Background Our recent findings have shown that the rat testis is subjected to significant oxidative stress during the early phase of diabetes induced by Streptozotocin (STZ). In the present study, we have investigated whether oral supplementation of β-carotene (BC) to pubertal rats would provide protection against diabetes associated oxidative stress in testis and liver. MaterialsAndMethods Mal...

1 University of Applied Sciences Salzburg, Markt 136a, 5431 Kuchl, Austria 2 University of Salzburg, Department of Materials Research and Physics, Hellbrunnerstraße 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria 3 University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Stelzhamerstraße 23, 4600 Wels, Austria 4 Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Strubergasse 21, 5020 Salzburg, Austria 5Medical University of Vienna, Karl...

Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, United States b Earth and Environment Department and Southeast Environmental Research Center, Marine Science Program, Florida International University, North Miami, FL 33181, United States c School for Marine Science and Technology, U...

An experimental investigation was conducted to find the effect of spraying method of coating of Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs) on their oxidation behaviour and resistance to various thermal loading. Isothermal and thermal shock tests were performed in order to study oxidation behaviour of air plasma sprayed Bond Coat (BC) and assess its effect on TBCs lifetime under the stated loadings. Specim...

principle that most of us are linked by short chains of acquaintances — was first investigated as a question in sociology and is a feature of a range of networks arising in nature and technology. Experimental study of the phenomenon revealed that it has two fundamental components: first, such short chains are ubiquitous, and second, individuals operating with purely local information are very a...