The effect and possible interactive influence of different dietary amounts of wheat bran, fat and calcium on the fecal excretion,
concentration and composition of bile acids was studied in Fischer-344 rats. The fecal bile acids were analyzed using gas-liquid
chromatography. Dietary wheat bran increased both total bile acid excretion and fecal weight without changes in fecal bile
acid concentration. The proportion of fecal hyodeoxycholic acid decreased with increasing dietary fiber, whereas that of lithocholic
and deoxycholic acids increased significantly with fiber intake. The percent content of fecal chenodeoxycholic acid did not
change. Increasing dietary fat led to an increase in bile acid excretion without changes in either fecal weight or bile acid
concentration. In contrast, the level of dietary calcium did not affect the total excretion of bile acids. However, since
calcium increased the fecal weight, it consequently diluted bile acids and decreased their fecal concentration. Dietary fat
and calcium had no influence on fecal bile acid composition. There were no interactive effects of wheat bran, fat and calcium
on fecal bile acids. The finding in this study that dietary fiber, fat and calcium induce significant changes in fecal bile
acids may be of relevance to the potential of bile acids to promote carcinogenesis. 相似文献
A group's staffing level can play an important role in its socialization practices. For example, a group that is understaffed should be more open than an overstaffed group to both prospective and new members. To test this prediction, the leaders of nearly 100 student groups on a college campus were interviewed. These interviews yielded qualitative and quantitative data about the staffing levels in the groups and the methods that they used for recruiting prospective members and assimilating new ones. Analyses of the qualitative data clarified issues such as when understaffing and overstaffing are likely to occur, what kinds of problems they produce in groups, and how groups try to solve those problems. Analyses of the quantitative data revealed that our prediction was correct: As their staffing levels decrease, most groups become more open to prospective and new members. Implications of the results are discussed, and some suggestions for future research are offered. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) 相似文献
This study examines the extent to which variations in consumers' sensory assessments of food arise from the inability to report accurately sensory perceptions, from confusion regarding the criteria by which to assess samples, or from differences in their oral breakdown of the products.
Twenty consumers assessed the tenderness of a range of 8 hot, freshly roasted meat samples using Time Intensity (TI). Overall a significant correlation was found between the maximum recorded intensity (Imax) of their TI curves and single sensory scores given by a trained panel. Correlation was significant for only 42% of the consumers individually. Significant correlations were found between the amount of masticatory muscle activity undertaken during chewing (measured using electromyography) and Imax for all but 2 of the consumers. Thus subjects' perceptions were accurately described by their chewing work, suggesting between subject differences in perception arose from differences in the way chewing work was applied to break down the samples. The sensory input from the masticatory muscles may represent the major determinant of perceived tenderness of meat. 相似文献
Sample preparation for DNA and RNA assays is a prime candidate for laboratory automation. A novel, parallel processing device that performs the three separate liquid-handling functions necessary for such sample preparation-dispensing, pipetting, and pressurizing-is presented. The device comprises an array of fine nozzles connected by fluidic channels to automatically and precisely distribute flow between one source and an array of points. The design principles, as well as the experimental and computational methods used to develop the device, are described. Test results, including accuracy, uniformity, volume range, and timing, are presented. The functionality of the device is demonstrated by performing a solid-phase extraction of DNA with two types of microcolumns. 相似文献
Technology-assisted instruction has potential for helping students improve their reading skills. In the current studies, PowerPoint software was used to supplement teacher-led reading instruction for elementary-aged students with disabilities who struggled with phoneme blending to read words. The effectiveness of the intervention was assessed using two multiple probe design studies across sets of words based on an onset-rime (word family) strategy. In Study 1, teacher-led instruction was paired with technology-assisted instruction for all intervention sessions for three students in first and second grade. In Study 2, teacher-led instruction occurred between baseline and technology-assisted intervention sessions for three students in third and fourth grade. During the initial instruction sessions, participants recorded their own voices onto PowerPoint slides so that their technology-assisted instruction included self-modelling. Results of both studies indicated that technology-assisted instruction can be effective for helping students learn how to blend phonemes to read words; however, performance varied and there were limitations in each study that should be addressed in future research. Relevant implications for classroom instruction are emphasized. 相似文献
This paper proposes a method for designing robust H?? static output feedback stabilization of Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy systems under actuator saturation. In this paper, the input saturation is represented by a polytopic model and the modeling error is assumed a norm-bounded uncertainty. A set invariance condition for robust H?? static output feedback system under actuator saturation is first established. Then, the estimation of the largest domain of attraction for the system is formulated and solved as a Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI) optimization problem. Two examples are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design method. 相似文献
Given its uniformly high expression on plasma cells, CD38 has been considered as a therapeutic target in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Herein, we investigate the distribution of CD38 expression by peripheral blood leukocyte lineages to evaluate the potential therapeutic effect of CD38-targeting antibodies on these immune cell subsets and to delineate the use of CD38 as a biomarker in SLE. We analyzed the expression of CD38 on peripheral blood leukocyte subsets by flow and mass cytometry in two different cohorts, comprising a total of 56 SLE patients. The CD38 expression levels were subsequently correlated across immune cell lineages and subsets, and with clinical and serologic disease parameters of SLE. Compared to healthy controls (HC), CD38 expression levels in SLE were significantly increased on circulating plasmacytoid dendritic cells, CD14++CD16+ monocytes, CD56+ CD16dim natural killer cells, marginal zone-like IgD+CD27+ B cells, and on CD4+ and CD8+ memory T cells. Correlation analyses revealed coordinated CD38 expression between individual innate and memory T cell subsets in SLE but not HC. However, CD38 expression levels were heterogeneous across patients, and no correlation was found between CD38 expression on immune cell subsets and the disease activity index SLEDAI-2K or established serologic and immunological markers of disease activity. In conclusion, we identified widespread changes in CD38 expression on SLE immune cells that highly correlated over different leukocyte subsets within individual patients, but was heterogenous within the population of SLE patients, regardless of disease severity or clinical manifestations. As anti-CD38 treatment is being investigated in SLE, our results may have important implications for the personalized targeting of pathogenic leukocytes by anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies. 相似文献
Rabbits were fed diets enriched with cholestanol or cholestereol (3.5 g/wk) for 4–12 weeks. During cholestanol feeding, the
concentration of cholestanol in blood serum, liver, heart and aorta increased 15–30 times. In serum and liver, the concentration
of cholesterol also increased. Cholestanol-fed rabbits developed inflammatory changes in the liver, with proliferation of
small bile ducts. Liver tests were only slightly abnormal. Morphological atherosclerosis of the aorta was only occasionally
seen in rabbits receiving cholestanol for eight weeks or less.
During cholesterol feeding, the amounts of cholesterol in different tissues increased dramatically, most in the aorta. Morphological
atherosclerosis in the aorta was found in all rabbits fed cholesterol-enriched diets for more than four weeks. Brain cholestanol
was doubled in rabbits fed cholestanol for eight weeks, whereas brain sterols did not change significantly during cholesterol
feeding. After an additional regression period with cholestyramine for eight weeks, the increased content of cholestanol in
the brain was unchanged in cholestanol-fed rabbits. These observations are discussed in relation to the cholestanolosis of
the brain that develops in the rare inherited human disease cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis. 相似文献