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[Luteolytic action of LHRH in women]. | Several subcutaneous administrations of 250 microgram of LHRH (4 or 5 adminstrations at 4-hourly intervals per day) between the 2nd and 7th day post-ovulation in 4 normal women led to early luteolysis as demonstrated by a fall in serum progesterone concentration and early onset (2 to 3 days earlier) of menstruation. | 95,893 | [
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[Primary asymmetry in the distribution of primordial germ cells during colonization of gonadal buds in chick embryo]. | Analysis of the numerical data obtained from a population of 529 chick embryos, selected according to their stage of development, shows that the primary distribution of PGC is asymmetric with a bias towards the left side. The kinetics of the colonisation process are in conformity with the law of logistic growth: the number of PGC settling in the germinal epithelia tends to an upper limit not exceeding the number of PGC identifiable in the anterior germinal crescent. Taking the embryo population as a whole, the degree of primary asymmetry at the end of colonisation is such that 56% of the total number PGC fixed in the gonadial primordia are found in the left epithelia. | 95,895 | [
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[Host-parasite relation between Carcinus mediterraneus and Sacculina carcini; immunochemical analysis and demonstration of antisacculin precipitin]. | The hemolymph from both healthy and parasitised Carcinus mediterraneus are immunochemically analysed. The study confirms the presence in the blood of the infested Crab of a supplementary fraction which was already observed by electrophorsis. Moreover, some infested Crabs develop an anti sacculin precipitin reaction, not visible on healthy animals. The relations between these proteic fractions are discussed. | 95,905 | [
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Isolation of fibrin(ogen) degradation products from normal plasma by affinity chromatographic study. | An attempt was made to develop a method to isolate directly the fibrinogenfibrin (FDP and/or fdp) degradation products from plasma by means of small chromatographic columns of activated Sepharose 4-B coupled with antifibrinogen serum. The study of the material adsorbed was performed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate (PAGE-SDS). Four electrophoretic bands with antigenic capacity against antifibrinogen serum were observed. The study of their molecular weights, of their polypeptide composition after reduction, and of their immunological response against antisera anti-D and anti-E allowed their identification as fibrinogen, D-dimer fragment, and fragment E, respectively. The possibility of using this technique for the differential diagnosis between a primary fibrinogenolysis and a secondary fibrinolysis in a thrombotic process is suggested, as well as its use in the control of thrombolytic therapy. | 95,911 | [
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[Preparations of human dopamine beta hydroxylase subunits and antibodies against these subunits (author's transl)]. | The present study deals with the dissociation of human dopamine beta hydroxylase (DBH) in subunits with a mol. wt of 79,500, and the preparation of specific antibodies in rabbits. No cross-reactivity was observed between human DBH and antibodies against human DBH subunits. | 95,969 | [
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[Transplantation of isolated islands of Langerhans for the treatment of diabetes mellitus]. | The historical development of research on islets transplantation is briefly reviewed followed by a description of a technique using Ficoll gradient separation to obtain islets of Langerhans from the rat pancreas. It was possible to increase the number of islets obtained with this procedure by modifying it in several ways. The islets were then transplanted in an isologue manner into rats with streptocotocin-induced diabetes. The effect of transplantation on glucose metabolism in these rats was evaluated both by determination of the general symptoms typical for diabetes as well as by the performance of such functional tests as IVGTT, GAC and tolbutamide test. The islets could be transplanted into various locations, but it was found that positive results were obtained only if the liver was the site of application and if than 2100 islets were used. Three hours after transplantation normalization of blood sugar levels and serum insulin could be observed; these levels remained stable over 18 months. It was possible to transplant in the same animal several times. This had an effect on the metabolism which was equivalent to the sum of the separate transplants. By means of both light and electron microscope examination the morphological changes which the transplanted islets underwent at the site of transplantation were observed. | 96,000 | [
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Teamwork eases long-term care admissions. | The teamwork approach to admitting new residents used at St. Joseph Home of Chicago, Inc., is based on the philosophy that proper admission of new residents can help lessen the apprehensions as elderly people open the "forbidding" door to a long-term care facility. The team approach begins before an applicant is accepted and continues through the new resident's initial period of adjusting to a new home. | 96,005 | [
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Further studies of immunoglobulin synthesis by guinea pig leukaemic lymphocytes. | The L2C leukaemia is a B-lymphocytic neoplasm of strain 2 guinea-pigs, maintained by passaging in vivo. It synthesizes mu and lambda immunoglobulin chains. These combines to form monomeric (7S) IgM molecules which are inserted into the plasma membranes. From here they are shed as monomeric IgM and as a species of higher molecular weight which has not been further defined. The synthesis of lambda chain is in excess of that required for the IgM molecule, the surplus being exported directly from the cell without any intervening phase in the plasma membrane. Quantitative estimates of synthetic rates and pool sizes for these immunoglobulin species are presented. | 96,010 | [
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Identification of antibiotics of iturin group in various strains of Bacillus subtilis. | Thirty eight strains of B. subtilis were tested for the presence of antifungal antibiotics of the iturin group. The characterization of these antibiotics was made on the basis of: antifungal activity against P. chrysogenum, isolation and purification of the active substance, quantitative analysis of alpha-aminoacids and identification of the liposoluble dipeptide obtained by partial hydrolysis. The only antibiotics of the iturin group found were: iturin A, mycosubtilin and bacillomycin L. | 96,084 | [
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Molybdenum independence of nitrogenase component synthesis in the non-heterocystous cyanobacterium Plectonema. | The cyanobacterium Plectonema boryanum (IU 594-UTEX 594) fixes N2 only in the absence of combined N and of O2. We induced nitrogenase by transfer to anaerobic N-free medium and studied the effect of Mo starvation on nitrogenase activity and synthesis. Activity was first detected within 3 h after transfer by the acetylene reduction assay in controls, increasing for at least 25 h. Cells grown on nitrate and Mo and then transferred to N-free, Mo-free medium produced 8% of the control nitrogenase activity. Addition of W to the Mo-free medium reduced the activity to 0.5%. Under both Mo starvation conditions, nitrogenase protein components were synthesized. Component II of the cyanobacterial enzyme was detected by in vitro complementation with Mo-containing component I from Klebsiella pneumoniae or Azotobacter vinelandii but not Clostridium pasteurianum. Component I activity was restored by addition of Mo to cultures in which new enzyme synthesis was blocked by chloramphenicol. Acidified extracts of Plectonema induced in Mo-containing medium contained the Fe-Mo cofactor required to activate extracts of the Azotobacter mutant UW45 in vitro, but they did not activate extracts of Mo-starved Plectonema. Analysis of 35SO4(2-)-labeled proteins by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis suggested that Mo is required for the conversion of a high-molecular-weight precursor to component I in Plectonema. | 96,092 | [
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Erythrocyte entry by malarial parasites. A moving junction between erythrocyte and parasite. | Invasion of erythrocytes by merozoites of the monkey malaria, Plasmodium knowlesi, was investigated by electron microscopy. The apical end of the merozoite makes initial contact with the erythrocyte, creating a small depression in the erythrocyte membrane. The area of the erythrocyte membrane to which the merozoite is attached becomes thickened and forms a junction with the plasma membrane of the merozoite. As the merozoite enters the invagination in the erythrocyte surface, the junction, which is in the form of a circumferential zone of attachment between the erythrocyte and merozoite, moves along the confronted membranes to maintain its position at the orifice of the invagination. When entry is completed, the orifice closes behind the parasite in the fashion of an iris diaphragm, and the junction becomes a part of the parasitophorous vacuole. The movement of the junction during invasion is an important component of the mechanism by which the merozoite enters the erythrocyte. The extracellular merozoite is covered with a prominent surface coat. During invasion, this coat appears to be absent from the portion of the merozoite within the erythrocyte invagination, but the density of the surface coat outside the invagination (beyond the junction) is unaltered. | 96,121 | [
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Parathyroid hormone responses to catecholamines and to changes of extracellular calcium in cows. | Modifications of the plasma level of immunoreactive parathyroid hormone (PTH) in cattle were induced by changes of the plasma concentrations of epinephrine, isoproterenol, or calcium. During abrupt hypocalcemia, PTH, obtained by infusions with ethylene glycol-bis (beta-aminoethylether) N, N'-tetraacetate (EGTA), increased during the first 4-8 min. After a transient decline, the hormone levels rose again and remained elevated. Infusions of calcium suppressed the hypocalcemia-induced augmentation of PTH levels within a few minutes. Prolonged epinephrine (and isoproterenol) infusions also rapidly increased PTH levels, however, in this case, they returned to basal concentrations after 50-60 min. Additional epinephrine infusions could not further raise PTH values. Moreover, three short-lasting infusions of epinephrine (7 min each), given at 30-min intervals, increased PTH levels to the same extent, whereas additional infusions were much less effective. The PTH response to epinephrine was completely restored, when the interval after a prolonged epinephrine infusion had been prolonged to > 100 min. During moderate hypocalcemia, occurring at the end of EGTA infusions and lasting for 90 min, the PTH response to a short-lasting epinephrine infusion (7 min) was more pronounced than in normocalcemic animals. During severe hypocalcemia, in which superimposed short-lasting infusions of EGTA (7 min) led to an additional abrupt fall of plasma calcium concentrations but not to a corresponding additional rise of the PTH levels, epinephrine rapidly and further increased PTH concentrations. On the other hand, at the end of prolonged infusions of epinephrine, when additional infusions of epinephrine were ineffective in raising PTH levels, EGTA-induced hypocalcemia consistently increased PTH concentrations. The EGTA-induced augmentation of PTH levels was enhanced by epinephrine and isoproterenol but not by propranolol. The present findings indicate, that variations of the extracellular calcium concentrations and beta-adrenergic agonists modify PTH levels by two different and independent mechanisms. On the other hand, it appears that the magnitude of change of the PTH levels to either stimulus is partially modulated by exposure to the other. | 96,135 | [
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Immunoglobulin secretion by human splenic lymphocytes in vitro: the effects of antibodies to IgM and IgD. | The effects of F(ab')2 fragments of affinity-purified rabbit anti-human mu chain antibody (RaHmu) and rabbit anti-human delta chain antibody (RaHdelta) on spontaneous and mitogen-stimulated immunoglobulin (Ig) secretion by normal human spleen cells were studied. IgM and IgG secretion by human spleen cells cultured in vitro was measured by incubating the cells with 3H-amino acids precipitating the secreted labeled Ig with anti-Ig, and analyzing the precipitates by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Both RaHmu and RaHdelta suppressed spontaneous and LPS-induced IgM and IgG secretion as well as PWM-stimulated IgG secretion. In different experiments, RaHmu and RaHdelta either suppressed or augmented PWM-induced IgM secretion. The anti-Ig induced augmentation of PWM-triggered IgM secretion was most apparent when spleen cells were cultured at lower cell densities or when lower concentrations of anti-Ig were employed. These date indicate that perturbation of B cell surface immunoglobulin receptors with specific anti-Ig antibody can alter markedly the ability of these cells to differentiate into antibody-secreting cells. | 96,179 | [
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Gradients of proliferation of ciliary basal bodies and the determination of the position of the oral primordium in Tetrahymena. | The pattern of proliferation of new basal bodies in ciliary rows (somatic proliferation) in Tetrahymena was observed. Starved and refed cells were used, because proliferation in these cells is more pronounced than that under other circumstances. The formation of new basal bodies is locally determined by the position of "old" pre-existing basal body (short range determination). However, the probability of proliferation associated with any given "old" basal body differs very much. This probability is determined by the spatial coordinates of the particular region of the cell (long range determination); however some randomness in this process was also observed. Two different gradients of proliferation were found. The first gradient is circumferential with a maximum number of new basal bodies added in ciliary rows n, 1, 2 and 3 and the minimum number added in ciliary rows 7, 8 and 9. The second is an antero-posterior gradient with the highest number of new basal bodies added in the midbody region. Moreover, at least in some cases, new oral primordia first appear, as a random proliferation of new basal bodies adjacent to a few old cilia of ciliary row No. 1, resembling somatic proliferation. Then 2,3 or even more clumps of basal bodies appear, each having one old cilium posteriorly. These clumps, however, are not linear groups within the ciliary row but instead they form small fields of basal bodies. These findings suggest, that the same two-gradient system for new basal body addition operates during somatic proliferation and also determines the position of the new oral primordium as the site of the highest gradient value at the intersection of two gradients. | 96,207 | [
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Properties of chloride-stimulated 45Ca flux in skinned muscle fibers. | Isometric force and 45Ca loss from fiber to bath were measured simultaneously in skinned fibers from frog muscle at 19 degrees C. In unstimulated fibers, 45Ca efflux from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) was very slow, with little or no dependence on EGTA (0.1-5 mM) or Mg++ (20 micrometer-1.3 mM). Stimulation by high [Cl] at 0.11 mM Mg++ caused rapid force transients (duration approximately 10 s) and 45Ca release. This response was followed for 55 s, with 5 mM EGTA added to chelate myofilament space (MFS) Ca either (a) after relaxation, (b) near the peak of the force spike, or (c) before or with the stimulus. When EGTA was present during Cl application, stimulation of 45Ca release was undetectable. Analysis of the time-course of tracer loss during the three protocols showed that when EGTA was absent, 16% of the fiber tracer was released from the SR within approximately 3 s, and 70% of the tracer still in the MFS near the peak of the force spike was subsequently reaccumulated. The results suggest that (a) the Cl response is highly Ca-dependent; (b) stimulation increases 45Ca efflux from the SR at least 100-200-fold; and (c) the rate of reaccumulation is much slower than the influx predicted from published data on resting fibers, raising the possibility that depolarization inhibits active Ca transport by the SR. | 96,211 | [
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Evidence that the transmission of one source of scrapie agent to hamsters involves separation of agent strains from a mixture. | A previous paper (Kimberlin & Walker, 1977) described an experimental model of scrapie in hamsters in which the incubation period decreased progressively over the first 4 passages before becoming stable at the 5th and subsequent passes. Studies have been made of some of the agent strains present in brains taken from the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th hamster passes. The results indicate the presence of at least two strains of agent at the 3rd passage level. One of these (431K) is highly pathogenic for mice and the other (263K) has an extremely low pathogenicity for mice. However only one of these strains (263K) is present in hamster brain after the 6th serial passage. It is suggested that the 'adaptation' of scrapie to hamsters may involve the selection, from a mixture, of a single strain which is highly pathogenic for hamsters. The possibility of modification of the properties of agent strains on passage discussed. | 96,212 | [
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Polyanomalodontia. | Reported is a case of multiple anomalies in dental morphology. The morphological anomalies comprised macrodontia, multituberculism, invaginations, and single conical molar roots. The gross morphological, radiological, histological and ultrastructural findings are presented and compared to similar forms of multiple anomalies in dental morphology. | 96,234 | [
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Photic and pentylenetetrazol-induced seizure susceptibility in Macaca mulatta. | Ninety-five out of 100 male Macaca mulatta of varying ages from a restricted habitat in N. India showed no abnormal seizure susceptibility or EEG response to photic stimulation and no electro-clinical features of epilepsy after pentylenetetrazol, 40 mg/kg sc.c. Autopsy studies on the remaining five monkeys with increased seizure proneness revealed depressed skull fractures with cortical trauma in four and a neoplasm in one. Presumably, these factors were responsible for the lowered seizure susceptibility to photic stimulation and pentylenetetrazol activation. | 96,259 | [
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Comparative metabolism of the amphetamine drugs of dependence in man and monkeys. | The use of animal models to study drug dependence and tolerance requires that the species used metabolizes the drugs like man, a condition frequently not fulfilled by non-primate species. The metabolic fate of several amphetamine drugs, namely amphetamine, norephedrine, chlorphentermine and phenmetrazine, in the rhesus monkey and the tamarin and two non-primate species has been investigated and compared to that found for man. The findings show that the two primate species metabolize these drugs in a manner similar to that in man. | 96,262 | [
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Closed needle liver biopsy for assessment of monooxygenase activity in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). | Closed needle liver biopsy routinely provides 60-100 mg tissue from rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). No mortality or morbidity was observed in over 400 needle biopsies during a two-year period in which some monkeys were biopsied over 30 times. Biopsy tissue was used as enzyme source in low-volume in vitro systems for measurement of hepatic monooxygenase activity. | 96,263 | [
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The pyramidal system of the cat and of the monkey: neurophysiologic aspects of phylogenetic advancement. | The pyramidal motor system underwent dramatic phylogenetic developments. Ethologically, this has found expression in higher capacities for accurate movements. An hypothesis and supporting data are offered that this depends on the advancement in the higher species of a system based on the attainment of higher accuracy by an increase in the number of channels, an increased range of conduction velocity values, an increase in surround effects of the PTN and the evolvement of a stochastically based mechanism the accuracy of operation of which depends at least on the above-mentioned factors. | 96,264 | [
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Continuous cultivation in a chemostat of the phototrophic procaryote, Anacystis nidulans, under nitrogen-limiting conditions. | Anacystis nidulans was grown photoautotrophically in a chemostat in the presence of light, air and CO2 as the sole carbon source. Either the amount of the nitrogen source in the medium or light intensity were used as growth-limiting parameters. 1. Cells of high glycogen content obtained by pre-incubation under nitrogen starvation conditions maintained their glycogen content during continuous cultivation. Both growth rate and the amount of cell-mass and of glycogen depended on the nitrate content of the medium and the light intensity. The values for the growth rate, the maximal rates of glycogen synthesis and of cell mass formation were 0.1 h-1, 6 mg/l.h and 17 mg/l.h, respectively. 2. Cells without glycogen which had been transferred from an exponentially growing batch culture to chemostat conditions showed increasing rates of growth and of cell mass formation when the light intensity was increased. A determination of specific values resulted in 0.15 h-1 for growth rate and 23 mg/1.h for cell mass formation. 3. The chemostat apparatus is described in detail. | 96,328 | [
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[Anesthesiological problems in maxillo-facial surgical interventions and reconstructive plastic surgery]. | 11 years of anaesthesiological experience in maxillofacial and reconstructive plastic surgery (1-4-1966/1-4-1977) are reviewed. The problems connected with these operations are examined. On the basis of localizations, types of operation and surgical requirements, the problems of greatest importance in these branches of surgery may be indicated in the following 5 parameters: 1. Control of the respiratory ways with naso-tracheal intubation under direct view or blind (more than a thousand cases), oro-tracheal intubation: their indications and contraindications as alternatives to pre- intra- and postoperative tracheotomy. 2. Local control of bleeding. 3. Arousal and prevention of possible postnarcotic complications. 4. Prevention and treatment of postoperative oedema. 5. Nutrition of the patient undergoing surgery. In the interests of history, the superseded problem of whether to use local anaesthesia and general anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery is mentioned and the various problems are discussed exhaustively. Personal anaesthesiological conduct is then specified in relation to the parameters examined and results reported. The importance in certain endo- and extraoral operations of prolonged intubation in the immediate postoperative period (10-15-30 hours) with respect to the indication for postoperative tracheostomy is highlighted. Apart from certain special pathological situations, tracheostomy is rather exceptional and is no longer employed on a routine basis as it was 2-3 years ago. | 96,327 | [
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The treatment of bacterial endophthalmitis. | Restoration of good visual acuity following bacterial endophthalmitis is dependent on prompt diagnosis, immediate treatment, proper selection of antibiotics, high-dose parenteral and periocular antibiotic therapy, and systemic and periocular corticosteroids. Antibiotic selection should be based on the statistical incidence of pathogens rather than on the result of a Gram stain from the aqueous or vitreous humor. Recent experimental studies in the primate eye suggest that there is little to choose between the subconjunctival and retrobulbar routes of antibiotic administration. The role of intravitreal injection of antibiotic, although promising, requires further definition. | 96,405 | [
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Prolonged apnea in infant monkeys resulting from stimulation of superior laryngeal nerve. | We measured characteristics of apnea resulting from electrical stimulation of the superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) in 28 anesthetized infant monkeys ranging from a gestational age of 141 days to 49 days postterm and in four adult monkeys. Progressive reduction in ventilation accompanied weak suprathreshold SLN stimulation. Poststimulus apnea followed stronger stimulation. Apnea duration was directly proportional to stimulus duration, provided that stimulus intensity was at least 1.5 X threshold. Poststimulus apnea periods were briefer in older infants and did not occur in adults. Pao2 measurements in four animals showed that lower values were associated with the longer poststimulus apnea episodes. Upper airway resistance measurements obtained from a subglottal cannula revealed that glottal closure was transiently associated with the onset of SLN stimulation, but the degree of closure diminished during the course of stimulation and was not present during the subsequent period of apnea. The parameters of SLN stimulation determine specific changes in cardiovascular functions independently of their respiratory effects. The results suggest that a brief afferent input from the SLN may have prolonged effects on respiratory regulation in infants. These persisting effects may be an important consideration in sudden infant death syndrome mechanisms. | 96,414 | [
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[Diagnosis of malignant neoplasms by studying the changes in the concentration of fetal hemoglobin, hemoglobin A2 and carbonic anhydrases B and C. An application of discriminating function]. | This publication proposes the utilization of an analytical discriminatory method in the diagnosis of malignant neoplasia. The multiple variable technique of analysis is suggested employing the quantification of the HbF, HbA2, AcB and AcC. This has already been demonstrated in a previous study which suffered from quantifiable variations important in neoplastic disease. The confidence of the procedure has been proven when applied to 198 known cases, having classified them adequately 94 per cent of the time. | 96,435 | [
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The effects of methylphenidate on repeated acquisition of serial discrimination reversals. | Rats were trained to bar-press for sucrose solution in the presence of one of two stimulus conditions. On each daily training session, the stimulus during which bar-pressing was reinforced was reversed. The subjects were trained in this Serial Discrimination Reversal procedure until successive acquisitions of the discrimination had stabilized. Drug treatments consisting of saline or 0.25, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 6.0 or 8.0 mg/kg of methylphenidate were then administered 20 min prior to the daily training sessions. Acquisition of the discrimination was enhanced by low doses of methylphenidate (1,2, and 4 mg/kg) and attentuated by higher doses (6 and 8 mg/kg). | 96,462 | [
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Effects of ethanol on pregnant rats and their offspring. | Pregnant rats were intubated with either 1.0 or 2.0 g/kg of ethanol daily throughout gestation. Pair-fed vehicle-treated, and nontreated rats fed ad libitum, served as control groups for ethanol-treated animals. Ethanol treatment reduced food and water consumption and attenuated the gain in body weight of pregnant animals relative to nontreated animals fed ad libitum. Litter size, litter weight, and the mean weight per pup were reduced in both the ethanol-treated and pair-fed control groups. There was no evidence of gross malformations in any of the off-spring. Since the reduction in litter size and litter weights did not differ significantly between ethanol-treated and pair-fed controls, the effects of treatment with ethanol appeared to be related to a reduction in maternal intake of calories rather than to the direct effect of ethanol on the developing fetus. There were no significant differences between any of the groups of offspring on one-way shock avoidance learning, water maze escape learning, spontaneous alternation, or brightness discrimination learning in tests beginning at 75 days of age. Thus, at the doses of alcohol used in this study, there was no evidence of behavioral teratogenesis comparable to that reported for higher doses in animals or in man characterized by the fetal alcohol syndrome. | 96,469 | [
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Dopamine metabolites in human brain. | The relationship of human brain levels of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) to cerebrospinal fluid levels of this domapine (DA) metabolite was studied. The effect of postmortem delay was evaluated in the rat. DOPAC was resistant to postmortem changes in brain kept in situ. The level of DOPAC (free and conjugated) determined in DA-rich areas of six human brains amounted to only a fraction of the homovanillic acid (HVA) found in the same regions. The DOPAC/HVA ratio in human brain was similar to that found in CSF. We conclude that HVA is the major DA metabolite in human brain and that DA metabolite levels in CSF reflect DA metabolite levels in brain. | 96,472 | [
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A comparison of the effects of 50 MeVd leads to be neutron and cobalt-60 irradiation of the kidneys of rhesus monkeys. | Twenty rhesus monkeys had one kidney irradiated (after undergoing unilateral nephrectomies) with one of four doses: 960 or 1080 rads of 50 MeVd leads to Be neutrons, or 2350 or 2700 rads of 60Co. Whereas animals treated with the lower dose of neutrons or 60Co are alive with relatively normal renal function, those treated with the higher dose of neutrons died of radiation nephritis. Animals treated with the higher dose of 60Co developed radiation nephritis but survived. The physiological and histopathological changes of radiation nephritis secondary to neutron irradiation are not qualitatively different from those reported for radiation nephritis secondary to photon irradiation. | 96,490 | [
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Decreased smooth muscle side effects with 16, 16-dimethyl-trans-delta2-PGE1 methyl ester in Japanese monkey (Macaca Fuscata Fuscata). | The smooth muscle stimulating activity of a new PGE1 analog, 16, 16-dimethyl- trans delta2 -PGE1 methyl ester (ONO-802) was evaluated by simultaneously recording the EMG of the uterus and intestines, along with urinary bladder pressure, and blood pressure in pregnant and non-pregnant Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata fuscata). Single intravenous injections of ONO-802 in increasing dosages (0.2-5 microgram/kg) were found to be 50-100 times or more effective in inducing uterine contraction than PGF2alpha and PGE1. A mild, transient gastrointestinal muscle stimulating activity was observed, but change in urinary bladder pressure and blood pressure was not evident. ONO-802 induced uterine contractions in the pregnant animals were 10 times greater than in the non-pregnant animals. These results suggest that ONO-802 may be a suitable clinical prostaglandin for use in therapeutic abortion. | 96,494 | [
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Thermorestoration of mutagenic radiation damage in bacterial spores. | The frequency of mutations in Bacillus subtilis spores irradiated anoxically with ionizing radiation decreased as a result of subsequent anoxic heating to the same extent as the increase in spore survival. This result indicates that DNA damage is the origin of the "thermorestoration" phenomenon. | 96,526 | [
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Admission screening for hepatitis B surface antigen in a university hospital. | Upon admission to the hospital, 7,984 patients were tested for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) by radioimmunoassay. Seventy-one patients had sera positive for HBsAg. Twenty-four (34%) were possible asymptomatic carriers in whom liver function was not further evaluated and occult liver disease could not be excluded: 16 (23%) had either a previous history or admitting diagnosis of hepatic dysfunction; eight(11%) had occult liver disease, revealed after HBsAg antigenemia was discovered; and 25 (34%) were unsuspected asymptomatic carriers whose liver function was normal. We concluded that screening for HBsAg was an effective preventive tool in identifying HBsAg-positive patients. Screening solely for the detection of occult liver disease is not an effective method because of the high cost. Perhaps because of the unsolicited nature of this data collection, screening for HBsAg was not clinically effective for the majority of patients, as evidenced by the high incidence of inadequate clinical evaluations and lack of serologic follow-up. Proposals to alleviate ineffectiveness are discussed. | 96,534 | [
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Enostosis of the spine. | Five patients with single sclerotic vertebral body lesions had serial radiographs demonstrating no change in size of the radiodensities. Radionuclide bone imaging, obtained in 4 of these patients, showed no increased radioisotopic uptake in the areas in question. The absence of growth of the lesions on follow-up radiographs and the presence of negative bone scans support the diagnosis of enostoses of the spine. It is important for the radiologist to realize that benign sclerosis of a single vertebral body may simulate skeletal metastasis. | 96,538 | [
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Hemolysis induced by cefazolin and cephalothin in a patient with penicillin sensitivity. | A patient with penicillin sensitivity, who had never received a cephalosporin antibiotic previously, developed anemia and spherocytosis following the administration of cefazolin. Hemolysis abated when the drug was discontinued on the fourth day, and recurred on day six when cephalothin therapy was begun. IgG and complement components were present on the patient's erythrocytes, and IgG antibodies in her serum reacted with normal red blood cells which had been coated with benzylpenicillin, cefazolin or cephalothin. Antibodies to cephalothin-coated red blood cells were removed partially by incubating her serum with either benzylpenicillin or cefazolin. Complement-fixing IgG antibodies which reacted with red blood cells coated by cefazolin, cephalothin, and benzylpenicillin were considered to be responsible for hemolysis during the administration of cefazolin and, subsequently, cephalothin. The patient recovered completely following discontinuation of antibiotics, transfusion of red blood cells, and treatment with glucocorticoids. It is concluded that hemolysis may occur during therapy with cefazolin, as well as cephalothin, and may develop rapidly in a patient with penicillin sensitivity. | 96,555 | [
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Seminal vesicles as organs of sperm storage. | This study was done to determine whether or not the seminal vesicles store spermatozoa. Half of the nonhuman primates' vesicles had sperm at autopsy as did one of the men dying a traumatic death. Seminal vesicle sperm storage may be the reason for continued spermatozoa in the ejaculates of men after vasectomy. | 96,560 | [
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[Diagnosis of Bacillus larvae --the causative agent of American foulbrood]. | The authoress studied the growth of Bacillus larvae on different nutrient media and its ability of decomposing hydrogen peroxide and reducing nitrates. There are also instructions for rapid cultivation and biochemical diagnosis of Bacillus larvae. It can be performed in any microbiological laboratory, the culture medium can be prepared from available commercially produced preparations, and B. larvae can be detected in suspected material even out of the season, if the method of selective cultivation and repeated pasteurizing is used. Catalase test is proposed to be added to the examination; the result of this test was negative in all 96 strains studied. Photographic documentation of different developmental stages of B. larvae can serve as an aid in microbiological examination. | 96,567 | [
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[Study of the spiral and spindle-shaped formations in cultures of Bacillus larvae (White 1906) causing foulbrood in bees]. | The authors have been studying the bacterial diseases of the brood for a fairly long time. American and European foul brood has been studied with the highest attention. Cultures of Bacillus larvae (White, 1906) were examined both in freshly isolated strains and in collection strains of this micro-organism. In cases of foul brood, the pathological material was found to contain not only the typical rods of B. larvae but also immobile spiral forms which are usually referred to in literature as fragments or developmental forms of B. larvae. These spiral forms were found to constitute spindle-shaped formations in the culture of B. larvae; the multiplication of these spindles depends on the presence of the rods of B. larvae and their development and reproduction can be observed on wet gelatine agar in a Petri dish turned upside down under a normal microscope (10 X 10 magnification). In the combined liquid medium, used in the experiments, these formations disintegrate into immobile spirals; if re-cultivated on a solid medium they re-assume their spindle shape with transverse meridian arrangement (in different amounts). Staining for proving the presence of nucleic acids does not eliminate the possibility of these formations being separate micro-organisms which cannot be stained by current staining methods but can be represented by the contrast method according to Burri, or by silvering according to Klein. The authors succeeded to separate these micro-organisms, but without the rods of B. larvae the colonies of these formations are feeble. | 96,576 | [
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Acute eosinophilic leukemia. An ultrastructural study. | Observations on a 32 year old male are described. Hematological examination demonstrated leukocytosis with circulating blastosis and dystrophic hypereosinophilia of the blood and bone marrow, with cells at various stages of maturation. Cytotoxic chemotherapy led to complete remission for 5 months followed by a terminal relapse. No features in favor of an "eosinophilic collagenosis" were revealed at autopsy. Repetitive ultrastructural studies performed during evolution of the illness demonstrated considerable anomalies of the eosinophil line. The present observation thus shows the clinical, evolutional, cytological and autopsy criteria of an acute eosinophilic leukemia. | 96,582 | [
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[Nitrogen-containing fractions of Soviet hydrolysates for parenteral feeding]. | The content of free amino acids, non-precipitable and precipitable trichloro-acetic acid peptides in Soviet-made hydrolysates for parenteral alimentation was determined. As shown, it is aminopeptide and aminosol that contain the greatest amounts of amino acids, fibrinosol and caseine hydrolysate carrying their least quantities, with aminocrovine and hydrolysine occupying an intermediate place in this respect. The quality of hydrolysates was assessed according to their biological value and to do so chemical numbers of essential amino acids were calculated and limiting factors determined. Fibrinosol and aminosol and to a somewhat lesser degree--casein hydrolysate were found to be best balanced as concerns their amino acids composition. Aminopeptide, hydrolysine and especially aminocrovine were manifestly inadequate by their biological value, since they contain limiting amino acids (isoleucine, cystine and methionine). | 96,598 | [
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Anti-D immunoglobulin preparations: the stability of anti-D concentrations and the error of the assay of anti-D. | An analysis of the assay of 28 preparations of anti-D immunoglobulin using a radioisotope method carried out at 6-montly intervals for 2--4.5 years showed an average fall in anti-D concentration of 10.6% each year, with 99% confidence limits of 6.8--14.7%. The fall in anti-D concentration after storage at 37 degrees C for 1 month was less than 8%, the minimum change that could be detected. No significant change in physical characteristics of the immunoglobulin were detected. The error of a single estimate of anti-D by the radioisotope method (125I-labelled anti-IgG) used here was calculated to be such that the true value probably (p = 0.95) lay between 66 and 150% of the estimated value. | 96,601 | [
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[Nonspecific brain structures and specialization in the central nervous system]. | It has been demonstrated that corticofugal influences may exert selective control of single sensory signals which converge on the neurons of the striatum and other non-specific structures of the brain. This finding suggests that complex sensory image may be formed not by assembling separate elementary signals, but rather by a selective control of these signals into a total sensory inflow within the network brain structures. This conclusion is confirmed by comparative anatomical data. In the phylogenesis of vertebrates, brain structures differentiate presumably into both the specific ones which perform the analysis of only the given kind of information, and those (conventionally described as non-specific) which are specialized on sensory integration and exhibit functional polymodality. | 96,631 | [
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Contrasting effects of living in heterosexual pairs and mixed groups on the structure of social attraction in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri). | The structure of social attraction was assessed in pair- and group-living squirrel monkeys (Saimiri) using paired-comparison and single-stimulus preference tests. Effects of the social environment were most prominent in females. Females housed with a single male showed sharply increased attraction to like-sex strangers and less pronounced increase in attraction to opposite-sex strangers, as compared to group-living females. Differences between pair- and group-living males were in the same direction found with females, but less extreme. Most group-living monkeys strongly preferred familiar animals to strangers regardless of sex, and like-sex to opposite-sex familiars. Change in the structure of social attractions in response to variations in the composition of the social environment appears to be an important factor in the maintenance of the species-typical grouping pattern in the squirrel monkey. | 96,707 | [
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Antibiotic susceptibility of clinical isolates of Listeria monocytogenes. | A broth microdilution method was used to measure the minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of the antibiotics most often recommended for treatment of listeriosis. The MICs of ampicillin, penicillin, erythromycin, and tetracycline for 175 strains of Listeria monocytogenes were below the approximate MIC breakpoint for susceptible strains as recommended by the National Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards. Inhibition diameters for 125 strains were measured by the standardized disk method (National Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards) and compared with the appropriate MIC values. By both methods, strains were susceptible to the above four antibiotics, except for three strains, which were intermediate in susceptibility to penicillin by the disk method. Since the minimal bactericidal concentrations for ampicillin and penicillin significantly exceeded the MICs for these antibiotics, 45 strains were evaluated with ampicillin (5 mug/ml) and gentamicin (1 mug/ml) to compare the synergistic bactericidal effect of the two used in combination and singly. An increased kill of 100-fold was observed with the antibiotics combined in 19 strains after 4 to 6 h and in 40 strains after 24 h. A comparison of results with microdilution in Trypticase soy broth and agar dilution in Mueller-Hinton agar revealed that MICs for gentamicin, kanamycin, and streptomycin were strongly influenced by the media used. The MICs were consistently lower in Mueller-Hinton agar. | 96,737 | [
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Efficacy of penicillin G, cefazolin, and gentamicin in M-K medium at 4 degrees C. | Corneal-scleral shells are routinely stored in McCarey-Kaufman (M-K) medium at 4 degrees C. Antibiotics are added to the medium to suppress bacterial growth. We examined the antibacterial activity of penicillin G potassium, 100 microgram/ml, cefazolin sodium, 100 microgram/ml, and gentamicin sulfate, 20 microgram/ml against test organisms in M-K medium at 4 degrees, 23 degrees, and 37 degrees C for periods up to 18 hours. Within the limits of the experimental conditions, none of the antibiotics used could be relied on to sterilize an inoculum of sensitive bacteria in M-K medium at 4 degrees C, the recommended storage temperature. | 96,782 | [
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Chemotherapy for malignant melanoma: a brief review and personal experience. | Chemotherapy for melanoma can be divided into four types: (i) intralesional chemotherapy; (ii) systemic chemotherapy to prevent the development of anticipated metastases; (iii) therapy for established disease; and (iv) combined with immunotherapy. Apart from a few general rules, it is difficult to predict the response to treatment. The smaller the bulk of tumour, the more likely is regression under treatment. Metastases in the skin, and to a lesser extent those in lymph nodes and lung, respond better than those in the liver and brain. Any response in established disease is likely to be temporary, although the patient tends to develop fatal disease at sites different from those involved when he or she was first treated. The best agent at present is imidazole carboxamide (D.T.I.C.), and its effect is not enhanced by combining it with other drugs. Combined prophylactic chemotherapy and immunotherapy is still under investigation, but the results are encouraging. | 96,784 | [
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Comparison of bacterial cardiotoxins: thermostable direct hemolysin from Vibrio parahaemolyticus, streptolysin O and hemolysin from Listeria monocytogenes. | Some properties of the bacterial cardiotoxins, thermostable direct hemolysin from Vibrio parahaemolyticus (vibriolysin), and streptolysin O and hemolysin from Listeria monocytogenes (listeriolysin), were compared. These toxins had rapid lethal effects on mice when injected intravenously. The electrocardiographic changes of rats after intravenous injections of these toxins were very similar, showing bradycardia and inhibition of atrio-ventricular conduction. These toxins also caused cessation of the spontaneous beating and degeneration of cultured foetal mouse heart cells. When equal hemolytic units of these three toxins were administered, vibriolysin had the most potent effects on mice and cultured mouse heart cells. Differences in the kinetics of the hemolysis by each toxin and in the effects of cholesterol of their hemolytic actions suggest that the mode of action of vibriolysin is different from those of streptolysin O and listeriolysin. | 96,814 | [
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The oxidation of methionine and its effect of the properties of cardiotoxin VII1 from Naja melanoleuca venom. | Methionine residues 24 and 26 of cardiotoxin VII1 from Naja melanoleuca were oxidised to sulphoxides using N-chlorosuccinimide at pH 8.5. The number of equivalents of oxidant required for complete oxidation suggested that the methionine side-chains existed in a relatively "exposed" conformational state in cardiotoxin. The oxidised cardiotoxin was devoid of lethality. It was also non-haemolytic, both on its own and in the presence of phospholipase A2. However, it was still able to precipitate with anti-cardiotoxin antibody. CD studies indicated that the polypeptide backbone conformation was intact in the oxidised cardiotoxin but some perturbation of tyrosine residues was evident. The possibility of a direct or indirect involvement of the methionine residues in the biological activity of the cardiotoxin is discussed. | 96,866 | [
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Hydrogen metabolism in blue-green algae. | This manuscript reviews the literature on hydrogen metabolism in blue-green algae and reports some new data from this laboratory. H2-formation by intact cells is found to be catalyzed exclusively by nitrogenase. Its rate appears to be variable from strain to strain used byt is--in our hands--very small. Therefore, blue-green algae are presumably of limited value in projects of solar energy conversion to form molecular hydrogen. These organisms are also able to consume the gas in a reaction catalysed by hydrogenase. Hydrogen is mainly consumed in an oxygen dependent reaction, as in aerobic nitrogen fixing bacteria. It can also serve as an electron donor for nitrogen fixation under certain physiological conditions. In experiments with a cell-free preparation, hydrogenase is found to be membrane-bound. The enzyme is characterized with respect to its specifity towards electron donors and acceptors. | 96,876 | [
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Logistic problems of artificial nutrition. | The future of artificial nutrition, both enteral and parenteral, depends upon further simplification of the methods for preparation of nutritive mixtures, as well as, maintaining the motivation and special training of nursing teams with regard to problems of asepsis. The range of clinical and biological will research only widen if technical and practical matters are handled with surgical rigour. | 96,884 | [
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[Nature of changes in the level of steroid hormones and their precursors in peripheral blood of Papio monkeys under stress]. | The radioimmunological method was applied to determination of changes in the peripheral blood plasma level of 12 steroids in male Papio hamadryas under immobilization and surgical stress. Androgen content decreased, and the concentration of steroid hormone precursors and hydrocortisone blood plasma content rose in response to stress. These changes were in contraphase with the circadian steroid rhythms. The most objective and sensitive criteria of the stress situation evaluation were decrease of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone level, increase of pregnenolone concentration, as well as of 17-alpha-hydroxypregnenolone, 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone in the blood plasma. | 96,885 | [
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[Physico-chemical properties of microbial antigens and the immuno-allergic tests]. | Experiments were conducted on guinea pigs sensitized by the delayed and immediate types of allergy. Different antigens obtained from the strain of Brucella abortus BA-19 were used for sensitization and the resolving action. Comparison of the resolving properties of the corpuscular, soluble (ultrasound treated) antigens and purified protein fractions, polysaccharide and RNA was carried out in the skin reactions of the immediate and delayed type, passive skin anaphylaxis, acute anaphylactic shock, and the Schults-Dale test. Immediate reactions to the purified protein fraction were weaker than those to the whole soluble antigen, by which the animals were sensitized. Polysaccharide and the RNA-fractions proved to be inactive in the allergic reactions. | 96,888 | [
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[Radioimmunological aspects of neuropeptides]. | Immunological aspects of neurosecretory peptides are relevant to antibody generation, labelling of peptides for radioimmunoassays and in particular the metabolism of neuropeptides. Antibodies were generally produced by adsorption or polymerization (using different approaches and various coupling agents) of peptides with intrinsic antigenic molecules preceding their administration to recepient animals (rats, guinea pigs, rabbits and sheep) with adjuvants. Antibodies were also obtained by injecting peptides alone with or without adjuvants. However, independent of the recipient species, the highest specific or nonspecific antibody titers were obtained by the former method. Up to now, only 3H-peptides or 125I-peptides or derivatives were used as tracers in RIAs. Highest sensitivities were generally obtained when using 125I-peptides. However, 125I-peptides may be adsorbed ("false titers") to some antiserum with sufficient specificity in terms of displacement by structural analogues of the peptide but with a loss of sensitivity. Finally, large molecular forms, cross-reacting with the antibodies prepared with different methods and peptidasic activities must be taken into account. These topics are presented with data on LHRH, TRH and substance P derived from our experiments and from those of other investigators. | 96,897 | [
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San Miguel sea lion virus fed to mink and pigs. | Mink became infected with San Miguel sea lion virus when fed ground meat from seal carcasses showing vesicular-like lesions in the skin. The mink also contracted the infection when they were fed San Miguel sea lion virus infected pig meat or cell culture propagated virus. San Miguel sea lion virus infection in mink was inapparent but the virus was isolated from blood and rectal swabs. Pigs treated similarly with the same virus preparations given to mink developed a severe vesicular disease syndrome similar to that produced by vesicular exanthema of swine. In a separate trial, pigs fed a large sample of commercial ground seal meat did not develop disease signs or antibodies. Further work is needed to assess the hazard of introducing San Miguel sea lion virus into swine on the same premises when potentially San Miguel sea lion virus infective seal meat is fed to mink. | 96,925 | [
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Health service coverage and its evaluation. | Health service coverage is considered as a concept expressing the extent of interaction between the service and the people for whom it is intended, this interaction not being limited to a particular aspect of service provision but ranging over the whole process from resource allocation to achievement of the desired objective. For the measurement of coverage, several key stages are first identified, each of them involving the realization of an important condition for providing the service; a coverage measure is then defined for each stage, namely the ratio between the number of people for whom the condition is met and the target population, so that a set of these measures represents the interaction between the service and the target population. This definition of coverage allows for variations, which are called "specific coverage", by limiting the target population to specific subgroups differentiated by certain conditions related to service provision or by demographic or socioeconomic factors.The evaluation of coverage on the basis of these concepts enables management to identify bottlenecks in the operation of the service, to analyse the constraining factors responsible for such bottlenecks, and to select effective measures for service development. | 96,953 | [
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[Effect of valinomycin on mitotic activity and ciliary movement during embryonic development]. | The K+ ionophore valinomycin very quickly arrests cleavage in sea urchin and mouse eggs at concentrations ranging between 10 and 3 micron. Development of Axolotl and Xenopus eggs is not arrested before the blastula or gastrula stage. The motility of sea urchin sperm, blastulae and gastrulae is suppressed, within a few minutes, by 1-9 micron valinomycin. | 96,956 | [
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[Influence of a hot environmental temperature on the evolution of experimental paludism of the mouse with Plasmodium berghei berghei]. | Swiss Mice infected with Plasmodium berghei berghei and maintained in permanence in a hot environmental temperature undergo a chronic infection whereas controls maintained at the laboratory temperature develop always an acute and lethal infection. The hot environmental temperature does not seem to have any action on the pathogenicity of the parasites. Host defences are stimulated. | 96,968 | [
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[Microfilarial observation of Dipetalonemia viteae using scanning electron microscopy]. | The integumental surface on the microfilaria of Dipetalonema viteae was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) at 1,200 to 20,000 magnification. This first study only concerns microfilaria in the circulating blood of the Hamster. | 96,969 | [
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[Toxicity of Bacillus thuringienses var. israelensis for larvae of Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi]. | The comparative study of the larvicidal action of B. thuringiensis var. israelensis on A. aegypti and A. stephensi shows the greater sensitivity of A. aegypti, with 100% of mortality in 30 to 40 min. at high doses. But, for both species of Mosquito, the toxicity of these bacteria is very high, as shown by the mortality regression curves and by the LC50. This toxicity is associated with the crystals and can be extracted from them by dilute alkali solution, like the general case of the other serotypes of B. thuringiensis. In contrast with these serotypes, B. thuringiensis var. israelensis is not pathogenic to the tested larvae of Lepidoptera. | 96,979 | [
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[In vivo continuous electrochemical determination of dopamine release in rat neostriatum]. | Polarographic micro-electrodes (carbon fiber, o. d. 8 micron) implanted in the Rat caudate nucleus, allowed a practically continuous in vivo monitoring (one measurement every 5 sec.) of the extra-cellular concentration of dopamine released by striatal dopaminergic terminals. Administration of amphetamine produced a reproducible increase of the oxidation current. This effect was suppressed after the selective degeneration of the striatal dopaminergic terminals following the injection of 6-OHDA into the substantia nigra or after inhibition of the synthesis of the amine by alpha methyl-p-tyrosin. After 5 hrs. this drug produced a 70% decrease of the oxidation current. | 96,981 | [
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[Host-virus relationship during experimental spring viremia in carp]. | One-summer-old virus-free carps produce both circulating interferon and neutralizing antibodies when stored at +20 degrees C and injected intraperitonealy with 10(5), 10(6), 10(7) p. f. u. of Spring Viremia of Carp virus per fish: Kinetics and intensity of interferon production are maximum for the highest virus imput (Fig.) and neutralizing antibodies are present in most of the fish 2 1/2 months post infection (Table). | 96,984 | [
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[Functional study of the rat olfactory bulb by a 14C-2-deoxyglucose autoradiographic technic]. | The autoradiographic method has been used in the Rat to map active regions in the olfactory bulb after a pulse of 14C-2-deoxyglucose with electrical stimulation of the lateral olfactory tract. The highest optical densities were found at the external plexiform, mitral, internal plexiform and granular layers; the lowest was found in the glomerular layer. | 96,988 | [
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[Localization of biogenic amines in the central nervous system of Crepidula fornicata (Phil.), Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobrancha]. | Two categories of neurones at least can be demonstrated in Crepidula fornicata, some containing catecholamines (DA) others indolamines (5 HT). These cells, which are well localized, are often close to azanophilous neurosecretory cells but nevertheless distinct from the latter. | 96,991 | [
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[Localization of motoneurones of retractor bulbi muscles by retrograde transport of exogenous peroxidase in cats]. | Retrograde transport of exogene horseradish peroxidase has been used to localize the retractor bulbi muscle motoneurones. These motoneurones are located ventro-laterally in the tegmental reticular field; they are grouped in a rostro-caudal column above the superior olive. They correspond to the accessory nucleus of the VIe nerve described by old anatomists. | 96,996 | [
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[Numerical variation of ciliated papillae in the miracidia of different strains of Schistosoma mansoni, the organism producing intestinal bilharzia]. | In the miracìdia of 13 strains of Schistosoma mansoni, silver impregnation points out variations in the number of ciliated papillae situated between tiers 2 and 3 of epidermal cells, correlative with the size of the miracidia. These variations are related to the intermediate and definitive hosts. The number of ciliated papillae gives objective information on the degree of adaptation between the parasite and its successive hosts. | 96,997 | [
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[Isolation of bacteria that use that use nitric oxide as a respiratory electron acceptor under anaerobiosis]. | Ten bacteria of the genus Bacillus were isolated from pasteurized soils, in anaerobiosis and at 32 degrees C, on peptone broth containing 0.5% KNO2. They are Gram variable rods producing oval spores. They are oxidase positive and have catalase. They grow, in anaerobiosis, on NO-3, NO-2, N2O, and NO as respiratory electron acceptors. These compounds are reduced to N2. | 97,003 | [
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[The role of maternal parathyroids and vitamin D3 metabolites in fetal growth and the deposition of glycogen reserves in the maternal and fetal liver in rats]. | Thyro-parathyroidectomy of pregnant Rats at 12.5 days of gestation decreased maternal liver glycogen on 21.5 days of gestation and fetal weight as well as fetal liver glycogen stores. The graft of one parathyroid gland or the injection of 1 alpha-hydroxycholecalciferol in these thyro-parathyroidectomized mothers increased their liver glycogen stores at 21.5 days of gestation. These treatments also markedly increased both fetal weight and fetal liver glycogen stores. It was concluded that maternal 1,25-dihydorxycholecalciferol, which is synthesized under the control of parathyroid hormone secretion, controls fetal growth and liver glycogen stores. The mechanism of these effects (direct or indirect) requires further investigations. | 97,008 | [
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[Kinetic study of membrane 5'-nucleotidase activity in cultured diploid cells]. | 5'-nucleotidase activity of cultured diploïd cells was measured using intact suspended cells. This depended on the substrate amount, but did not vary with Mg ++ concentration-Kinetic data were determined using Con. A,a specific inhibitor. | 97,019 | [
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[Permeability of the isolated human amniotic membrane to divalent cations]. | Membrane potential and resistance recordings, in vitro, show that Mg++ does not pass through the amnion from the inside of the amniotic compartment to the outside of the amniotic membrane. Mg++ may become fixed on the surface or in the midst of the amniotic membrane. However, Mg++ diffuses in the opposite direction. Ca++, Ba++, Sr++ diffuse in both directions across the amniotic membrane. | 97,026 | [
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Baroreceptor reflexes in human hypertension. | We studied the control of arterial pressure by the carotid sinus baroreceptors in 35 hypertensive humans, using a variable pressure neck chamber to alter carotid sinus transmural pressure in a graded fashion. The results were compared with those obtained from 11 normotensives. As in normotensives, reduction in carotid transmural pressure caused a linearly related pressor response and vice versa. However, whereas in normotensives the pressure response was greater than the depressor, the reverse was the case in hypertensives. Furthermore, the pressor response decreased and the depressor response increased progressively with an increase in severity of the hypertension. Thus while in normotensives the carotid baroreflex is more effective in protecting against hypotension, in hypertensives the antihypertensive function of the reflex is favored. Similar differences between hypertensives and normotensives were found with respect to the carotid baroreceptor control of heart rate. In eight hypertensives, reflex changes in heart rate also were studied by injection of phenylephrine and trinitroglycerine to vary not only carotid baroreceptor activity, but also activity of extracarotid baroreceptors. The results were compared with results of similar studies on eight normotensives. These comparisons suggest that, whereas the carotid baroreceptor reflex remains active in hypertension, reflexes stemming from extracarotid baroreceptor areas are much diminished. | 97,032 | [
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Impaired skeletal muscle vasomotor response to infused noradrenaline in baboons with obstructive jaundice. | 1. We have measured muscle blood flow by a 133Xe clearance technique, and its response to noradrenaline in baboons before and 2 weeks after ligation of the bile ducts when they were jaundiced. 2. In the normal baboons, the response to noradrenaline was a dose-dependent decrease in muscle blood flow. 3. Bile-duct ligation caused no significant alteration in skeletal muscle blood flow but the response to noradrenaline in the jaundiced baboons was significantly attenuated. This effect was not observed in four sham-operated baboons. | 97,041 | [
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[Transitory burst-suppression pattern in endogenous-exogenous encephalopathy (author's transl)]. | A status epilepticus was observed in a 22 year old female patient during endotoxinshock. The status epilepticus was treated with a high dosage of diazepame. The EEG showed a burst suppression pattern, in our case mixed by anoxia and diazepame. The burst-suppression pattern and the clinical suspicion of delayed degradation of diazepame caused by toxic hepatic failure suggested the therapy of forced diuresis. This therapy was followed by decreasing suppression periods, indicating the dominante influence of the hypnotic drug. This result shows the diagnostic as well as the therapeutic value of forced diuresis in this case. | 97,072 | [
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[Number of spike-components contributing to the motor unit potential (author's transl)]. | 40 motor unit potentials recorded with concentric needle electrodes (Fig. 1) from the extensor digitorum communis muscle were analysed in order to find out the number of contributing muscle fibre action potentials. A "fractionation" of the motor unit potential was achieved by maintained voluntary activity under ischemic condition leading to a consecutive transmission block in the motor endplates within the active motor unit. Thus one after the other muscle fibre action potential failed to occur leading to a stepwise reduction of the motor unit potential which finally was abolished (Fig. 2 and 3). With technique it was shown that 65% of the area of the investigated motor unit potentials were composed of two to twelve (mean 5) muscle fibre action potentials (Fig 4). No correlation between the number of spike-components and duration or amplitude of the motor unit potential was found (Fig. 5). The non-analysed area of the motor unit potential probably represented activity of more distant muscle fibres of the motor unit. | 97,073 | [
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The intra-hepatic bile ducts in hepatic steatosis and in congested livers. | The authors study 25 steatotic or congested livers by means of post-mortem cholangiographies and vinyl moulds of the bile ducts. They show that the bile ducts of these organs present alterations, characterized by stretching, rectification, and lengthening of the intra-hepatic bile ducts, as a consequence of the diffuse hepatomegaly that occurs in the disease. They relate the average number of straight ducts in the intra-hepatic bile tract to the extension of the extension of the disease, obtaining a positive relation. A statistical evaluation of the results was made, allowing objective conclusions. | 97,127 | [
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[Internal hemorrhoidectomy by ligation]. | The present work consists in the treatment of 60 patient suffering from internal hemorrhoids in the first, second and third degree, with and without complications. We utilized a new semi-surgical methods that is based on the ligation of these with satisfactory results in 85% of the cases and an improvement in 9.33%. | 97,137 | [
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[Intraluminal diverticulum of the duodenum. Report of a case and review of published cases]. | The intraluminal diverticulum of the duodenum is very rare; it is an anatomical sac like formation, located in the interior of the duodenum and communicating with it through an orifice situated a the upper pole of the diverticulum where the wall is covered by mucosa on both faces. It has interesting etiopathogenic problems. We present an observation after reviewing the corresponding literature. It was a 32-year old woman suffering from moderate epigastric pains, pyrosis, chronic constipation, markedly nervous. The epigastric pain was unrelated to food or physical efforts. The physical examination showed slight epigastric pain. The gastroduodenal radiological examination showed in the second part of the duodenum a particular image, pear-shaped, homogeneous, impregnated in barium; this image was surrounded by a radiotransparent halo which changed with the patient's position. It has been seen that the diverticulum changes in size and position in agreement with the peristaltism, without ever obstructing the passage through the duodenum. A review is made of the literature and history of intraluminal diverticulum. | 97,140 | [
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[Intramural hematoma of the digestive tract in relation to anticoagulant therapy]. | Three cases of submucosas hematomas of the gastrointestinal tract are presented in association with anticoagulant therapy. The clinical and radiological criteria for their diagnosis is discussed. | 97,160 | [
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[Portal hypertension by hepatic cirrhosis. Selective decompression by distal renal spleno anastomosis. Report of a case]. | An analysis is made of the new techniques used in the surgical treatment of portal hypertensión, specially the selective descompression of the gastroesophageal varices. A case is presented of surgery performed in the Surgical Service IV of the Hospital Universitario de Caracas using the technique described by Warren. | 97,164 | [
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[Effect of EcoRI restrictase on the transforming DNA of different bacilli]. | The transforming activity of DNA from Bacillus subtilis 168, Bac. subtilis W23, Bac. subtilis NRS and Bac. aterrimus after the EcoRI restrictase treatment was studied. The auxotrophic strains of Bac. subtilis 168 were used as recipients in bacterial transformation. The transforming activity for different markers decreased up to 0.001--6 per cent from the initial level for different Bacilli DNAs. In some cases the sensitivity of the same marker from different Bacilli differed in more than 50 times. Bac. subtilis and Bac. aterrimus have demonstrated the maximal differences. Such differences can be used for the identification of close related Bacilli. | 97,170 | [
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[Effect of repeated administration of glucocorticoid on the glycogen level of mouse muscle (author's transl)]. | Glycogen content and glycogen synthetase activity in mouse skeletal muscle (M. gastrocnemius) after single or repeated administrations of glucocorticoid were investigated and compared with those in liver, in a series of experiments to elucidate the biochemical mechanism of steroid myopathy. Results obtained were as follows. After a single administration of triamcinolone acetonide (TA, 5 mg/kg i.p.), glycogen content in muscle increased maximally at about 12 hr and returned to control level at about 24 hr. The I form activity of glycogen synthetase in muscle was increased only 6 hr after a single administration, while the total activity of the enzyme was not significantly changed. Similar results were obtained with the liver. After repeated administrations of TA for one week, the glycogen accumulation in the muscle was lowered markedly as compared with that after a single administration. No increase in synthetase I activity was observed, or rather, the enzyme activity was decreased as compared with that from control. Similar results were obtained with the liver. After single or repeated administrations, blood glucose level decreased slightly, glucose level of muscle was not affected and G-6-P level of muscle increased markedly. These results suggest that the lower accumulation of glycogen in the muscle after repeated administrations of glucocorticoid may be primarily due to an abnormality in the glycogen synthetase system. | 97,185 | [
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Pituitary responsiveness to thyrotropin releasing hormone in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. | The pituitary responses to the intravenous administration of 200 mg of Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone were investigated in 14 poorly controlled insulin dependent diabetic males and in nine matched controls. The mean TSH and prolactin responses in the two groups were similar although both tended to be lower in the diabetics. There was a small FSH rise in 11 of the 23 subjects. | 97,197 | [
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The use of intramuscularly administered methyl-TRH to evaluate the pituitary-thyroid axis. | The present study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of intramuscular administration of methyl-TRH, a potent analogue of thyrotropin-releasing hormone, for assessing pituitary reserve of TSH and prolactin and for distinguishing euthyroid, hypothyroid and hyperthyroid individuals. Serum samples were taken for 24 hours after intramuscular injection of methyl-TRH, 200 microgram, in 19 euthyroid subjects, 9 hypothyroid men and 9 hyperthyroid men. The mean serum prolactin and TSH concentrations were significantly elevated over baseline levels at 30 min in the euthyroid individuals and remained elevated for 3 to 4 hours. The serum TSH, T3 and T4 responses after intramuscular methyl-TRH in euthyroid subjects were clearly distinguishable from those of hyperthyroid and hypothyroid patients. Significant elevation of the serum T3 and T4 concentrations at 24 hours after intramuscular injection of methyl-TRH shows the sustained effect of this TRH analogue in euthyroid subjects. | 97,198 | [
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Day hospitalization as a cost-effective alternative to inpatient care: a pilot study. | Two private day hospitals and an insurance company offering group health coverage to federal employees undertook a pilot study to determine if providing insurance coverage for day hospitalization on the same basis as for inpatient treatment was a feasible means of controlling the cost of psychiatric care. The study included 31 patients who otherwise would have been hospitalized; most had histories of severe psychiatric disorders and extensive treatment. Using the measure that the day hospital patients would have been in inpatient treatment for the same number of days, the authors estimate that the use of day treatment saved the insurer more than $255,000. They recommend that day hospitalization be reimbursed on the same basis as inpatient care if a day hospital can meet stringent criteria ensuring that it provides active, appropriate treatment, and they present a list of such criteria. | 97,202 | [
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Deciphering the price tag on government regulations. | Studies show that about one and a half to two percent of total hospial costs is spent on complying with regulations. But, some observers say the costs are even higher. | 97,205 | [
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Effect of growth environment on Pseudomonas aeruginosa killing by rabbit polymorphonuclear leudocytes and cationic proteins. | Pseudomonas aeruginosa grown in a chemostat under carbon- and magnesium-limited conditions showed varying resistance to killing by rabbit peritoneal exudate polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Slow-growing (D = 0.05 h-1), magnesium-limited cells were significantly more resistant to the lethal effects of the phagocytes than were fast-growing magnesium-limited cells and carbon-limited cells (D = 0.05 h-1 and D = 0.5 h-1, respectively). The resistance of magnesium-limited cells to killing by cationic proteins isolated from the leukocytes was shown to be growth-rate dependent, the slowest-growing (D = 0.05 h-1) cells being the most resistant. Carbon-limited cells were sensitive to killing by the cationic proteins at all growth rates tested. Antisera raised in rabbits to all types of cells and commercial anti-Pseudomonas serum rapidly agglutinated magnesium-limited cells but failed to agglutinate carbon-limited cells. There was some indication that slow-growing (D = 0.05 h-1), magnesium-limited cells agglutinated most readily with both types of antisera. No difference was detected in the mouse toxicity of heat-killed cells grown under the various conditions. | 97,227 | [
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Motorized minitrack for exercising large animals. | A simply constructed device for exercise training large animals, e.g., swine, is described. Basically the device is a small, circular, enclosed track constructed of plywood and metal fence material. A centrally located, vertical shaft powered by a DC motor rotates at a variable speed. Attached to each of four horizontal metal beams extending from the shaft are four suspended partitions which hang freely above the enclosed track surface. As the shaft rotates, the four partitions move in unison, thus forcing animals in each compartment to move at the same pace. The advantages of this device are its cost, low maintenance, and the flexibility to train eight animals by one person. Preliminary results of a study on training pigs are discussed. | 97,252 | [
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Identification of a new sequence-specific endonuclease, NgoII, from Neisseria gonorrhoeae. | A class II restriction endonuclease which recognizes the same nucleotide sequence as EndoR.HaeIII has been found in four of seven isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae tested. | 97,270 | [
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Prophylactic treatment of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. | Prophylactic treatment of Rocky Mountain spotted fever with a single dose of oxytetracycline was investigated in guinea pigs. Disease was prevented when treatment was administered shortly before expected onset. Relapses occurred when treatment preceded expected onset by 48 h or more. | 97,307 | [
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Ultrasound scanning for monitoring childhood hydronephrosis. | Ultrasound scanning of the kidneys in four children with radiologically proven hydronephrosis was undertaken with a new modification: scanning before and after copious intake of fluid. The anteroposterior diameter of the renal pelvis was used as an index of the hydronephrosis. Alterations in the dilatation were followed over a long period. Good agreement with simultaneous IVP was found. Improvement in the degree of hydronephrosis was apparent by reduction and disappearance of the dilatation of the pelvis during fasting as assessed by ultrasonic scanning, although pronounced dilatation was still observed after copious intake of fluid and at IVP. The results indicate that ultrasound scanning is a valuable supplement in the urological evaluation in children and that it can reduce significantly the number of radiological investigations required. | 97,316 | [
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Effect of experimentally induced marginal periodontitis and periodontal scaling on the dental pulp. | Experimental breakdown of the periodontal attachment apparatus was produced in six young adult monkeys to study the effect on the tissue of the dental pulp by (1) periodontitis, (2) scaling and plaque accumulation on exposed root dentin. Periodontal tissue breakdown was induced by the placement of ligatures around the neck of 92 permanent teeth. Subsequent plaque formation caused marked loss of periodontal tissue support, which after a period of 5--7 months amounted to 30--40% of the root length. One group of teeth received no further treatment. Other teeth were subjected to scaling and root planing. Following treatment, plaque was allowed to accumulate for 2, 10, and 30 days on the freshly planed root dentin surfaces. Histologic examination revealed that in comparison to teeth with normal periodontal conditions, 57% of the teeth exposed to periodontitis exhibited pathologic pulp tissue alterations. Secondary dentin formation and/or inflammatory cell infiltrates were observed within localized areas of the pulp subjacent to root surfaces exposed to periodontal tissue destruction. The changes within the pulp were of "mild" nature and only one tooth displayed signs of total pulp necrosis. Lateral canals communicating with both the pulp cavity and the exposed root surface were never detected. Teeth subjected to scaling and subsequent plaque accumulation in comparison with teeth with periodontitis alone exhibited no obvious aggravation or increased incidence of pathologic pulp reactions. The findings show that in the monkey (1) periodontal destruction limited to the cervical half of the root and (2) plaque accumulation on exposed root dentin does not cause severe alteration in the pulp of the roots involved. | 97,332 | [
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Isolation and analysis of H-2 and Ia alloantigens from wild mouse strains. | Immunoprecipitation and SDS-PAGE analysis were used to examine H-2 and Ia antigens from mouse strains with wild-derived MHC haplotypes. Antisera raised against the wild-derived strains contained anti-H-2 and anti-Ia antibodies which precipitated antigen molecules readily distinguishable by a single assay procedure. The antibodies to wild strains were cross-reactive with standard laboratory haplotypes. Evidence supporting the similar genetic organization of wild and standard haplotypes was found, including isolation of separate H-2K and H-2D molecules from a wild-derived strain, and isolation of two separate Ia molecules from a wild-derived strain. | 97,344 | [
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Scanning electron microscopic observations of the development of the somites and their innervation in anuran larvae. | The development of the paraxial mesoderm in tadpoles of Xenopus, Bufo and Rana was observed with a scanning electron microscope. In addition to examination of the differentiation of the surface and the interior of the somites, some attention was also paid to the transformation of the material of the neural crests and to the innervation of the developing myotome. | 97,358 | [
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Acquisition of murine major histocompatibility complex gene products by schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni. | Schistosoma mansoni schistosomula recovered from the lungs of inbred mice were shown to possess serologically detectable alloantigens on their tegumental surfaces. Using appropriate antisera and infected congenic and recombinant mice as worm donors, gene products of the K and I subregions of the major histocompatibility complex were demonstrated among these alloantigens acquired by the parasites. In contrast, other cell surface alloantigens, such as Thy 1, Ly 1, and H-Y and the serum proteins albumin, C3 and Ig, could not be detected on the surface of lung schistosomula by means of comparable techniques. In another series of experiments, schistosomula recovered from the lungs of mice and reinjected into allogeneic recipients were shown to exchange their alloantigens during an 87-h period of examination. Similarly, lung schistosomula cocultured with allogeneic lymphocytes were shown to acquire major histocompatibility complex (MHC) coded antigens from the cells. It is possible that as acquired host molecules, MHC gene products may disguise the surface of schistosome parasites thereby rendering them insusceptible to immune attack. | 97,360 | [
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Characterization of the effects of Mg2+ on Ca2+- and Sr2+-activated tension generation of skinned rat cardiac fibers. | Submaximum and maximum forces of the cardiac muscle contractile apparatus, activated by Ca2+ or Sr2+, were determined as a function of Mg2+ concentration. Apical left ventricular tissue from Sprague-Dawley rats was broken by homogenization into small bundles of fibers with disrupted sarcolemmas (skinned). Tension generation was activated by and graded according to the concentration of Ca2+ or Sr2+ in solutions bathing the skinned fibers and measured with a photodiode force transducer. Steady-state tensions for various levels of activation at each of four concentrations of Mg2+ (5 x 10(-5), 1 x 10(-3), 5 x 10(-3), and 10 x 10(-3) M) in the bathing solutions were analyzed. Other bathing solution constituents and parameters mimicked significant normal intracellular conditions while providing adequate buffering of [H+], [Ca2+], and [MgATP2-] (magnesium adenosine triphosphate). To assess changes in sensitivity of the mechanical system to activation by Ca2+ (or Sr2+), each submaximum tension was expressed as a percentage of the given fiber bundle's maximum force generated at saturating [Ca2+] (or [Sr2+]) at the same [Mg2+]. When plotted as saturation curves these data demonstrate that increasing [Mg2+] depresses Ca2+ sensitivity of the force-generating mechanism. The Ca2+ and Sr2+ sensitivity of the cardiac force-generating apparatus is similar at every [Mg2+], indicating that the magnitude of Mg2+ effect is similar for both types of activation. However, absolute maximum tensions at saturating activating cation concentration increased as [Mg2+] increased; the effect of Mg2+ on maximum force was proportionately the same for Ca2+ and Sr2+ activation. But because saturating [Ca2+] always resulted in a lower maximum force than saturating [Sr2+], this site of Ca2+-Mg2+ interaction appears distinct from the one influencing Ca2+ sensitivity. | 97,362 | [
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Isotope-release cytotoxicity assay with the use of indium-111: advantage over chromium-51 in long-term assays. | The adaptation of indium-111-oxine (also known as 8-hydroxyquinoline) (111In Ox) chelate for long-term (18-48 hr) isotope-release assays of cell-mediated cytotoxicity (CMC) and its advantages over the use of 51 Cr are described. Labeling of DBA/2 P815 mastocytoma cells with 111InOx resulted in the incorporation of as many as a million counts per minute in 10(5) cells with no reduction in cell viability. 111InOx labeled both mouse and human tumor cells. 111InOx, like 51Cr, primarily labeled cytoplasmic constituents; up to 80% of the label existed in a releasable form. 111InOx was quantitatively released from labeled P815 in response to specifically sensitized C57BL/6 lymphocytes. The high labelling efficiency of 111InOx offered a significant advantage over 51Cr in 18- to 48-hour assays for CMC by reducing the counting error and thus making the assay more precise. Because of its higher labeling efficiency, 111InOx can be used in microcytotoxicity assays. 111InOx has the added advantage of a lower spontaneous release in culture than 51Cr. This feature of 111InOx also makes the calculation of specific isotope release more accurate than that achieved with 51Cr in long-term cytotoxic assays. | 97,392 | [
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[Partial parenteral feeding in infants with special reference to the amino acid levels (author's transl)]. | 12 infants aged between 6 weeks and several months were partially fed for a period of three days parenterally with a 6% amino acid solution adapted to breast milk as well as with an electrolyte solution with 10% glucose. The amino acid levels in the plasma were determined daily in the blood of fasting blood after an infusion period of 20 hours and after an interval of four hours. All the amino acids examined during the period of the study, revealed good homeostasis. | 97,467 | [
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[Juxtapapillary diverticula of the duodenum and bilio-pancreatic symptoms (author's transl)]. | Juxtapapillary diverticula of the duodenum are more frequent than has been assumed up to now. Among 2100 patients undergoing duodenoscopy 135 duodenal diverticula have been found. These diverticula may cause symptoms of diverculitis as well as of bilio-pancreatic disease. Such diverticula ought to be treated by surgery. In our department diverticula are turned inward, or a papillo-diverticulotomy is done depending upon the localization of the diverticula. | 97,479 | [
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Sarcoplasmic calcium-binding proteins in protochordate and cyclostome muscle: characterization of a new protein from amphioxus. | A sarcoplasmic calcium-binding protein (SCP) has been purified from the muscle of the protochordate Amphioxus and shown to be more similar to invertebrate SCP's than to their counterpart found in vertebrates, i.e. parvalbumins. The Amphioxus protein has a pI of 4.9, is rich in tyrosine and tryptophan, has a molecular weight of 22,000 and binds strongly 2Ca2+ with a pK of 7.88. Magnesium competes with calcium for only one of the two metal-binding sites and induces positive cooperativity in Ca2+ binding. In cyclostome muscle (lamprey and hagfish), no protein with high affinity for Ca2+ or Mg2+ could be found, irrespective of molecular weight. Instead, a protein with moderate affinity for Ca2+ (less than or equal to 10(5) M(-1)) was detected: it has a molecular weight of 60,000 and might be quite ubiquitous, as the presence of a similar protein has been reported both in red and white muscle of vertebrates such as chicken and rabbit. | 97,516 | [
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Ultrastructural localization of cations in the rat pars distalis under various experimental conditions. | Modifications of the pyroantimonate technique were used to localize intracellular sites of bound cations in the pars distalis of normal and hypothyroid rats and in rats with increased levels of plasma calcium. In the normal animal, cations were localized within most intracellular organelles and sometimes on the membranes involved in exocytosis. The amount of bound cations within pituitary intracellular organelles was considerably augmented in rats injected intravenously with calcium chloride. However, in the thyroidectomy cells of hypothyroid rats, the amount of cation precipitate appeared to be selectively increased in the dilated rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER). The calcium chelator, EGTA, and X-ray microprobe analysis revealed the presence of calcium in cation deposits. | 97,571 | [
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Why do HMOs seem to provide more health maintenance services? | Greater use of preventive services by enrollees of HMOs than of other health plans is often assumed to reflect differences in philosophy about "health maintenance." But organizational forms are less important than extent of insurance coverage in influencing use of preventive services. Policy options for improved health status will have to challenge ideologies of prevention and financing. | 97,576 | [
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