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Zeidenberg P, Clark WC, Jaffe J, Anderson SW, Chin S, Malitz S (1973) Effect of oral administration of delta9 tetrahydrocannabinol on memory, speech, and perception of thermal stimulation results with four normal human volunteer subjects. Preliminary report. Compr Psychiatry 14 549-556... 

The concurrent use of cabergoline 1 mg daily and clarithromycin 400 mg daily increased the AUC of cabergoline by 163% and increased the maximum level by 176% in healthy subjects. Preliminary results from a study in patients with Parkinson s disease also showed that clarithromycin increased the bioavailability of cabergoline by about 2 to 4-fold. ... 

Metallic sodium. This metal is employed for the drying of ethers and of saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons. The bulk of the water should first be removed from the liquid or solution by a preliminary drying with anhydrous calcium chloride or magnesium sulphate. Sodium is most effective in the form of fine wire, which is forced directly into the liquid by means of a sodium press (see under Ether, Section II,47,i) a large surface is thus presented to the liquid. It cannot be used for any compound with which it reacts or which is affected by alkalis or is easily subject to reduction (due to the hydrogen evolved during the dehydration), viz., alcohols, acids, esters, organic halides, ketones, aldehydes, and some amines. 

The reaction (which is essentially the direct aminolysis of esters with benzylamine) proceeds readily when R is methyl or ethyl. Esters of higher alcohols should preferably be subjected to a preliminary methano-lysis by treatment with sodium methoxide in methanol ... 

All the PMBs are Hsted on the U.S. EPA s Toxic Substances Control Act NonConfidential Chemical Substances Inventory (Table 8). In the early to mid-1980s, pseudocumene, mesitylene, hemimellitene, and trimethylbenzene were coveted by TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rule (PAIR) reporting requirements (22) and by TSCA Section 8(d) for health and safety data (23). Mesitylene is the subject of a test rule subacute oral toxicity and subchtonic oral toxicity in tats were underway in 1994 (24). The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) allows monitoring for pseudocumene and mesitylene at the discretion of the State (25). Of the PMBs, only pseudocumene is subject to SARA Tide III section 313 annual release reporting (26). 

Aluminium chloride (anhydrous) [7446-70-0] M 133.3, m 192.6°. Sublimed several times in an all glass system under nitrogen at 30-50mm pressure. Has also been sublimed in a stream of dry HCl and has been subjected to a preliminary sublimation through a section of granular aluminium metal [for manipulative details see Jensen J Am Chem Soc 79 1226 1957]. Fumes in moist air. 

In a comprehensive review of this subject Schopf (1937) gave a preliminary description of a number of other syntheses of this kind, including that of teloidine, already referred to. Suggestions for other alkaloidal syntheses were also made and the conditions under which such reactions might take place in plants discussed. 

The second matrix. Figure 2-9, helps you begin to estimate levels of effort and associated costs for your initial planning. Keep in mind that these can only be very preliminary estimates at this point. However, it s useful to start the process with this kind of discipline, recognizing that the results will be subject to continuous rehnement. 

First, let us consider batch mixing processes, as exemplified by ordinaiy laboratory practice in solution kinetics. A portion of one solution (say, of the substrate) is added by pipet to a second solution (containing the reagent) in a flask, the flask is shaken to achieve homogeneity, and then samples are withdrawn at known times for analysis, or the solution is subjected to continuous observation as a function of time, for example, by spectrophotometry. For reactions on a time scale (measured by the half-life) of hours or even several minutes, the time consumed in these operations is a negligible portion of the reaction time, but as the half-life of the reaction decreases, it becomes necessary to consider these preliminary steps. Let us distinguish three stages ... 

When you are confident that you have a firm grasp of the situation, work up a preliminary project definition. This preliminary definition will be subject to revision as additional information and experience is acquired. 

Preliminary discussions of all those involved in each protective-coating contract are essential if certain difficulties that can arise in these operations are to be prevented. Although the ultimate client may not wish to be present, the engineer concerned and/or his own or appointed inspectors, the main contractor, steel fabricator and coating contractor, should meet to discuss and agree action on such subjects as the following ... 

In view of the foregoing remarks, it is clear that all glassware used in the preliminary treatment of samples to be subjected to stripping voltammetry, as well as the apparatus to be used in the actual determination, must be scrupulously cleaned. It is usually recommended that glassware be soaked for some hours in pure nitric acid (6 M), or in a 10 per cent solution of pure 70 per cent perchloric acid, followed by washing with de-ionised water. 

On just the subject of appliance safety the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) have published more than four hundred safety standards to assess the hazards associated with manufacturing appliances. These standards represent basic design requirements for various categories of products covered by the organization. For example, under UL s Component Plastics Program a material is tested under standardized, uniform conditions to provide preliminary information as... 

In order to understand potential problems and their solutions, it is helpful to consider the relationships of machine capabilities, plastics processing variables, and part performance. Chapter 3, FEATURE INFLUENCING PERFORMANCE provides a preliminary analysis to this subject. 

In-vitro models can provide preliminary insights into some pharmacodynamic aspects. For example, cultured Caco 2 cell lines (derived from a human colorectal carcinoma) may be used to simulate intestinal absorption behaviour, while cultured hepatic cell lines are available for metabolic studies. However, a comprehensive understanding of the pharmacokinetic effects vfill require the use of in-vivo animal studies, where the drug levels in various tissues can be measured after different dosages and time intervals. Radioactively labelled drugs (carbon-14) may be used to facilitate detection. Animal model studies of human biopharmaceutical products may be compromised by immune responses that would not be expected when actually treating human subjects. 

George TP, Chawarski MC, Pakes J, et al Disulfiram versus placebo for cocaine dependence in buprenorphine-maintained subjects a preliminary trial. Biol Psychiatry 47 1080-1086, 2000... 

The reduction of Co(III) by Ag(I) in perchlorate solutions has been studied by Sutcliffe et al. Since the initial product of reaction is the very reactive Ag(Il) species, all solutions were subject to preliminary ozonolysis to remove traces of reducible impurities. The final products of reaction are Co(II) and Ag(l). Kinetic data were obtained spectrophotometrically by following the disappearance of Co(III) at 605 m/i, a small correction being applied for the absorbance of Co(ll). With Ag(I) in excess, the disappearance of Co(III) is second order, i.e., plots of the reciprocal of the corrected absorbance versus time are linear. The rate is directly proportional to the concentration of Ag(I), and inversely proportional to the square of the concentration of Co(II). These results can be understood in terms of the mechanism... 

A second reason is due to the absence of preliminary risk analyses in everyday activities involving chemical substances. Only sensitive activities are subjected to analyses (mainly because of what is at stake and for financial reasons). This is due to, on the one hand, the absence of literature on how to diagnose a priori risks and, on the other hand, the difficulty of such an analysis,(the chemistry being difficult). Finally, preliminary risk analyses are not part of managerial experience and work practice. 

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