background : we performed a prospective study to evaluate the effects of pelvic irradiation on fsh, lh and testosterone levels in male patients with rectal adenocarcinoma. our aim was to compare the level of male sex hormones in peripheral blood serum before and after pelvic irradiation. methods : the eligible participants were 40 men with rectal adenocarcinoma who underwent pelvic radiotherapy...

Summer cyanobacteria blooms regularly occur in the Baltic Sea. The phenology of bloom, however, is mostly unknown. Data total biomass bloom-forming species Nodularia spumigena, Aphanizomenon sp. and Dolichospermum spp., water column variables, nutrients weather conditions were used to study define optimum environmental window for occurrence Gotland Basin during period 1990–2017. intra-annual va...

A combination of celecoxib and selenium was used in a randomized double-blind Phase II trial as a preliminary study to a multicenter Phase III colorectal cancer chemoprevention trial using these two agents together. The purpose of this trial was to determine whether high-selenium baker's yeast [(Saccharomyces cerevisiae) 200 microg once daily] in combination with celecoxib (400 mg once daily) a...

From 1999 to 2005, studies carried out in the frame of regional and national French programs aimed to determine whether the Phaeocystis globosa bloom affected the intertidal benthic communities of the French coast of the eastern English Channel in terms of composition and/or functioning. Study sites were chosen to cover most of the typical shore types encountered on this coast (a rocky shore, a...

background the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of endurance training accompanied by fasting on lipid profiles and body composition in men. material and methods twenty-six healthy male volunteer subjects participated in the study and were divided into fasting (f) and endurance training+ fasting (et+f) groups. et+f group exercised 3 times per week on treadmill during ramadan month...

BACKGROUND Control of dietary phosphate absorption in end-stage renal disease patients is essential to prevent the deleterious sequelae of phosphorus retention. Efficacy of currently available calcium- and aluminium-containing phosphate binders is constrained by the side-effects associated with the absorption of calcium and aluminium. The current study examined the efficacy of RenaGel, a calciu...

In this study, we investigated the effect of savory (Satureja hortensis) essential oil, garlic(Allium sativum) powder, and garlic aqueous extract on fungal load of poultry feed. Tothis end, savory essential oil and garlic aqueous extract each amounting 62.5, 125, and250 μl/ml and mg/ml, respectively, per kilogram of feed and garlic powder amounting2.5, 5, and 10 g/kg of feed were used. One and ...