aspergillus spp. are ubiquitous saprophytic fungi that cause a variety of diseases, ranging from hypersensitivity reactions to flulike pneumonia and life-threatening invasive aspergillosis. as the lung is the primary site of initial infection with airborne conidia, we investigated the innate immune responses of bronchial epithelial cells against different forms of aspergillus spp.

abstract the effect of land use type on soil functioning within an ecosystem can be assessed and monitored using soil quality attributes. such studies, which are carried out to create a balance between the biological production and the maintenance and improvement of land resource quality, provide a framework for land degradation control and also for identification of sustainable management. in ...

the emph{harary index} $h(g)$ of a connected graph $g$ is defined as $h(g)=sum_{u,vin v(g)}frac{1}{d_g(u,v)}$ where $d_g(u,v)$ is the distance between vertices $u$ and $v$ of $g$. the steiner distance in a graph, introduced by chartrand et al. in 1989, is a natural generalization of the concept of classical graph distance. for a connected graph $g$ of order at least $2$ and $ssubseteq v(g)$, th...

the contamination of riverbed sediments by heavy metals has assumedserious problems due to their toxicity and accumulative behavior. the present studyinvestigated the concentrations of heavy metals from the bottom sediments of shitalakhyariver to understand the level of contamination and their distribution. the averageconcentrations of heavy metals al, k, ca, mg, fe, as, cu, co, cr, and zn are ...

background: recent researches have known long term infections such as periodontal disease to be related with the process of atherosclerosis. periodontitis causes peripheral inflammation and immune cell stimulation which leads to an increase in c - reactive protein (crp) and iga ab and there is a definite relation between cardiovascular disease, crp increase and periodontitis. the aim of this st...

the first zagreb index, $m_1(g)$, and second zagreb index, $m_2(g)$, of the graph $g$ is defined as $m_{1}(g)=sum_{vin v(g)}d^{2}(v)$ and $m_{2}(g)=sum_{e=uvin e(g)}d(u)d(v),$ where $d(u)$ denotes the degree of vertex $u$. in this paper, the firstand second maximum values of the first and second zagreb indicesin the class of all $n-$vertex tetracyclic graphs are presented.

objective: osteoporosis is the most common metabolic disease of the bone decreasing bone mineral density (bmd) particularly in postmenopausal women. on the other hand, panoramic radiography has several applications in dentistry. it appears that by calculating some indices on panoramic radiographs, we may be able to predict the risk of osteoporosis in high-risk individuals. the present study was...