Background: Disorders of acid-base involve the complex interplay of many organ systems including brain, lungs, kidney, and liver. Compensations for acid-base disturbances within the brain are more complete, while limitations of compensations are more apparent for most systemic disorders. However, some of the limitations on compensations are necessary to survival, in that preservation of oxygena...

Grand-canonical simulations designed to resolve critical universality classes are reported for z:1 hard-core electrolyte models with diameter ratios lambda=a+/a- less than or approximately equal 6. For z=1 Ising-type behavior prevails. Unbiased estimates of Tc(lambda) are within 1% of previous (biased) estimates but the critical densities are approximately 5% lower. Ising character is also esta...

This paper aims to clarify the intrinsic limitations of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in measuring electric double layer (EDL) capacitance. For more than two decades, capacitances measured using EIS at low frequencies have been reported to be significantly smaller than those measured using other techniques without any definitive explanations. In this paper, EIS measurements were ...

In recent years, interest in using lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries as power sources for a wide range of devices (particularly portable devices) has grown significantly. There is thus a real need to understand at a fundamental level a wide range of battery performance criteria (energy density, power density, safety, durability, cost). Our working group considered how to model the fundamental elec...

We show, for the first time, a redox-active electrolyte in combination with a polyaniline-coated curved graphene active material to achieve significant enhancement in the capacitance (36-92% increase) compared to supercapacitors that lack the redox-active contribution from the electrolyte. The supercapacitors based on the redox-active electrolyte also exhibit excellent rate capability and very ...

INTRODUCTION Month of Ramadan bring many changes in life style, especially the diet of Muslims all over the world among both fasting and nonfasting individuals. Hemodialysis patients are kept on restricted diet because of fluid and electrolytes imbalance. The aim of this study was to compare changes in the clinical and biochemical parameters in fasting and nonfasting hemodialysis patients durin...

Hollow carbon nanospheres/silicon/alumina (CNS/Si/Al₂O₃) core-shell films obtained by the deposition of Si and Al₂O₃ on hollow CNS interconnected films are used as the anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. The hollow CNS film acts as a three dimensional conductive substrate and provides void space for silicon volume expansion during electrochemical cycling. The Al2O3 thin layer is benefici...

The distribution of Na/K-ATPase in rat exorbital lacrimal gland was studied using immunofluorescent localization of an antibody raised against rat kidney Na/K-ATPase. In cryostat sections, intralobular ducts were strongly immunoreactive and acinar cells showed localization on both apical and basal-lateral surfaces. Acinar cells also had strong intracellular reactivity in apical regions. These r...