BACKGROUND This randomized, controlled study was designed to compare the effects of recruitment maneuvers (RMs) with a 15 cmH2O positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) on the systemic oxygenation and lung compliance of patients with healthy lungs following robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP). METHODS Sixty patients undergoing a RALP with an intraoperative 15 cmH2O PEEP were rando...

Excessive reverse-mode (RM) sodium/calcium exchanger 1.1 (NCX1.1) activity, resulting from intracellular sodium accumulation caused by reduced Na+/K+-ATPase activity, increased Na-H exchanger 1 activity. The induction of the voltage-gated sodium channel late current component (late INa), is a major pathway for intracellular calcium (Ca2+i) loading in cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury and...

The activation of tumoricidal murine macrophages by recombinant human tumor necrosis factor (rH-TNF) alone or in combination with recombinant murine gamma-interferon (rM-IFN-gamma) was examined. When used alone, rH-TNF (10(-1)-10(5) units/ml) did not induce macrophage tumoricidal activity against TNF-insensitive P815 mastocytoma cells. Combining rH-TNF with rM-IFN-gamma resulted in the synergis...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of pyramid and reverse pyramid resistance trainings on serum cell injury indices (CK, AST, ALD) and growth factor (IGF-1) in untrained women. Also, it tried to assess the possible relationship between them. 34 subjects (age 18.5±2.20 years, weight 56±9.86 kg, height 162±5.33 cm( participated in this study and were randomly assigned to pyramid...

Our objective was to characterize immune parameters in susceptible (SM) and resistant (RM) mares, with and without artificial insemination (AI) and immunomodulation. Eight RM and eight SM were selected based on their reproductive history and functional tests. Both groups of mares were evaluated during three consecutive cycles: Cycle 1, untreated cycle (control); Cycle 2, AI with dead semen; Cyc...

We present results from a new cosmological hydrodynamics simulation campaign of protocluster (PC) regions, FOREVER22: FORmation and EVolution galaxies in Extremely-overdense Regions motivated by SSA22. The simulations cover wide range scales using three different zoom set-ups parent volume $(714.2~\rm cMpc)^{3}$: PCR (Proto-Cluster Region; $V= (28.6~{\rm cMpc})^{3} $, SPH particle mass, $m_{\rm...

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that extremely preterm infants receive mother's own milk (MOM) when available or pasteurized donor breast milk (DBM) when MOM is unavailable. The goal of this study was to determine whether DBM could be inoculated with MOM from mothers of preterm infants to restore the live microbiota (RM). Culture dependent and culture independent methods were used...