scholarly journals AIR AND MEDIA TEMPERATURE INFLUENCE GROWTH AND QUALITY OF CUT FLOWER SNAPDRAGON.

HortScience ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 274G-274
Author(s):  
Jesse R. Quarrels ◽  
Steven E. Newman
Keyword(s):  
Air Temperature ◽  
Root Zone ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Temperature Influence ◽  
Cut Flower ◽  
Special Group ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Response Groups ◽  
Group Ii

Greenhouse studies of cut flower snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus L.) using two night air and two root-zone temperatures were conducted to determine the effects on growth and quality of four cultivars in two response groups [`Cheyenne' and `Rainier White' (group II) and `Tampico' and `Potomac' (group III)]. The group II cultivars were the earliest to harvest, but at the expense of quality. Grades of first, extra, and fancy only were harvested. Group III cultivars were harvested with all grades; first, extra, fancy and special. Group II cultivars generally had weaker stems and were of lower dry weight. Night air temperature had the greatest effect on days to harvest. Harvest date was reduced more than 14 days, but at the expense of quality and dry weight. Root-zone heating decreased quality of the group II cultivars at either night air temperature. but reduced quality of the group Ill cultivars only at high night temperatures. Root-zone heat and high night air temperature reduced the number of days to harvest, also at the expense of quality. The majority of high quality stems were from group Ill cultivars harvested from rooms with low night temperatures without root-zone heat.

scholarly journals Air and Root-zone Temperatures Influence Growth and Flowering of Snapdragons

HortScience ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 796-798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khin San Wai ◽  
Steven E. Newman
Keyword(s):  
Root Zone ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Cut Flower ◽  
Root Zone Temperature ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
Chamber Studies ◽  
Growth Chamber Studies ◽  
Temperature Time ◽  
Zone Temperature

Growth chamber studies using elevated root-zone temperatures and greenhouse studies using two root-zone and two night air temperatures were conducted to determine the effects on growth and flowering of two response groups [`Rainier White' (Group II) and `Tampico' (Group III)] of cut-flower snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus L.). Chamber-grown snapdragons with the root zone at 30C had shorter stems and a lower dry weight than those at 20C. Holding the root zone above 26C increased time to flower. Greenhouse-grown `Tampico' and `Rainier White' snapdragon stems were longer with increased root-zone temperature regardless of night air temperature. Time to flower was reduced an average of 6 days with increased root-zone temperature and 12 days when the night air was maintained at 20C. This study demonstrated that the effects of relatively low greenhouse temperatures may be offset by root-zone heat.

Microvascular pressures measured by micropipettes in isolated edematous rabbit lungs

1986 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 539-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. U. Raj ◽  
R. D. Bland ◽  
S. J. Lai-Fook
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Vascular Resistance ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Pressure Profile ◽  
Longitudinal Distribution ◽  
Lung Edema ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Group Ii

To study the mechanical effects of lung edema on the pulmonary circulation, we determined the longitudinal distribution of vascular resistance in the arteries, veins, and microvessels, and the distribution of blood flow in isolated blood-perfused rabbit lungs with varying degrees of edema. Active vasomotor changes were eliminated by adding papaverine to the perfusate. In three groups of lungs with either minimal [group I, mean wet-to-dry weight ratio (W/D) = 5.3 +/- 0.6 (SD), n = 7], moderate (group II, W/D = 8.5 +/- 1.2, n = 10), or severe (group III, W/D = 9.9 +/- 1.6, n = 5) edema, we measured by direct micropuncture the pressure in subpleural arterioles and venules (20–60 micron diam) and in the interstitium surrounding these vessels. We also measured pulmonary arterial and left atrial pressures and lung blood flow, and in four additional experiments we used radio-labeled microspheres to determine the distribution of blood flow during mild and severe pulmonary edema. In lungs with little or no edema (group I) we found that 33% of total vascular pressure drop was in arteries, 60% was in microvessels, and 7% was in veins. Moderate edema (group II) had no effect on total vascular resistance or on the vascular pressure profile, but severe edema (group III) did increase vascular resistance without changing the longitudinal distribution of vascular resistance in the subpleural microcirculation. Perivascular interstitial pressure relative to pleural pressure increased from 1 cmH2O in group I to 2 in group II to 4 in group III lungs.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL REHABILITATION ON QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION

2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Y. Zhirnova ◽  
E. E. Аchkasov ◽  
O. M. Tsirulnikova ◽  
E. M. Shilov ◽  
O. B. Dobrovolskiy
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Kidney Transplantation ◽  
Organ Transplant ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Physical Rehabilitation ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Results Of Treatment ◽  
Group I ◽  
Group Ii

Background: Aim of this study was to evaluate the role of physical rehabilitation to improve the quality of life (QOL) of people after kidney transplantation. Patients and methods: Analyzes the results of treatment of 57 recipients (mean age 35±9,65 years) donor kidney at different times of the postoperative period. Depending on the physical rehabilitation program allocated 3 groups of patients: group II — physical rehabilitation was carried out only in the first week after surgery to prevent early postoperative complications, in group I — during the year; in group III combined 30 relatively healthy people do not need an organ transplant and with a mean age 33,7±8,7 years, leading a normal life, not engaged in regular recreational physical culture. Quality of life was assessed using a questionnaire SF36 at 1, 3, 6 and a 12 months after surgery. Results: One year after surgery in both groups compared with preoperative indicators marked improvement according to all scales of the questionnaire. However, in group I indicators of quality of life were higher than in group II from 11,4 to 19,7%, and even some items questionnaire SF-36 is higher than in group III which is associated with the physical rehabilitation. Conclusion: It has been shown that exercises is an important component of treatment and rehabilitation after kidney transplantation and help improve both the psychological and the physical component of quality of life.

scholarly journals GROWTH RESPONSE OF SNAPDRAGON ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS TO NIGHT AIR TEMPERATURES AND ELEVATED ROOT-ZONE TEMPERATURES

HortScience ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1160b-1160
Author(s):  
Khin San Wai ◽  
S.E. Newman
Keyword(s):  
Air Temperature ◽  
Growth Response ◽  
Root Zone ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Antirrhinum Majus ◽  
Root Zone Temperature ◽  
Shoot Dry Weight ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
Diffusive Resistance ◽  
Zone Temperature

The response of Antirrhinum majus (snapdragon) cultivars (`Tampicoi' and `Rainier White') to night air temperatures (10C and 20C) and elevated root-zone temperature (26C and ambient) was studied. Height of plants grown with a heated root-zone were greater, compared to unheated at both night temperatures for both cultivars. Shoot dry weight of `Tampico' plants was reduced by heated root-zone temperature at 20C night air temperature. Raceme length was greater with heated root-zone temperature compared to unheated at 10C night air temperature. Days to flower were shorter with heated compared to unheated root-zone at both night air temperatures for both cultivars. Stomatal diffusive resistance was greater on plants with unheated compared to heated root-zone temperature at 10C night air temperature for `Rainier White'.

scholarly journals Impact of dentures on oral health-related quality of life

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 203-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanja Gnjato
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Health Quality ◽  
Group Ii

Introduction. Stomatoprothetic dentures are one of the factors of oral health and life quality of people of all ages. The aim of the paper is to make a connection between the oral health quality and quality of life on one side and the type of denture on the other. Material and Methods. This research study was conducted on the sample of 360 patients singled out in three numerically identical groups as follows: group I - patients treated with fixed dentures, group II - patients treated with mobile dentures, and group III - patients treated with both fixed and mobile dentures. The oral health quality was observed via five parameters: anamnestic data, symptoms of ill-functioning of basic functions in stomatogenic system (chewing and speech), extra oral examination, intraoral examination, and dental abilities. For some oral health quality parameters, the index of quality was determined. Results. Analyses of our three target groups of patients indicated that the patients from group I (treated with fixed dentures) suffered the least negative effects in line with the observed parameters; they are followed by patients from group III (combined dentures) and patients from group II (mobile dentures), respectively. Conclusion. Our research study showed that some oral health parameters have different impacts on health and life quality in patients treated with different stomatoprosthetic dentures.

LOSS OF WEIGHT AND LIPID SHIFTS IN ORGANS OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT OF TUMOR-BEARING RATS IN RELATION TO TUMOR SIZE

1960 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 673-681
Author(s):  
Carl E. Boyd ◽  
Eldon M. Boyd ◽  
Audrey A. Deyette
Keyword(s):  
Small Bowel ◽  
Digestive Tract ◽  
Tumor Size ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Loss Of Weight ◽  
Group Ii ◽  
Pyloric Stomach

The objective of this project was to find to what extent loss of weight in the digestive tract might affect tumor size and age in albino rats bearing Walker carcinosarcoma 256. Wet weight, dry weight, and water content were measured upon tongue, esophagus, cardiac stomach, pyloric stomach, jejunum, ileum, cecum, colon, and residual carcass (minus tumor). The animals bore tumors weighing 12 ± 6 (mean ± S.D.) % of host (minus tumor) weight after 18 ± 6 days of tumor growth (group I), 38 ± 12% after 24 ± 6 days (group II), and 93 ± 26% after 29 ± 5 days (group III) and controls were twins of the same sex. There were few significant changes in the animals of group I. In group II, there was loss of dry weight in all organs except pyloric stomach, losses being percentagewise the same as in residual carcass. Loss of dry weight of jejunum and ileum was less in rats of group III than in those of group II. In group III, loss of weight in other organs tended to be less than in residual carcass. Loss of dry weight in residual carcass was not significantly greater in the animals of group III than in those of group II. Water levels were increased in all organs of rats in groups II and III. This evidence indicates that rats of group III may have lived longer after tumor implantation, lost no more carcass weight, and bore larger tumors because they had lost weight in the small bowel at a lesser rate than had the rats of group II.Further studies revealed that lipid shifts were in general less marked in organs which had lost the least weight. In animals bearing large tumors, percentage loss of neutral fat was less in most organs of the digestive tract than in the residual carcass. Increases in the levels of cholesterol and phospholipid were less in pyloric stomach and small bowel than in other organs of the digestive tract. Shifts in the amount of nonlipid dry weight and in levels of lipids and water were in general less in pyloric stomach and small bowel than in other organs of the body. In these respects, pyloric stomach and small bowel resembled brain, heart, and lung. It is suggested that resistance of pyloric stomach and small bowel to the cachectic influence of the tumor may be a factor determining tumor size and length of survival of the host.

Permeability edema in dog lung depleted of blood components

1984 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. F. Hofman ◽  
I. C. Ehrhart
Keyword(s):  
Average Rate ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Left Lobe ◽  
Blood Components ◽  
Fluid Exchange ◽  
Lung Lobe ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Group Ii

We perfused the isolated dog lung lobe with a 6% dextran (mol wt 60,000–90,000) balanced salt solution to determine the importance of blood components in lung fluid balance following injury with oleic acid (OA). The ventilated lower left lobe (LLL) was perfused at constant vascular pressure and weighed continuously as an index of transvascular fluid exchange. Each LLL was washed out with at least 600 ml of perfusate before recirculation started. All LLLs perfused with 6% dextran ion solution (group I) rapidly developed a permeability edema. The addition of 10% serum (vol/vol) from the lobedonor to the 6% dextran ion solution greatly improved LLL stability. One group of dextran-serum perfused LLLs (group II, n = 6, control) was infused with 2.0 ml normal saline; a second group (group III;n = 5) was given 45 microliters/kg body wt OA. Group II showed a linear rate of weight gain that averaged 7.9 g X h-1 X 100 g-1 over 3 h compared with an average rate of 249 g X h-1 X 100 g-1 in groupIII. In contrast to no change in group II, group III exhibited a decline in PO2 (P less than 0.05), andlobar compliance (P less than 0.05) and airway fluid was evident in all lobes by 0.5 h after infusion. The wet-to-dry weight ratio was higher in group III than group II. In the near absence of blood,massive edema developed rapidly following OA. Thus normal blood components, such as platelets, leukocytes, and fibrin do not appear to be essential mediators of OA-induced permeability edema. OA appearsto increase vascular permeability either by injuring the lung directly or by releasing mediators endogenous to lung tissue.

Albumin attenuation of oleic acid edema in dog lung depleted of blood components

1985 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 1949-1955 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. F. Hofman ◽  
I. C. Ehrhart
Keyword(s):  
Oleic Acid ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Left Lobe ◽  
Albumin Solution ◽  
Lung Lobe ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Group Ii

Circulating fatty acids are normally transported principally bound to serum albumin. We examined whether administering oleic acid (OA) in a concentrated albumin solution would attenuate its edemogenic potential in the isolated dog lung lobe perfused with a solution nearly depleted of blood cellular and protein components. The isolated ventilated lower left lobe (LLL) was perfused (7.3 +/- 0.6 ml X min-1 X g LLL-1) with a balanced salt solution containing 6% dextran and approximately 10% serum (vol/vol). Hourly weight gain, net LLL weight gain, and wet-to-dry weight ratio (W/D) were used as indices of extravascular lung fluid changes. Group I lobes (n = 5) were given saline, whereas both group II (n = 5) and III (n = 5) lobes were administered 1 microliter OA/kg body wt. The OA was incubated with 5 ml of albumin solution containing approximately 640 mg of bovine fatty acid-free albumin before infusion into group III lobes. Group I gained weight at rate of 10.8 +/- 0.5 g X h-1 X 100 g LLL-1 after saline, whereas group II exhibited a greater (P less than 0.005) rate of weight gain of 42 +/- 13 after OA. Group III weight gain of 8.4 +/- 0.5 g X h-1 X 100 g LLL-1 was not different (P greater than 0.05) from group I but was lower (P less than 0.005) than group II.

scholarly journals Quality of Live Improvement Antituberculosis Consumer

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
Jumasni Adnan
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Peroxidation ◽  
Liver Damage ◽  
Water Extract ◽  
Group Iv ◽  
Group V ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Male Wistar Rats ◽  
Group Ii

Antituberculosis is the most liver damage causes. Rifampicin and Isoniazide, in combination, are toxic compounds. Isoniazide and rifampicin metabolits causes lipid peroxidation. The hepatoprotective effect of rosella calyx water extract on liver damage induced with Isoniazide-rifampicin evaluated by examination of malondialdehid levels in the liver organ. 25 male wistar rats divided into 5 groups, ie group I (INH-rifampicin + rosella water extract 250 mg/kgBW), group II (INH-rifampicin + rosella water extract 125 mg/kgBW), group III (INH-rifampicin + rosella water extract 62.5 mg/kgBW),  group IV (healthy control) and group V (Isoniazide-rifampicin). MDA liver levels were analyzed after 35 days of treatments. The test results of each group are, group I has mean MDA levels 0.023912 + 0.011 mg/ml, group II 0.023526 + 0.009 mg/ml, group III 0.027168 + 0.007 mg/ml group IV 0.03437 + 0.009 mg/ml and group V 0.236846 + 0.118 mg/ml. The kruskal-wallis test showed significantly value 0.008 (p 0.05) and Post hoc Mann U whitney test showed that group V was significantly different to group I, II, III, and IV (p = 0.008) respectively, roselle extract can be used as a hepatoprotector antioxidant to improve the tuberculosis drug consumer quality of life through improved health by lowering lipid peroxidation that causes liver damage.

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