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Use of a Hanging Weight System for Coronary Artery Occlusion in Mice
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2011
A murine model for myocardial ischemia and ischemic preconditioning is an important tool study cardioprotective mechanisms in vivo. Here, we report an easy applicable in situ model for cardiac IP using a hanging-weight system for coronary artery occlusion.
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Weighted Mean
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2023
While taking the arithmetic, geometric, or harmonic mean of a sample data set, equal importance is assigned to all the data points. However, all the values may not always be equally important in some data sets. An intrinsic bias might make it more important to give more weightage to specific values over others. For example, consider the number of goals scored in the matches of a tournament. While computing the average number of goals scored in the tournament, it may be more important to...
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Equilibrium and Free-body Diagrams
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2023
Source: Ketron Mitchell-Wynne, PhD, Asantha Cooray, PhD, Department of Physics & Astronomy, School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA Equilibrium is a special case in mechanics that is very important in everyday life. It occurs when the net force and the net torque on an object or system are both zero. This means that both the linear and angular accelerations are zero. Thus, the object is at rest, or its center of mass is moving at a constant velocity. However, this...
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Use of a Hanging-weight System for Liver Ischemia in Mice
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2012
We established a novel murine model of a hanging weight system for portal triad occlusion. This technique may be useful for future investigations of ischemia in murine hepatic models.
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Mass and Weight
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2023
Mass and weight are often used interchangeably in everyday conversation. For example, medical records often show our weight in kilograms, but never in the correct units of newtons. In physics, however, there is an important distinction. Weight is the pull of the Earth on an object. It depends on the distance from the center of the Earth. Weight dramatically varies if we leave the Earth's surface, unlike mass, which does not vary with location. On the Moon, for example, the acceleration due to...
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Scaling the amount to body mass helps separate size-related differences from differences in treatment response. A fixed amount could represent different mass-adjusted exposures in individuals of different weights, complicating comparisons. Using a common milligrams-per-kilogram basis therefore supports more controlled interpretation when treatments are evaluated across subjects.
Unit consistency is essential because the numerical result depends on both the dose rate and the recorded mass. Researchers should state the units used for the prescribed or experimental rate and for body weight, then verify that the calculation uses matching units. These details prevent avoidable dosing discrepancies and improve reproducibility.
Body weight dosing does not guarantee equivalent drug exposure. Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion can differ among individuals, so the same mass-adjusted dose may still produce different concentrations or responses. This limitation matters when interpreting treatment effects: body mass provides a normalization strategy, not a complete prediction of biological response.
Body composition adds another reason to interpret mass-adjusted dosing cautiously. Two subjects with the same body weight may not have identical proportions of tissues that influence how a treatment is distributed or handled. Consequently, weight-based calculations should be considered alongside the biological processes that determine exposure rather than treated as a sole indicator of dose suitability.
First determine the dose rate in milligrams per kilogram and obtain the subject’s body weight under the conditions specified by the study. Confirm the measurement units, multiply the rate by the recorded mass, and document the conditions used. Consistent weighing and documentation make administered amounts traceable across experiments.
In pharmacology, toxicology, and other biology studies, it helps investigators administer and compare treatments while accounting for size-related differences. The resulting calculation can support controlled study design, but outcome interpretation still requires attention to exposure-related processes and body composition. This distinction is important when comparing responses between experimental groups.