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Intraperitoneal Application of Fibrinogen Gluing in the Rat for Adhesions Prophylaxis
1990
The suitability of fibrinogen gluing for prophylaxis of intraperitoneal adhesions was investigated experimentally. Small bowel slings, traumatized previously, were covered by a layer of fibrinogen 2–3 mm thick to see whether formation of adhesions could be prevented. In the experiments 50 rats of both sexes were observed over 21 days. Following mechanical traumatization of the terminal ileum the visceral peritoneum was coated with fibronogen, whereas animals of the control group did not receive fibrinogen coating.
A New Aromatic Compound from the Stem Bark of Terminalia catappa
2015
A new aromatic compound 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl-1- O-(4-sulfo)-β-D-glucopyranoside (1), in addition to two triterpenoid saponins (chebuloside II, arjunoglucoside II), two triterpenes (arjunolic acid and 3-betulinic acid) and sitosterol-3- O-β-D-glucopyranoside have been isolated from the barks of Terminalia catappa. Their structures have been established on the basis of spectroscopic techniques (1D/2D NMR) and MS. Their cytotoxicity and anti-inflammatory activity, together with the antioxidant capacity of compound 1 were also evaluated.
Bone metabolism in children with asthma treated with nebulized flunisolide: a multicenter italian study
1998
Abstract This multicenter, parallel-group, open-label, randomized study was conducted in prepubertal children with mild asthma to investigate the efficacy and influence on bone and collagen turnover of a daily regimen of flunisolide 1200 μg alone (group A, n=14), flunisolide 600 μg in combination with sodium cromoglycate (SCG) 60 mg (group B, n=15), or SCG 60 mg alone (group C, n=15) for 4 months. All medications were administered by means of a jet nebulizer using a mouthpiece. Serum osteocalcin (OC), bone alkaline phosphate (B-ALP), and procollagen type I carboxyterminal propeptide (PICP) were measured as markers of bone formation, and type I collagen telopeptide (ICTP) was measured as a m…
Functional consequences of prejunctional receptor activation or blockade in the iris.
1994
The iris is innervated by nerves of the sympathetic, parasympathetic, and sensory nervous systems. The terminal nerve fibres are endowed with prejunctional receptors which modulate neurotransmitter release. Activation or blockade of prejunctional receptors by drugs may have an influence on iris smooth muscle tone. Several findings are in favour of the hypothesis that prejunctional receptors may be involved in regulation of iris smooth muscle tone and/or pathophysiological events. (i). Release of acetylcholine from parasympathetic nerves of guinea-pig iris sphincter evoked by electrical stimulation is subject to autoinhibition via prejunctional M2 muscarinic receptors, and the release can be…
Nonlocal Fractional Dynamics for Different Terminal Densities
2018
We study the effect of confining potentials, generated by different equilibrium (long-time asymptotic or terminal) probability densities, on nonGaussian stochastic processes, described by Lévy–Schrödinger semigroup dynamics. The former densities belong to the family of so-called M-Wright functions of index ν. Using analytical and numerical arguments, we demonstrate that properly tailored confining potentials can generate the Gaussian distribution (which is also a member of M-Wright family at ν = 1/2) at final stages of time evolution. This means that the Gaussian distribution (and other sufficiently fast decaying distributions like exponential one) can emerge in the differential equation wi…
The Action Principles in Mechanics
2001
We begin this chapter with the definition of the action functional as time integral over the Lagrangian \(L(q_{i}(t),\dot{q}_{i}(t);t)\) of a dynamical system: $$\displaystyle{ S\left \{[q_{i}(t)];t_{1},t_{2}\right \} =\int _{ t_{1}}^{t_{2} }dt\,L(q_{i}(t),\dot{q}_{i}(t);t)\;. }$$
Presynaptic CB1 Receptors Regulate Synaptic Plasticity at Cerebellar Parallel Fiber Synapses
2011
Endocannabinoids are potent regulators of synaptic strength. They are generally thought to modify neurotransmitter release through retrograde activation of presynaptic type 1 cannabinoid receptors (CB1Rs). In the cerebellar cortex, CB1Rs regulate several forms of synaptic plasticity at synapses onto Purkinje cells, including presynaptically expressed short-term plasticity and, somewhat paradoxically, a postsynaptic form of long-term depression (LTD). Here we have generated mice in which CB1Rs were selectively eliminated from cerebellar granule cells, whose axons form parallel fibers. We find that in these mice, endocannabinoid-dependent short-term plasticity is eliminated at parallel fiber…
Developing MLS Location-Based Service Pilot System
2002
Development of mobile networks and terminals provides basis for advanced mobile services and applications. One of the new features is support for locating the mobile user by her/his terminal. The Location-Based Services (LBS), utilising this feature, are expected to form an important class of the new services. At the Information Technology Research Institute, University of Jyvaskyla, LBSs have been studied in MultiMeetMobile research project. The project developed an LBS pilot system, called MLS. This paper presents the experiences collected during the development of the LBS pilot and describes the MLS system.
Prevalence and characteristics of prisoners requiring end-of-life care: A prospective national survey
2017
Background: Ensuring adequate end-of-life care for prisoners is a critical issue. In France, data investigating the impact of laws allowing release of seriously ill prisoners are lacking. Aim: To assess the number and characteristics of prisoners requiring palliative care in French prisons. Design: A prospective, national survey collecting data over a 3-month period. Setting/participants: All healthcare units ( n = 190) providing care for prisoners in France. The prison population was 66,698 during the study period. Data collection concerned prisoners requiring end-of-life care, that is, with serious, advanced, progressive, or terminal illness and life expectancy <1 year. Results: Estima…
Interaction of 68–kDa TAR RNA-binding protein and other cellular proteins with rpion protein-RNA stem-loop
1995
The RNA stem-loop structure of the trans-activating region TAR sequence of human immunodeficiency virus-1 mRNA is the binding site for a number of host cell proteins. A virtually identical set of proteins from HeLa nuclear extracts was found to bind to the predicted RNA hairpin element of prion protein (PrP) mRNA, as demonstrated in UV cross-linking/RNase protection and Northwestern assays. We show that the cellular TAR loop-binding protein, p68, is among those proteins which associate with PrP RNA. Competition experiments with various TAR RNA mutants revealed that binding of partially purified p68 to PrP RNA stem-loop occurs sequence-specifically. The 100-kDa 2-5A synthetase which is invol…