A two-fluid model for pulsatile flow in catheterized blood vessels

The pulsatile flow of blood through a catheterized artery is analyzed, assuming the blood as a two-fluid model with the suspension of all the erythrocytes in the core region as a Casson fluid and the peripheral region of plasma as a Newtonian fluid. The resulting non-linear implicit system of partial differential equations is solved using perturbation method. The expressions for shear stress, velocity, flow rate, wall shear stress and longitudinal impedance are obtained. The variations of these flow quantities with yield stress, catheter radius ratio, amplitude, pulsatile Reynolds number ratio and peripheral layer thickness are discussed. It is observed that the velocity distribution and flow rate decrease, while, the wall shear, width of the plug flow region and longitudinal impedance increase when the yield stress increases. It is also found that the velocity increases, but, the longitudinal impedance decreases when the thickness of the peripheral layer increases. The wall shear stress decreases non-linearly, while, the longitudinal impedance increases non-linearly when the catheter radius ratio increases. The estimates of the increase in the longitudinal impedance are considerably lower for the present two-fluid model than those of the single-fluid model.     

气相色谱法测定人体血液中乙醇含量的测量不确定度评定

对气相色谱法测定人体血液中乙醇含量的测量不确定度进行评定。人体血液中乙醇含量测量结果的测量不确定度主要来源于相对定量校正因子、检材量、检材中添加内标物叔丁醇的体积、检材中乙醇峰面积的平均值与添加内标物叔丁醇峰面积的平均值之比、无水乙醇的纯度及密度等参数引起的不确定度。当检材中乙醇的含量为0．915mg／mL时,扩展不确定度为O．030mg/mL(k=2)。     

The isolation of basic proteins by solid-phase extraction with multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been employed for the first time as sorbents for the isolation of basic proteins from other protein species in biological sample matrices by solid-phase extraction (SPE). A microcolumn packed with MWCNTs was incorporated after appropriate pretreatment into a sequential injection system, which facilitates online selective sorption of basic protein species (hemoglobin and cytochrome c in this particular case). The retained protein species were afterwards separated from each other by sequential elution from the microcolumn through the employment of appropriate eluents. A 0.025 mol L(-1) phosphate buffer solution of pH 8.0 facilitated the efficient collection of hemoglobin, while a 0.5 mol L(-1) NaCl solution ensured the quantitative recovery of the retained cytochrome c. With a sample loading volume of 2.0 mL, enrichment factors of 11 and 15 were derived for hemoglobin and cytochrome c, along with retention efficiencies of 100% for both species and recovery rates of 98 and 90%, respectively. A sampling frequency of 8 h(-1) was achieved, and the precisions were 3.0% and 0.8% (RSD) for hemoglobin and cytochrome c at a concentration of 5.0 microg mL(-1). The practical applicability of this system was demonstrated by processing of human whole blood for isolation of hemoglobin, and satisfactory results were obtained by assay with SDS-PAGE.     

A NOTE ON GLOBAL ATTRACTIVITY OF THE MODEL FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE RED BLOOD CEELS WITH SEVERAL DELAYS

1 IntroductionConsider the red blood ceels growth model with several delayswhere r(t) E C([0, oo), (0, oo)), Pil ri) n e (0, oo), and r1 2 r2 2'' 2 rm.Eq.(l) was used first by Wazewska-Czyzewska and Lasota [l] as a model forthe survival of the red blood ceels in an animal, see also Arino and Kimmel[2]. There are a lot of activities concerning the asymptotic behavior of (1),see for examp1e [3] and the references cited therein. The following results wasobtained in [l, 3, 4].N'(t) = --pN(t)…     

The Double Face of Ketamine—The Possibility of Its Identification in Blood and Beverages

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a high-sensitivity methodology for identifying one of the most used drugs—ketamine. Ketamine is used medicinally to treat depression, alcoholism, and heroin addiction. Moreover, ketamine is the main ingredient used in so-called “date-rape” pills (DRP). This study presents a novel methodology for the simultaneous determination of ketamine based on the Dried Blood Spot (DBS) method, in combination with capillary electrophoresis coupled with a mass spectrometer (CE-TOF-MS). Then, 6-mm circles were punched out from DBS collected on Whatman DMPK-C paper and extracted using microwave-assisted extraction (MAE). The assay was linear in the range of 25–300 ng/mL. Values of limits of detection (LOD = 6.0 ng/mL) and quantification (LOQ = 19.8 ng/mL) were determined based on the signal to noise ratio. Intra-day precision at each determined concentration level was in the range of 6.1–11.1%, and inter-day between 7.9–13.1%. The obtained precision was under 15.0% (for medium and high concentrations) and lower than 20.0% (for low concentrations), which are in accordance with acceptance criteria. Therefore, the DBS/MAE/CE-TOF-MS method was successfully checked for analysis of ketamine in matrices other than blood, i.e., rose wine and orange juice. Moreover, it is possible to identify ketamine in the presence of flunitrazepam, which is the other most popular ingredient used in DRP. Based on this information, the selectivity of the proposed methodology for identifying ketamine in the presence of other components of rape pills was checked.     

Simultaneous quantification of centchroman and its 7-demethylated metabolite in rat dried blood spot samples using LC-MS/MS

An approach has been developed for the quantitative determination of concentrations of centchroman ( I), a nonsteroidal once‐a‐week oral contraceptive, and its major metabolite (7‐desmethyl centchroman, II) using dried blood spots (DBS) on paper, rather than conventional plasma samples. The assay employed simple solvent extraction of the DBS sample circle (6 mm) requiring small blood volumes (30 μL) followed by reversed‐phase HPLC separation, combined with multiple reaction monitoring mass spectrometric detection. The calibration plot in matrix using d ‐trans‐hydroxy chroman as internal standard (IS) was linear (r² = 0.998) over ranges of 1.5–240 and 4.5–720 ng/mL for I and II, respectively. The recoveries of both I and II were always >60% with quantification limits (signal‐to‐noise ratio = 10) of 1.5 and 4.5 ng/mL for I and II, respectively. The intra‐day and inter‐day precision (%RSD) and accuracy (%bias) variations in blood spots for both I and II were better than 13%. Moreover, both I and II were stable in DBS for at least 3 months when stored at room temperature. The developed method was successfully applied to the pharmacokinetic interaction study after oral administration of centchroman with and without co‐administration of carbamazepine in female Sprague–Dawley rats using serial sampling and results were comparable with the plasma concentrations reported earlier. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

红珍珠降糖胶囊中微量元素营养研究

红珍珠降糖胶囊是具有显著降低血糖水平,确定糖尿病患者康复的绿色营养保健食品。通过红珍珠降糖胶囊中Cr、Mn、Cu、Zn、Mg等微量元素的分析测试以及与青海小麦、膳食日摄取量等对比研究,表明红珍珠降糖胶囊富含涉及糖尿病的微量元素,在降低血粮糖水平方面具有十分重要的营养学、功效学作用和意义。     

聚硅氧烷/液晶复合膜的制备及其血液相容性研究

以含氢硅油和乙烯基硅油为基质,在氯铂酸催化下与胆甾醇油烯基碳酸酯液晶共混交联成一定强度的聚硅氧烷／液晶复合膜。借助偏光显微撞观察了不同液日含量在材料表面的状态,通过动态凝血实验、血小板粘附与变形实验、溶血实验等研究材料表面形态与血液相容性的关系。结果表明,含液晶２０％、３０％的液晶膜具有优良的抗凝血性能。     

分散固相萃取-超快速液相色谱-串联质谱法测定牛蛙全血中6种酚类环境雌激素

建立了一种快速、灵敏、准确的同时测定牛蛙全血中双酚A、己烯雌酚、己二烯雌酚、己烷雌酚、4-叔辛基酚和4-壬基酚等6种酚类环境雌激素的分散固相萃取-超快速液相色谱-串联质谱(dSPE-UFLC-MS/MS)分析方法。牛蛙全血样品经含0.1%(v/v)甲酸的甲醇溶液沉淀蛋白后,利用自制的氨基功能化Fe3O4磁性高分子复合微粒(EDA-MPs)作为dSPE吸附剂进行净化,着重考察了沉淀剂、吸附净化时间、吸附剂用量等因素对6种酚类环境雌激素回收率的影响。采用Shim-pack XR-ODSII(100 mm×2.0 mm, 2.2 μm)反相液相色谱柱进行分离,在电喷雾离子源(ESI)负离子多反应监测(MRM)模式下进行检测。结果表明: 6种酚类环境雌激素在0.5～100.0 μg/L范围内具有良好的线性关系(r2≥0.9996),方法的定量限(信噪比大于10)为0.075～0.40 μg/L,方法的精密度为0.6%～6.3%,空白样品中3个不同水平的添加回收率为95.0%～110.0%。本方法适用于牛蛙全血中6种酚类环境雌激素的同时测定。     

沉降法制备新型聚氨酯血液相容性材料

采用一种新型聚氨酯纳米微球（PUI-NPs）修饰聚氨酯（PU）薄膜,利用沉降法制备出具有良好血液相容性的聚氨酯/聚氨酯纳米微球（PU/PUI-NPs）。以扫描电镜、红外光谱、X射线光电子能谱对PU/PUI-NPs膜表面结构进行表征。以血小板黏附、复钙、溶血和蛋白吸附实验对PU/PUI-NPs膜的血液相容性进行了表征。结果表明：PUI-NPs已被成功引入PU膜表面,PU/PUI-NPs膜的血液相容性比PU有显著的提高,相比于PU,PU/PUI-NPs膜的细胞毒性更低。