1. Eight recurrent renal stone-forming patients were housed in a metabolic ward and fed on a low (LPD) and a high (HPD) animal protein diet, which were isoenergetic. Metabolic studies were made after 2 weeks on each diet. 2. There was a 90% increase in urinary urate on HPD compared with LPD, whereas serum urate did not change consistently. 3. The urinary acid excretion increased by 200%, includ...

Strongly supersaturated homogeneous calcium citrate solutions are formed spontaneously when solid sodium citrate and solid calcium hydroxycarboxylates are dissolved simultaneously in water or when solid sodium citrate is dissolved in an already saturated aqueous solution of the calcium hydroxycarboxylate at ambient conditions. Maximal supersaturation of calcium citrate was found to decrease for...

The whole process of EAFP protein monoclinic crystal growth with an extremely fast rate has been observed by atomic force microscopy. The results showed that the patterns of the growth images in rapidly growing crystals are complicated. The two-dimensional multi-layered stacks of growth steps are characteristic of higher supersaturation and the growth of steps proceeds in a manner of strong ani...

In this study we show how size-resolved measurements of aerosol particles and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) can be used to characterize the supersaturation of water vapor in a cloud. The method was developed and applied during the ACRIDICON-Zugspitze campaign (17 September to 4 October 2012) at the high-Alpine research station Schneefernerhaus (German Alps, 2650 m a.s.l.). Number size distrib...

Thank you for your comment that helped us to focus on some interesting issues. We fully agree with you that at subsaturated conditions (small droplets), the saturation (S) is dominated by the Raoult term (B/r3) and only as one approaches saturation (larger droplets) does the importance of the Kelvin term (A/r) increase. However, we disagree with the statement that ”At the critical supersaturati...