.................................................................... 3 Introduction............................................................... 3 History.............................................................................. 3 Function of sodium chloride (NaCl) in animal physiology..........4 The function of Sodium (Na)...................................................5 The function ...

The time dependence of the formation of lotus wax tubules after recrystallization from various chloroform-based solutions on an HOPG surface at room temperature was studied by atomic force microscopy (magnetic AC mode) taking series of consecutive images of the formation process. The growth of the tubules oriented in an upright fashion follows a sequential rodlet→ring→tubule behavior. The influ...

After surgical removal of all salivary secretions ("desalivation"), rats increase their consumption of water while eating dry laboratory chow. In the present experiments, desalivated rats drank even more water while they ate "powdered" high-salt food (i.e., <15-mg food particles). The Na+ concentration of systemic plasma in these animals was not elevated during or immediately after the meal, wh...

The vasodilator peptide adrenomedullin (AM) elicits diuresis and natriuresis and inhibits aldosterone secretion. The aim of this study was to better understand the role of AM in maintaining water and electrolyte balance during chronic salt loading. Male Wistar rats were divided into a high salt (HS) group that received a diet containing 8% sodium chloride (NaCl) and a normal salt group that rec...

A microfluidic device denoted the Phase Chip has been designed to measure and manipulate the phase diagram of multicomponent fluid mixtures. The Phase Chip exploits the permeation of water through poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) in order to controllably vary the concentration of solutes in aqueous nanoliter volume microdrops stored in wells. The permeation of water in the Phase Chip is modeled us...

During transport by advection, atmospheric nonspherical particles, such as volcanic ash, desert dust or seasalt particles experience several chemical and physical processes, leading to a complex vertical atmospheric layering at remote sites where intrusion episodes occur. In this paper, a new methodology is proposed to analyse this complex vertical layering in the case of a two/three-component ...

Due to the higher water content in the human body as compared to the dry environment, water is continuously lost through the skin. The amount of water leaving the body through the skin to the environment in the absence of sweating , is called the transepidermal water loss TEWL. The aim of this study is to measure transepidermal water loss after application of a saline solution and to model the ...

Objective: The aim of this study was to obtain protein isolate from sacha inchi using alkaline pH at different pHs of precipitation with water and salt and to analyze protein isolate with electrophoresis. Methods: Sacha inchi protein isolates were obtained using isoelectric precipitation method at different pHs. Proteins were analyzed using electrophoresis native-polyacrylamide gel electrophore...

Hybrid fiber reinforced concrete (HFRC) consisting of two or more different types of fibers has been widely investigated because of its superior mechanical properties. In the present study, the effect of the addition of steel (0.25%, 0.5%, 0.75%, and 1% of concrete volume) and Polypropylene (0.2%, 0.4%, and 0.6% of concrete volume) fibers on the surface scaling resistance of concrete, depth of ...