Inhaled heparin has been shown to inhibit allergic bronchoconstriction in sheep that develop only acute responses to antigen (acute responders) but was ineffective in sheep that develop both acute and late airway responses (LAR) (dual responders). Because the antiallergic activity of heparin is molecular-weight dependent, we hypothesized that heparin-derived oligosaccharides (<2, 500) with pote...

The developmental and neurobehavioral effects of gestational and lactational exposure to a mixture of 14 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 11 organochlorine pesticides was examined and compared against the commercial PCB mixture Aroclor 1254. The mixture was based on blood levels reported in Canadian populations living in the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence basin. Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were ...

according to urgent need of corn to nitrogen and since this element play a main role in improving of yield corn, thus, in order to investigate the effect of different levels of urea on yield and yield components of corn 704, an experiment was conducted randomized block with three replications in cropping year of 2012. experimental treatments included six levels of urea (0, 30, 60, 90, 120 and 1...

in this research, the effects of split application of nitrogen fertilizer on yield and yield component of three varieties of corn have been investigated. for this purpose, a split plot experiment on the base of randomized complete blocks in four replications was used. the main plots were three varieties of corn (370, 447 and 499), and sub plots were six split application of urea fertilizer trea...

in order to investigate the effect of zinc element application on growth and some morphophysiological of maize (single cross 704) an experiment was conducted during 2010 at greenhouse. experimented design was complete randomize factorial with four replications. treatments of experiment were soil salinity (4, 8 ds.m-1 and 0 as a control) and different zinc concentration including 0, 10 and 20 mg...

Purpose: To evaluate the ethanol extracts of the flowers, leaves, and stems of Centaurea tchihatcheffii Fischer & C.A. Meyer (Asteraceae) for their anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities in male Swiss albino mice. Methods: For the evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity, hind paw oedema was induced in the mice with carrageenan and prostaglandin-E2 (PGE2 ) and the mice received either 100 a...

Cutaneous lupus is rare in childhood. A 5-yr old Asian boy presented to the ENT department with a skin lesions involving his left ear. This was initially diagnosed as cellulitis and treated with intravenous antibiotics with no significant improvement. He presented with recurrence of skin lesions. Examination revealed several non tender erythematous, polymorphous skin lesions involving his face,...

We evaluated the effect of where the hole is drilled in the shell when using the ear-hanging or Nimai-ake method in scallop aquaculture. We examined its influence on growth and mortality during 8-month growth trials on the scallop Patinopecten yessoensis at Shikabe, Japan. Our Ž . observations showed: 1 no differences in growth and mortality between drilling the hole in the Ž . posterior compar...