Publications by authors named "R M Korth"

Increasing use of scrubbers on vessels for reduction of SOx emissions has led to environmental concerns due to discharge of partly persistent and toxic substances such as polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAC) into the sea. A comprehensive analysis of the dissolved and particulate phases of the discharge water from open and closed loop operations on four ships was performed. 71 PAC in the discharge waters varied in concentration and were associated with those of the fuels used, as they mainly originate in unburnt fuel.

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Brain X-radiation for Childhood Epilepsy, Hydrocephalus or Mental Retardation? Research at Tuebingen University, 1940-1946 We reconstructed 65 cases out of a series of "experimental" X-ray-therapy by chart review and reanalysis of publications from a contextual historical perspective. The research procedures in the context of NS-pressure for effectiveness soon dismissed structured scientific procedures and surrendered own standards, whereas radiation impact did not transgress the contemporary guidelines.

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Infection, inflammation and allergy are characterized by an infiltration of neutrophils or eosinophils in the tissue and are associated with an increased level of lysophospholipids. In this study it is shown that labeled 1-O-alkyl-sn-glyceryl-3-phosphorylcholine (lyso-paf) binds to intact human blood neutrophils. Unlabeled lyso-paf(500 nM) inhibits the binding of [3H]lyso-paf to neutrophils in the presence of fatty acid-free serum albumin (0.

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Neutrophils and eosinophils are involved in various inflammatory reactions such as leukocyte migration, adherence and phagocytosis. A regulation of platelet-activating factor (PAF) receptors in intact human blood neutrophils and eosinophils is clinically important. Intact human blood neutrophils and eosinophils prepared under sterile conditions specifically bound [3H]PAF in the presence of fatty acid-free serum albumin (0.

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Our data suggest non-specific Paf binding to intact embryonal F9 cells. Non-specific Paf binding might have some physiological relevance when Paf metabolites interfere with prostacyclin synthesis, for example, in umbilical vein endothelial cells.

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