Geriforte, a herbomineral preparation, feeding at 1 g% dose level for 4 weeks significantly increased catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities in liver of mice. In rats, in addition to these enzymes, the levels of reduced glutathione (GSH) were also significantly enhanced. However, only SOD in mice and, CAT and SOD activities in rat lung were signif...

municable disease control to the newer responsibilities of the hazards of ionizing radiation and medical defense against atomic attack. The individual topics are adequately developed with emphasis, in the majority, on brevity of presentation rather than complete and exhaustive detail. References are listed after each chapter for the reader desiring more definitive information. "Epidemiologic Me...

Centella asiatica ( léi gōng gēn) is a traditional medicinal herb with high antioxidant activity, which decreases amyloid-β (Aβ) deposition in the brain. At the same time, aggregated Aβ-induced oxidative stress is the trigger in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we investigated the ability of C. asiatica ethanol extract (CAE) to protect PC12 and IMR32 cells from Aβ1-40-induced...

A wireless sensor network (WSN) is a wireless network consisting of spatially distributed autonomous devices using sensors to monitor physical or environmental conditions.WSN is a fluorishing network that has numerous applications and could be used in diverse scenarios. DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) is an attack where a number of compromised systems attack a single target, thereby causin...

The response of the preterm and newborn lung to airborne pathogens, particles, and other insults is initially dependent on innate immune responses since adaptive responses may not fully mature and require weeks for sufficient responses to antigenic stimuli. Foreign material and microbial agents trigger soluble, cell surface, and cytoplasmic receptors that activate signaling cascades that invoke...

This article presents a new defense system to protect network servers, network routers, and client hosts from becoming the handlers, Zombies, and victims of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) flood attacks. The NetShield system was developed at USC to protect any IP-based public network over the Internet. We explore preventive and deterrent controls to remove system vulnerabilities on target ...

Security is an essential service for wired and wireless network communications. The success of mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) strongly depends on people’s confidence in its security. However, the characteristics of MANET pose both challenges and opportunities in achieving security goals, such as confidentiality, authentication, integrity, availability, access control, and non-repudiation. We pr...

OBJECTIVE We measured clinicians' level of knowledge and attitudes regarding Department of Defense-mandated clinical preventive services (CPS) delivery and the barriers they believe prevent the delivery of CPS at a large U.S. Air Force referral medical center. METHODS Our survey listed a range of prescribed specific CPS and solicited reasons why providers believed that they could not be deliv...

introduction: bioterrorism is a worldwide problem and has been the focus of attention during recent decades. there is no precise information on the knowledge, attitude, and preparedness of iranian red crescent volunteers in dealing with bioterrorism. therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the above-mentioned parameters in mahabad red crescent society volunteers. methods: in this prospec...