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Fig. 12. CdS film detector in a package showing interdigitation to reduce resistance. See text.

Temperature and humidity control (e.g., reducing resistivity with the aid of reduced gas temperature)... 

These are anodes that, to reduce costs, use a combination of materials, sometimes coaxially, to extend the life of the primary anode, reduce resistance to earth, improve current distribution, facilitate installation and improve mechanical properties. Often the so-called anode is primarily a means of conducting the current to the more rapidly consumable anode material. These can be classified as follows ... 

Insulin resistance occurs when the normal response to a given amount of insulin is reduced. Resistance of liver to the effects of insulin results in inadequate suppression of hepatic glucose production insulin resistance of skeletal muscle reduces the amount of glucose taken out of the circulation into skeletal muscle for storage and insulin resistance of adipose tissue results in impaired suppression of lipolysis and increased levels of free fatty acids. Therefore, insulin resistance is associated with a cluster of metabolic abnormalities including elevated blood glucose levels, abnormal blood lipid profile (dyslipidemia), hypertension, and increased expression of inflammatory markers (inflammation). Insulin resistance and this cluster of metabolic abnormalities is strongly associated with obesity, predominantly abdominal (visceral) obesity, and physical inactivity and increased risk for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular and renal disease, as well as some forms of cancer. In addition to obesity, other situations in which insulin resistance occurs includes... 

Exploring and resolving mentees concerns regarding the change program, reducing resistance. 

DDT Musca domestica Many strains Enhanced DDT-ase DDTase inhibitors reduce resistance... 

Carbamates Several Various (< 200) P450 PBO reduces resistance... 

C22-0078. Why does exposure to radiation in cancer therapy result in nausea and reduced resistance to infection ... 

Upper respiratory irritation, reduced resistance to infection by Salmonella, and increased pulmonary macrophages all effects disappeared by day 63 No adverse effects noted at low concentration. At 3700 pg/L, histopathology of lung, liver, and kidney... 

The well-appreciated adverse effects of glucocorticoids include hyperglycemia, hypertension, osteoporosis, fluid retention and electrolyte disturbances, myopathies, psychosis, and reduced resistance to infection. In addition, glucocorticoid use may cause adrenocortical suppression. Specific regimens for withdrawal of glucocorticoid therapy have been suggested. 

The majority of early publications that can be reasonably identified as comprising immunotoxicology reported altered resistance to infection in animals exposed to various environmental or industrial chemicals. Authors logically concluded that xenobiotic exposure suppressed immune function since the immune system is ultimately responsible for this resistance to infection. Subsequent studies demonstrated that suppression of various cellular and functional endpoints accompanied or preceded increased sensitivity to infection, and that administration of known immunosuppressants likewise decreased host resistance. The human health implications of these studies, that chemical exposure reduced resistance to infection, drove the initial focus of many immunotoxicologists on functional suppression, and provided the theoretical and practical underpinnings of immunotoxicity testing. 

It is now recognized that opiates reduce resistance to a variety of infectious agents in both humans and animals. These effects are summarized in Table 30.3 and Table 30.4 and discussed below. For example, pulmonary infections caused by mycobacteria, staphylococci, streptococci, Hemophilus and other common organisms are frequent among opium abusers.23 24 Other infectious diseases caused by microbial pathogens in... 

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