background: cardiac risk assessment with myocardial perfusion imaging (mpi) is a common practice for some elderly breast cancer patients who are candidates for operation. in rare cases the tumor may become visible in the images. case presentation: this is the report of a case with a huge slow-growing breast tumor suspicious for malignancy and presenting with methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile (mibi) u...

the study applied an isolated brevibacterium sp. (mtcc 10313) for bioremediation of zn, cu, mg and pb in domestic sewage. batch culture experiments were performed on both the fresh and stale sewage samples with glucose supplementation of 1-8g/l. nutrient broth medium was prepared, sterilized and ph adjusted to 6.5-6.8. 1% of the brevibacteria sp. stock was inoculated into the broth and maintain...

the effects of salicylic acid (sa) and putrescine (put), on cut gladioluswas studied. sa (0, 150, 300 and 450 mg l-1) and put (0, 100, 200 and 300 mg l-1), their combinations were tested as preservative mixture. this study was conducted in a factorial experiment with complete randomized design on 192 gladioluscut flowers in horticulture laboratory of agriculture faculty of islamic azad universi...

osmotic dehydration under discontinuous reduced pressure is one of the new methods of preparation fruits and vegetable processing with in view of good health. processing of foods at high temperatures used to cook them can cause the formation of carcinogenic substances like acrylamide, and this risk remains even if the trans-fat is removed. the low temperatures employed in this method resulted i...