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Monoclonal IgG gammopathy of the lambda light-chain type was detected in a 51-year-old woman who had unexplained fever, muscle fatigue, and myalgia. One year later, myasthenia gravis was diagnosed. There was no evidence of myelomatosis or other malignancy. On the assumption that her M-component (gammopathic paraprotein) was related to myasthenia, she was treated with melphalan and cyclophosphamide, but her clinical condition was not improved. Despite therapeutic trials of other agents and a time course of 6 years, the quantity of the M-component remained unchanged. Serum AChR antibody activity was not located in the paraprotein peak. The findings do not support a relationship between the M-component and myasthenia gravis.
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PMID:Myasthenia gravis and monoclonal IgG gammopathy. 10 88

Valproic acid is a new antiepileptic drug. It has a marked effect on generalized spike-wave discharges. The exact mechanism of action is uncertain; however, some evidence suggests an effect on the metabolism of gamma-aminobutyric acid. It is rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Concurrent administration with phenobarbital may result in elevated phenobarbital plasma concentrations. Administration with phenytoin sodium may transiently result in lower total phenytoin plasma levels. Side effects are generally mild and include fatigue, GI disturbances, weight gain, a fine postural and resting tremor, mild thrombocytopenia, and an increase in hepatic enzymes. Platelet counts and liver function monitoring should be done during valproic acid therapy. Drowsiness may be seen in patients receiving other antiepileptic drugs concurrently.
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PMID:Valproic acid. Review of a new antiepileptic drug. 11 Feb 94

It is recommended that the emphasis of biomaterials research and development for the future should be to achieve improved reliability. Use of increasing numbers of implants per year coupled with decreasing long term (greater than 5 years) success rates are resulting in progressively larger numbers of reparative implant operations. This trend can be altered by emphasizing three areas of R&D: 1) Studies of composite biomaterial systems offering unique combinations of biological surface behavior and substrate mechanical performance; 2) Investigate mechanisms of interfacial reactions so that long term responses of the host-implant can be predicted; 3) Develop long term predictive relationships for biomaterials reliability based upon interfacial reactions, biomechanics, fracture mechanics, fatigue testing, and retrieval analysis. Brief examples of efforts to develop undrestanding in these three areas are described using bioglass coated metal and bioglass coated alumina implants.
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PMID:Future developments and applications of biomaterials: an overview. 11 25

Four components of 20 degrees horizontal saccadic eye movements, i.e., latency, mean and maximum velocities, and duration were measured in 16 students under the influence of alcohol and also in a control situation. The experimental procedures were standardized and automated as much as possible. Latency (simple eye reaction time) was not influenced by alcohol in blood concentrations of 0.056--0.116%. Mean and maximum eye velocities decreased by about 9% and duration of saccades increased by 11%. The maximum changes occurred 90--120 min after the start of alcohol ingestion. The changes in velocities and durations correlated more closely with feelings of intoxication than with blood alcohol concentrations. There were great intra- and intersubject variations in reactions to alcohol. The close resemblance between the effects of certain psychotropic drugs, alcohol, fatigue, and decreased attention on eye movement control suggest that all these may act upon the same nervous structures in the brain stem.
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PMID:Acute effects of alcohol on saccadic eye movements. 11 16

To maintain optimum mechanical properties in glutaraldehyde-treated heart-valve tissue the full collagen crimp geometry originally present in the relaxed fresh tissue should be retained. By varying the pressure at which glutaraldehyde fixation is carried out, considerable alterations to this crimp geometry can be achieved. The mechanical stiffness of the preserved tissue is consequently affected, and this in turn has a striking influence on both the opening behaviour of the valve and the degree of strain localisation in the leaflet tissue. A pressure of 100 mmHg eliminated the collagen crimp geometry entirely, and this resulted in the formation of sites of local strain or kinks in the valve leaflets during opening. It is expected that this strain localisation phenomenon will influence the long-term fatigue durability of the treated tissue. Pressures even as low as 4 mmHg result in significant reductions of crimp geometry. Fresh valves should therefore be fixed under a positive head of pressure sufficient only to ensure that the leaflets seal along their coapting free margins. A pressure of less than 1 mmHg was sufficient to achieve this. Leaflets of the commercially available Hancock valve show features similar to valves fixed in glutaraldehyde at about 100 mmHg pressure.
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PMID:Influence of fixation conditions on the performance of glutaraldehyde-treated porcine aortic valves: towards a more scientific basis. 11 99

Mental factors frequently play a decisive role in the conditional setup of many accidents. Analysis of the mental factors determining the cause of accidents show these to be by far often mental factors of a non-pathological nature, such as personality factors, disordered concentration and alertness in conflict situations, overstrain and fatigue, than factors conditioned by illness, e.g. as associated with depression or schizophrenia. Psychological alterations in subjects of advanced age constitute a border area of high significance in medical science concerned with traffic safety. In the consulting room, particular attention should be paid to the recognition of potential risk constellations in traffic precipitated by alcohol or drugs.
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PMID:[Psychiatric diseases and driving fitness (author's transl)]. 11 22

The effects of noise, alcohol, and the combination of the two were studied on muscular fatigue in several mouse strains to investigate a possible interaction between the two stresses. Muscular fatigue was measured by latency to submersion during a forced-swimming test. Animals were exposed to acoustic stimuli of fixed frequency and intensity for 2h preceding the test. Ethanol was administered orally from 30 min to 3h 30 min prior to testing. Alcohol doses and sound intensities were subliminal when administered separately. While no significant interaction occurred between alcohol and audible sound, the interaction between alcohol and infrasound was highly significant indicating that their joint effects are more than merely additive. Blood alcohol measurements indicate that these interactive effects are prolonged for more than 2h after elimination of alcohol from the blood. Effects are similar in genetically deaf and hearing mice, implicating involvement of nonauditory pathways.
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PMID:Reduction of swimming time in mice through interaction of infrasound and alcohol. 11 95

The research carried out in order to estimate the physical effort under the present circumstances of the industrial technological development have pointed out that most of the activities in the heavy industry branches are now carried on within the frame of medium load. An evident trend was found of extending the activities implying light work in mechanized mining, automatic glass-processing, thermo-power stations, but tasks requiring high energy cost are still in forestry, mining, building. Significant differences in the physical capacity related to the level of occupational physical load have been revealed. Experimental working regimens as well as programmes of gynmastics during the breaks of the shift in activities of lower physical effort proved to have a beneficial effect on performance, on work capacity and fatigue prevention. Maximum permissible duration of loads carried by women and factors of stress were also assessed in occupational activities where women are employed in increasing number. The present problems of physical activity in industry require further research into: more detailed aspects connected with the increase of static effort, effect of physically active recreation, methods for improving physical capacity. Further studies are also expected to assess and evaluate physical effort in new occupations.
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PMID:Physical activity in modern industry. 11 64

The general way of looking at short-term temperature regulation has not fundamentaly changed since 1968. Some points nevertheless have been developed and deserve special attention: 1. The influence of water on the skin surface inhibits sweat secretion (55, 106). This fact may be the explanation of sweating fatigue and of discordant conclusions regarding the functioning of the regulator, particularly during exercise in man. 2. Since a large number of studies have shown that appropriate behaviors occur in response to all the stimuli that activate autonomic responses, behavior itself should be considered as an integral part of the thermoregulatory system (1, 2, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 31, 32, 34-36, 48, 88, 89, 98, 99, 122, 126, 127, 137). 3. The description of the peripheral input for the control of sweating with regard to mean skin temperature (104) and time dependence (159) has been improved. Among internal temperature sensors those of the spinal cord have been extensively studies (25, 27, 32, 36, 42, 59-63, 71-75, 82, 83, 86, 113-115, 121, 150, 158) and demonstrated to have a sensitivity equal to that of the hypothalamic sensors (73, 75). 4. New hypotheses have been proposed describing the overall mechanism responsible for a constant temperature in the core (58, 96, 97, 135). These stimulating theories have been discussed briefly herein. Mechanisms for the defense against heat and against cold can be dissociated completely from one another. In the same way the control of autonomic responses can be dissociated from the control of behavioral responses. This suggests that temperature regulation is brought about by multiple independent feedback loops. The overall system is well described, in the author's opinion, by the theory of the adjustable set point with proportional control (47).
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PMID:Temperature regulation. 12 25

Basing on personal experiences as well as clinical manifestations the three phenomenon of habituation, adaptation and fatigue, have been analyzed. The vestibular tests have proved to be more physiological than the audiological ones. Diagnostic vestibular tests are therefore more informative.
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PMID:[Vestibular adaptation-, habituation- and fatigue-test (author's transl)]. 12 94


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