A new animal model was developed to determine the effect of obesity upon endogenous triglyceride secretion. Desert sand rats (Psammomys obesus), rodents which become spontaneously obese and hyperinsulinemic when given ad lib. chow, were given intravenous Triton to allow in vivo measurement of triglyceride secretion rates (TGSR). In a group of 18 fasted animals of varying body weight and degrees of obesity, TGSR correlated significantly with body weight (r = 0.68, P < 0.01) indicating that obesity was associated with accelerated endogenous release of triglyceride. In these same animals, basal plasma insulin levels correlated significantly with body weight (r = 0.78, P < 0.001) and TGSR correlated significantly with mean plasma insulin levels (r = 0.73, P <0.001), suggesting that hyperinsulinemia may have been the mechanism through which obesity enhanced TGSR. No correlation was found between basal triglyceride level and either body weight, basal insulin, or TGSR which suggested that individual triglyceride removal rates among the animals may have been variable. To test this hypothesis, seven animals were studied prospectively before and after induction of obesity. There were significant increases (P < 0.02) in all parameters, i.e., weight, plasma insulin level, TGSR, and basal triglyceride level. Thus, when each animal was used as its own control, thereby minimizing the postulated factor of variable individual triglyceride removal, increments in basal triglyceride were shown to accompany the development of obesity, hyperinsulinemia, and accelerated triglyceride secretion.These data from studies in the sand rat offer in vivo evidence that obesity leads to accelerated triglyceride
Routine testing of medical instrumentation, for purposes of increased reliability and safety, is becoming a part of standard practice in hospitals. As many test procedures are standardized and large classes of similar equipment are often involved, a need exists for automatic testing. Automatic testing can result in increased standardization, saving of time, and reduction of tedium associated with repetitive work. A description is given of a system implementing principles of automatic testing. The system was designed, constructed, and deployed within a program of routine hospital equipment testing.
An effective method for sealing pulp canals after partial removal of canine tooth crowns from adult rhesus monkeys is described.
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