The combination of a natural polymer poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) and a synthetic hydrophobic polymer poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) is promising for the preparation of biodegradable and biocompatible small-diameter vascular grafts for bypass surgery. However, physico-mechanical properties and endothelialization rate of PHBV/PCL grafts are poor. We suggested that incorporatio...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most prevalent cause of dementia in aging people. 7-Methoxytacrine (7-MEOTA) one approved drugs for treatment this disease. In current study, a 7-MEOTA delivery system was prepared based on polycaprolactone nanocapsules (7-MEOTA@PCL), and its physico-chemical properties were investigated. The drug amount loaded has been estimated 65%. average particle size 7-MEOTA@PCL...

Physico-chemical parameters, species composition and seasonal variation in phytoplankton abundance have been studied in other regions of Indian coastal waters (Saravanakumar et al., 2008; Vengadesh Perumal et al., 2009). For confirming the good quality of water resources large number of physico-chemical parameters, extend and source of any pollution load must be know for which monitoring of phy...

Pyocyanin is an electrochemically active metabolite produced by the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It is a recognized virulence factor and is involved in a variety of significant biological activities including gene expression, maintaining fitness of bacterial cells and biofilm formation. It is also recognized as an electron shuttle for bacterial respiration and as an antibacterial and ...

The physico-chemical and microbiological properties of wheat flour samples (type 650) obtained from 7 different locations in the Thrace region (Turkey) were assessed. Totally 142 wheat flour samples were analysed physicochemically in terms of ash, moisture, fat acidity, and protein amounts, and microbiologically in terms of total mesophilic aerobic bacteria (TMAB), Escherichia coli, Bacillus ce...

CyanoPhyChe is a user friendly database that one can browse through for physico-chemical properties, structure and biochemical pathway information of cyanobacterial proteins. We downloaded all the protein sequences from the cyanobacterial genome database for calculating the physico-chemical properties, such as molecular weight, net charge of protein, isoelectric point, molar extinction coeffici...

This study investigates how the fingerpad hydrolipid film, shape, roughness and rigidity influence the friction when it rubs surfaces situated in the slippery psychophysical dimension. The studied counterparts comprised two 'real' (physical) surfaces and two 'virtual' surfaces. The latter were simulated with a tactile stimulator named STIMTAC. Thirteen women and 13 men rubbed their right forefi...

Complex large models of multi-scale microstructures porous media do not exist in a manner adequately efficient to render their comprehensive analysis textural and structural properties possible. The simulation experimental processes, such as gas adsorption, raises two issues. First, the modeling these complex materials must be sufficiently realistic. This implies that numerical twin material co...

Temporary wetlands dominate the wet season landscape of temperate, semi-arid and arid regions, yet, other than their direct loss to development and agriculture, little information exists on how remaining wetlands have been altered by anthropogenic conversion of surrounding landscapes. This study investigates relationships between the extent and type of habitat transformation around temporary we...