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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Tonicity"”.
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Characterization of the airway epithelial bioelectric mechanisms associated with the effects of epithelium-derived relaxing factor in guinea pig-isolated trachea
In response to elevated serosal or mucosal tonicity, guinea-pig tracheal epithelium releases the non-nitric oxide, non-prostanoid, epithelium-derived relaxing factor (EpDRF), which subsequently diffuses to the underlying airway smooth muscle to initiate relaxation. Hypertonicity-induced smooth …
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Accentual counterpoint and metrical narrative in the music of Brahms
… abstractly and by Brahms, to create a sense of tonicity. This thesis synthesises and extends these approaches. Metrical dissonance is suggested to offer only an insufficient purchase on Brahms’s metrical style, and the concept of accentual counterpoint is suggested as an alternative that gives …
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Quantifying Renal Swelling during Machine Perfusion using Digital Image Correlation
… This thesis presents the effects of perfusate tonicity on renal swelling during hypothermic machine perfusion. Phosphate buffered solution (PBS) and PBS supplemented with 5% w/v mannitol were used as isotonic (289 mOsm/kg) and hypertonic (568 mOsm/kg) perfusates, respectively. Porcine kidney …
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Metabolic and endocrine aspects of coronary disease
… influence the fluid state of the blood and the tonicity and metabolism of arteries. It has been postulated that the homeostasis of cholesterol metabolism, of the fluid state of the blood and of arterial metabolism could be disturbed by alteration of the physiological endocrine balance. The …
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Characterizing Corneal Biomechanical Properties Using Dynamic Optical Coherence Elastography
… acute CXL treatment-induced changes are not only tonicity-driven. b) Corneal thickness was positively correlated (R2=0.9) with stiffness. CXL treatment using isotonic riboflavin (CCT: −1%) produced stiffer corneas (higher RR: +10%). However, CXL treatment using hypertonic riboflavin (reduced CCT: …
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Development of a virtual reality video game using principal component analysis to map isometric force efforts for haptic feedback: A proof of concept
… be classified in multiple ways, focusing on the tonicity, movement behavior, and location of atypical movement. One subtype of cerebral palsy, dystonic cerebral palsy, is particularly difficult to treat and manage as little is known on therapeutic methods that work with children with dystonia. …
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of the ATP1a2 gene and Their Effects on Blood Pressure and Other Cardiovascular Variable in African Americans and Caucasian Americans
… resistance (SVR), suggesting increased vascular tonicity as a primary mechanism for the higher blood pressure. These data suggest that although SNPs in the 3’-UTF of the ATP1a2 gene and haplotypes constructed from the SNPs affect baseline blood pressure in an ethnic-specific manner at a young …
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Pathogenesis of Dry Eye in Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD): Role of Ocular Mucins and Conjunctival Fibrosis
… stress increases the gene expression of NFAT5, a tonicity-related transcription factor and pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL1, IL6, TNFα, IFN-γ) in human corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells. Next, we demonstrated that these proinflammatory cytokines differentially modulate the expression of MUC …
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The effect of ACTH and progesterone on semen characteristics, blood hormones and testicular histology in the bull
… sperm output were noted. No change in testicular tonicity was observed. There was no evidence of premature spermiation or change in frequency of the stages of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium in testicular tissue from treated bulls. However, variation in acrosomal development and nuclear …