BACKGROUND Alkaline tide is the transient increase in blood and urine pH following stimulation of gastric acid secretion. It is attributed to HCO3- release from parietal cells in parallel with H+ secretion. The enzyme carbonic anhydrase is thought to be responsible for HCO3- production from CO2 and OH- in the parietal cell. OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of pretreatment with the carbonic anh...

Sea level reconstructions extend spatially dense data sets, such as those from satellite altimetry, by decomposing the data set into basis functions and fitting those functions to in situ tide gauge measurements with a longer temporal record. We compare and evaluate two methods for reconstructing sea level through an idealized study. The compared sea level reconstruction methods differ in the t...

Infectious problems, such as exit-site infection and peritonitis, are common complications of peritoneal dialysis (PD). Peritonitis is usually bacterial and either caused by gram-positive organisms as a sequel to handling errors or by gram-negative bacteria as a result of underlying gastrointestinal pathology. Several antibiotic guidelines have been formulated. We present a case of PD peritonit...

This article focuses on individual effects of the transformation from communist to capitalist structures in the system of occupational health and safety (OHS). Despite basic similarities among the communist nations the systems of OHS differed immensely. The political changes during transformation additionally contributed to varying opportunities for the development of OHS systems. Changes affec...

Unsuccessful retrieval attempts can enhance subsequent encoding and learning. In three experiments, subjects either attempted to retrieve word pairs prior to studying them (e.g., attempting to recall tide-? before studying tide-beach) or did not attempt retrieval and retention of the studied targets was assessed on a subsequent cued recall test. Experiment 1 showed that attempting retrieval enh...

Detection of red tides (harmful algal blooms or HABs) from space has been problematic in optically complex waters, mainly due to interference from non-pigment constituents to the satellite signal. Using in situ and MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) measurements, the spectral characteristics of red tide and non-red tide waters were studied in the East China Sea coastal area. Two sur...

Interannual to multidecadal variability of winter storminess in the eastern United States was studied using water level measurements from coastal tide gauges. The proximity to the coast of the primary winter storm track in the region allows the use of tide gauges to study temporal modulations in the frequency of these storms. Storms were identified in high-passed, detided sea level anomalies in...

The effect of different stages of the tidal cycle, weather conditions and the presence of conand allo-specifics on the time and activity budgets of Eurasian Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus was investigated. Data were collected at a breeding site on Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel, UK, where Oystercatchers feed on limpets Patella spp. on rocky shores. Sixteen behaviours were recorded fo...