Blood cells like red blood cells float in the plasma. Also dissolved in plasma are electrolytes, nutrients and vitamins (absorbed from the intestines or produced by the body), hormones, clotting factors, and proteins such as albumin and immunoglobulins (antibodies to fight infection). Plasma ...
Factors That Can Affect a Measurement Following instructions carefully when measuring your blood pressure is important because so many factors can affect your reading. It can help to know some of the common factors that can affect your blood pressure in case your blood pressure machine gives an un...
(B) Marker scores (renormalized between 0 and 1) used to determine cell-type assignments. The first subpanel shows the score obtained from a single GABAergic marker; the three other panels show the scores obtained by combining the top 100 meta-markers for each class. (C) Subclass-level pr...
When blood is collected from a patient it is allowed to clot in a test tube, where the cells and clotting factors fall to the bottom and the serum is left on top. Serum is tested for all the numerous items discussed above to determine if any abnormalities exist. Blood Types There are...
Many officers in the field rely on breath alcohol testing devices to determine the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) in drunken-driving suspects. In this article, we will examine the scientific principles and technology behind the Breathalyzer and other breath alcohol testing devices. Contents ...
Despite a considerable association between some of the potential predictors (Figure 2A), monotherapy (odds ratio 6.32;p-value 0.003), recipient gender (odds ratio 3.22;p-value 0.043), and history of rejection (ACR odds ratio 3.21;p-value 0.031) could be identified as leading factors contributing...
Many officers in the field rely on breath alcohol testing devices to determine the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) in drunken-driving suspects. In this article, we will examine the scientific principles and technology behind the Breathalyzer and other breath alcohol testing devices. Contents ...
Role of Ca2+ channels in the ability of membrane depolarization to prevent neuronal death induced by trophic-factor deprivation: evidence that levels of internal Ca2+ determine nerve growth factor dependence of sympathetic ganglion cells Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 86 (16) (1989), pp. ...
As mentioned in theprevious blog postin this series, there are many different types of cells and factors that take action once an invading pathogen has been detected in the body. It is important to note that the adaptive immune response can only be mobilized when specifically triggered by cells...
Where on the hemoglobin molecule does oxygen bind? What factors affect the ability of hemoglobin to bind oxygen? What are the important roles of the heme groups within each hemoglobin molecule? How do you determine the corresponding blood type and antibody(ies) that would be present in the plas...