Social isolation stress (SIS) in adolescence is accompanied by neurobehavioral disturbances and pathophysiological changes in certain regions of the CNS such as the hippocampus. In this study, we tested whether SIS impacts seizure susceptibility in postnatal male mice due to a role of hippocampal nitric oxide (NO). To do this, we used the pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) model of clonic seizures, open-...

Environmental problems have been considered as a serious situation in Hong Kong, in which waste management is pressing harder in comparing with the practices of air, water and noise pollution. Reuse, recycling and reduce the construction materials has been encouraged for many years; however, it is still not used for many construction site activities. In motivating the construction workers to im...

Hoare and He’s unifying theories of programming (UTP) is a model of alphabetised relations expressed as predicates, which supports development in several programming paradigms. The aim is the unification of languages and techniques, so that we can benefit from results in different contexts. In this paper, we investigate the integration of angelic nondeterminism in the UTP; we propose the unific...

This research investigated the effectiveness of IPM/FFS project from economic, technical, social-communicative, environmental and psychological aspects in a descriptive-correlational design based on the survey method. The research population consisted of 70 greenhouse producers that had implemented IPM/FFS project in Tehran and Alborz provinces, Iran. Using Krejcie and Morgan (1970)'s sample si...

Based on their migration in immunoelectrophoresis they have been called 5 or slow-migrating and F or fast-migrat ing antigens. These antigens are oncofetal (1) and share common antigenicity with thymic tissue. The present analy sis supports the view that F antigen was related to lympho cyte proliferation and was found in other immune processes and in a cultured Burkitt's lymphoma. S antigen inc...

Church communities are increasingly recognized as promising venues to reach African Americans regarding health matters. The church has been a pillar of strength and empowerment in the African American community since slavery, acting as the center for education, business, political activism, and religious exhortation.1 Because church pastors are respected gatekeepers, they are particularly well-...