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  • 1
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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Applied physics 16 (1978), S. 381-390 
    ISSN: 1432-0630
    Keywords: 73 ; 72.20
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: Abstract Indium-tin-oxide films (ITO films) sputtered in Ar-atmosphere with and without addition of oxygen reveal an irreversible increase in conductivity during annealing in vacuum. This annealing process increases drastically the density of free electrons, while the Hall mobility changes only slightly. Below the annealing temperature the temperature dependence of the conductivity is reversible. In films with low density of free electrons, which behave like non-degenerated semiconductors, two activation energies for the mobility could be found. The irreversible changes, observed during annealing in the vacuum, are explained by diffusion of oxygen from the interior of the film to the surface, followed by desorption of the oxygen from the surface into the vacuum. The excess oxygen in the non-stoichiometric films plays the role of electron traps. The irreversible effects during annealing in the vacuum are partly reversible in the long run. If the annealed films are exposed to oxygen or air their conductivity decreases because of diffusion of oxygen from the surface into the film.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Plasma renin activity ; Angiotensin II ; Cardiac edema ; Furosemide ; Regulation of sodium balance ; Plasma-Renin-Aktivität ; Angiotensin II ; kardiale Hydropsie ; Furosemid ; Regulation des Naturiumhaushaltes
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung An 8 Gesunden und 21 Kranken mit kardialer Insuffizienz wurden Renin-Aktivität (PRA) und Angiotensin II-Konzentration (A II) im Plasma, Serumnatrium und -kalium und renale Na+-, K+- und Flüssigkeitsexkretion vor sowie 2, 4 und 6 Std nach i.v. Gabe von 0,3 mg Furosemid/kg untersucht. Die PRA wurde biologisch, A II radioimmunologisch bestimmt. Die Gesunden reagierten mit signifikanten Anstiegen der PRA- und A II-Werte (P〈0,005), die Kranken mit kardialer Insuffizienz zeigten 3 verschiedene Verhaltensmuster der PRA: Absinken unter den Ruhewert (4 Fälle), Anstieg (4 Fälle) und Gleichbleiben (14 Fälle, davon 11 ohne meßbare PRA). Eine mangelhafte Stimulierbarkeit der PRA ist somit auch bei kardialer Hydropsie möglich. Die Pat. mit abfallender bzw. gleichbleibender PRA waren vornehmlich Schwerkranke mit ausgeprägter Hydropsie; sie wiesen nach Furosemid im Mittel gleich große, im einzelnen z.T. weit höhere Na+-Verluste auf als die Gesunden. Dies könnte durch die Annahme eines (zentralnervösen) Systems erklärt werden, das die renale Na+-Verlustrate in Beziehung zum Na+-Gesamtbestand setzt und erst ab einer kritischen Relation gegenregulatorisch die Steigerung der Reninfreisetzung veranlaßt. Diese Vermutung wurde durch Untersuchung einer Patientin vor und nach Ödemausschwemmung wahrscheinlich gemacht. PRA- und A II-Werte verhielten sich konkordant (r=+0,627,P〈0,001).
    Notes: Summary In 21 patients with congestive heart failure and 8 normal controls plasma renin activity (PRA), angiotensin II (A II), sodium and potassium concentrations in plasma and renal Na+, K+, and water excretion were measured before and 2, 4, and 6 hours after an intravenous injection of Furosemide (0.3 mg/kg). PRA was determined biologically, A II by radioimmunoassay. The control group showed a significant increase of PRA and A II levels (P〈0.005). In patients with congestive heart failure, three different patterns of PRA were observed: decrease (4 cases), increase (4 cases) and no change (14 cases which comprise 11 patients without detectable PRA), compared to the individual control value. Thus, inadequate stimulation of PRA may occur in congestive heart failure, too. Particularly the patients with decreasing or unchanged PRA suffered from severe cardiac insufficiency with severe edema. After application of Furosemide, these patients showed in average the same, some of them a much higher Na+ loss than the controls. These results could be explained by the assumption of the presence of a control mechanism, possibly located in the brain, that detects the renal Na+ excretion in relation to the total body Na+ and induces the counterregulatory renin secretion not unless a certain reference value is attained. This hypothesis was supported by the results obtained in the same patient before and after loss of edema. PRA and A II values were concordant (r=+0.627,P〈0.001).
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  • 3
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    Electronic Resource
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Bioelectromagnetics 18 (1997), S. 388-395 
    ISSN: 0197-8462
    Keywords: ornithine decarboxylase ; cell culture ; 60 Hz fields ; “averaging” time ; “memory” time ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Occupational Health and Environmental Toxicology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Physics
    Notes: Experiments were conducted to see whether the cellular response to electromagnetic (EM) fields occurs through a detection process involving temporal sensing. L929 cells were exposed to 60 Hz magnetic fields and the enhancement of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity was measured to determine cellular response to the field. In one set of experiments, the field was turned alternately off and on at intervals of 0.1 to 50 s. For these experiments, field coherence was maintained by eliminating the insertion of random time intervals upon switching. Intervals ≥ 1 s produced no enhancement of ODC activity, but fields switched at intervals ≥ 10 s showed ODC activities that were enhanced by a factor of approximately 1.7. These data indicate that it is the interval over which field parameters (e.g., amplitude or frequency) remain constant, rather than the interval over which the field is coherent, that is critical to cellular response to an EMF. In a second set of experiments, designed to determine how long it would take for cells to detect a change in field parameters, the field was interrupted for brief intervals (25-200 ms) once each second throughout exposure. In this situation, the extent of EMF-induced ODC activity depended upon the duration of the interruption. Interruptions ≥ 100 ms were detected by the cell as shown by elimination of field-induced enhancement of ODC. That two time constants (0.1 and 10 s) are involved in cellular EMF detection is consistent with the temporal sensing process associated with bacterial chemotaxis. By analogy with bacterial temporal sensing, cells would continuously sample and average an EM field over intervals of about 0.1 s (the “averaging” time), storing the averaged value in memory. The cell would compare the stored value with the current average, and respond to the EM field only when field parameters remain constant over intervals of approximately 10 s (the “memory” time). Bioelectromagnetics 18:388-395, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 4
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    Electronic Resource
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Bioelectromagnetics 14 (1993), S. 395-403 
    ISSN: 0197-8462
    Keywords: coherence time ; microwave ; amplitude modulation ; ornithine decarboxylase ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Occupational Health and Environmental Toxicology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Physics
    Notes: Previously, we demonstrated the requirement for a minimum coherence time of an applied, small amplitude (10 μT) ELF magnetic field if the field were to produce an enhancement of ornithine decarboxylase activity in L929 fibroblasts. Further investigation has revealed a remarkably similar coherence time phenomenon for enhancement of ornithine decarboxylase activity by amplitude-modulated 915 MHz microwaves of large amplitude (SAR 2.5 W/kg). Microwave fields modulated at 55, 60, or 65 Hz approximately doubled ornithine decarboxylase activity after 8 h. Switching modulation frequencies from 55 to 65 Hz at coherence times of 1.0 s or less abolished enhancement, while times of 10 s or longer provided full enhancement. Our results show that the microwave coherence effects are remarkably similar to those observed with ELF fields. © 1993 Wiley-Liss. Inc.
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  • 5
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    Electronic Resource
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Bioelectromagnetics 15 (1994), S. 399-409 
    ISSN: 0197-8462
    Keywords: noise ; coherence ; incoherence ; signal to noise ; ornithine decarboxylase ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Occupational Health and Environmental Toxicology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Physics
    Notes: We have previously demonstrated that a weak, extremely-low-frequency magnetic field must be coherent for some minimum length of time (≍ 10 s) in order to affect the specific activity of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) in L929 mouse cells. In this study we explore whether or not the superposition of an incoherent (noise) magnetic field can block the bioeffect of a coherent 60 Hz magnetic field, since the sum of the two fields is incoherent. An experimental test of this idea was conducted using as a biological marker the twofold enhancement of ODC activity found in L929 murine cells after exposure to a 60 Hz, 10 μTrms magnetic field. We superimposed an incoherent magnetic noise field, containing frequencies from 30 to 90 Hz, whose rms amplitude was comparable to that of the 60 Hz field. Under these conditions the ODC activity observed after exposure was equal to control levels. It is concluded that the superposition of incoherent magnetic fields can block the enhancement of ODC activity by a coherent magnetic field if the strength of the incoherent field is equal to or greater than that of the coherent field. When the superimposed, incoherent noise field was reduced in strength, the enhancement of ODC activity by the coherent field increased. Full ODC enhancement was obtained when the rms value of the applied EM noise was less than one-tenth that of the coherent field. These results are discussed in relation to the question of cellular detection of weak EM fields in the presence of endogenous thermal noise fields. © 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 6
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    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Bioelectromagnetics 18 (1997), S. 422-430 
    ISSN: 0197-8462
    Keywords: cellular phones ; EMFs ; biological effects ; amplitude modulation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Occupational Health and Environmental Toxicology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Physics
    Notes: We have previously demonstrated that microwave fields, amplitude modulated (AM) by an extremely low-frequency (ELF) sine wave, can induce a nearly twofold enhancement in the activity of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) in L929 cells at SAR levels of the order of 2.5 W/kg. Similar, although less pronounced, effects were also observed from exposure to a typical digital cellular phone test signal of the same power level, burst modulated at 50 Hz. We have also shown that ODC enhancement in L929 cells produced by exposure to ELF fields can be inhibited by superposition of ELF noise. In the present study, we explore the possibility that similar inhibition techniques can be used to suppress the microwave response. We concurrently exposed L929 cells to 60 Hz AM microwave fields or a 50 Hz burst-modulated DAMPS (Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System) digital cellular phone field at levels known to produce ODC enhancement, together with band-limited 30-100 Hz ELF noise with root mean square amplitude of up to 10 μT. All exposures were carried out for 8 h, which was previously found to yield the peak microwave response. In both cases, the ODC enhancement was found to decrease exponentially as a function of the noise root mean square amplitude. With 60 Hz AM microwaves, complete inhibition was obtained with noise levels at or above 2 μT. With the DAMPS digital cellular phone signal, complete inhibition occurred with noise levels at or above 5 μT. These results suggest a possible practical means to inhibit biological effects from exposure to both ELF and microwave fields. Bioelectromagnetics 18:422-430, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 0197-8462
    Keywords: ELF ; ODC ; EMF ; Noise ; embryonic development ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Occupational Health and Environmental Toxicology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Physics
    Notes: Previously, we have shown that the application of a weak (4 μT) 60 Hz magnetic field (MF) can alter the magnitudes of the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity peaks which occur during gastrulation and neurulation of chick embryos. We report here the ODC activity of chick embryos which were exposed to the superposition of a weak noise MF over a 60 Hz MF of equal (rms strength). In contrast to the results we obtain with a 60 Hz field alone, the activity of ODC in embryos exposed to the superposition of the incoherent and 60 Hz fields was indistinguishable from the control activity during both gastrulation and neurulation. This result adds to the body of experimental evidence which demonstrates that the superposition of an incoherent field inhibits the response of biological systems to a coherent MF. The observation that a noise field inhibits ODC activity changes is consistent with our speculation that MF-induced ODC activity changes during early development may be related to MF-induced neural tube defects at slightly later stages (which are also inhibited by the superposition of a noise field). Bioelectromagnetics 19:53-56, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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