Digital analysis of tooth microwear, a potential application for dental microwear monitor

Previous research documenting the chronology of the cellular interactions that occur on or below the surface of the endothelium during the initiation and progression of arterial lesions, primarily consisted of descriptive studies. The recent development of lower cost image analysis hardware and software has facilitated the collection of high resolution quantitative data from microscopic images. In this report we present preliminary quantitative data on the sequence of cellular interactions that occur on the endothelium during the initiation of atherosclerosis or vasculitis utilizing digital analysis of images obtained directly from the scanning electron microscope. Segments of both atherosclerotic and normal arteries were obtained from either diet-induced or endogenously (WHHL) hypercholesterolemic rabbits following 1-4 months duration of hypercholesterolemia and age matched control rabbits. Vasculitis was induced in rats following placement of an endotoxin soaked thread adjacent to the adventitial surface of arteries.

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Post-mortem Peyer’s patches: Their potential application in forensic medicine

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology ◽

10.1080/08923970902902437 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 00 (00) ◽

pp. 090513010017019-7

Author(s):

Biagio Solarino ◽

Giancarlo Di Vella ◽

Thea Magrone ◽

Felicita Jirillo ◽

Angela Tafaro ◽

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Keyword(s):

Forensic Medicine ◽

Potential Application ◽

Peyer's Patches ◽

Peyer’S Patches ◽

Post Mortem

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Immunomodulation using genetically engineered bacteria for type III-mediated delivery of heterologous antigens and cytokines: Potential application in vaccine and therapeutical developments

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology ◽

10.1080/08923970902817890 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 00 (00) ◽

pp. 090924084723050-4

Author(s):

Mustapha Chamekh

Keyword(s):

Potential Application ◽

Genetically Engineered ◽

Type Iii ◽

Genetically Engineered Bacteria ◽

Heterologous Antigens ◽

Engineered Bacteria

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Continuous Quantitative Monitoring of Mural, Platelet-Dependent, Thrombus Kinetics in the Crushed Rat Femoral Vein

Thrombosis and Haemostasis ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1648165 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 65 (04) ◽

pp. 425-431 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

F Stockmans ◽

H Deckmyn ◽

J Gruwez ◽

J Vermylen ◽

R Acland

Keyword(s):

Thrombus Formation ◽

Femoral Vein ◽

Maximum Size ◽

Digital Analysis ◽

Video Recordings ◽

Quantitative Monitoring ◽

Set Up ◽

Kinetics Of ◽

Quantitative Nature

SummaryA new in vivo method to study the size and dynamics of a growing mural thrombus was set up in the rat femoral vein. The method uses a standardized crush injury to induce a thrombus, and a newly developed transilluminator combined with digital analysis of video recordings. Thrombi in this model formed rapidly, reaching a maximum size 391 ± 35 sec following injury, after which they degraded with a half-life of 197 ± 31 sec. Histological examination indicated that the thrombi consisted mainly of platelets. The quantitative nature of the transillumination technique was demonstrated by simultaneous measurement of the incorporation of 111In labeled platelets into the thrombus. Thrombus formation, studied at 30 min interval in both femoral veins, showed satisfactory reproducibility overall and within a given animalWith this method we were able to induce a thrombus using a clinically relevant injury and to monitor continuously and reproducibly the kinetics of thrombus formation in a vessel of clinically and surgically relevant size

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Comparison of Caseinolytic and Fibrinolytic Assays for Plasmin (Fibrinolysin) in “Fibrinolytic Agents”

Thrombosis and Haemostasis ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1649426 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 15 (01/02) ◽

pp. 252-272

Author(s):

K. M Moser ◽

Mary Belle Frey

Keyword(s):

Linear Relationship ◽

Potential Application ◽

Fibrinolytic Agents ◽

Linear Portion

Summary1. Caseinolytic and fibrinolytic systems for assay of plasmin in fibrinolytic agents are described which are based upon the determinations of AE/min during the linear portion of the casein-plasmin and fibrin-plasmin reaction curves respectively. A " caseinolytic-rate " unit and “fibrinolytic-rate " unit of ÄE/min × 103 during the linear portion of the respective curves are proposed.2. Data are presented indicating that a reliably linear relationship exists between plasmin concentration and these caseinolytic - and fibrinolytic-rate units.3. Data comparing results obtained with the proposed assay techniques and previously-used casein and fibrinolytic techniques are presented.4. Formulae by which caseinolytic-rate and fibrinolytic-rate units can be roughly converted into Remmert-Cohen type plasmin units are offered.5. The theoretical and practical problems which have influenced development of assays for fibrinolytic components are discussed.6. The advantages of the plasmin “rate unit” techniques vis a vis existing assays are delineated.7. The potential application of the techniques to measurements other than the plasmin content of fibrinolytic agents is discussed.

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“To Corrupt a Man in the Midst of a Verse”: Ben Jonson and the Prose of the World

Ben Jonson Journal ◽

10.3366/bjj.2017.0179 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 46-72

Author(s):

Jacob Tootalian

Keyword(s):

Mixed Mode ◽

Ben Jonson ◽

Digital Analysis ◽

Interactive Engagement ◽

Sentence Level ◽

Linguistic Patterns ◽

The World ◽

Selection Of ◽

Bartholomew Fair

Ben Jonson's early plays show a marked interest in prose as a counterpoint to the blank verse norm of the Renaissance stage. This essay presents a digital analysis of Jonson's early mixed-mode plays and his two later full-prose comedies. It examines this selection of the Jonsonian corpus using DocuScope, a piece of software that catalogs sentence-level features of texts according to a series of rhetorical categories, highlighting the distinctive linguistic patterns associated with Jonson's verse and prose. Verse tends to employ abstract, morally and emotionally charged language, while prose is more often characterized by expressions that are socially explicit, interrogative, and interactive. In the satirical economy of these plays, Jonson's characters usually adopt verse when they articulate censorious judgements, descending into prose when they wade into the intractable banter of the vicious world. Surprisingly, the prosaic signature that Jonson fashioned in his earlier drama persisted in the two later full-prose comedies. The essay presents readings of Every Man Out of his Humour and Bartholomew Fair, illustrating how the tension between verse and prose that motivated the satirical dynamics of the mixed-mode plays was released in the full-prose comedies. Jonson's final experiments with theatrical prose dramatize the exhaustion of the satirical impulse by submerging his characters almost entirely in the prosaic world of interactive engagement.

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