reactive oxygen species cause to release of dormancy in many plants such as sunflower seeds. this study investigated in order to evaluation role of reactive oxygen species germination and lipid proxidation in sunflower seeds. this study was performed in two separate experiments, each in a completely randomized design with factorial design with four replications.  in both experiments, uses from ...

Repeated pulmonary collapse and changes suggestive of a severe alveolar-capillary diffusion defect were observed over a period of 20 days in a patient who was receiving artificial ventilation because of status epilepticus. Profound cyanosis followed attempts to discontinue assisted ventilation. The Bird Mark 8 respirator employed was found to be delivering approximately 90% oxygen on the air-mi...

Long-term oxygen therapy may limit a patient's ability to remain active and may be detrimental to the rehabilitation process. This study aimed to determine the effect of ambulatory oxygen on quality of life and exercise capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease fulfilling the usual criteria of long-term oxygen therapy. In a 1-yr, randomised, three-period, crossover trial, ...

Ten adult patients undergoing one lung ventilation for elective thoracotomy were selected. All these patients failed to maintain oxygen saturation (SaO2) > 90% despite administration of 100% oxygen to the non-ventilated lung (NVL). These patients were studied for the efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) of the NVL using air and oxygen combination (FiO20.5) employing a variable...

Nanobubbles (<200 nm in diameter) have several unique properties such as long lifetime in liquid owing to its negatively charged surface, and its high gas solubility into the liquid owing to its high internal pressure. They are used in variety of fields including diagnostic aids and drug delivery, while there are no reports assessing their effects on the growth of lives. Nanobubbles of air or o...

BACKGROUND Oxygen therapy is effective in the prevention and treatment of oedematous exacerbations of cor pulmonale. As renal blood flow is reduced in cor pulmonale a study was designed to investigate whether one of the beneficial effects of oxygen was to increase renal blood flow. The effect of oxygen therapy on renal haemodynamics measured noninvasively was examined in patients with chronic o...

Supplemental oxygen has acute beneficial effects on exercise performance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether oxygen-supplemented training enhances the effects of training while breathing room air in patients with severe COPD. A randomized controlled trial was performed in 24 patients with severe COPD who developed h...

In 7 open-chest anesthetized mongrel dogs the left anterior descending coronary artery was occluded for 20 sec. Myocardial reactive hyperemia was recorded during air and oxygen breathings. The excess blood flow during the reactive hyperemia was smaller and the duration of the reactive hyperemia was shorter during oxygen breathing than during air breathing. It is suggested that the reduction of ...

In this study, La–Mn–Cr perovskite-type catalysts were synthesized as LaMnO3,LaCrO3, and LaMn0.5Cr0.5O3 by a microwave-assisted gel-combustion method. They were then calcined at 600oC for 5h in a...

BACKGROUND The use of hyperbaric oxygen for children with cerebral palsy has spread worldwide, despite little scientific evidence of efficacy. We did a randomised trial to assess the efficacy and side-effects of this form of therapy in children with cerebral palsy. METHODS 111 children with cerebral palsy aged 3-12 years were randomly assigned hyperbaric oxygen (n=57) or slightly pressurised ...