In clinical laboratories, the diagnosis of parasite diseases can sometimes be challenging for non-expert microbiologists. Indeed, in spite advent molecular biology, macroscopic and microscopic examinations still remain essential. Nonetheless, it is usually not automated requires great skills to complete correct diagnosis. It infrequent that inert elements mislead erroneous diagnoses. Through th...

Medical students are expected to possess self-directed learning skills to pursue lifelong learning. Previous studies have reported that the readiness for self-directed learning depends on personal attributes as well as the curriculum followed in institutions. Melaka Manipal Medical College of Manipal University (Karnataka, India) offers a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) twin...

Imbalance between exogenous damaging agents and protective factors in the gastro-duodenum tract can lead to peptic ulcer disease. Herbal medicines could be an effective treatment human gastric ulcers. This study aimed investigate effect of AGAR-HP hard capsules on cysteamine-induced gastric-duodenal ulcers experimental rats. The animals were divided into five groups: Group 1 (control) group 2 (...

BACKGROUND Superoxidized water (SOW) is known to be a potent disinfectant. The aim of this study was to evaluate the toxicity and complications on the peritoneal surface and liver after infusion of pH-neutral SOW into the peritoneal cavity of rats. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty Wistar-Albino rats weighing 250-300 g were randomly divided into 3 groups (10 rats/group). Group1 (control group) rats r...

We have previously described neurotic psychopathology and psychoanalytic working-through by an associative memory mechanism, based on a neural network. Memory was initially modelled by a Boltzmann machine (BM). We simulated known microscopic mechanisms that control synaptic properties and showed that the network self-organizes to a hierarchical, clustered structure. Some properties of the compl...

Rhabdoid papillary meningioma is an uncommon aggressive variant of meningioma which has the potential to metastasize and spread throughout the brain and even out of the cranium. Herein, we present recurrence of the brain tumor in a 26-year-old woman. The patient had history of the surgery for two lesions in the right temporal lobe and the left cerebellopontine angle. Imaging showed three lesion...

most sweet cherry (prunus avium l.) cultivars are self-incompatible and have problems of ‎fertilization and fruit set. to produce commercial crops they need compatible and suitable ‎pollinizers. the compatibility of “zarde daneshkadeh”, “protiva”, “sorati lavasan”, “haj-yosefy” ‎and “meshkin shahr” cultivars with “shoa-o-saltaneh” as seed parent studied in a randomized ‎complete block design (r...

Background: Mucositis is an important adverse effect of cancer treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ice cubes on oral mucositis following head and neck radiotherapy. Materials and Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 40 head and neck cancer patients who underwent radiotherapy. The patients were randomly divided into two experimental and control gr...

This study was aimed to screen the lignocellulolytic ability of selected fungi under laboratory conditions. In presence of lignin and hemicellulose will reduce the activity of cellulase. Wild type fungal strains which have cellulolytic activity along with lignolytic activity, hemicellulolytic activity, were isolated from different animal dung manure soils collected from Sri Venkateswara Go Samr...

Spontaneous nephroblastoma is an uncommon tumor in laboratory rabbits. We recently encountered this tumor, and we describe its histological characteristics in this report. A male 3-year-old Japanese White rabbit (JW/kbs), maintained as a stock animal, suddenly showed poor condition and was found dead a few days later. At necropsy, a large mass was found that extended from one side of the renal ...