Chinese hamster ovary cells cultured in vitro were exposed to hyperthermic treatment at 43 degrees C or 45 degrees C. Depletion of 99.5% of the intracellular glutathione (GSH) by addition of 0.1 mM diethylmaleate (DEM) increased thermal sensitivity. This effect, however, was dependent upon oxygen tension. Decreasing the oxygen tension reduced the effect. Thermal cytotoxicity was further augment...

PURPOSE The aim of this paper is to report thermal dosimetry characteristics of external deep regional pelvic hyperthermia combined with intravesical mitomycin C (MMC) for treating bladder cancer following transurethral resection of bladder tumour, and to use thermal data to evaluate reliability of delivering the prescribed hyperthermia dose to bladder tissue. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of...

In this research, Effect of thermal treatment on beneficiation of low-grade laterite nickel by calcination-magnetic separation method was studied. In order to determine the components and elements of the sample, to recognize the main and minor minerals and their bond, and phase transformation caused by thermal treatment, Chemical analysis (XRF and ICP), microscopic studies and XRD analysis ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of thermal oxidation on the corrosion behavior of Ti-5Ag alloy. METHODS The microstructure of Ti-5Ag alloy without and with thermal oxidization treatment were characterized, with commercial pure (CP) Ti as control, by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (...