BACKGROUND Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes severe immunosuppression due to progressive decrease in the CD4 T lymphocyte cells during the course of the disease and this affects all the body systems including glandular secretions. A number of lesions affecting the salivary glands have been noted in HIV infection. The objective of this study was to evaluate the salivary pH and the buffer...

Objectives There are inconsistent data about the association between saliva properties, dental caries, and periodontal status. In this study, we tried to examine the association between dental caries and periodontal status with salivary viscosity, flow rate, pH, and buffering capacity in adults. Methods In the present cross-sectional study, 450 female teachers were randomly selected from scho...

The cytoplasmic buffering capacity of Thiobacillus acidophilus (along with membrane properties) is responsible for the cytoplasmic pH homeostasis in metabolically compromised cells. When a large influx of H+ occurs, the cytoplasmic buffering capacity prevents drastic changes in pH; in addition, this influx, by increasing the positive membrane potential, eventually leads to a cessation of furthe...

The objective was to quantify how the concentration and particle size of unreacted “residual” limestone affected pH buffering capacity for ten commercial and nine research container substrates that varied in residual calcium carbonate equivalents (CCE) from 0.3 to 4.9 g CCE·L. The nine research substrates contained 70% peat:30% perlite (by volume) with dolomitic hydrated lime at 2.1 g·L, follow...

A new concept, that of "buffer capacity," is defined for potassium-buffering mechanisms in neural tissue. Buffer capacities for different mechanisms can be added and compared, thus simplifying quantitative assessment of diffusion, cytoplasmic uptake, and spatial buffering under varied conditions. The characteristic frequency components for potassium disturbances due to neural events are identif...

The pigmented strain Serratia marcescens ATCC 274 had a higher buffering capacity and a higher membrane H conductance than S. marcescens GP, a spontaneous nonpigmented mutant of ATCC 274. The data suggest that mutations which apparently affect only the synthesis of a secondary metabolite can modify buffering capacity and passive H conductance.

Using the frameworK of cyclic-service systems with a single server, two different token-passing models are investigated. The first model is approximate, obtaining the free-taken's cycle-time distribution on an asymmetric system with infinite capacity buffers and single-token operation. The second model is exact. yielding the cycle-time distribution of the free-token on an asymmetric system with...

The aim of this study was to investigate the buffering capacity (BC) of five porcine muscles. The pH of muscles with zero lactate was also estimated. The BC was calculated on the basis of the amount of lactate accumulating in the muscle between two sampling times and the simultaneous pH decline. Two muscle samples were obtained from each muscle (n=13-36): one as soon as possible after slaughter...

3 Résumé long de la thése en français 5 Introduction 15 1 State of the Art and Mathematical Background 20 1.1 Cooperative Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1.1.1 General Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1.1.2 Cooperative Communications Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Experiments were conducted to determine the effect of fumaric acid supplementation and buffering capacity of the diet on ileal and fecal digestibilities of CP, GE, and amino acids in early-weaned pigs. In two experiments, 12 pigs each were weaned at 14 d of age and fitted with a simple T-cannula at the distal ileum between 15 and 17 d of age. In both experiments, the pigs were fed four diets, b...