1. The frequency of occurrence, under defined conditions, of the different human pepsins in the gastric juices of 50 normal subjects was investigated by agar-gel electrophoresis. 2. From a total of eight proteolytic zones located in the zymograms, no significant differences of occurrence existed between the sexes, or between subjects with or without gastric symptoms. 3. Two zones, numbered 3 an...

The use of medicinal plants for the treatment of various diseases is an old practice in most countries and it still offers an enormous potential source of new anti-infective agents. The present study was conducted to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of Wattakaka volubilis leaf extract. Antimicrobial activity of Wattakaka volubilis methanol extract is determined by disc diffusion method . The...

Chordae tendineae from 50 normal mitral valves were studied. Four main types can be distinguished by their mode of insertion. Commissural chordae insert into and define the commissures between the anterior and posterior leaflets. Rough zone chordae insert into the ventricular aspect of the distal rough portion of the anterior and posterior leaflets. Such rough zone chordae typically split into ...

Acetaminophen (APAP) overdose is the most frequent cause of acute liver failure in the US and many western countries. It is well known that APAP induces mitochondrial damage to trigger centrilobular necrosis. Emerging evidence suggests that autophagic removal of damaged mitochondria may protect against APAP-induced liver injury. Electron and confocal microscopy analysis of liver tissues reveale...

1. Degenerating mesenchyme cells in tissue cultures cultivated in various modifications of Locke's solution often have giant centrospheres. 2. These giant centrospheres develop gradually around the centriole and in their most complete condition consist of centriole, medullary zone, and cortical zone. 3. Preceding the appearance of the centrosphere the centriole is surrounded by degeneration gra...

The correct determination of deformation capacity of a structural member will become more important in the future since nonlinear design methods will be used more often. This report deals with the examination of deformation capacity of the concrete compression zone. The influence of size and the effect of transversal reinforcement of prisms under eccentric compression on their deformation capac...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Specialized computed tomography-equipped stroke ambulances shorten time to intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke by starting treatment before hospital arrival. Because of longer travel-time-to-scene, time benefits of this concept are expected to diminish with longer distances from base station to scene. METHODS We used data from the Prehospital Acute Neurolo...

The Loop I superbubble is believed to have been blown by stellar winds and supernovae in the Sco-Cen OB association. Diffuse OVI emission is expected due to the hot gas inside the superbubble. Our current experiment utilizes the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite for two adjacent pointing directions towards the Loop I superbubble which differ in soft X-ray flux by a factor ...

Clinical BPH as a disease has been defined as benign prostatic enlargement (BPE) [1,2]; however in clinical practice we still see many patients with no enlargement, with prostate volume less than 20 g still causing symptoms and obstruction [3]. How can this be explained? To solve the puzzle, we first need to redefine clinical BPH. We need to go back to the basic fundamental pathology of BPH, wh...