The absolute concentration of albumin was measured in the interstitial fluid of subcutaneous adipose tissue and skeletal muscle in six healthy volunteers by combining the method of open-flow microperfusion and the no-net-flux calibration technique. By use of open-flow microperfusion, four macroscopically perforated double lumen catheters were inserted into the tissue regions of interest and con...

PCI JOURNAL This paper presents the results of nonlinear fi nite element analyses conducted to model the behavior of L-shaped, precast, prestressed concrete spandrels constructed with open web reinforcement. The fi nite element model was calibrated using experimental results from recent tests of slender, L-shaped, precast, prestressed concrete spandrels. Detailed correlative studies between ana...

In this paper we generalize work of Amice and Lazard from the early sixties. Amice determined the dual of the space of locally Qp-analytic functions on Zp and showed that it is isomorphic to the ring of rigid functions on the open unit disk over Cp. Lazard showed that this ring has a divisor theory and that the classes of closed, finitely generated, and principal ideals in this ring coincide. W...

Leaf area information is required in various horticultural and physiological studies and it will be more useful if done via non-destructive methods. The objective of this study was to establish equations to estimate leaf area (LA) using length (L), width (W), fresh weight (FW), dry weight (DW), length × length (L2), width × width (W2), length × width (L×W), length + width (L+W), fresh weight × ...

Skeletal and cardiac dihydropyridine receptors function both as voltage-dependent L-type calcium channels (L-channels) and as critical proteins that trigger calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum in muscle. In spite of these similarities, skeletal L-channels exhibit a markedly slower activation rate than cardiac L-channels. We investigated the mechanisms underlying this difference by c...

The present work investigates nitrate and phosphate removal from synthetic treated slaughterhouse wastewater in a novel open raceway pond with sedimentation zone. For this purpose, microalgae Chlorella salina has been cultivated in synthetic wastewater and sedimentation zone has been added to enhance both algae separation in the system and nutrient removal. The effectiveness of Chlorella salina...

The present work investigates nitrate and phosphate removal from synthetic treated slaughterhouse wastewater in a novel open raceway pond with sedimentation zone. For this purpose, microalgae Chlorella salina has been cultivated in synthetic wastewater and sedimentation zone has been added to enhance both algae separation in the system and nutrient removal. The effectiveness of Chlorella salina...

Leaves from in vitro proliferating shoots of cvs. Chandler and Hartley of Persian walnut were cultured on MS and NN media supplemented with BA and NAA. Three light conditions including darkness, low light intensity and modified light intensity were used. Most of the calli were friable and non-embryonic in all three conditions. Rate of callogenesis depended on cultivar, culture medium, light con...

L eukocytes are more likely to grab onto a vascular surface when under fl ow than in the absence of fl ow. This counterintuitive behavior relies on bonds between transmembrane selectins on the blood cell and their vascular ligands. These so-called " catch bonds " get stronger because fl ow fl ips open selectin into a binding-ready conformation, Lou et al. show on page 1107. The authors have sol...

in the current study, the effects of ethanol (etoh) on toxicokinetics of methamphetamine (ma) and its metabolite amphetamine (ap) were investigated. a single dose of ma hydrochloride at 15 mg/kg was given intragastrically, either alone (ma group; n = 8) or in conjunction with 3 g/kg etoh (ma+etoh group; n = 8) to rabbits. in placebo group, normal saline only was given (placebo group; n = 4). pl...