Splanchnic blood flow (SBF) was measured simultaneously with cardiac output (dye dilution) and intrarterial blood pressure by constant infusion of indocyanine green in 11 control subjects, 13 patients with essential hypertension (EH) and seven hypertensive patients with renal artery stenosis (RAS). The cardiac index (CI) was lower (P less than 0.05) in patients with EH (3.17 plus or minus 0.07 ...

Interactions between invasive insects and their fungal associates have important effects on the behavior, reproductive success, population dynamics and evolution of the organisms involved. The red turpentine beetle (RTB), Dendroctonus valens LeConte (Coleoptera: Scolytinae), an invasive forest pest in China, is closely associated with fungi. By carrying fungi on specialized structures in the ex...

We introduce one of many classes of problems which can be defined in terms of 3-valued functions on the vertices of a graph G = (V, E) of the form f : V + { 1, 0, l}. Such a fknction is said to be a minus dominating function if the sum of its function values over any closed neighborhood is at least one. That is, for every t’ E V, ,f(N[r~])> 1, where N[a] consists of 1: and every vertex adjacent...

A three-valued function f defined on the vertices of a graph G = ( V, E), f : V 4 {-I. 0. I }, is a minus dominating function if the sum of its function values over any closed neighborhood is at least one. That is, for every 1~ t V, ,f(N[o]) > 1, where N[c] consists of I: and every vertex adjacent to 1’. The weight of a minus dominating function is f(V) = c f(u), over all vertices L: t V. The m...

AIM:To analyze serum bile acids and biliary lipids of patients with cholesterol gallstone(CS) and explore the relationship between deoxycholic acid (DCA) and CS disease.METHODS: Analysis of bile acids in serum was done with gas-chromatography in two groups: CS group (n=151) and control group (n=256). Serum bile acids and biliary lipids were also studied in 90 matched samples.RESULTS: The serum ...

‎for any integer $kge 1$‎, ‎a minus $k$-dominating function is a‎ ‎function $f‎ : ‎v (g)rightarrow {-1,0‎, ‎1}$ satisfying $sum_{win‎‎n[v]} f(w)ge k$ for every $vin v(g)$‎, ‎where $n(v) ={u in‎‎v(g)mid uvin e(g)}$ and $n[v] =n(v)cup {v}$‎. ‎the minimum of‎‎the values of $sum_{vin v(g)}f(v)$‎, ‎taken over all minus‎‎$k$-dominating functions $f$‎, ‎is called the minus $k$-domination‎‎number and i...

OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to describe the surgical procedure, its results, and its complications and to determine whether patients are satisfied with surgical reduction of labia minora in cases of hypertrophy. STUDY DESIGN The records of 163 patients who underwent reduction of the labia minora during a 9-year period were reviewed. The ages of the patients ranged from 12 to 67 years (median, 2...