RHEOLOGY OF SUCROSE-CMC MODEL SOLUTION

The rheological behavior of an aqueous solution composed of 65% sucrose and 0.1% CMC was experimentally determined from -10C to 50C using a rotational viscometer equipped with coaxial cylinders. The model solution behaved as pseudoplastic fluid, represented by the power-law model. Flow behavior and consistency indices determined at -10.1, 0.5, 9.8, 19.0, 30.1 and 50. OC, showed values between 0.79 to 0.86 and 0.15 to 10.22 Pa. sⁿ, respectively. The effect of temperature on the rheological parameters was represented by Arrhenius-type relationships, with R²≥ 0.97. They were compared to the rheological behavior of a concentrated orange juice with 65° Brix and 7% pulp content. The comparison of separate rheograms for both fluids showed that the model solution can be used to represent concentrated orange juice.     

Ozone Production in a Dielectric Barrier Discharge with Ultrasonic Irradiation

Ozone production has been investigated using an atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge in pure O₂ at room temperature with and without ultrasonic irradiation. It was driven at a frequency of either 15 kHz or ～40 kHz. The ozone production was highly dependent on the O₂ flow rate and the discharge power. Furthermore, powerful ultrasonic irradiation at a fundamental frequency of ～30 kHz with the sound pressure level of ～150 dB into the discharge can improve the ozone production efficiency, particularly when operated at the frequency of 15 kHz at the flow rate of 15 L/min.     

NM2:噪声地图和监测

噪声地图被公认是城市规划和管理的得力工具.不过它的可靠性和大众对它的信心在很大程度上取决于噪声地图是否可以通过利用噪声监测数据来校正和更新.此外,噪声地图应能反映因不断变化的交通情况而产生的噪声水平.通过回顾噪声地图在世界上在制作和应用上面对的问题,讨论其拥有噪卢监测功能的必要性,与作为协助决策者和广大群众做出合适决定...     

Enteropathogenic, enterotoxigenic and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli isolated from acute gastroenteritis patients in Lagos, Nigeria

Enteropathogenic, enterotoxigenic and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli were isolated from 52 (4.8%) of 1,082 patients with acute gastroenteritis reporting at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria between October 1979 and March, 1981. Of the 52 strains of E. coli isolated, 35 (67.3%) were enteropathogenic, 12 (23.1%) were enterotoxigenic and five (9.6%) were enteroinvasive. E. coli 0111 (25.7%) was the most predominant among the serotypes of the "classical" enteropathogenic strains found in this study. Diarrhoea associated with enteropathogenic E. coli occurred only in children aged less than five years, whereas enterotoxigenic and enteroinvasive E. coli were found primarily in adults. The study has highlighted for the first time the important role that enterotoxigenic and enteroinvasive E. coli strains could play in acute diarrhoeal diseases in Lagos, Nigeria.     

Contrast enhancement in the craniopharyngioma cyst wall caused by irradiation

OBJECTIVE: To determine the outcome of DSM-III-R schizophreniform disorder with good prognostic features. METHOD: A 6-year follow-up of 20 cases was conducted with structured interviews (comprehensive assessment of symptoms and history) and assessments of functioning scales (global assessment of functioning, Strauss-Carpenter Scale). RESULTS: Thirty-five percent of the cases had major affective disorders, 35% had schizophreniform episodes and major affective disorders, 5% had schizophreniform episodes only, 10% developed schizophrenia, and 15% had no disorders. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest an association between schizophreniform disorder with good prognostic features and affective illness.     

Proteins Marking the Sequence of Genotoxic Signaling from Irradiated Mesenchymal Stromal Cells to CD34+ Cells

Non-targeted effects (NTE) of ionizing radiation may initiate myeloid neoplasms (MN). Here, protein mediators (I) in irradiated human mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) as the NTE source, (II) in MSC conditioned supernatant and (III) in human bone marrow CD34+ cells undergoing genotoxic NTE were investigated. Healthy sublethal irradiated MSC showed significantly increased levels of reactive oxygen species. These cells responded by increasing intracellular abundance of proteins involved in proteasomal degradation, protein translation, cytoskeleton dynamics, nucleocytoplasmic shuttling, and those with antioxidant activity. Among the increased proteins were THY1 and GNA11/14, which are signaling proteins with hitherto unknown functions in the radiation response and NTE. In the corresponding MSC conditioned medium, the three chaperones GRP78, CALR, and PDIA3 were increased. Together with GPI, these were the only four altered proteins, which were associated with the observed genotoxic NTE. Healthy CD34+ cells cultured in MSC conditioned medium suffered from more than a six-fold increase in γH2AX focal staining, indicative for DNA double-strand breaks, as well as numerical and structural chromosomal aberrations within three days. At this stage, five proteins were altered, among them IQGAP1, HMGB1, and PA2G4, which are involved in malign development. In summary, our data provide novel insights into three sequential steps of genotoxic signaling from irradiated MSC to CD34+ cells, implicating that induced NTE might initiate the development of MN.     

Salivary fluoride levels in overdenture wearers after topical fluoride gel application

This study describes salivary fluoride levels after topical fluoride gel application on overdenture abutments. Fluoride levels were evaluated separately for the subjects with normal unstimulated salivary flow rate (n = 16) and for those with a low flow rate (n = 8). One drop of fluoride gel (Karigel-N, Lorvic) was placed in two abutment depressions of the duplicated overdenture, after which unstimulated whole saliva was collected for 30 minutes. Samples for fluoride analysis were taken at 5-minute intervals. Two additional samples were taken at 45 and 60 minutes. Fluoride concentration at the abutment-denture interface (remaining fluoride concentration) was measured at the end of the study. Salivary fluoride concentrations decreased gradually in both groups of subjects, but after 1 hour they remained at a higher level in subjects with low flow rates. Subjects' salivary flow rates correlated negatively with remaining fluoride concentration at the denture-tissue interface. Consequently, mean remaining fluoride concentration was significantly higher in subjects with low flow rate than in their normal counterparts.     

Effects of a permanent magnetic field on 45Ca2+ ion influx in excitable and inexcitable cells and proliferative activity of rat spleen cells

When experimental animals were exposed to Permanent Magnetic Fields with magnetic induction (B = 0.2 T), the influx of 45Ca2+ ions into brain cells was activated, but the influx of 45Ca2+ ions into spleen cells was depressed. Similar effect was observed upon incubation of brain and spleen tissues in magnetized physiological solution. Incorporation of 3H-thymidine into spleen cells increased upon direct exposition to magnetic field and upon exposition of the spleen in magnetized physiological solution as well.