This study presents microwave absorption of raw materials used in barium borosilicate, Fe-doped alumina phosphate and zinc borate glass. Microwave absorption was investigated for the raw materials SiO2, Na2CO3, BaCO3, BPO4, Al(PO3)3, Mg(PO3)2, Al(OH)3, TiO2. The study shows that SiO2 could be heated directly above 1000 °C within 30 min at 1.5 kW microwave output (MW) power and 0.8 kW MW power i...

OBJECTIVES The purposes of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of epilepsy and to estimate the cost of epilepsy in Korea, 2010. METHODS This study used a prevalence based approach to calculate the cost of epilepsy. Claims data from the Korean national health insurance and data from the Korea health panel, the Korea National Statistical Office's records of causes of death, and labor sta...

The current study presents the concept of a stand-alone solar organic Rankine cycle (ORC) water pumping system for rural Nepalese areas. Experimental results for this technology are presented based on a prototype. The economic viability of the system was assessed based on solar radiation data of different Nepalese geographic locations. The mechanical power produced by the solar ORC is coupled w...

Hall current magnitude and spatial distribution are presented for the plasma discharge in the University of Michigan/Air Force Research Laboratory P5 5 kW laboratory-model Hall thruster. The data are calculated from direct, probe-based measurements of the electric field, static magnetic field, and charged particle number density. Thruster discharge voltage was fixed at 300 V and two current lev...

The organic anion transport system is involved in the tubular excretion and reabsorption of various drugs and substances. The purpose of this study was to characterize the effects of various organic anion transport inhibitors on renal organic anion transport using proximal tubule cells stably expressing human organic anion transporter 2 (hOAT2) and hOAT4. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed t...

Female mice from two inbred strains CBA/Kw and KE differ markedly in fertility. The gametes of females from KE strain are of poorer quality than those of CBA/Kw. We analyzed the number of oocytes per ovary in KE and CBA/Kw mice aged 5, 25, 90, 180 and 360 days. The ovaries were dissected and processed according to the routine histological methods. In case of five-day-old females we used a modif...

Studies were carried out to determine the intrarenal adenosine production during hypoxia, and the protective effects of a selective adenosine A(1) receptor antagonist 8-(noradamantan-3-yl)-1, 3-dipropylxanthine (KW-3902) on hypoxia-induced renal hemodynamic changes. We used an in vivo microdialysis method and measured the renal interstitial concentration of adenosine in response to hypoxic expo...

About 100 derivatives of human recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) were created by various gene-mutagenic techniques, and KW-2228, in which amino acids were replaced at five positions of N-terminal region of intact rhG-CSF, was picked up and evaluated for its biologic and physicochemical properties in comparison with intact rhG-CSF. KW-2228 showed two to four times highe...

BACKGROUND Operative treatment of acromioclavicular joint injuries is recommended for higher degree dislocations. Recently a new option has become available with the minimally-invasive tight rope technique. Whereas clinical studies justify the medical use, risks and benefits remain unclear. Therefore, this study analyzed these facts associated with this procedure and compared them to K-wire fix...

Since radioiodination of human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is difficult, we synthesized a mutein of human G-CSF that retains full biological activity and receptor-binding capacity for at least 2 weeks after radioiodination. Receptors for human G-CSF were characterized in the plasma membrane fraction from the human term placenta (human placental membranes) and trophoblastic cel...