BACKGROUND 30 patients, with T1 renal cell carcinomas (RCC) who underwent open enucleoresection of the tumour, were randomized to the use of a topical haemostatic agent (Floseal) or to an infrared-sapphire coagulator (ISC), to compare their efficacy in achieving haemostasis. METHODS Successful intra-operative haemostasis, intra- and post-operative bleeding, operative time, hospital discharge ...

The proliferation of intestinal stem cells (ISCs) and differentiation of enteroblasts to form mature enteroendocrine cells and enterocytes in the Drosophila intestinal epithelium must be tightly regulated to maintain homeostasis. We show that genetic modulation of CyclinD/Cdk4 activity or mTOR-dependent signalling cell-autonomously regulates enterocyte growth, which influences ISC proliferation...

The present study concerns intriguing effects of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on cAMP-mediated anion secretion in polarized human airway epithelia. Although H2O2 applied to the apical and basolateral membrane increases short-circuit currents (ISC) with analogous properties, it has opposite effects on subsequent cAMP-activated ISC responses. Namely, forskolin (FK)-induced ISC responses were down-reg...

31 Anion secretion by colonic epithelium is dependent on apical CFTR-mediated anion 32 conductance and basolateral ion transport. In many tissues, the NKCC1 Na-K-2Cl 33 cotransporter mediates basolateral Cl uptake. However, additional evidence suggests that the 34 AE2 Cl/HCO3 exchanger, when coupled with the NHE1 Na/H exchanger or a Na-HCO3 35 cotransporter (NBC), contributes to HCO3 and/or Cl ...

Robust stability and performance of an induction machine controlled with Indirect Self Control (ISC) are examined through μ-analysis. The analysis indicates poor robust performance at higher rotor speeds. Using reasonable parameter deviations between plant and controller, the predicted bad performance is however hard to verify through simulations. The tested parameter variations seem not to gen...

This paper describes a study performed at the Information System Center (ISC) in NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The ISC was set up in 1998 as a core competence center in information technology. The study aims at characterizing people, processes and products of the new center, to provide a basis for proposing improvement actions and comparing the center before and after these actions have bee...

B. I t shall hold a min imum of two meetings a mon th . C. I t shall send non-voting representatives to each meeting of ISC unless excused by the President. D. I t shall establish a residence which will house a minimum of five girls. E. I t shall form a constitution to be approved by ISC. F. I t shall establish the t raditional sorority insignia including crest pledge pin, and membership pin. G...

this article gives an overview of the islamic world science citation center's (isc) journal citation reports (jcr) database. isc-jcr is the only source of citation data on islamic countries’ leading journals and covers journals in english, arabic and persian languages. it provides information on highest impact journals in a field, the most cited journals and hottest journals. this database allo...

PURPOSE Carbonic anhydrases play a central buffering role in current models of fluid transport in corneal endothelium, but in humans, clinical use of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (CAIs) for the management of glaucoma does not cause corneal swelling. This study compares species differences in response to CAIs in human versus bovine corneal endothelial transport. METHODS Short-circuit current ...

Barakol is a purified extract of Cassia siamea, a plant that has been used as a laxative in traditional medicine. In this study, the effect of barakol on anion transport across the rat colon epithelium was investigated. Colonic epithelium was mounted in Ussing chambers and bathed with Ringer's solution. Addition of 1 mM barakol to the basolateral solution produced a slow increase in short-circu...