AIMS To investigate the exposure to dinitrotoluene (DNT) and trinitrotoluene (TNT) and the resulting effects in workers which occur during the disposal of military waste. METHODS Eighty two employees from a mechanical plant in Germany were studied, of whom 51 were regularly exposed to ammunition containing TNT and DNT, 19 occasionally, and 12 not at all. RESULTS Air analyses yielded maximum...

because of its kinetic nature and computational advantages, the lattice boltzmann method (lbm) has been well accepted as a useful tool to simulate micro-scale flows. the slip boundary model plays a crucial role in the accuracy of solutions for micro-channel flow simulations. the most used slip boundary condition is the maxwell slip model. the results of maxwell slip model are affected by the ac...

INTRODUCTION Major orthopedic surgery that cause considerable pain like total hip arthroplasty, requires good post operative pain management. Microcurrent therapy (MCT) is a new therapy whereby electric current is provided in literally millionth of an ampere. MCT comes as two self adherent active electrode patches linked by a cable Efficacy of MCT in the management of musculoskeletal pain and e...

Bartonella henselae, a zoonotic agent, induces tumors of endothelial cells (ECs), namely bacillary angiomatosis and peliosis in immunosuppressed humans but not in cats. In vitro studies on ECs represent to date the only way to explore the interactions between Bartonella henselae and vascular endothelium. However, no comparative study of the interactions between Bartonella henselae and human (in...

When it comes to well loss and efficiency, the occurrence of wellbore skin layers is one of the strongest influencing factors. Besides difficulties to remove the skin layer that is necessary during the drilling process, it is also not easily possible to determine if a skin layer is present in a well and whether or not it imposes a certain degree of well loss. With this work, three types of skin...

Abstract Background Most of the natural extracellular matrix (ECM) is a three-dimensional (3D) network structure micro/nanofibers for cell adhesion and growth 3D. Electrospun fibers distinctive mimicked 2D ECM, however, it impossible to simulate 3D ECM because longitudinal collapse continuous micro/nanofibers. Herein, electrospun micro/nano-fibrous sponge was fabricated via electrospinning, hom...

aim: despite the evidence suggesting the positive impact of the immediate mother-newborn skin-to-skin contact (scc), it has not yet been adopted to use for healthy newborn in iran. no study has explained the reasons. this study aimed to survey midwives' opinions about the predisposing factors in scc at birth in tehran hospitals in 2014.method: the samples, in this cross sectional descripti...

This communicat ion reports the occurrence of dense bodies within the eristaO of many mitochondria in the stratum germinat ivum and stratum granulosum of hyperplastie mouse epidermis. We have seen a variety of forms which suggest that these intramitochondrial bodies may be related to the so called keratohyaline granules of skin seen in the light microscope. A similar finding has been reported p...