Effect of processing conditions on the oil content of parboiled-rice bran

The oil content of residual milled kernel was consistently lower and of bran higher in parboiled as compared to raw rice at all degrees of milling (d.m.), showing that the rice oil migrated outwards upon parboiling. However, the d.m.-oil content curves for the residual kernel as well as the bran were largely unaffected by varying conditions of parboiling. The total oil content of the grain was also unchanged after parboiling. When the data for the fraction of the total grain oil coming into the bran were plotted against the d.m. for a variety of parboiling conditions, they again fell into a single line. These results showed that, contrary to many earlier claims, the processing condition during parboiling had no effect on the redistribution of the fat in the grain.     

Thyroid cancers

We have analysed factors that influenced on the patient survival in 195 cases of thyroid cancer. The survival is essentially influenced by the histology, the papillary forms (survival after 15 years: 83.1-93%) and follicular cancers (survival after 15 years: 84-94%) having an excellent evolution. The non-differentiated and mixed cancers have a very severe prognosis that is independent of the complex therapy that have been used (survival after 5 years: 17.1% in non-differentiated forms and 32.5% in mixed ones). The prognosis is better in subjects under the age of 45 and in female subjects. The cancers in the 1-st and 2-nd stage of tumor extension have a better evolution that those in the 3-rd stage. In differentiated cancers, the total or subtotal thyroidectomy followed by radioiodine administration determine the best survival.     

Evaluation of consecutively placed unloaded root-form and plate-form implants in adult Macaca mulatta monkeys

The present paper describes 18 consecutively-treated non-human primates (Macaca mulatta) as part of a balanced block design study of 36 animals to examine osseointegration in root- and plate-form implants prepared by atraumatic preparation of bone. Clinical measurements around selected teeth and digital radiology were utilized to monitor periodontal disease and bone deposition around the unloaded implants. Once a month scaling procedures were utilized as a means of preventing further advance of periodontal disease. Results indicate that once-monthly regimen of scaling and root planing can prevent attachment loss of natural teeth and will not interfere with the healing of either type of implant; once-monthly scalings produce significant reduction in redness (P < .05) and reduced probing depths (P = .01). A second finding is that both root and blade implants show radiographic evidence of osseointegration in this primate model. The quantitative analysis demonstrates bone gain is not stabilized until 6 months after healing. The data may indicate that occlusal loading of mandibular implants at 3 months may be premature.     

Tolyporphins J and K, two further porphinoid metabolites from the cyanobacterium Tolypothrix nodosa

Two new porphinoids, tolyporphins J (1) and K (2), have been isolated from the terrestrial cyanobacterium, Tolypothrix nodosa (HT-58-2) and identified by NMR and mass spectral analysis. The activities of tolyporphins J and K in cell sensitization and drug accumulation assays for multidrug resistance (MDR) reversal were compared with those of tolyporphin A. Unusual NMR spectroscopic shifts were observed for tolyporphin J (1) in CDCl3.