The surveys of natural gamma-emitting radionuclides in rocks and soils from the Ezine plutonic area were conducted during 2007. Direct dose measurement using a survey meter was carried out simultaneously. The present study, which is part of the survey, analysed the activity concentrations of U, Th and K in granitoid samples from all over the region by HPGe gamma spectrometry. The activity conce...

The effect of 1, l-diphenyl-2-propynyl cyclohexylcarbamate on hemagglutinin and hemolysin formation by mice in response to sheep red blood cells has been investigated. A single LDio dose of drug was administered at various times before or after immunization and the hemaggluti nin response was evaluated. With this dose the drug, de pending on time of administration in relation to primary immune ...

Identifying the “right” dose is one of the most critical and difficult steps in the clinical development process of any medicinal drug. Its importance cannot be understated: selecting too high a dose can result in unacceptable toxicity and associated safety problems, while choosing too low a dose leads to smaller chances of showing sufficient efficacy in confirmatory trials, thus reducing the c...

Alpha and beta activities per unit volume of air, due to radon, thoron and their decay products were measured in the outdoor atmosphere in Errachidia city, Morocco, by using both CR-39 and LR-115 type II solid-state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs). Simultaneously, meteorological parameters such as air temperature, atmospheric pressure, and relative humidity were also measured in situ.. In addi...

The large amounts of tritium produced at the Savannah River Site (SRS) coupled with the current dose reconstruction study at the facility emphasize the importance of ensuring accurate and efficient prediction of tritium doses to the public. Presently, dose estimates to the general population in the site vicinity are calculated annually using a five year meteorological database. Determining whet...

The linearity of thermoluminescence (TL) dose response curve, in low dose levels, is affected by background signals appearing at the tail of the glow curves. The effects of these signals also restrict the use of the high temperature glow peaks in many applications. In this study, a new reading out procedure was presented to reduce the background signals and increase the resolution of the high t...

Greenhouse and field studies were conducted in 2007 and 2008 to investigate possible multiple-resistance of horseweed to paraquat and glyphosate, and to evaluate the effect of the addition of metribuzin to paraquat on control of paraquat-resistant horseweed. Results indicated that the GR50 (herbicide dose required to cause a 50% reduction in plant growth) value for the susceptible population S1...

Many early trials of buprenorphine in opiate dependence used fixed doses and slow induction protocols. However, more recent data show that subjects requiring higher doses need to be stabilised more rapidly. Analysis of ten trials suggests a relationship between days taken to reach a 6 mg buprenorphine tablet equivalent dose and retention of subjects at 4 weeks. Recent US studies show that dosag...

Experiments were performed (a) to test the validity of the proposal that urethan (ethyl carbamate) acts by virtue of its conversion to Ar-hydroxyurethan, and (6) to examine the general ity of the reported observations that pyrimidines interfere with lung adenoma formation by urethan. Conditions were obtained in adult and newborn SWR mice in which the average number of tumors per mouse increased...

The natural radioactivity due to uranium, Thorium and potassium in soil contributes to the radiation dose received by human beings significantly. Gamma ray spectrometric measurements carried out for the natural radioactivity levels due to Ra, Th and K in beach sand samples around the coast of Kanyakumari district were analyzed. For assessing the environmental radiological impact to public it is...