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The Experimental Albertan Satellite #1 (Ex-Alta 1) Cube-Satellite Mission
The Experimental Albertan satellite #1 (Ex-Alta 1) was a three-unit cube satellite (CubeSat) developed at the University of Alberta (UAlberta). As the first ‘made in Alberta’ spacecraft, the Ex-Alta 1 CubeSat ...
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Hand movements in laparoscopic suturing: a simple vector analysis
Laparoscopic suturing is a complex task that is vital to the performance of many advanced laparoscopic procedures. Mastery can be difficult and problematic for surgical trainees.
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Spatial patterns of primary productivity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Landscapes are often heterogeneous in abiotic factors such as topography, climate, and soil, yet little is known about how these factors may influence the spatial distribution of primary productivity. We repor...
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The Environment and Development Crises as Determinants of Landscape Dynamics
We are living in a period of unprecedented change in the history of humankind. Never before have the ecosystems of the world and the biosphere as a whole been affected by such intense and diverse impacts. It h...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Brain Interstitial Composition During Acute Hyponatremia
Brain cortical water spaces were determined in rat brain following an intraperitoneal infusion of distilled water (15% of body weight). Total water content was determined by gravimetric methods while the size ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Calcium Movements in Brain During Failure of Energy Metabolism
The interstitial ion concentrations in brain are maintained within narrow limits. Changes in plasma concentrations are effectively dealt with by the low ionic permeability of the blood-brain barrier combined w...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Aspects of Calcium Ions in Cortical Spreading Depression
Cortical spreading depression (CSD) is a transient perturbation of nerve cell activity which propagates across the cortex at a rate of 2–5 mm/min [15]. CSD is a highly stereotyped stimulus-independent event in...
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Chemotherapy of Plant Virus Infections
Plant virus chemotherapy, in the strict sense, can be defined as the production of virus-free plants from infected stock by chemical means. Currently available plant virus chemo-therapeuticals are not virucida...
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Brain Extracellular pH Changes During Alterations in Substrate Supply
The alterations in brain extracellular ionic composition during spreading depression (SD), anoxia, ischemia, and profound hypoglycemia have been clarified to a large extent through the use of double-barrelled ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Mono-/bivalent Ion Selectivities Obtained by the Nicolsky and the Electrodiffusional Regimes
Two methods may be applied for the determination of ion selectivity coefficients. One is the separate solution technique, SST, in which measurements are performed in different solutions containing only one sal...
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Extracellular potassium and blood flow in the post-ischemic rat brain
The concentration of extracellular potassium, [K+]e, was measured in parietal cortex and basal ganglia of rats during and after ten minutes of complete cerebral ischemia. The post-ischemic normalization of [K+]e ...
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A yellow strain of potato virus X
The isolation of a previously undescribed yellow strain of potato virus X is reported. The strain incites bright yellow non-necrotic lesions on the inoculated leaves ofN. rustica. On certain other hosts, it also ...
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The occurrence of the brownspot strain of potato virus X