The aim of the current work was to analyse impact salt bath nitriding on behavior tribological characteristics and surface microstructures AISI 316L stainless steels. Nitriding carried out at 580°C for 10 h. tribological, structural before after compared. microstructures, characteristics, as well its hardness, were investigated using optical microscopy (OM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), profilom...

The harmful effects of salt on the skin were first described by Paracelsus (1493-1541, see Schwartz, Tulipan, and Peck, 1947), and there have been accounts since confirming this clinical observation in many industries. Ulcers of the legs occur in salt-miners (Ramazzini, 1700). Salt-water boils are found in shipwrecked sailors and deep-sea fishermen (Critchley, 1943); dock labourers carrying bag...

In the present work the recrystallization behavior of deep drawing grade Al-killed low carbon steel sheets produced by Mobarakeh Steel Plant (MSP) has been studied. Salt bath isothermal annealing has b...

The present experiments, utilizing the high-throughput vascular protocol of PhysGen (Program for Genomic Applications) characterized the responses of aortic rings to vasoconstrictor (phenylephrine) and vasodilator (acetylcholine, sodium nitroprusside, and reduced tissue bath Po(2)) stimuli in consomic rat strains derived from a cross between the Fawn Hooded Hypertensive rat (FHH/EurMcwi) and th...

Extracellular nucleotides such as adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) and reactive oxygen species are essential local signaling molecules in the kidney. However, measurements of changes in the interstitial concentrations of these substances in response to various stimuli remain hindered due to limitations of existing experimental techniques. The goal of this study was to develop a novel approach su...

These experiments evaluated salt transport processes in isolated cortical thick limbs of Henle (cTALH) obtained from mouse kidney. When the external solutions consisted of Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate (KRB), pH 7.4, and a 95% O2-5% CO2 gas phase, the spontaneous transepithelial voltage (Ve, mV, lumen-to-bath) was approximately mV; the net rate of Cl- absorption (JnetCl) was approximately 3,600 pmol...

We have tested the hypothesis that growth factor signaling pathways are augmented in hypertension, a disease associated with vascular smooth muscle cell growth. Thoracic aorta was dissected from deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt (DOCA-salt) and one kidney, one clip (1K, 1C) hypertensive rats and from sham normotensive rats for use in isolated tissue bath experiments. Systolic blood pressure was ...