(1) A retrospective study was done in 86 patients on dialysis in order to evaluate the doses of aluminum hydroxide (OH3 Al) received to achieve a better serum phosphate control.
(2) These results suggest that aluminum is able to gain access to the central nervous system under normal physiological conditions.
(3) Marked declines in stainable bone-surface aluminum were associated with increases in bone formation rate and osteoblastic osteoid following deferoxamine.
(4) This is suggested by the fact that patients with overt hyperparathyroidism are protected from developing aluminum-related bone disease even when they are given large parenteral loads of aluminum.
(5) The 8 men and 3 women were clinically stable, were known to be compliant, and had no clinical evidence of aluminum overload; they were not receiving vitamin D supplements; and they had been on dialysis for an average of 65.6 months (range: 13-188 months).
(6) The neurotransmitter alterations which accompany aluminum neurofibrillary degeneration were examined in order to assess how closely they mimic those of Alzheimer's disease.
(7) Children with renal failure, on aluminum supplementation, should be carefully monitored for toxicity.
(8) From the existing data, 2 g deferoxamine administration intraperitoneally three times per week in the overnight exchange appears to provide the maximum aluminum removal for minimum deferoxamine dosage.
(9) After exposure to 400 microM aluminum lactate and removal of unbound aluminum, human cytoskeletal proteins were degraded two- to threefold more slowly by calpain.
(10) BDF1 mice were immunized with a protein antigen, such as ovalbumin (OA) or keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), absorbed to aluminum hydroxide gel, and their spleen cells were stimulated by homologous antigen for the formation of glycosylation-enhancing factor (GEF).
(11) Chronic dietary deficiency of calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) with excessive intake of aluminum (Al) and manganese (Mn) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of high incidence amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the Western Pacific.
(12) The growth plates did not increase in width despite the presence of osteomalacia and histologic evidence of extensive deposition of aluminum in bone.
(13) The monovalent serovar C aluminum-hydroxide-gel vaccine also gave significant protection (94%) against a serovar C challenge.
(14) Two different prototypes of columella materials made from aluminum oxide ceramics were newly designed by the author for ossicular reconstruction.
(15) The trienone XIII was subsequently epoxidised with alkaline hydrogen peroxide and m-chloroperbenzoic acid to give diepoxide XV which was reduced with aluminum amalgam to the final product V.
(16) To test the technique, a feasibility study was performed with known thicknesses of aluminum (simulating bone), lucite (simulating tissue), and polyethylene (simulating fat).
(17) The dissolution t50 and various pharmacokinetic parameters showed directly compressible starch and carboxymethylstarch to be the most effective disintegrants in the concentrations employed while magnesium aluminum silicate and microcrystalline cellulose were about equal but less effective than the previous disintegrants.
(18) when an aluminum plate is imaged, forms the basic Q.C.
(19) The effect of aluminum phosphate on the bioavailability of ranitidine has been investigated in 10 young, healthy volunteers.
(20) Furthermore, a Gh.PLC complex can be induced by incubation with aluminum fluoride in a detergent solution and partially purified without the dissociation of related proteins.
Silver
Definition:
(n.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5.
(n.) Coin made of silver; silver money.
(n.) Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.
(n.) The color of silver.
(a.) Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup.
(a.) Resembling silver.
(a.) Bright; resplendent; white.
(a.) Precious; costly.
(a.) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear.
(a.) Sweet; gentle; peaceful.
(v. t.) To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury.
(v. t.) To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
(v. t.) To make hoary, or white, like silver.
(v. i.) To acquire a silvery color.
Example Sentences:
(1) Another Guardian podcast, Days in the Life, won silver in the same category.
(2) Sulphides, which possibly form on silver alloys, showed cytotoxicity.
(3) We repeat our call for them to do so at the earliest opportunity, and to share those findings so that we can take any appropriate actions.” In the BBC programme the 29-year-old Rupp, who won 10,000m silver at the London 2012 Olympics behind Farah, was accused of having taken testosterone and being a regular user of the asthma drug prednisone, which is banned in competition.
(4) Using a silver staining technique (AgNOR technique), we have investigated the nucleolar organizer-associated proteins (NORs) in formalin-fixed paraffin embedded conjunctival specimens of 15 intraepithelial squamous carcinomas, 10 hyperplastic-dysplastic samples and 10 control epithelial fragments; the mean number of intranuclear black dots was determined for each case.
(5) By contrast, SAP-35, the major surfactant-associated glycoprotein of molecular weight = 35,000, and other higher molecular weight proteins were not detected in significant quantities in the CLSE or surfactant-TA replacement surfactants, either by highly sensitive silver stain analysis or by immunoblot using monospecific antisera generated against bovine SAP-35.
(6) Average number of metaphase Ag-NOR chromosomes (calculated per diploid chromosome set) in haploid parthenogenones exceeded that in the control; in some cases all NORs were stained by silver.
(7) They continuously produced heteropolymeric G6PD and showed strictly additive patterns of silver staining of both parental sets of nucleolar organizing chromosomes.
(8) The nerve endings in the heart of fishes were studied using silver impregnation techniques.
(9) The silver impregnated axons of these cells converge to a paired centrosuperficial tract forming terminal enlargements at the ventrolateral surface of the spinal cord.
(10) On the upside, this year's monsoon will lead to bumper agricultural production, and the cheaper rupee also comes with a thick silver lining.
(11) Some proteins stained with silver can be directly transfer, almost all proteins can be transferred comparably to non-stained controls.
(12) Treatment of the nucleoli with 80 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5) -- 0.15 M NaCl did, however, eliminate silver binding.
(13) Light microscope autoradiography revealed the development of specific silver grains in the medial layer of epineurial and perineurial arteries in sections of sciatic nerve exposed either to [3H]DHA or [3H]QNB.
(14) The ammoniacal silver method, which identifies basic proteins, gives a positive reaction in cytoplasmic granules of rat peritoneal mast cells.
(15) In this study we confirmed this finding in two cases of PSP by using Bodian silver staining and immunohistochemistry with antibody to human tau protein.
(16) The problem, said Dr Kinsey, was that Shakespeare's "sceptred isle ... set in a silver sea" is now set in a sea of rubbish.
(17) Several hundred polypeptides were resolved as seen by silver staining.
(18) The Bielschowski silver stain revealed intracellular, argentophilic deposits, which were birefringent when stained with Congo red and viewed in polarized light.
(19) Since no evaluation of the relative merits of electro and chemical cautery has been reported, a prospective randomized study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of electro-cautery and cautery with silver nitrate.
(20) The labelling intensity (as estimated by the number of silver grains per unit of cytoplasmic area) was maximum in cells having dense-cored vesicles whose mean diameter was between 130 and 170 nm, but decreased for cells with mean diameter of dense cores smaller than 130 nm, or larger than 170 nm.