Inflammation index

It is suggested then that fire hazard index , II (inflammation index), is defined by the following equation ... 

Index for anti-inflammatory activity. Model acute inflammation, method Carragennan induced edema, test animal albino rats, number of animals per group 6, route of administration oral, standard phenylbutazone (100 mgkg ), test compounds lOOmgkg ... 

The value obtained will allow direct comparison with the limits of inflammability that are always given in percentage form and enable us to deduce whether the substance presents the risk of building an explosive mixture with air. Note that if the chosen unit is the millibar, the value P ap is to be divided by ten in order to obtain the concentration. This expression will be used in the determination of II code (infammability index (see para 1.5.5). 

Intestinal inflammation was assessed by fecal excretion of " In-labeled neutrophils while blood loss was quantitated via fecal excretion of 51Cr4abeled red cells. The urinary excretion ratio or51 Cr-EDTA//.-rhamnose was used as an index of intestinal permeability. ... 

During inflammation, permeability increases in the blood-CSF barrier, elevating levels of sICAM in the CSF. Thus, in settings of acute meningitis, multiple sclerosis, and Guillain-Barre polyradiculoneuritis, CSF concentrations of 44 /rg L 4.5 ixg L and 16.2 /rg L respectively, were measured (R8). A precise, quantitative differentiation between the serum portion and the intrathecal fraction, comparable to the immunoglobulins, is still not possible therefore, the ICAM index represents the best approximation ... 

Index of Ignition. See Index of Inflammability under Physical Tests in Vol 1, p XVII... 

Inflammability of Explosives Tests (Flammability Tests). See also Index of Inflammability in Vol 1, p XVII. These tests are designed to ascertain the behavior of explosives towards open flame. The following tests are described by Reilly (Ref 1) ... 

Table II shows the correlation of wt% of polyol containing phosphorous in PU with 20 wt% of lignin with oxygen indices which were obtained according to the procedure of JIS method. In this method, the inflammability of a sample is tested in a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen under a constant flow rate of the mixture. The oxygen index is the minimum concentration of oxygen in which a sample is inflammable. The oxygen index for PU without phosphorous and those for PU s with phosphorous are 19.3 and 24.6, respectively. That is, qualitatively, PU s with phosphorous were not inflammable in air and PU without phosphorous was inflammable. This indicates that PU becomes less inflammable by the addition of 3 wt% of polyol containing phosphorous.

See Combuetion Tests, Index of Inflammability Test and also under Sensitivity to Flame, Heat, Sparks, Electrostatic Discharges, etc Tests... 

SENSITIVITY TO FLAME, HEAT, SPARKS, ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGES, ETC. These tests may be found listed in the literature under titles Burning Tests, Combustion, Fire Resistance Tests, Fire Tests, Index of Inflammability Test, Inflammability Tests and other names... 

IIT Index of Inflammability Test(Brit) instrn instruction... 

The major factors impacting sensor performance, whatever the physiological basis, are the degree of local vascularity and the loss of functional microvessels, together with the eventual presence and thickness of a fibrous capsule. Continued inflammation and collagen deposition eventually reach an equilibrium state, and the thickness of the fibrous capsule has been proposed as an index of biocompatibility.32 The thickness and vascularity of the capsule depend on the size, surface texture, and porosity of the implant.33-35... 

In the study of SLE patients, we and other authors have found that there is a correlation between SLE disease activity index (SLEDAI) and the production of IL-16 (L7) and IL-18 (W19). It was suggested that IL-16 and IL-18 may be a useful indicator of disease activity of SLE. Plasma MCP-1 concentration has also been proposed as a marker for monitoring joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (El). 

Despite its lack of specificity, Bik determination has been shown to correlate well (p < 0.01) with other indexes of inflammation, including C-reactive protein (CRP), WBC count, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) [4]. The urine strip is an alternative to a blood CRP measurement. The Bik test was more predictive of upper respiratory and urinary tract infections as well as kidney diseases. Furthermore, it was more sensitive to bacterial and viral infection vs CRP. Because plasma proteins, that is CRP, are not cleared and circulate until hepatic metabolism, urinary Bik appears to be a better predictor of an abnormal WBC, ESR, and neutrophil degranulation. 

Wheeler (1936) uses a different method of determining inflammability. Having determined whether a given dust is explosive, he next proceeds to add known percentages of inert dust such as fuller s earth (200 I.M.M.-mesh) until the dust is no longer explosive. This critical point is called the index of inflammability." If the amount of fuller s earth used is denoted by / (in percent), the index of inflammability I may be written... 

Thus, an index of inflammability of 1.00 is a safe dust in any circumstance the higher the value of J, the more dangerous the dust. 

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