Introduction It is nearly 30 years ago that the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) provided urgently needed guidance on the use of sampling plans and microbiological criteria for foods in international trade. With publications like “Microorganisms in Foods 2: Sampling for Microbiological Analysis: Principles and Specific Applications” (1) and now “Micro...

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BACKGROUND Endothelin-1 (ET-1) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and ET receptor blockade has shown renoprotective effects in animals. We examined the haemodynamic and renal effects of an ET receptor antagonist, TAK-044, in patients with CKD. METHODS Seven patients with CKD (mean arterial pressure 103 mmHg; mean plasma creatinine 3.5 mg/dl) received th...

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The effect of an endothelin (ET) A/ETB receptor antagonist, TAK-044, and/or an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, temocaprilat, on myocardial metabolism and contraction during ischemia and reperfusion was examined by phosphorus 31-nuclear magnetic resonance (31P-NMR) in Langendorff rabbit hearts. After normothermic 15 min global ischemia, 60min of postischemic reperfusion was carrie...

Although ET-1 antagonists have been beneficial in the treatment of heart failure (HF), their involvement in the effect on the sympathetic nervous system in HF remains unknown. The present study investigated the role of endogenous endothelin (ET) in the sympathetic nervous system in HF by observing the effect of ET AB antagonist (TAK-044) on renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) in conscious r...

It is well known that the optimal solution for searching in a nite total order set is the binary search. In the binary search we divide the set into two \halves", by querying the middle element, and continue the search on the suitable half. What is the equivalent of binary search, when the set P is partially ordered? A query in this case is to a point x 2 P , with two possible answers: 'yes', i...