Excessive fluoride ingestion has been identified as a risk factor for fluorosis and oxidative stress. The present study was aimed to evaluate vitamin E in combination with methionine and Lcarnosine as a potential natural antioxidant to mitigate the effects of sodium fluoride on hematological indices, DNA damage, pancreatic digestive enzyme activities and histological structure of pancreas throu...

were worn for 96 hr by seven adult males who brushed daily with a F-free dentifrice. Test slabs were brushed with a NaF dentifrice 4 x / day or with the same dentifrice 4 x /day and a 0. 02% APF mouthrinse and a 0.4% SnF2 gel which were applied once/day for three days. The natural dentition was also brushed with the NaF dentifrice during both test periods. Microhardness testing was performed on...

We have hypothesized that antiallergic activity of inhaled heparin is molecular weight dependent and mediated by "nonanticoagulant fractions" (NAF-heparin). Therefore, we studied comparative effects of high-, medium-, and ultralow-molecular-weight (HMW, MMW, and ULMW, respectively) NAF-heparins on acute bronchoconstrictor response (ABR) and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) in allergic sheep. Sp...

The German National Analysis Facility (NAF) was set up at DESY, starting end of 2007 in the context of the Helmholtz Alliance “Physics at the Terascale”. The NAF complements the DESY and the German Grid resources, and hence offers users from the German HEP institutes the best possible environment for data analysis. In the first part, the key aspects and components of the NAF are briefly present...

The objective of this study was to compare and investigate differences in glucose and lactate concentrations in sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate (NaF/Ox) plasma and serum in healthy cats and cats with metabolic disease. Glucose and lactate concentrations were determined in routinely processed serum and NaF/Ox plasma obtained from healthy (n=30), hyperthyroid (n=27) and diabetic (n=30) cats, an...

The effects of fluoride, which is present in different oral hygiene products, deserve more investigation because little is known about their impact on the surface of titanium, which is largely used in Implantology. This study evaluated the surface of commercially pure titanium (cpTi) after exposure to different concentrations of sodium fluoride (NaF). The hypothesis tested in this study was tha...

We studied the changes in blood glucose concentration in blood samples collected in heparinized specimen tubes containing no other preservative, or containing NaF, D-mannose, or a combination of NaF and D-mannose. Blood concentration in samples taken into NaF decreased by 0.40 mmol/L in the first 2 h; thereafter, there was no change. In samples collected into mannose there was a small but signi...

Let IFq be a finite field of characteristic two and let φ be the Frobenius endomorphism of an elliptic curve. To find or improve efficient algorithms for scalar multiplication sP of point P in the elliptic curve cryptography, it is always an important subject. If IFq = IF2, Solinas [5] has developed an algorithm for computing the φ-NAF. In this note, we extend Solinas’ φ-NAF algorithm to IFq, w...

Calcium fluoride-like materials ("CaF2") formed on dental surfaces after professional fluoride application are unstable in the oral environment but can be retained longer with a daily NaF mouthrinse. We tested the effect of twice daily 0.05% NaF rinses on the retention of "CaF2" formed on enamel and dentine after applying acidulated phosphate fluoride (APF). "CaF2" formed on enamel/dentine by A...

The objective of this research was to evaluate the texture and consumer acceptability of goat meat frankfurter formulations with no added fat (NAF), beef fat (BF), or canola oil (CO). Consumer sensory evaluation, fat, and moisture and texture profile analyses were performed on goat meat frankfurters produced with the fat sources BF, CO, and NAF. For sensory evaluations, NAF was less tender (P =...