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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Keywords Insulin resistance ; syndrome X ; phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase ; glucose ; insulin ; triglycerides ; cholesterol ; obesity ; transgenic rats.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Aims/hypothesis. Obesity, glucose intolerance, dyslipidaemia and hypertension are a cluster of disorders (syndrome X) affecting many people. It has been hypothesised that these abnormalities are caused by insulin resistance, but definitive proof is lacking. We have developed transgenic rats in which the rate-limiting gluconeogenic enzyme, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, is non-insulin responsive. The aim of our study was to investigate whether syndrome X develops in these animals and if a high-fat diet interacts with this genetic defect. Methods. Chow-fed transgenic and control rats aged 1, 3, 6 and 17 months and a subgroup of transgenic and control rats fed chow plus cafeteria foods for 6 months were examined for features of syndrome X. Results. At 3 months, transgenic rats had fasting and postprandial hyperinsulinaemia, mild obesity (in abdominal and, to a lesser extent, peripheral regions) and fasting hypercholesterolaemia. Hypertriglyceridaemia was evident after 6 months while hyperglycaemia was apparent at 17 months. Hypertension had not developed by 17 months. The effect of a high-fat diet on insulin, glucose, body weight and body fat was more dramatic than the effect of the transgene alone while the effect of a high-fat diet on cholesterol and triglyceride was similar to the transgene. This illustrates that a high-fat diet is a potent catalyst for many abnormalities associated with syndrome X. There was no evidence of an additive effect of the high-fat diet plus transgene. Conclusion/interpretation. Therefore rats genetically-engineered with a non-insulin responsive gluconeogenic enzyme develop several aspects of syndrome X, supporting the hypothesis that insulin resistance initiates this cluster of disorders. [Diabetologia (1999) 42: 419–426]
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  • 2
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    Algorithmica 24 (1999), S. 371-380 
    ISSN: 1432-0541
    Keywords: Key words. Coarse-grained multicomputer, Parallel algorithm, Selection problem.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Computer Science , Mathematics
    Notes: Abstract. Consider the selection problem of determining the k th smallest element of a set of n elements. Under the CGM (coarse-grained multicomputer) model with p processors and O(n/p) local memory, we present a deterministic parallel algorithm for the selection problem that requires O( log p) communication rounds. Besides requiring a low number of communication rounds, the algorithm also attempts to minimize the total amount of data transmitted in each round (only O(p) except in the last round). In addition to showing theoretical complexities, we present very promising experimental results obtained on a parallel machine that show almost linear speedup, indicating the efficiency and scalability of the proposed algorithm.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Cyanide encephalopathy ; Selective white matter lesion ; Cerebral local blood flow
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary A study was performed to elucidate the significance of various physiological factors contributing to the pathogenesis of experimental cyanide encephalopathy, such as the systemic arterial blood pressure, venous pressure, common carotid blood flow and local blood flow of the cerebral grey and white matters, and blood gas including pH. The histology and topography of the brain damage was also analysed. Twenty-one cats were divided into four groups. The animals in groups 1, 2 and 3 were subjected to continuous infusion of 0.2% sodium cyanide solution and to the ensuing hypotension below 100 mm Hg by administering a ganglion-blocking drug and by respiratory arrest. Severe damage developed in the deep cerebral white matter, corpus callosum, pallidum and substantia nigra, but the damage of the cerebral cortex and hippocampus was not remarkable. The animals in group 4 that were subjected to cyanide infusion without significant hypotension (above 100 mm Hg), but to the same degree of acidosis as that of the the other groups, had similar morphological changes, but to a lesser degree. On the basis of our physiological and morphological findings, we speculated that the pathophysiological factors of tissue hypoxia and subsequent hypotension operated in cyanide leucoencephalopathy. The topographic selectivity seemed to be related to the characteristic cerebral vascular system, and the severity of the white matter lesions was related to the intensity of both hypoxia and hypotension during cyanide infusion, but not to the extent of acidosis, total dose of cyanide or duration of its infusion per se.
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  • 4
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    Abdominal imaging 23 (1998), S. 87-90 
    ISSN: 1432-0509
    Keywords: Key words: Abdomen—Peritoneum—Lymphoma—Computed tomography.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract. Background: Diffuse peritoneal tumor infiltration is well recognized on computed tomography (CT) and is usually associated with carcinomatosis. The purpose of this investigation was to analyze the CT findings of peritoneal spread from primary gastrointestinal lymphomas. Methods: Abdominal CT scans in eight patients with peritoneal lymphomatosis were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were 12–75 years old (mean = 48 years); with six patients were male and two were female. Pathologic evidence of primary lymphoma was available by colonoscopic biopsy of the terminal ileum in seven cases and by gastroscopic biopsy of the stomach in one case. All patients had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. We analyzed CT findings in view of presence or loculation of ascites, abnormal patterns of mesentery and omentum, presence of peritoneal enhancement, presence of low attenuation and location of lymph nodes, and primary gastrointestinal lymphoma. Results: Although ascites was present in all patients, there was no loculation. The involvement of mesentery was present in seven patients, and the stellate pattern was the common type (4/7). The involvement of omentum was present in seven patients, and the common type was omental cake (3/7). Peritoneal enhancement was present in six patients. Enlarged lymph nodes were present in six patients, mainly at the retroperitoneum and mesentery, and showed centrally low attenuation in half the patients. Conclusion: Patterns of tumor involvement of mesentery, omentum, and peritoneum seen in peritoneal lymphomatosis are indistinguishable from those seen in peritoneal carcinomatosis or tuberculous peritonitis. However, ascites without any loculation or septation and diffuse distribution of enlarged lymph nodes were helpful signs of peritoneal lymphomatosis.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Carbon monoxide encephalopathy ; Nitrogen hypoxia ; Selective white matter lesion
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Since in a previous study hypoxia and subsequent hypotension were considered to be essential for the pathogenesis of carbon monoxide encephalopathy (CO-encephalopathy), experiments were conducted to see whether a combination of nitrogen hypoxia and subsequent systemic hypotension of similar degree and duration as in the previous experimental CO poisoning could induce the same lesion in the CNS of cats. The partial pressure of blood oxygen was reduced to less than 26 mm Hg by increasing the concentration of nitrogen in N2/O2 gas to be inhaled in 1.5 h and then the aortic blood pressure (BP) was reduced to 60–80 mm Hg by blood depletion and ganglion-blockage for 1 h. In 11 of the 15 cats, lesions were produced in the CNS which were similar by light and electron microscopy to those in CO-encephalopathy. In control groups which were treated by hypoxemia only, hypotension only or a combination of CO2-gas inhalation and hypotension without hypoxemia, such lesions were not found in the cerebral white matter. Considering the pathogenesis of lesions in the cerebral white matter in both nitrogen hypoxia and CO-poisoning, two factors, i.e., hypoxemia and subsequent systemic hypotension, are common and essential. Further, the enormous vasodilation in the cerebral white matter induced by hypoxemia and subsequent drop in BP seem to cause a more severe circulatory disturbance in the cerebral white matter than in the cortex.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Grinker's myelinopathy ; Carbon monoxide intoxication
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The change of Grinker's myelinopathy in carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning occurs not only in patients with the clinically diphasic type of CO-poisoning but is also found around the destructive lesions in patients with the acute form of CO-poisoning. The distribution of this myelinopathy is similar to that of the acute form of CO-poisoning. The cerebral change of experimental acute CO-encephalopathy is a sort of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Based on these findings an experiment was conducted to analyze the pathogenesis of Grinker's myelinopathy as follows: 43 cats were separated into four groups. Group A was subjected at first to inhalation of 0.3% CO/Air gas lasting for 2 h and then 2 or 3 days later to hypotension ranging from 60 to 90mm Hg for 1 h under the state of slight hypoxia (PaO2: 50–80 mm Hg). Group B was also exposed to CO-gas and hypotension similarly to Group A, but hypoxia was not imposed during hypotension. Groups C and D were subjected only to hypotension and to CO-gas, respectively. Myelin pallor was found selectively in the cerebral white matter of all cats of Group A and 18 of the 23 cats of Group B, and the subcortical U-fibers and perivascular myelin were spared. This was similar to Grinker's myelinopathy. The myelin pallor was investigated by light and electron microscopy and considered to be due to edema and separation of the myelin sheath and axon. In Groups C and D such a change was either absent or only slight. The conditions necessary for the onset of Grinker's myelinopathy were discussed, and it was proposed that the patients recovering from acute CO-poisoning should be kept in hospital for several weeks so that their blood pressure and blood gas could be monitored continuously.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Selective lesion of the globus pallidus ; Acute carbon monoxide poisoning ; Cerebral local blood flow ; Hydrogen clearance method
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Twenty-eight mature cats were exposed to 0.3% carbon monoxide (CO) gas for 90–193 min using artificial ventilation. The systemic blood pressure (BP), venous pressure (VP), blood flow of the left common carotid artery (CF), and blood gas were monitored. The local blood flow (LBF) of the globus pallidus, putamen, or claustrum was measured by the hydrogen clearance method. Pallidal lesions were found histologically in 14 cats. The period of CO inhalation and the time thereafter were divided into the following four stages in the animals with pallidal lesions. Stage 1: Initial phase with rapid increase in the CF and LBF, and rapid decrease in the BP. Stage 2: Middle phase with slow decrease in the BP, CF, and LBF. Stage 3: Terminal phase with rapid decrease in the BP, CF, and LBF. Stage 4: Recovery phase. The changes in stage 3 were not so prominent in the animals without pallidal lesions. The LBF of the globus pallidus of the animals with lesions decreased to 67.3±20.7% of the initial value at the terminal stage of CO inhalation, while it was 188±46.7% in those without lesions. The difference was statistically significant (P〈0.01). The LBF of the putamen or claustrum in the animals with lesions in the globus pallidus was 140±24.6% at this stage, and it was significantly higher than that of the globus pallidus (P〈0.01). Other factors, such as CO inhalation time, degree of acidosis, and terminal CO-Hb concentration, did not correlate with the occurrence of the pallidal lesion.
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  • 8
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    Materials science forum Vol. 546-549 (May 2007), p. 1935-1940 
    ISSN: 1662-9752
    Source: Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: High magnetic field superconducting magnet technology has been developed in the recentyears for all kinds of special applications in China. In the paper, the successful development of highmagnetic field superconducting magnet technology is presented
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  • 9
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    Materials science forum Vol. 294-296 (Nov. 1998), p. 67-74 
    ISSN: 1662-9752
    Source: Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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  • 10
    ISSN: 0020-1693
    Keywords: Chloroaluminate ionic ligands ; Electron transfer ; Ferrocene/ferrocenium couple ; Kinetics
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
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