Renal Function Tests. Analysis of blood and urine samples can be essential for the evaluation of kidney (renal) function. The following are some of the basic renal function tests. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) provides a rough measurement of the glomerular filtration rate, the rate at which blood is filtered in the kidneys. Urea is formed in the liver as an end product of protein metabolism and is carried to the kidneys for excretion.
Motown Records founded. Motown Record Company, the first large Black owned music company in America, was founded on this date in 1959. It was also the source of a variant of Black popular music that earned world wide acclaim in the 1960s. Motown was founded in Detroit by Berry Gordy, Jr., a successful rhythm-and-blues songwriter. The company enjoyed local success and scored its first nationwide hits with singles by two of its earliest musical groups, the Miraclesâ Shop Around (1960) and the Marveletteâs Please Mr. Postman (1961).
Tamla Records, the first label in the Motown group, was formed in January 1959. Motown is still going, currently as part of the Universal Music Group, but it ceased to be an â¦independent company in June 1988 when founder Berry Gordy Jr. sold the business to MCA for $61 million.