[Water-electrolyte imbalance: Reality in diagnosis and therapy (discussion)].
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Buffer-gas pressure broadening for the (3 0(0) 1)(III)<--(0 0 0) band of CO(2) in the 1600 nm region was investigated with continuous wave cavity ring-down spectroscopy within the temperature range 263-326 K. The measured absorption profiles were analyzed with Voigt functions. Pressure broadening coefficient, gamma(gas), and the temperature dependent parameter (broadening exponent), n, were determined for a variety of buffer gases: N(2), O(2), He, Ne, Ar, Kr and Xe. gamma(air) values estimated subsequently are 0.096(2) for R(0), 0.085(5) for P(8), 0.075(2) for P(16), 0.070(4) for P(26), and 0.069(2) for P(38) in units of cm(-1) atm(-1), where numbers in parentheses are one standard deviation in units of the last digits quoted. n(air) values are 0.77(4) for R(0), and 0.73(11) for P(8).
The formation process for stars with masses several times that of the Sun is still unclear. The two main theories are mergers of several low-mass young stellar objects, which requires a high stellar density, or mass accretion from circumstellar disks in the same way as low-mass stars are formed, accompanied by outflows during the process of gravitational infall. Although a number of disks have been discovered around low- and intermediate-mass young stellar objects, the presence of disks around massive young stellar objects is still uncertain and the mass of the disk system detected around one such object, M17, is disputed. Here we report near-infrared imaging polarimetry that reveals an outflow/disk system around the Becklin-Neugebauer protostellar object, which has a mass of at least seven solar masses (M(o)). This strongly supports the theory that stars with masses of at least 7M(o) form in the same way as lower mass stars.
Single-cell viability assessment by means of plural dye probes require the spectral and temporal analysis of microscopic images of the test cells. To meet this requirement, we have developed a simple and compact spectro-imaging system using an image slicer and a grism. The image slicer was made of a bundle of 100 optical fibers. The field of view is divided into 10 x 10 sections. The spectral data of each section could be recorded every 5 s in the range from 400 to 800 nm at 5 nm resolution. The viability changes of yeast or tobacco single-cells were measured with this system. Using BY-2 cells, for example, the response to a chemical stress of saponin was measured by means of two fluorescent probes. The spectral-spatial-temporal data of fluorescein and DNA bound ethidium bromide provided us with useful information about the dynamic change of cell membrane permeability from which the cell viability was assessed.
In order to obtain the full spectrum from 400 to 800 nm of each pixel of a microscopic image, a unique spectro-imaging system was developed using an image slicer. The image slicer is composed of 100 photo fibers which are arranged in a matrix of 10 x 10 at the entrance and 100 x 1 at the exit. A line of this 100 signals is passed through a glism and projected onto a CCD. This system was applied to the fluorescent imaging of bio-cells. One of the demonstrative examples was simultaneous measurements of the Ca2+ concentration and the pH using of respective fluorescent probes. An electric signal was applied to BY-2 protoplasts and the fluorescent spectrum from 500 nm to 800 nm was measured every 5 s. The spectrum of the BY-2 protoplasts changed in response to the electric signal and the Ca2+ concentration, and the pH changes could be monitored. The wavelength resolution was satisfactory, but the space resolution was still rough in comparison with the usual microscopic systems. Notwithstanding these conditions, we could obtain discrete data from more than several tens of sites in a single-cell or a chain of several cells.