The determination of CD4 cells is of crucial clinical importance for patients with AIDS. However, the high costs involved represent limitations for CD4 cell counting in developing countries. In order to provide an affordable technique, we introduced a simplified volumetric counting (SVC) technique without sample manipulations and investigated it in a multicentre study. Blood samples from 434 he...

chlorophyll fluorescence induction is a rapid and noninvasive technique for measuring photosynthetic electron transport in plants. chlorophyll fluorescence measurements were performed under greenhouse condition to characterize how the fluorescence induction curves (kautsky curve) and its parameters were affected by metribuzin in susceptible and resistant junglerice (echinochloa colona (l.) link...

in this paper, a house is assumedas an expression of culture. it has been tried to study a qajar1 house in tabriz, in terms of its ties with cultural context.methods and viewpoints of amos rapoport have been used in order to identify and peruse the circumstance of this relationship. the main reason for using rapoport's viewpoints to understand salmasi house, as a case study, in addition to...

according to islamic teachings, human being moves towards perfection if conditions conducive to his/her calmness are realized at home. according to this view, 'house' represents 'family' and a muslim's home is regarded as sacred and private. there is an inherent tendency in human being towards privacy, the most important of which is realized at home. therefore, if priva...

The" house appropriated $7,150,000 Monday night for three self-financed building projects at MStJ. The projects include resi­ dence halls and food service “facilities for 1,200 students at $6,000,000 and 116 mar­ ried students apartments at $1,150,000. The residence halls will.be located on a terr-acre plot be­ tween Birch Rd. and Maple Lane, facing Chestnut Rd. Married housing apartments will ...

BACKGROUND Sensitive nucleic acid testing for the detection and accurate quantitation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is necessary to reduce transmission through blood and blood products and for monitoring patients on antiviral therapy. The aim of this study is to standardize an "in-house" real-time HBV polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for accurate quantitation and screening of HBV. MATERIALS AND M...

Gurinder Chadha and Mira Nair’s films define diaspora as a diaspora space where women are portrayed as change agents. This paper explores how Chadha and Nair provide a different representation and possibilities for South Asian women in the diaspora in the description of arranged marriages and interracial love relationships so that they present pioneering female characters that subvert orientali...