High sodium intake is considered to be the major risk factor for hypertension but studies about sodium intake on prevention and management of hypertension is limited due to the difficulties in assessment of sodium intake. Dietary sodium comes not only from naturally occurring sodium in foods but also from the added sodium during processing, cooking and at the table. Present study was conducted ...

BACKGROUND Freshwater anostracans inhabit ephemeral water bodies in which as the water level decreases due to evaporation the salt concentration increases. Thus, for most anostracans salinity becomes the major stress factor. RESULTS We tested five concentrations of NaCl (0 to 8 g/l) on the life table demography of Branchipus schaefferi fed Chlorella (alga). Age-specific survivorship curves of...

Compared to other population groups in the United States, caries (tooth decay) is a disproportionately prevalent disease among Latino populations, especially among low-income and rural sub-groups and children under five years of age. Fluoride is a primary preventive for caries. While water fluoridation is a major and effective public health means for delivering fluoride on a mass scale, it does...

BACKGROUND High levels of dietary sodium are associated with raised blood pressure and adverse cardiovascular health. To determine baseline salt intake, we investigated the average dietary salt intake from 24-hour urinary sodium excretion with a small sample of Yantai adults in the Shandong province of China. METHODS One hundred ninety one adults aged 18-69 years were randomly selected from t...

Accumulation of potassium or sodium chloride or other metal halides by washed slices of xylem parenchyma from carrot storage roots is associated with increased respiration-the salt respiration. Both salt accumulation and salt respiration are sensitive to inhibitors that block the energy-linked functions of mitochondria, e.g., carbon monoxide in the dark, cyanide, and 2,4-dinitrophenol (for revi...

PURPOSE Effective imaging of human tissue with microwave tomography systems requires a matching fluid to reduce the wave reflections at the tissue boundary. Further, in order to match the idealized mathematical model used for imaging with the complicated physical measurement environment, loss must be added to the matching fluid. Both too little and too much loss result in low-quality images, bu...

Experiments on the effects of salt on streptomycin in agar plate assays have produced confficting observations. According to a recent paper by Berkman, Henry, and Housewright (1947), "the inclusion of 2.0 per cent sodium chloride, potassium chloride, or ammonium acetate and 0.85 per cent sodium chloride or ammonium acetate to the streptomycin sulfate solutions prepared for assay in 0.1 M phosph...

Sufficient I intake is important for the synthesis of thyroid hormones, which play an important role in normal growth and development. Our aim was to estimate habitual I intake for the Dutch population and the risk of inadequate or excessive intakes. Further, we aimed to provide an insight into the dietary sources of I and the association with socio-demographic factors. Data from the Dutch Nati...