Volume 6, Number 2

The Journal of Applied Research

Table of Contents

98 Endothelial Nitric Oxide Production and Arterial Response to Injury
Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD

100 Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Deficiency Enhanced Carotid Artery
Ligation-Induced Remodeling by Promoting Vascular Inflammation
Le-ning Zhang, PhD, Valdeci da Cunha, PhD, Baby Martin-McNulty, BS,
Dennis Wilson, PhD, Mark E. Sullivan, PhD, Ronald Vergona, PhD, John C. Rutledge, MD.
Yi-Xin Wang, MD

115 Hospitalization and Emergency Department Visits Among Patients Treated
with Atypical Antipsychotics: Evidence from a Commercially Insured Population
Maureen J. Lage, PhD, Kitty Rajagopalan, PhD

126 Inpatient Oncology Length of Stay and Hospital Costs: Implications for
Rising Inpatient Expenditures
Katie J. Suda, PharmD, Susannah E. Motl, PharmD, John C. Kuth, PharmD

132 Effects of Conjugated Linoleic Acids on Lipid Metabolizing Genes and
High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Production in Human Hepatocytes
Elizabeth S. Greene, PhD, Carlos Rodriguez-Sallaberry, PhD,
Cristina Caldari-Torres, MS, Lokenga Badinga, PhD

142 Mechanomyographic Measures of Muscle Contractile Properties are
Influenced by the Duration of the Stimulatory Pulse

153 Role of Albumin Peritoneal Dialysis for Bilirubin Removal after Complicated
Liver Transplant
Irme Akhtar, MD, Bahar Bastani, MD

157 Determination of the Conductive Heat Exchange of the Skin in Relation to
Environmental Temperature
Jerrold S. Petrofsky, PhD, JD, Everett Lohman III, DPT Sc, Hye Jin Suh, DPT,
Jason Garcia, BS, Alexa Anders, BS, Cassandra Sutterfield, BS, Joseph Grabicki, MPT,
Chetan Khandge, BS

170 A Sensitive and Simple High Performance Liquid Chromatographic
Method for Quantification of Tadalafil in Human Serum
Lydia Rabbaa-Khabbaz, PhD, Rita Abi Daoud, BS

176 Patterns of C4d Staining in Patients with Lupus Nephritis
Sumanth R. Daram, MD, Praveen Yalamanchili, MD, Luis Salinas-Madrigal, MD,
Bahar Bastani, MD

182 Water Source as a Possible Novel Risk Factor for Meconium Aspiration
Syndrome
Paul Hicks, MD, Ximena Prieto-Hicks, MD