... GH-releasing hormone and causes weight gain and obesity by increasing food intake and diminishing lipid utilisation in non-critically ill individuals [28,29] Before a meal ghrelin serum levels rise and ... target incritical care medicine with ghrelin or a ghrelin mimetic as a new therapeutic option [16] Nevertheless, the findings on the responses of ghrelin to endotoxin in animal models andin healthy ... (Figure 1b), possibly indicating that critical illness by itself and not inflammation or endotoxemia is the primarily driving ghrelin elevation Ghrelin serum concentrationsin critically ill patients...
... guidelines for measuring VOC concentrationsin soil and other solid matrices include the following: Samples should be handled as intact soil cores until being transferred into methanol or into ... sampled and analyzed These guidelines address methods for: (1) handling of samples as intact soil cores; (2) preserving samples; (3) storing samples in hermetically sealed containers; and (4) minimizing ... should be handled in intact soil cores and stored in hermetically sealed vessels in both the field and the laboratory December 2005 -9- EPA Region Technical Guidelines for Accurately Determining Volatile...
... and stored at °C until use Ó FEBS 2002 Radiolabeling of AAC proteins synthesized in E coli and enrichment of the histidine-tagged chimeric proteins IPTG-induced E coli cells (100 lL) harbouring ... [35S]methionine-labeled His-tagged AAC proteins E coli cells harbouring plasmid encoding several AACs and E coli control cells (pet16b without any insert) were IPTG-induced for protein synthesis in the ... Gulik-Krzywicki, T., Lauquin, G.J & Vignais, P.V (1980) Kinetic, binding and ultrastructural properties of the beef heart adenine nucleotide carrier protein after incorporation into phospholipid vesicles...
... the spleen and lungs by homogenizing tissuesin mL of NaCl ⁄ Pi containing 0.05% Tween-80, and the number of viable bacteria in the organs of infected mice were determined by plating serial dilutions ... for each strain in a final volume of 500 lL The actual CFUs of each strain in both inocula were determined by plating serial dilutions on 7H11 plates containing either Km or Hyg before infection ... 7H11 plates containing either kanamycin (Km) or hygromycin (Hyg) Mice were killed or 21 days postinfection, and the mutant and wild-type loads in lungs and spleens were determined on the basis...
... (IGF1R): Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 receptor; (IGFBP-3): Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3; (IGFBP-4): Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding; Protein-4; (MAPK): Mitogen-activated protein kinase; ... of the insulin-like growth factor binding proteins and the IGFBP proteases in modulating IGF action Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 1996, 25(3):591-614 Rajaram S, Baylink DJ, Mohan S: Insulin-like ... Relationships between plasma insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 and second breast cancer risk in a prevention trial of fenretinide Clin Cancer Res 2003, 9(13):4722-9...
... therapy, and boron neutron capture therapy Industrially andin mining, radionuclides are used as radioisotope tracers, in radiography and gauging, andin radiation processing to examine welds, ... radioactivity in food, the environment, and drinking water) from international agencies and some individual nations are presented The radioactivity arising from naturally occurring radionuclides and man-made ... recommendations, and experience he so willingly and unselfishly rendered Finally, and above all, we thank our wives, Vera and Clara, for their support, understanding, and patience during our months-long...
... including α particles and neutrons Their effects in the upper atmosphere lead to nuclear interactions with nitrogen and oxygen atoms and molecules resulting in the production of 14C and 7Be and ... peaceful and military applications Letters from Bohr to Einstein and from Einstein to President Franklin Roosevelt ultimately led to the initiation of the Manhattan Project in the U.S in June ... During the early 1930s, a series of events that would change history and the world we live in began in the physics and chemistry communities Following Enrico Fermi’s lead in exploring the interactions...
... radioactivity present in the soil andin any other material surrounding our bodies, including the air Internal irradiation is caused by radionuclides that are inhaled or ingested In this chapter we ... volume activity in dwellings in the Czech Republic TABLE 3.3 Typical Volume Activities of 222Rn and 220Rn in the Air (Outdoor and Indoor) and Typical Annual Effective Doses (Outdoor and Indoor) Nuclide ... formed mainly by radionuclides from the 238U and Th series and from 40K These radionuclides irradiate our body with γ radiation (externally and internally) and β and α radiation (mainly internally)...
... in rainwater samples A very interesting example is provided by Rubio Montero and Martin Sanchez [120] Rainwater samples collected in Badajoz, in southwest Spain, from 1992 to 1996 contained concentrations ... nuclear industry can introduce man-made radioactivity into drinking water Nuclear accidents have also produced contamination of drinking water In principle, the purification processes in water ... 137Cs and 90Sr in rainwater shows a latitudinal variation, but in general terms it can be observed that activity appeared in rainwater at the beginning of the 1950s, when nuclear tests started, and...
... Herrera Peraza, E.F., and Sanchez Aroche, D., Uranium-238 and thorium-232 series concentrationsin soil, radon-222 indoor and drinking water concentrationsand dose assessment in the city of Aldama, ... radionuclides (238U, 226Ra and 232Th) in uranium mining impacted soils in southeastern China, where uranium mine tailings have been used as landfill materials Slightly elevated concentrations of these ... species, including local vegetables, were selected for this investigation, including broad bean (Vicia faba), Chinese mustard (Brassica chinensis), India mustard (Brassica juncea), lupine (Lupinus...
... Monsin Monsin Monsin Monsin Ivoz-Val Benoît µ g / gMs µ g / ml In situ In situ Laboratory Laboratory In situ In situ (concerted release) Laboratory Laboratory In situ In situ In situ In situ In ... radioactive cloud, inhalation, and soil deposition) and dispersion in surface waters (contamination of drinking water) Most not include food chain contamination or ingestion of contaminated foodstuffs ... They are, in essence, determined by gravity, winds, and the Earth’s rotation, and temperature and salinity gradients Depending on the acting forces, the water velocity varies in time and space...
... organisms These will be examined using the five-kingdom convention of Rose [16] and incorporating the effects analyses of Sazykina [23] Rose noted that within individual kingdoms there was a wide ... fungi, and plantae Viruses were also examined The bulk of the work examined by Rose was conducted with animals and plants and utilizing X or γ radiation It is interesting to note that considering ... chemical species) Single breaks in a strand of DNA, as well as ruptures in both strands (double-strand breaks), are the immediate products of ionizing radiation interaction within cells As previously...
... consultation, by industry regulators Information generated in routine monitoring programs is invaluable in determining the effect on the environment and food of proposed emissions and routes and levels ... documents and standard operating procedures are produced and managed The quality of any laboratory carrying out food monitoring is very much affected by the staff working within it and training, and ... in food and drinking water in Taiwan, Appl Radiat Isot., 48, 1245, 1997 107 Al-Masri, M.S., Nashawati, A., Amin, Y., and Al-Akel, B., Determination of 210Po in tea, mate and their infusions and...
... preparation step includes drying, ashing, and scavenging, while the sample solubilization and equilibrium step includes dissolution and leaching Radiochemical concentration and separation includes coprecipitation, ... Radionuclide Concentrationsin Food and the Environment There are two types of shielding, passive shielding and active shielding Passive shielding is where heavy materials such as lead and iron are ... homogenized form, including drying, crushing, homogenization, and sieving of the soil and sediment samples Sample preparation serves also to increase the counting efficiency, and sometimes it is essential...
... processing to enable them to be used in a nuclear weapon Examples of indirect use materials include uranium containing 235U in quantities less than 20% and plutonium containing 238Pu in quantities ... emitters in mining and other underground gauging applications These include mixed radionuclide neutron sources like 241AmBe and 238PuBe, in which the 241Am and 238Pu produce α particles that interact ... and Hrnecek, E., Application of isotopic fingerprinting in nuclear forensic investigations: a case study, in Advances in Destructive and Non-Destructive Analysis for Environmental Monitoring and...
... monitoring Addition to inventory Interim storage Security of facility during receipt and interim storage Preparation and use Transport to worksite User training Protective equipment Engineering ... waste containers This important training initiative generally results in lower radiation doses for new laboratory workers by minimizing the time around radiation sources and improving process ... safety training via videotape or computer terminal, an unintended message could be that the organization is not truly dedicated to this aspect of operations and is more interested in fulfilling some...
... radioactivity in food in a unique table The table has been updated and reproduced in Table 12.17 in amended form It is helpful in gaining an understanding of the various regulations and recommendations ... NEW ZEALAND 12.6.2.1 Background and Implementation In 2000, the New Zealand Ministry of Health published a stringent drinking water standard for radioactive contamination [33] The standard specifies ... Radionuclides in Air and Water for Occupational Exposure, National Bureau of Standards Handbook 69, NCRP, Washington, DC, 1963 33 New Zealand Ministry of Health, Drinking Water Standards, Wellington,...
... the diet, and depending on the cooking process, losses in the vitamin content are quite different For example, boiling can reduce the vitamin C content in about 15% and baking can induce a decrease ... can be determined by calculating the inverse of the slope of the regression line obtained (Figure 13.2) Inactivation curves may also show curvilinear survival plots and can present an initial shoulder ... vitamin C in the human diet are fresh fruits, mainly citrus fruits, and vegetables Since this vitamin is both heat and radiation sensitive, care should be taken in fruit and vegetable processing technologies...
... (Dakopatts Inc., Mississauga, Canada) for hours at room temperature After three additional rinses in TPBS, antibody-binding sites were revealed by a 15 incubation in 0.2% diaminobenzidine in TPBS ... throughout all Purkinje cells, including the somata, dendrites, dendritic spines and axons, in both normal wild type and pogo/pogo Fig Anti-calbindin immunoreaction were showed in frontal sections ... were incubated overnight at room temperature in rabbit polyclonal anti-calbindin-D (anti-CaBP, Sigma Inc., St Louis MO) They were then washed three times for in 0.1 M TPBS, and incubated in :...