extended abstract 1. introduction nazek al-malaike (1923-2007) is among the contemporary poets in whose works the themes of romanticism such as loneliness, grief, despair, traveling to a fantasy world, and love can be seen. she is an emotional poet with breadth of imagination who under the influence of romanticism, at times through digressing toward the past and remembering memories and at othe...

the potential changes in neuromuscular blockade after chronic (>24 h) administration of sub-paralytic doses of two newly introduced aminosteroidal muscle relaxants were investigated. org-9426 (rocuronium) and org-9487 were studied in the in vivo guinea pig gastrocnemius muscle-sciatic nerve preparation. the problems seen after prolonged administration of muscle relaxants are thought to arise fr...

introduction: brachytherapy is one of the most common treatment modalities for gynecological cancer. the gzp6 brachytherapy system is one of the devices utilized in iran. it has been considered particularly due to its low cost compared to other more complete and established systems. this system has some deficiencies including lack of a treatment planning software for non-predefined treatments, ...

in the present study, 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-d) was assessed individually for its effectiveness to induce somatic embryogenesis in tea (camellia sinenesis l.). embryonic axes and cotyledons explants were dissected from the seeds. explants were cultured on murashige and skoog (ms) medium containing 0, 1 and 5 mm 2, 4-d alone for embryonic axes and 0, 1 and 5 mm 2, 4-d along with 0...

inhalant anaesthetics are used widely for producing general anaesthesia in animals and humans.. approximately 20% of halothane uptake is metabolised via oxidative and reductive pathways during and following halothane anaesthesia in humans. fifteen clinically healthy dogs were assigned in three groups (group 1, 2and 3) randomly. all dogs were anesthetized with halothane three times that was repe...

bladder cancer (bc) ranks the second most common genitourinary tract malignant tumor with high mortality and 70% recurrence rate worldwide. mirnas expression has noticeable role in bladder tumorigenesis. the purpose of this study was to assess mir-200c, mir-30b and mir-141 in tissue samples of patients with bc and healthy adjacent tissue samples and their association with muscle invasion, grade...

conclusions this study revealed that the administration of 600 μg of intravenous se immediately before induction of anesthesia was safe, but when compared to a placebo, no predominant clinical effects or modifications in the systemic inflammatory response induced by on-pump cabg were observed. results data from a total of 81 patients were analyzed: group s (n = 41) and group c (n = 40). there w...

in order to study of hydropriming, planting depth and nitrogen split application effect on yield and yield components of double cross hybrid of corn, an experiment was carried out as factorial based on randomized complete block design (rcbd) with four replications. nitrogen split application included (400 kg/ha at sowing date, 100 kg/ha at sowing date and 300 kg/ha 25 to 50 days after sowing da...

to investigate the effect of plant density and supplemental irrigation on agronomic characteristics, chlorophyll content and light interception beneath the canopy of three chickpea genotypes under dryland conditions, an experiment was conducted at research station of lorestan agricultural research center located at chegini, khoramabad, during 2004-2005. the study was conducted using a split-spl...

the extensive use of pesticides in agriculture is compromising soil and water quality. one major concern is protecting water resources from contamination. the main objective of this research was measuring 2,4- d in a silty clay soil and simulating temporal transportation of this herbicide in soil using a leachp model, in a corn root zone field. 2,4- d was applied at 3.5 kg a.i./ha, followed by ...