Nine chemically defined inoculation diluents, with compositions ranging from 0.85% NaCl to 35% marine salts, were used to evaluate the influence of diluent composition on the biochemical profiles of 30 marine and estuarine bacterial strains, including species of Vibrio, Aeromonas, Allomonas, and Photobacterium. Results demonstrated that a 20% marine salts diluent enabled the characterization of...

RANTES is a CC chemokine that causes chemotaxis of eosinophils, basophils, and lymphocytes in vitro. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of RANTES on the influx of inflammatory cells into the nasal mucosa of 12 allergic patients. In the first phase, each patient was challenged with RANTES or diluent on two subsequent days. RANTES caused a significant (p < 0.05) influx of e...

Effects of the in ovo injection of commercial diluent containing supplemental microminerals (Zn, Mn, and Cu) on hatchability and hatching chick quality variables in Ross × Ross 708 broilers were examined. On 17 d of incubation (doi) eggs were subjected to 1 of 4 treatments using a commercial multi-egg injector. Treatments included non-injected (treatment 1) and diluent-injected (treatment 2) co...

are fitted overhead in the various departments. The number and size of the sprinkler tanks vary according to the requirements of each mill, hut 011 an average each tank is from 30 feet to 60 feet either way, and carries permanently about 6 feet of water. The water is mostly a clean supply derived from the municipal mains, though an emergency connection with the millpond by means of a pump is al...

The solubility ternary system was used to develop a hollow fiber-supported liquid membrane process for the extraction of gold (I) cyanide from electronics industry wastewater. Five kinds diluents (p-xylene, cyclohexene, 1-dodecanol, n-heptane, and n-dodecane) were applied systems (Aliquat336 + water diluents) at 303.2 K atmospheric pressure. p-xylene, cyclohexane selected because they are compl...

The lower flammability limit (LFL) of a fuel is the minimum composition in air over which a flame can propagate. Calculated adiabatic flame temperatures (CAFT) are a powerful tool to estimate the LFL of gas mixtures. Different CAFT values are used for the estimation of LFL. SuperChems is used by industry to perform flammability calculations under different initial conditions which depends on th...

The present investigation describes the production of acid proteases by Penicillium griseoroseum IH-02 using solid-state fermentation technique. The enzyme biosynthesis was maximum (8.2 U/ml) when fermentation was carried out on a substrate containing soybean meal and wheat bran mixed at a ratio of 3:1 and moistened with D4 diluent. The substrate to diluent ratio was found to be optimum at 1:2....

a week. The author recommends a dose of up to 4 grains intravenously, and also mentions a few cases of influenzal broncho-pneumonia treated with iodine given intravenously in saline solution. Normal saline is undoubtedly a better diluent than simple water inasmuch as it counteracts the irritation caused by nascent iodine. With this diluent I gave several injections into my left dorsal radial ve...

An improved white cell diluent for use with the Eel electronic counter is described. It possesses advantages over previously described diluents in the rapidity of its action as a red cell stromalysin and in its ability to conserve surviving leucocytes for long periods of time. These properties enable counts to be made either immediately after preparation of the suspension or several hours later...

A radioimmunoassay for parathyroid hormone is described that circumvents some previous difficulties. Parathyroid hormone binds strongly to other serum components. Consequently, a “control” curve is set up for each specimen, the specimen consisting of serum, diluent, and radiolabel, but no antibody. Final calculations are then based on the difference between the control curve and the curve obtai...