objective(s): carotenoids which are naturally synthesized by fungi such as yeasts can act as an antioxidant which is closely related to their ability to decrease the risk of a variety of degenerative diseases. in recent years, the increase of demand for carotenoids obtained from natural sources has promoted major efforts to improve carotenoid production from biological sources such as pigmented...

Simple motor reaction time (RT) to 100 percent negative contrast stimuli was measured for various background luminances as well as after bleaching a fraction of retinal photopigments. RT decreased to asymptotical value with the increase of background intensity. The intensity-dependent portion of RT behaved identically for 100 percent positive and negative contrast. Moreover, RT to 100 percent n...

BACKGROUND Over the last decade, major outbreaks of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) have been reported in Asian countries, resulting in thousands of deaths among children. However, less is known regarding the effect of meteorological variables on the incidence of HFMD in children. This study aims at quantifying the relationship between meteorological variables and the incidence of HFMD amo...

We have investigated the thermodynamics and kinetics of ammonium nitrate/water and mixed ammonium nitrate/succinic acid/water microparticles. The water activity of ammonium nitrate microparticles is determined as a function of composition down to 12% relative humidity by accounting for the rapid evaporation of ammonia and nitric acid. Both the observed deliquescence and water activities for amm...

alstroemeria flower is one of the most important cut flowers in the world. some materials can increase longevity of cut flowers. the aim of this research was evaluating the effect of some chemical solutions on postharvest alstroemeria (cv. stratus) cut flowers. this experiment was conducted with two factors of sucrose at four concentrations, 0, 5, 10 and 15 g/l and salicylic acid (sa) at four c...