The immunomodulatory effects of live or non-viable lactic acid bacteria have been extensively investigated. We reported that oral intake of heat-killed Lactobacillus plantarum L-137 (HK L-137) augmented innate and acquired immunity in mice and human subjects. To examine the effects of HK L-137 intake on upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) symptoms and immune functions in human subjects, a ...

Dermatophytoses are common fungal infections caused by dermatophytes but there are few data about this condition in the childhood. 137 children below the age of 12 and clinically diagnosed as tineas were investigated prospectively at Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria, Rio de Janeiro, from 1994 to 1999. Hair, skin/nails scraping and pus swabs were collected from lesions and processed for fun...

ناخالصی ­های پلاسما یکی از عوامل اتلاف انرژی محصور شده در توکامک‌­ها به شمار می‌­روند که این منظر مطالعه و بررسی آن­ها راستای حفظ پایداری پلاسمای توکامک بهبود کیفیت محصورسازی امری ضروری خواهد بود. کار تحقیقاتی منظور ناخالصی‌­های دماوند، تکفام­‌ساز نوری موجود آزمایشگاه دماوند همراه یک آرایه خطی CCD ساختار طیف‌سنج نور مریی گرفته شد. سامانه طیف‌­سنج جدید توسط طول موج­‌های مشخصه لامپ جیوه کالیبره ر...

در این مقاله، هدف طراحی و ساخت سامانه تشخیصی پروب لانگمویر جهت اندازه ­گیری پارامترهای پلاسما دستگاه گداخت به ­روش محصورسازی الکترواستاتیکی اینرسی ایران (IR-IECF) به­ منظور مشخصه­ یابی چشمه‌­ی پلاسمایی می‌­باشد. بدین‌­منظور، یک برای اندازه‌­گیری مختلف از جمله دمای الکترون­، چگالی الکترون، یون، پتانسیل ساخته شده است. با نظر گرفتن مشخصات چشمه IR-IECF، الکترود مورد استفاده مفتول جنس تنگستن قطر طول...

The immunomodulatory effects of live or non-viable lactic acid bacteria have been extensively investigated. We reported that oral intake of heat-killed Lactobacillus plantarum L-137 (HK L-137) augmented innate and acquired immunity in mice and human subjects. To examine the effects of HK L-137 intake on upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) symptoms and immune functions in human subjects, a ...

On March 11, 2011 (hereafter 3.11), a magnitude nine earthquake hit the northeast part of Japan’s main island. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami damaged the cooling systems of the Fukushima No. 1 plant’s reactors operated by Tokyo Electric Company (TEPCO). Ranked seven (the most severe) on a seven-step scale by the International Atomic Energy Agency, comparable to the Chernobyl accident in ...

Air kerma calibration coefficients for a reference class ionization chamber from narrow x-ray spectra and cesium 137 gamma-ray beams were compared between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS). A NIST reference-class transfer ionization chamber was calibrated by each laboratory in terms of the quantity air kerma in four x-ray referenc...

BACKGROUND The old Treatment Planning Systems (TPSs) used for intracavitary brachytherapy with Cs-137 Selectron source utilize traditional dose calculation methods, considering each source as a point source. Using such methods introduces significant errors in dose estimation. As of 1995, TG-43 is used as the main dose calculation formalism in treatment TPSs. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this stu...