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Oxygen Dependency of Cerebral CuA Redox State During Increased Oxygen Consumption Produced by Infusion of a Mitochondrial Uncoupler in Newborn Piglets
The mitochondrial uncoupler 2, 4-dinitrophenol (DNP) is a membrane soluble weak acid that is capable of transporting protons across the proton-impermeable inner mitochondrial membrane (Skulachev, 1998). This r...
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Article
Electrical and Microwave Properties of Mn Implanted (Ba,Sr)TiO3 Thin Films
We have used ion implantation to dope polycrystalline BaxSr(1-x)TiO3 (BST) thin films with Mn. Dopant concentrations were varied in the range of 0.1 at % to 2 at % Mn. X-ray diffraction and TEM studies show that ...
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An Analytical Method for Determining Cerebrovascular Transit Time Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy
The measurement of cerebral blood flow (CBF) using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is already well described (Edwards et al, 1988, Elwell et al, 1994, Owen-Reece et al., 1996). The technique requires the use...
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Measurement of Cytochrome Oxidase Redox State by Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Although near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is primarily used to probe changes in oxyhaemoglobin (HbO2) and deoxyhaemoglobin (dHb) concentrations, it has long been realised that there is a significant oxygen-conce...
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The Noninvasive Measurement of Absolute Cerebral Deoxyhemoglobin Concentration and Mean Optical Path Length in the Neonatal Brain by Second Derivative Near Infrared Spectroscopy
We have used second differential near infrared spectroscopy of water to determine the mean optical path length of the neonatal brain. By obtaining the ratio of the second differential features of deoxyhemoglob...
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Article
Synthesis and assembly of flagellar surface antigens during zoosporogenesis inPhytophthora cinnamomi
Cryomicrotomy and immunofluorescence microscopy employing three different categories of monoclonal antibody (MAb) that label antigens on the surface of one or both flagella ofPhytophthora dnnamomi have been used ...
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Cell surface antigens ofPhytophthora spores: biological and taxonomic characterization
The oomycetes are a class of protists that produce biflagellate asexual zoospores. Members of the oomycetes have close phylogenetic affinities with the chromophyte algae and are widely divergent from the highe...
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An Automated System for the Measurement of the Response of Cerebral Blood Volume and Cerebral Blood Flow to Changes in Arterial Carbon Dioxide Tension Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Since it was first described by Jobsis in 1977, near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has become widely used as a non invasive technique for monitoring the blood and tissue oxygenation of intact organs and to date...
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Measurement of Changes in Cerebral Haemodynamics During Inspiration and Expiration Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been employed over the last decade to monitor the changes in tissue oxygenation of intact organs (Jobsis 1977, Brazy et al. 1985, 1986, Ferrari et al. 1986a, 1986b, Hampso...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Modelling photochemical pollution using parallel and distributed computing platforms
Scientists are increasingly turning to numerical simulation in order to investigate and model complex environmental systems. Numerical simulation has enormous advantages over laboratory or field experimentatio...
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Cell surface antigens of Phytophthora spores: biological and taxonomic characterization
The oomycetes are a class of protists that produce biflagellate asexual zoospores. Members of the oomycetes have close phylogenetic affinities with the chromophyte algae and are widely divergent from the highe...
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Effects of N-ω-Nitro-L-Arginine Methyl Ester on the Cerebral Circulation of Newborn Piglets Quantified In Vivo by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
ABSTRACT: The effects of N--nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) on basal cerebral vascular tone, the vasodilatory effects of acetylcholine (ACh), and the cerebrovascular response to alterations in arterial ...
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Effect of Indomethacin on Cerebral Oxidized Cytochrome Oxidase in Preterm Infants
ABSTRACT: To determine the effect of i.v. indomethacin on cerebral intracellular oxygenation, as judged by changes in the concentration of oxidized cytochrome oxidase, studies were performed using near-infrare...
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Wavelength Dependence of the Differential Pathlength Factor and the Log Slope in Time-Resolved Tissue Spectroscopy
The monitoring of tissue oxygenation by the technique of near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was first described by Jöbsis in 1977 (Jöbsis, 1977). The technique relies upon the relative transparency of tissue to...
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Measurement of Adult Cerebral Haemodynamics Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a non invasive, portable, safe technique for monitoring cerebral oxygenation and haemodynamics. Since it does not involve the use of ionising radiation it may be used repea...
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EFFECT OF FREQUENCY OF UTERINE CONTRACTIONS ON HUMAN FETAL CEREBRAL OXYGENATION MEASURED BY NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (NIRS)
The purpose of this investigation was to study the effect of uterine contraction frequency on the cerebral concentrations of oxyhaecmoglobin (HbO2) and deoxyliacmoglobin (Hb) measured by NIRS. Two optical fibr...
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Cerebral Hemodynamic Effects of Treatment with Modified Natural Surfactant Investigated by Near Infrared Spectroscopy
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects on cerebral hemodynamics of administering modified natural surfactant (Curosurf, 200 mg · kg-1) to infants requiring mechanical ventilation for hyaline mem...
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Oxygen Consumption of Human Skeletal Muscle by Near Infrared Spectroscopy during Tourniquet-Induced Ischemia in Maximal Voluntary Contraction
Among tissues, skeletal muscle shows the highest variability in energy turnover from the resting state through to maximal activity so that muscle is particularly suitable for investigation of metabolic regulat...
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Experimentally Measured Optical Pathlengths for the Adult Head, Calf and Forearm and the Head of the Newborn Infant as a Function of Inter Optode Spacing
The technique of near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is being increasingly used in clinical measurements of blood and tissue oxygenation (Wyatt et al 1986, Edwards et al 1990). and there are now several commerci...
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Measurement of Cerebral Blood Flow in Adult Humans Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy — Methodology and Possible Errors
The principle of near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was first clearly defined by Jobsis in 1977, and recent technical and methodological advances have made it possible to use NIRS to make non-invasive, quantita...