MORPHOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BEST-PRESERVED MARTIAN CRATERS: THERMOPHYSICAL MAPPING OF GASA AND ISTOK

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Murphy ◽  
◽  
Jennifer L. Piatek ◽  
Livio L. Tornabene
Keyword(s):  
Morphologic Characteristics

Cytoplasmic Tubules in Cells Infected with Laryngotracheitis Virus

1969 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 376-377
Author(s):  
A. M. Watrach
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Culture ◽  
Small Proportion ◽  
Chicken Embryo ◽  
Culture Cells ◽  
Tissue Culture Cells ◽  
Morphologic Characteristics ◽  
Infectious Laryngotracheitis ◽  
Laryngotracheitis Virus ◽  
In Cells

During a study of the development of infectious laryngotracheitis (LT) virus in tissue culture cells, unusual tubular formations were found in the cytoplasm of a small proportion of the affected cells. It is the purpose of this report to describe the morphologic characteristics of the tubules and to discuss their possible association with the development of virus.The source and maintenance of the strain of LT virus have been described. Prior to this study, the virus was passed several times in chicken embryo kidney (CEK) tissue culture cells.

Medial Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation in the Balloon Injured Rabbit Aorta: Effect of a Thiazole Compound with Platelet Inhibitory Activity

1984 ◽  
Vol 51 (01) ◽  
pp. 075-078 ◽  
Author(s):  
R G Schaub ◽  
C A Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Platelet Aggregation ◽  
Balloon Catheter ◽  
Rabbit Aorta ◽  
Surface Characteristics ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Lesion Size ◽  
Blue Staining ◽  
Morphologic Characteristics ◽  
Time Period

SummaryTwenty-seven adult male New Zealand rabbits (3–4 kgs) were used in this study. Six rabbits received vehicle, 3 groups of 6 each received doses of 4,5-bis(p-methoxyphenyl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)- thiazole, (U-53,059), at 0.3 mg/kg, 3.0 mg/kg and 30.0 mg/kg/day respectively. Drug and vehicle doses were given orally each day starting 3 days before balloon injury and continuing for the entire 2 week time period. Three rabbits were used as nontreated sham controls. In the vehicle and U-53,059 treated groups aortae were denuded of endothelial cells by balloon catheter injury. Two weeks after injury platelet aggregation to collagen was measured and the aortae removed for analysis of surface characteristics by scanning electron microscopy and lesion size by morphometry. All doses of U-53,059 inhibited platelet aggregation. The 3.0 and 30.0 mg/kg groups had the greatest inhibitory effect. All balloon injured aortae had the same morphologic characteristics. All vessels had similar extent and intensity of Evan’s blue staining, similar areas of leukocyte/platelet adhesion, and a myointimal cell cover of transformed smooth muscle cells. The myointimal proliferative response was not inhibited at any of the drug doses studied.

scholarly journals Diagnostic Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nehal Singla ◽  
Shibani Mehra ◽  
Umesh C. Garga
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Dilated Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Tissue Characterization ◽  
Ventricular Dysfunction ◽  
Intravenous Contrast ◽  
Morphologic Characteristics ◽  
Myocardial Tissue Characterization ◽  
Diagnostic Role ◽  
Appropriate Therapy

Abstract Aims The purpose of the study was to compare the accuracy of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) with echocardiography for the evaluation of ventricular dysfunction in patients of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Further, we evaluated the potential of CMR for myocardial tissue characterization. Design Prospective observational. Materials and Methods A total of 30 patients with suspected DCM prospectively underwent cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) using a 1.5 Tesla MR scanner, with appropriate phased-array body coils. Dynamic sequences after injection of 0.1 mmol/kg of body weight of gadolinium-based intravenous contrast (Magnevist) were acquired for each patient, after which delayed images were obtained at an interval of 12 to 15 minutes. Myocardial tagging was performed in all patients for assessment of wall motion abnormalities. Each MR examination was interpreted with two radiologists for chamber dimensions and ventricular dysfunction as well as morphologic characteristics with disagreement resolved by consensus. All patients included in the study were taken up for MR evaluation after cardiological evaluation through echocardiography and the results for both the studies were compared. Data were analyzed through standard statistical methods. Conclusion CMR is a comprehensive diagnostic tool, which can estimate the ventricular function more precisely than echocardiography. CMR reliably differentiates between ischemic and nonischemic etiologies of DCM based on patterns of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) and based on the presence or absence of LGE, which helps to estimate the degree of myocardial fibrosis. Thereby it can be a useful tool in establishing risk stratification, predicting prognosis, and thus instituting appropriate therapy in DCM patients.

scholarly journals Educational material of dental anatomy applied to study the morphology of permanent teeth

2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selma Siéssere ◽  
Mathias Vitti ◽  
Luiz Gustavo de Sousa ◽  
Marisa Semprini ◽  
Simone Cecílio Hallak Regalo
Keyword(s):  
Acrylic Resin ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Educational Material ◽  
Permanent Dentition ◽  
Permanent Teeth ◽  
Dental Student ◽  
Large Individual ◽  
Morphologic Characteristics ◽  
Dental Anatomy

The purpose of this report is to present educational material that would allow the dental student to learn to easily identify the morphologic characteristics of permanent teeth, and how they fit together (occlusion). In order to do this, macro models of permanent teeth with no attrition were carved in wax and later molded with alginate. These molds were filled with plaster, dental stone and/or cold-cured acrylic resin. The large individual dental stone tooth models were mounted on a wax base, thus obtaining maxillary and mandibular arches which were occluded. These dental arches were molded with plaster or dental stone. The authors suggest that these types of macro models allow an excellent visualization of the morphologic characteristics of permanent teeth and occlusion. Dental students are able to carve the permanent dentition in wax with great facility when they can observe macro models.

scholarly journals Peroxisomes in pulmonate gastropods.

1977 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 319-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Dannen ◽  
M E Beard
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Acid Phosphatase ◽  
Positive Reaction ◽  
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Positive Staining ◽  
Staining Reaction ◽  
Arion Ater ◽  
Morphologic Characteristics ◽  
Granular Matrix

Organelles with the morphologic characteristics of peroxisomes have been found in the cells of the kidney sac of two terrestrial pulmonate gastropods. Arion ater and Ariolimax columbianus. These peroxisomes appear in profile as circles or ellipses, 0.25 micron in diameter and 0.3-0.8 micron long; They have a finely granular matrix and a single-limiting membrane; the organelles are extensively associated with smooth endoplasmic reticulum. Some Ariolimax peroxisomes contained structures reminiscent of nucleoids while those of Arion did not. The peroxisomes of Arion ater show a strongly-positive staining reaction with the 3,3'-diaminobenzidine technique, which is inhibited in the presence of aminotriazole. Peroxisomes of Ariolimax columbianus did not show a positive reaction, despite a number of variations of the 3,3'-diaminobenzidine protocol. Speculations are made concerning the biochemical reasons for this cytochemical behavior. Peroxisomes in both tissues were negatively stained while lysosomes were positively stained in acid-phosphatase incubations.

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