This test measures the level of albumin in the blood. Levels of albumin may decrease, to a greater or lesser degree, when conditions interfere with its production, increase protein breakdown, increase protein loss, and/or expand plasma volume (diluting the blood). Some of these conditions include: 1  Acute liver disease, cirrhosis. 2  Nephrotic syndrome due to kidney disease.
Maya Lin. Maya Lin is a renowned American architect and sculptor, best known for her minimalist designs, reflected in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., the Langston Hughes Library and the Museum of Chinese in America in New York City. Maya Lin was born on October 5, 1959, in Athens, Ohio.
The Bold and the Beautiful Star on How Transgender Twist 'Connects Dots'. For the last two years, The Bold and the Beautifulâs Karla Mosley has played homeless-woman-turned-aspiring-fashion-mogul Maya Avant. Maya is plucky, beautiful and driven, but sheâs hardly a newsmaker. Then, Wednesdayâs episode revealed that Maya used to be a man named Myron.