curly top disease is one of the important diseases of sugar beet. spatial pattern and population variation of leafhoppers circulifer haematoceps, and c. tenellus, vectors of sugar beet curly top virus, were studied in hamadan province, iran for three years (2007- 2009). sampling was carried out at the early stage of the plant growth, in accordance with planting date for 9 weeks, in 7- 10 day in...

objective: inflammation and proinflammatory cytokines play an important role in the initiation and maintenance of central neuropathic pain. there are several reports that cytokine production is increased at the lesion site following spinal injury. a few studies have investigated the supraspinal levels of these cytokines. this study intended to determine tnf-α and il-6 release in the ventroposte...

A m i t r a z, a n i ns e c t i c i d e /a ca ri c i de of the f o r m a m i d i n e p e st i c i d e s group, is a ? 2 a d r e n e r g i c ag on i st a nd of t he a m i d i ne c h e m i ca l f a m il y generally us e d to c o n t r ol animal e c top a r a s i t e s. Poisoning due to am i t r a z i s r a r e and character...

background and objectives: hiv-1 and hcv infections are life threatening problems in patients who receive blood products. serological methods have proven useful in detecting these infections, but there are setbacks that make it challenging to detect these infectious agents. by the advent of nucleic acid testing (nat) methods, especially in multiplex format, more precise detection is possible. m...

introduction: this study was designed to evaluate dosimetric parameters such as rectal dose, bladder dose, integral dose (id), homogeneity index (hi) and conformity index (ci) in various treatment plans for prostate cancer. materials and methods: pelvic computed tomography (ct) scans of 27 patients were acquired and transferred to the rtdoseplan treatment planning system. for each patient, 8 co...

introduction: 99mtc-trodat-1 is a promising new radiopharmaceutical with the potential for routine use as the radiopharmaceutical for dopamine transporters scintigraphy as far as its image quality and daily availability are concerned. here we describe the development of a freeze-dried kit formulation based on the tricine exchange labeling approach for the preparation of this radiopharmaceutical...

utilization of the new compatibilizers to improve matrix/filler interface adhesion and also, nanoparticles to improve the properties of wpc products have always been of interest to researchers. in this study, the effect of oxidized polypropylene in solution phase as a comptibilizer and nanoclay particles on the physical and mechanical properties of wood fiber reinforced polypropylene composite ...

introduction: caveolin-1 (cav-1) is a scaffolding protein found in special structures of plasma membrane, known as caveolae. cav-1 can regulate many intracellular processes, including signal transmission and cholesterol metabolism. this protein plays an important role in the growth and differentiation of breast tissue and acts as a tumor suppressor gene as well. the aim of this study was to det...

substance abuse is an important health, psychological and social problem in the world. gabapentin is a new antiepileptic drug. it is used in neurological and psychiatric disorders. moreover the effects of gabapentin on increasing the analgesic effect of morphine and its inhibitory effects on dopamine release due to morphine in animal models have been proved. in the present study, the effect of ...

background: tuberculosis is a disease with high morbidity, caused mainly by mycobaterium tuberculosis (m.tb.). dna vaccines show a promising future due to their unique advantages over conventional methods. the early-secreted antigen target (esat)-6 and culture filtrate protein (cfp)-10 of m.tb. antigens have been identified as vaccine candidates against mycobacteria and used as subunit vaccines...