the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of dilution rate and holding time on various motility parameters using computer-assisted sperm analysis (casa). the semen samples were collected from three ghezel rams. samples were diluted in seminal plasma (sp), phosphate-buffered saline (pbs) containing 1% bovine serum albumin (bsa) and bioexcell. the motility parameters that computed and rec...

Background: Cutaneous manifestations are commonly observed in the neonatal period. It is important to differentiate physiologic skin lesions from pathologic ones to avoid parents’ concerns. Regarding this, the current study aimed to investigate the frequency and localization of salmon patch (SP) and Mongolian spot (MS) in Iranian newborns to assess the potential relationship between the neonata...

Disturbance in water relations is the major causes of vase life reduction and senescence in cut flowers This problem is mainly due to microorganism proliferation in the vase solution which leads to vascular occlusion and reduction in solution uptake by cut flowers. Therefore a comprehensive study was conducted to evaluate the biocidal effect of nano silver particles (NSP) and compare it with so...

conclusions the evidence that btx-a decreases ntg-induced cgrp-li and sp-li levels in trigeminovascular system suggests that btx-a attenuates migraine by suppression of neuropeptide release. btx-a injections for migraine at acupoint-sites and fixed-sites are effective. acupoint-sites btx-a administration shows more efficacy for migraine than fixed-sites application. results local btx-a injectio...

the aim of this study was to find the optimal conditions of a newly isolated streptomyces strain jrs 19. screening for keratinase producing bacteria and their keratinase production were investigated. the keratinase produced by the isolate was purified by chromatographic techniques and the optimum ph maintained was 7.0 and maintained at different temperatures viz., 20ºc, 25ºc, 30ºc, 35ºc and 40º...

358 Ann Dermatol Received January 21, 2016, Revised May 1, 2016, Accepted for publication June 3, 2016 Corresponding author: Hyun-Chang Ko, Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, 20 Geumo-ro, Mulgeum-eup, Yangsan 50612, Korea. Tel: 82-55-360-1678, Fax: 82-55-360-1679, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Cr...

This study was conducted to identify intestinal helminthes parasites. The helminthes fauna is collected from body cavity and intestines of 108 specimens of Brachirus orientalis which were obtained from Abadan port (waterfront) and investigated during the years 2009-2010. Most of the 4 species of helminthes were found in the intestine and body cavity of the examined fishes. The helminthes found ...

In the framework of study on wood inhabiting Hyphomycetes in Gilan province, Iran, during 2002- 2003 eighteen taxa belonging to different genera were identified as follows: Chloridium botryoideum, Dendryphiopsis atra, Epicoccum nigrum, Periconia minutissima, Periconia byssoides, Periconia sp., Phaeoisaria clematidis, Pseudospiropes simplex, Sporidesmium adscendens, Sporidesmium brachypus, Spori...