2). High-glucose high-bicarbonate OAEs caused a large and sustained WH-4-023 increase from 1.3 to 7.5 (mean 24-hour pH, 4.1 for the solution without glycine and 3.5 for the solution with glycine). In contrast, feeding of the acetate-containing OAE was followed by only a mild and transient increase (mean 24-hour pH, 2.1); luminal pH returned to preprandial values by 3 hours after ingestion.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance-Ingestion of a bicarbonate-containing OAE resulted in sustained abomasal alkalinization in dairy
calves. Because persistently high abomasal luminal pH may facilitate growth of enteropathogenic bacteria, administration of OAEs containing a high bicarbonate concentration (> 70mM) is not recornmended for calves with diarrhea. (J Am Vet Selleck CHIR98014 Med Assoc 2012;241:1075-1082)”
“There is a very delicate relation between the amounts of all the ingredients present in
the cement composition and the properties of the product. In this study, homogeneous poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) microspheres were prepared by suspension polymerization technique, and used in cement formulations. Various acrylic cements with different compositions were prepared by using PMMA microspheres, methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer, radiopaque agent of barium sulfate (BaSO(4)), inorganic particles of hydroxyapatite (HA), initiator and chain stopping agent of 1-dodecyl mercaptan (DDM). The effects of these additives on mechanical and thermal properties of the resultant cements were examined. Addition of 8% HA relative to the solid parts caused an increase in both tensile and compressive strengths from 20.40 to 25.20 MPa, and from 84.04 to 89.57 MPa, respectively, while curing temperature was decreased about 3 degrees. Chain stepping agent of DDM caused a sharp decrease about 30 degrees in the curing temperature. Radiopaque agent of barium sulfate caused inverse effect on mechanical and thermal properties. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 113: 4077-4084, 2009″
“The effect of rehydrated plasma powder
addition to meat systems formulated with and without NaCl was evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), texture and physico-chemical analysis. Different model systems were elaborated: rehydrated plasma powder (PPW), meat Taselisib purchase batter (ME) and ME with PPW (MEPPW) with (MEPPW2) and without (MEPPW0) NaCl addition. The effects of PPW addition to ME were different depending on the presence or absence of NaCl. The PPW addition caused high mechanical stability to ME without salt and an increase (p < 0.05) of hardness, cohesiveness, springiness and breaking force. The study of the structure of MEPPWo by MRI showed higher T(2) (associated to larger pores), T(1) (indicating more water mobility) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values than those of ME.