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Body composition as measured by in vivo neutron activation analysis
A large scale study is currently underway on the changes in body composition resulting from the cachexia of malignancy. The ultimate objective of the overall project is to assess the changes in body composition associated with hyperalimentation and other modes of nutritional support to cancer patients. The first phase of this study is now in progress. In this phase, a study is being made of a control group of normal patients to provide baseline data against which data from cancer patients can be evaluated. Total body nitrogen and potassium are measured in a group of normal men and women, and are analyzed as a function of age. Additionally, changes in skeletal mass (total body calcium) are also recorded, and body water is measured simultaneously with the use of tritiated water
Zur experimentellen Hämolyse von Erythrozyten bei der paroxysmalen nächtlichen Hämoglobinurie
Repeatability and method-dependent variation of blood parameters in wild-caught Great Tits Parus major
When interpreting responses to experimental manipulations or particular environmental cues, it is necessary
to have previous knowledge about the natural variation of the response traits. We studied how nine blood parameters,
including four enzymatic activities, varied with time in wild Great Tits by assessing their repeatabilities over periods of
45 days, in the same season (Spring or Autumn/Winter), in the same year and over a four years period. The accuracy of
the measurements of these blood parameters was also assessed. Measurement error reflected essentially sample and
time of storage rather than assay effects. Hematocrit and haemoglobin had low repeatabilities within Spring, ranging
from 0.26 to 0.31; Heterophil/Lymphocyte ratio (H/L), white blood cell count (WBC), total plasma cholinesterase and red
blood cell glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activities had moderate to high repeatabilities over periods of 45 days
(repeatabilities ranged from 0.47 to 0.81 for GSH-Px and H/L, respectively), but also during longer periods such as dur-
ing Spring (total plasma cholinesterase activity) and Autumn/Winter (WBC, H/L and GSH-Px). Of the blood parameters
measured, total plasma cholinesterase, glutathione peroxidase and the haematological parameters WBC and H/L seem
relatively constant and therefore reliable indicators of Great Tit's physiological condition within, at least, a 45 days time
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