Pioglitazone belongs to the thiazolidinedione (TZD) class of antidiabetic agents, with proven efficacy in increasing insulin sensitivity and in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in humans. Pioglitazone has been proposed as a potential feed additive to reduce insulin resistance and consequently some of the metabolic disorders in transition cows. This study was aimed at determining the ph...

Two tests have been compared for detection of heterozygotes for phenylketonuria, one based on determination of plasma phenylalanine and tyrosine concentrations in fasting individuals and the other on kinetic evaluation of the plasma elimination curve after intravenous loading with L-phenylalanine. The plasma elimination curve was biexponential and the kinetics were evaluated according to the tw...

We consider the possibility of free receptor (antigen/cytokine) levels rebounding to higher than the baseline level after one or more applications of an antibody drug using a target-mediated drug disposition model. Using geometry and dynamical systems analysis, we show that rebound will occur if and only if the elimination rate of the drug-receptor product is slower than the elimination rates o...

The pyridoxal form of alanine aminotransferase from pig heart catalyzes the a,/? elimination reaction with 3chloro-L-alanine as the substrate to form equimolar amounts of pyruvate, ammonia, and chloride. The maximum rate of the a,/3 elimination reaction was 2.5 pmol/min/mg at pH 7.0 (25”(Z), approximately 0.5% that of the transamination reaction between L-alanine and 2-oxoglutarate. Time-depend...

The pyridoxal form of alanine aminotransferase from pig heart catalyzes the a,/? elimination reaction with 3chloro-L-alanine as the substrate to form equimolar amounts of pyruvate, ammonia, and chloride. The maximum rate of the a,/3 elimination reaction was 2.5 pmol/min/mg at pH 7.0 (25”(Z), approximately 0.5% that of the transamination reaction between L-alanine and 2-oxoglutarate. Time-depend...

Motion estimation typically consumes 50% to 70% of total power in video encode application. Optimizing the power consumption of motion estimation process is of great importance to low power video applications. Power dissipation increases with computational complexity. Reduction in motion estimation complexity is usually associated with increase in bit rate and a loss of quality. We explore a se...

The beta-elimination of phosphoserine residues by dilute alkali is catalysed by the presence of group II metal ions. The use of 0.1 M-Ba (OH)2 catalysed the rate of beta-elimination of phosphoserine by more than two orders of magnitude compared with the use of NaOH at the same OH-ion concentration. Serine and threonine residues are unaffected by this treatment. Free thiol groups and disulphide ...

Twenty-one percent of the world's tuberculosis cases are found in the Western Pacific Region. The region has demonstrated a lower rate of decline in incidence than the regions of Africa, the Americas and Europe. Issues around drug resistance, human immunodeficiency virus and diabetes impact on the burden of tuberculosis disease in the Western Pacific Region. Australia has exhibited a low and re...