The cost of political campaigns in the U.S. has risen substantially in recent years. For example, real spending on congressional election campaigns doubled between 1976 and 1992 (Steven D. Levitt [1995]). There are many reasons why increased campaign spending might be socially harmful. First, increased spending means increased fund-raising, which may keep politicians from their legislative duti...

The cost of political campaigns in the U.S. has risen substantially in recent years. For example, real spending on congressional election campaigns doubled between 1976 and 1992 (Steven D. Levitt [1995]). There are many reasons why increased campaign spending might be socially harmful. First, increased spending means increased fund-raising, which may keep politicians from their legislative duti...

background: gentamicin (gm) is one the aminoglycoside antibiotics which isroutinelyused to treatinfections gram-negative, either alone or insynergistic withbeta-lactamantibioticsused. however, frequent useleads toserious side effectssuch asrenal toxicity, ototoxicity. coenzyme q10 has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and vasodilatory properties. according to these properties of coenzyme q10 and t...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES There are no studies associating ventilatory mode effects on renal repercussions during pneumoperitoneum. This study aimed at evaluating pneumoperitoneum-induced renal hemodynamics and function changes in dogs under volume and pressure controlled ventilation. METHODS This study involved 16 dogs anesthetized with sodium thiopental and fentanyl, which were divided in t...

Introduction: Arterial gas derangement could change urinary sodium excretion in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients.There are very few and conflicting data in regards to the measurement of fractional excretion of sodium in COPD patients. The main aim of this study was to assess the relationship between renal fractional excretion of sodium(FeNa) with arterial blood gas and spir...

1. The urinary excretion of 3-methylhistidine and creatinine was measured in 15 controls and in two groups of 15 patients with liver cirrhosis, with and without severe muscle wasting. All subjects were on a meat-free diet. The values obtained were used to calculate the fractional catabolic rate of myofibrillar protein. 2. In patients without muscle wasting 3-methylhistidine excretion was high i...

This study reports the effects of a short-term (60 min) low-dose (20 ng x kg(-1) x min(-1)) infusion of synthetic urodilatin (URO) in patients with liver cirrhosis. URO is a natriuretic peptide. A total of 15 cirrhotic patients with ascites and nine without ascites participated in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in a crossover design. Renal hemodynamics were estimated by a ...

Alexander Khitun, Dmitri E. Nikonov, and Kang L. Wang Department of Electrical Engineering, Device Research Laboratory, Focus Center on Functional Engineered Nano Architectonics (FENA), Western Institute of Nanoelectronics (WIN), University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1594, USA Technology Strategy, Technology and Manufacturing Group, Intel Corporation, Santa Clar...

Infusion of alpha-human atrial natriuretic factor (alpha-h-ANF) into pentobarbital anesthetized dogs (n = 10) at 0.0025, 0.005, 0.01, and 0.3 micrograms/kg/min was performed to differentiate the physiologic actions of atrial natriuretic factor from its pharmacologic actions. The lowest doses of atrial natriuretic factor infusion resulted in circulating levels that were previously produced by 0-...