cu) /1 mm-thick glass substrate. The coplanar transmission line was prepared by electroplated Cu with 50 characteristi...

A partial purification and biochemical characterization of the α-amylase from Streptomyces sp. MSC702 were carried out in this study. The optimum operational conditions for enzyme substrate reaction for amylolytic enzyme activity from the strain were evaluated. The optimum pH, temperature, and incubation period for assaying the enzyme were observed to be 5.0, 55°C, and 30 min, respectively. The...