The micropuncture evidence relating to the location and the mechanism for concentration and dilution of the urine is reviewed. As required by the countercurrent hypothesis for urine concentration, these data demonstrate that in the presence of antidiuretic hormone, the tubular urine is first concentrated in the descending limb of the loop of Henle and then diluted in the ascending limb of the l...

The micropuncture evidence relating to the location and the mechanism for concentration and dilution of the urine is reviewed. As required by the countercurrent hypothesis for urine concentration, these data demonstrate that in the presence of antidiuretic hormone, the tubular urine is first concentrated in the descending limb of the loop of Henle and then diluted in the ascending limb of the l...

Polarized fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (pFRAP) was used to monitor the effects that condensation, i.e. compaction and aggregation, have on the (microseconds and ms) internal dynamics of chromatin in intact nuclei. When divalent cations were present with physiological (approximately 90 mM) monovalent salt the chromatin was found to exist in a compact and aggregated state which was ...

variation of the branches of the external carotid artery (eca) is well known, but it is extremely rare for the occipital artery (oa) to arise from the internal carotid artery (ica). a 87-year-old man was found to have this anatomical variation on the right side by threedimensional computed tomography angiography for vascular mapping of the carotid arteries before superselective intra-arterial c...

This paper shows that most murine (C57BL/6) influenza A virus-specific memory cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) clones tested in limiting dilution did not react with the influenza A virus surface glycoproteins, hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA). This lysis of syngeneic target cells infected with the influenza A virus strains, Aichi (H3N2), PR8 (H1N1), or recombinant strain X31 (H3N2) indicat...

BACKGROUND Convective dialysis strategies are superior in the removal of protein-bound uraemic retention solutes. Mid-dilution and mixed-dilution haemodiafiltration (HDF), both combining pre-dilution and post-dilution, are promising options to further improve removal capacity and have been shown of additional benefit for large middle molecules. In this study, we compared the removal of small wa...

• .All thennal methods for the study of the circulation depend upon the induction of a change in the heat content of! the blood stream. As a result of the change, a particular time-dependent spatial distribution of temperature is developed in the blood according to the manner in which the change is brought about and as a function of the prevailing pattern of blood flow. In a general sense, any ...

The micropuncture evidence relating to the location and the mechanism for concentration and dilution of the urine is reviewed. As required by the countercurrent hypothesis for urine concentration, these data demonstrate that in the presence of antidiuretic hormone, the tubular urine is first concentrated in the descending limb of the loop of Henle and then diluted in the ascending limb of the l...

OBJECTIVES To compare the agreement between microbroth dilution and agar dilution for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Campylobacter jejuni. METHODS Utilizing commercially prepared antimicrobial panels, microbroth dilution was compared with agar dilution for determining antimicrobial susceptibility in C. jejuni isolates. To assess the performance of both techniques for ampicillin, 190 ...