one of the most chemical methods for controlling of oil spills is use of dispersants, which arewidely being used worldwide. in this research, comparison of acute toxicity of crude oil of the persian gulf-khark area (co), iranian naftroob crude oil dispersant (ind), radiagreen osd dispersant crude oil (rd), themixture of crude oil and iranian naftroob dispersant ( co-ind) and crude oil with radi...

Dispersal of the prolamellar body tubules into primary lamellar layers has been studied in leaves of dark-grown bean seedlings (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Following complete photoconversion of protochlorophyllide the dispersal process can proceed in either light or darkness. The dispersal is reversibly inhibited in leaves at o °C. Above o °C the time course for the dispersal is temperature depende...

Hypertriglyceridemia is an important risk factor associated with insulin resistance and β-cell dysfunction. This study investigated the effects of hypertriglyceridemia and fenofibrate treatment on insulin sensitivity and β-cell function in subjects with normal glucose tolerance. A total of 1974 subjects with normal glucose tolerance were divided into the normal TG group (NTG group, n = 1302) an...

The pathomechanism of familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HypoPP) is a mystery, despite knowledge of the underlying dominant point mutations in the dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR) voltage sensor. In five HypoPP families without DHPR gene defects, we identified two mutations, Arg-672-->His and -->Gly, in the voltage sensor of domain 2 of a different protein: the skeletal muscle sodium chann...

Packet routing is an important problem in parallel computation since a single step of inter-processor communication can be thought of as a packet routing task. In this paper we present an optimal algorithm for packet routing on a mesh-connected computer. Two important criteria for judging a routing algorithm will be 1) its run time, i.e., the number of parallel steps it takes for the last packe...

Context: The value of the double J stent in renal transplantation is controversial. However prolonged stenting is associated with major urological complications including sepsis, encrustation, migration and forgotten stents. Aim: This study reviewed our retrospective experience of 672 renal transplants in which the tied double J stent was used and removed five to six days post transplantation. ...

Fathead minnows were subjected to an incremental velocity test using swim tunnel respirometry for the analysis of aerobic scope and swimming performance, as critical aerobic swim speed (U(crit)), following chronic exposures (33-57 ) to 0.9±0.4, 157±18 or 689±66 nmol L⁻¹ Pb and an acute exposure (24 h) to 672±35 nmol L⁻¹ Pb (mean±SEM). Assessment of Pb-induced anemia and neurological impairment ...

reasoning (CBR) celebrated their fifteenth anniversary. Each year since 1993 there has been an international or European conference on CBR. Up to 2007, this conference series produced 672 papers in all. In this report we examine the research themes evident in these papers and identify the most active research topics in CBR. At the 2008 conference we presented an analysis of the research themes ...

1. Imai H, Matsuishi K, Ito A, Mouri K, Kitamura N, Akimoto K, et al. Factors associated with motivation and hesitation to work among health professionals during a public crisis: a crosssectional study of hospital workers in Japan during the pandemic (H1N1) 2009. BMC Public Health. 2010;10:672. http://dx.doi. org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-672 2. Kreuels B, Wichmann D, Emmerich P, Schmidt-Chanasit J,...

Transcorneal alternating current stimulation induces EEG “after-effects” only in rats with 1 an intact visual system but not after severe optic nerve damage 2 3 Elena G. Sergeeva , Anton B. Fedorov , Petra Henrich-Noack , Bernhard A. Sabel a 4 5 Author contribution: 6 Elena G. Sergeeva: conception and design of research, performed experiments, analyzed data, 7 interpreted results of experiments...