Sato, Koichi, David M. Rodman, and Ivan F. McMurtry. Hypoxia inhibits increased ETB receptor-mediated NO synthesis in hypertensive rat lungs. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol. 20): L511–L581, 1999.—Although hypertensive lungs of chronically hypoxic rats express increased levels of nitric oxide (NO) synthases (NOSs) and produce increased amounts of NO-containing compounds (NOx) durin...

Wetter, Thomas J., Annie C. Gazdag, David J. Dean, and Gregory D. Cartee. Effect of calorie restriction on in vivo glucose metabolism by individual tissues in rats. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Endocrinol. Metab. 39): E728–E738, 1999.—We evaluated the effects of 8 mo of calorie restriction [CR: 60% of ad libitum (AL) food intake] on glucose uptake by 14 tissues in unanesthetized, adult (12 mo) F3443BN ...

Weiner, I. David, Amy E. Frank, and Charles S. Wingo. Apical proton secretion by the inner stripe of the outer medullary collecting duct. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Renal Physiol. 45): F606–F613, 1999.—The inner stripe of outer medullary collecting duct (OMCDis) is unique among collecting duct segments because both intercalated cells and principal cells secrete protons and reabsorb luminal bicarbonat...

Jensen, Michael E., and Edward J. Messina. C-peptide induces a concentration-dependent dilation of skeletal muscle arterioles only in presence of insulin. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 45): H1223–H1228, 1999.—In this study we tested the hypothesis that C-peptide alone or in conjunction with insulin may cause a dilation of skeletal muscle arterioles. First-order arterioles (88 μm) is...

MARIA CASADEVALL,1 ESTEBAN SAPERAS,2 JULIÁN PANÉS,1 AZUCENA SALAS,1 DONALD C. ANDERSON,3 JUAN R. MALAGELADA,2 AND JOSEP M. PIQUÉ1 1Gastroenterology Department, Institut Clı́nic de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clı́nic, University of Barcelona, and 2Digestive System Research Unit, Hospital Vall d’Hebrón, 08035 Barcelona, Spain; and 3Discovery Research, Pharmacia-Upjohn Laboratories, Kalamazoo, Mi...

THE EXISTING US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) makes commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol a priority, calling for 16 billion gallons of cellulosic biofuel production by 2022, sourced from grasses, trees, agricultural residues, and municipal waste. The US Department of Energy “US Billion-Ton Update” study (Downing et al. 2011) suggests that to meet the mandates in the RFS, approximately 66 million...

Seo, J. T., H. Sugiya, S. I. Lee, M. C. Steward, and A. C. Elliott. Caffeine does not inhibit substance P-evoked intracellular Ca21 mobilization in rat salivary acinar cells. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Cell Physiol. 45): C915–C922, 1999.—We used the Ca21-sensitive fluorescent dye fura 2, together with measurements of intracellular D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3], to assess the inhib...

Automated program repair (APR) techniques locate and fix faults automatically. In order to fix faults, APR applies a set of program modification operators (PMOs) to modify faulty programs. A potential repair is found when APR applies a PMO that fixes a fault. A brute-force search algorithm applies all PMOs in a predefined order until a potential repair is found. Brute-force can guarantee a fix ...

BACKGROUND Thailand has for years attempted to address illicit drug use through aggressive drug law enforcement. Despite accounts of widespread violence by police against people who inject drugs (IDU), the impact of police violence has not been well investigated. In the wake of an intensified police crackdown in 2011, we sought to identify the prevalence and correlates of experiencing police be...

PURPOSE Oncologic outcomes following laparoscopic abdomino-perineal resection (APR) for distal rectal cancer are infrequently reported. This study aims to compare the long term outcomes between laparoscopic and open APR in distal rectal cancers. METHODS A retrospective review of all patients who underwent APR for distal rectal cancer from May 2001 to November 2009 was performed. RESULTS For...