PROTECTION AGAINST FROST IN GEORGIA

Saffron Protection against Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Rats

Background: Bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis has been accepted as an animal model for fibrosis in rats. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of saffron aqueous extract on this disorder paving the way for more investigation in treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in human.  Methods: Male Wistar rats (250–300 gr) were instilled a single dose of bleomycin (5 mg/kg) via in...

Mars: The Case Against Permanent CO. Frost Caps

Leighton and Murray have argued that there is a polar reservoir of solid CO: on Mars that lasts throughout the year and whose vapor pressure determines the mean partial pressure of CO: in the atmosphere. This model is discussed in the light of recent data, and several difficulties emerge. First, such a system might be unstable, owing to the tendency of poleward heat transport o increase with at...

Protection against poliomyelitis in Europe.

The reappearance of circulating wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV 1) in Tajikistan is the first outbreak from imported wild poliovirus since the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region was declared polio-free in 2002. The risk of poliomyelitis importation to the European Union and European Economic Area countries has probably not increased, but the current outbreak is a reminder that high vac...

Protection against overflow attacks

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Respiratory protection against influenza.