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Intensive care management of organophosphate insecticide poisoning
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Introduction Organophosphate (OP) insecticides inhibit both cholinesterase and pseudo-cholinesterase activities. The inhibition of acetylcholinesterase causes... -
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A prospective study of rural drinking water quality and acute gastrointestinal illness
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background This study examined the relationship between the bacteriological contamination of drinking water from private wells and acute gastrointestinal illness... -
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PKQuest: capillary permeability limitation and plasma protein binding – application to human inulin, dicloxacillin and ceftriaxone pharmacokinetics
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background It is generally assumed that the tissue exchange of antibiotics is flow limited (complete equilibration between the capillary and the tissue water). This... -
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Omapatrilat normalizes renal function curve in spontaneously hypertensive rats
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The present study was designed to analyze the chronic renal response to omapatrilat, a new vasopeptidase inhibitor, in spontaneously hypertensive rats... -
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Identification of bacteria in drinking and purified water during the monitoring of a typical water purification system
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background A typical purification system that provides purified water which meets ionic and organic chemical standards, must be protected from microbial proliferation... -
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Expression of monolysocardiolipin acyltransferase activity is regulated in concert with the level of cardiolipin and cardiolipin biosynthesis in the mammalian heart
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Monolysocardiolipin acyltransferase (MLCL AT) catalyzes the acylation of monolysocardiolipin to cardiolipin in mammalian tissues. We previously reported... -
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PKQuest: volatile solutes – application to enflurane, nitrous oxide, halothane, methoxyflurane and toluene pharmacokinetics
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The application of physiologically based pharmacokinetic models (PBPK) to human studies has been limited by the lack of the detailed organ information that... -
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A comparative study of gallstones from children and adults using FTIR spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Cholelithiasis is the gallstone disease (GSD) where stones are formed in the gallbladder. The main function of the gallbladder is to concentrate bile by... -
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Different conformations of nascent polypeptides during translocation across the ER membrane
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background In eukaryotic cells, proteins are translocated across the ER membrane through a continuous ribosome-translocon channel. It is unclear to what extent... -
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The dynamics of venous return and response to hypervolemia in the toad,
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Venous return from the posterior region of amphibians travels by either two renal portal veins to the kidney or a central abdominal vein that drains into... -
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Antinociceptive and antiedematogenic properties and acute toxicity of
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Tabebuia avellanedae is a tree from the Bignoniaceae family. Commonly know as "pau d'arco" in Brazil, its inner bark is used as analgesic, anti-... -
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Association of Down's syndrome and water fluoride level: a systematic review of the evidence
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background A review of the safety and efficacy of drinking water fluoridation was commissioned by the UK Department of Health to investigate whether the evidence... -
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Purification and partial characterization of bacillocin 490, a novel bacteriocin produced by a thermophilic strain of
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Applications of bacteriocins as food preservatives have been so far limited, principally because of their low antimicrobial activity in foods. Nisin is the... -
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Plant water uptake by hard red winter wheat (
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Hard red winter wheat (HRWW; Triticum aestivm L.) plants from genotypes selected in the Northern Great Plains of the U.S. have less tissue water after... -
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Giardiasis in children living in post-earthquake camps from Armenia (Colombia)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background An earthquake in the coffee growing region of Colombia on January 25, 1999 destroyed 70% of the houses in Armenia city. Transitory housing camps still... -
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The velocity of ultrasound in human primary melanoma tissue - implications for the clinical use of high resolution sonography
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Ultrasonography with 20 MHz frequency can be used to estimate tumour thickness preoperatively in malignant melanoma (MM) of the skin. The vertical invasion... -
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Insight to structural subsite recognition in plant thiol protease-inhibitor complexes : Understanding the basis of differential inhibition and the role of water
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background This work represents an extensive MD simulation / water-dynamics studies on a series of complexes of inhibitors (leupeptin, E-64, E-64-C, ZPACK) and plant... -
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Scanning laser Doppler is a useful technique to assess foot cutaneous perfusion during femoral artery cannulation
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: Measurement of cardiac output and extravascular lung water in critically ill patients using femoral artery double-indicator dilution involves femoral... -
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Effect of alpha-tocopherol on pulmonary antioxidant defence system and lipid peroxidation in cigarette smoke inhaling mice
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Free radicals generated in biological systems by cigarette smoke (CS) inhalation can cause oxidative stress in tissues, resulting in lipid peroxidation... -
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A new prototype of an electronic jet-ventilator and its humidification system
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: Adequate humidification in long-term jet ventilation is a critical aspect in terms of clinical safety. Aim: To assess a prototype of an electronic jet-...