The present study aimed to investigate the comparative evaluation of pharmacological efficacy between sulfasalazine alone and sulfasalazine in combination with herbal medicine on dextran sodium sulfate- (DSS-) induced UC in mice. Balb/c mice received 5% DSS in drinking water for 7 days to induce colitis. Animals were divided into five groups (n = 9): Group I (normal group), Group II (DSS contro...

The physical properties of a polyethylene resin are mainly though not exclusively dependent on basic molecular properties such as short chain branching, average molecular weight and molecular weight distribution. These basic properties in turn are controlled by the size, structure and uniformity of the polyethylene molecules. Ethylene is a gaseous hydrocarbon composed of two carbon atoms and fo...

The performance of StrepB Carrot Broth (SCB) versus group B Lim broth (LIM) for detection of group B streptococcus (GBS) colonization status in near-term pregnant women (35 to 37 weeks of gestation) was evaluated. Dually collected vaginal/rectal swabs from 279 women enrolled from a single large maternity clinic were analyzed. Fifty (18%) women were colonized by GBS according to both methods. SC...

Introduction Sodium channel blockade (SCB) with a class Ia or Ic antiarrhythmic agent (eg, ajmaline or procainamide, respectively) is used in the unmasking and diagnosis of Brugada syndrome (BrS). SCB is performed frequently as part of family screening or in symptomatic patients with a suggestive electrocardiogram (ECG), and concurrent medications known to potentiate arrhythmias or contraindica...

[1] We present results from a one‐way coupling between the kinetic Ring Current Atmosphere Interactions Model with Self‐Consistent B field (RAM‐SCB) and the Space Weather Modeling Framework (SWMF). RAM‐SCB obtains plasma distribution and magnetic field at model boundaries from the Block Adaptive Tree Solar Wind Roe Upwind Scheme (BATS‐R‐US) magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) model and convection potent...

In this thesis we present measurements on several different devices, including the single-Cooper-pair box (SCB), the single-electron box, tunable superconducting resonators and so called transmon qubits. By exploiting the quantum capacitance of the SCB, its state was measured by embedding the box in a radio-frequency resonator. The state dependent change in the quantum capacitance then leads to...

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) of the United States was enacted in 1973 to prevent the extinction of species. Recovery plans, required by 1988 amendments to the ESA, play an important role in organizing these efforts to protect and recover species. To improve the use of science in the recovery planning process, the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) commissioned an independent review of e...

Complexes formed by one charged and branched copolymer with an oppositely charged and linear polyion have been investigated by Monte Carlo simulations. A coarse-grained description has been used, in which the main chain of the branched polyion and the linear polyion possess the same absolute charge and charge density. The spatial extension and other structural properties, such as bond-angle ori...

This work compared the molecular structures and physicochemical properties of starches obtained from chalky and translucent kernels of six rice cultivars. Starch samples were prepared according to a modified alkali steeping method. Crystallinity, pasting characteristics, and thermal properties were studied by X-ray diffraction, rapid viscosity analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry, re...