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The increase in backlash that results from tooth wear does not adversely affect operation with non-reversing drives, or drives with continuous load in one direction. However, for reversing drives and drives where timing is critical, excessive backlash that results from wear usually cannot be tolerated. 

Pharmocodynamic tolerance develops in response to continued application of drugs, by mechanisms that include reversible cellular adaptation processes, such as receptor desensitization, internalization and downregu-lation as well as changes in the activity and levels of other components of the receptor s signal transduction pathways. 

Continuous IV infusion of 5-FU is generally well tolerated but is associated with palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia or hand-foot syndrome. This distinct skin toxicity can be acutely disabling, but it is reversible and not life threatening. IV bolus administration is associated with leukopenia, which is dose limiting and can be life threatening. Both methods are associated with a similar incidence of mucositis, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, and alopecia. 

Based on the present understanding of the effect of sulfur on MCFCs, and with the available cell components, it is projected that long-term operation (40,000 hr) of MCFCs may require fuel gases with sulfur " levels of the order 0.01 ppm or less, unless the system is purged of sulfur at periodic intervals or sulfur is scrubbed from the cell burner loop (76). Sulfur tolerance would be approximately 0.5 ppm (see Table 6-3) in the latter case. Considerable effort has been devoted to develop low-cost techniques for sulfur removal, and research and development are continuing (80,81). The effects of H2S on cell voltage are reversible if H2S concentrations are present at levels below which nickel sulfide forms. 

It is beheved that phenomena such as sensitization, tolerance and drug-dependence might also involve synaptic plasticity. In fact, numerous studies indicate that NMDA receptor antagonists block sensitization to amphetamine and cocaine as well as tolerance and dependence to ethanol and opioids in animal models (Trujillo and Akil 1991 Pasternak and Inturrisi 1995 Trujillo and Akil 1995 Mao 1999). Recent studies indicate that the uncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonists dextromethorphan, memantine and neramexane not only prevent the development of morphine tolerance, but also reverse estabhshed tolerance in the continuing presence of this opioid, prevent the expression of withdrawal symptoms in rats (Popik and Skolnick 1996 Popik and Danysz 1997 Popik and Kozela 1999 Houghton et al. 2001) and attenuate the expres-... 

FIGURE 13-33. Acute withdrawal of benzodiazepines in a benzodiazepine-dependent individual. If benzodiazepines are suddenly stopped in a patient who is tolerant to them and dependent on them, benzodiazepine receptors will experience this as an acute deficiency at their binding sites. Thus, the presence of desensitized benzodiazepine receptors actually worsens the impact of benzodiazepine discontinuation. The brain, which is used to too much benzodiazepine at its receptors, is suddenly starved for benzodiazepine. Therefore, the brain experiences the reverse of benzodiazepine intoxication, namely, dysphoria and depression instead of euphoria anxiety and agitation instead of tranquility and lack of anxiety insomnia instead of sedation and sleep muscle tension instead of muscle relaxation and at worst, seizures instead of anticonvulsant effects. These actions continue either until benzodiazepine is replaced or until the receptors readapt to the sensitivity they had prior to excessive benzodiazepine use. Alternatively, one can reinstitute benzodiazepines but taper them slowly, so that the receptors have time to readapt during dosage reduction, and withdrawal symptoms are prevented. 

The reversed micelles had the specific advantage of providing a means for charge separation by continuously removing the product (PhSSPh) from the semiconductor, located in the water pool, to the organic solvent. However, due to water pool exchanges, the semiconductor particles could interact with each other, which limited the concentration of semiconductor tolerable by the system. A better insulation of inner compartment was provided by aqueous surfactant vesicles. 

STY is high for a fermentative procedure and ranges from 140 g L-1 d 1 for a continuous tank reactor to 1.2 kg IT1 d 1 in a continuous tower reactor with cell recycle. Depending on the ethanol tolerance of the production species, ethanol is produced to a concentration of 12-20%. The ethanol is traditionally recovered from the fermentation broth via an energy-intensive distillation step, but it is sought to replace the latter by pervaporation or reversed osmosis [25]. 

Marijuana has several effects on the cardiovascular system, and can increase resting heart rate and supine blood pressure and cause postural hypotension. It is associated with an increase in myocardial oxygen demand and a decrease in oxygen supply. Peripheral vasodilatation, with increased blood flow, orthostatic hypotension, and tachycardia, can occur with normal recreational doses of cannabis. High doses of THC taken intravenously have often been associated with ventricular extra beats, a shortened PR interval, and reduced T wave amplitude, to which tolerance readily develops and which are reversible on withdrawal. While the other cardiovascular effects tend to decrease in chronic smokers, the degree of tachycardia continues to be exaggerated with exercise, as shown by bicycle ergometry. 

These sealants exhibit some degree of tolerance to contamination from other mastic types and they produce a good durable seal without the need for paint protection. They are well suited for normal outdoor exposures. However, they are not recommended for use in water-immersed conditions as there is a chance of reversion with continuous exposure to water. 

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