the degradation of poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) (pvp) by means of ultrasound irradiation and itscombination with heterogenous photocatalysis (tio2 nanoparticles) was investigated. emphasiswas given on the effect of additive on degradation rate constants. 24 khz of ultrasoundirradiation was provided by a sonicator, while an ultraviolet source of 30 w was used for uvirradiation. to increase the effic...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to analyse whether patients with occupational asthma (OA) caused by low molecular weight (LMW) agents differed from patients with OA caused by high molecular weight (HMW) with regard to risk factors, asthma presentation and severity, and response to various diagnostic tests. METHODS Seventy-eight patients with OA diagnosed by positive specific inhalation...

objective(s) physiological changes in the body may be utilized as potential triggers for controlled drug delivery. based on these mechanisms, stimulus-responsive drug delivery has been developed. materials and methods in this study, a kind of poly (n-isopropylacrylamide-acrylamide) membrane was prepared by radical copolymerization. changes in swelling ratios and diameters of the membrane were i...

Urinary protein obtained from a patient with a highly malignant brain tumor (astrocytoma, grade IV) was adsorbed to trimethylsilyl controlled-pore glass beads and selectively eluted with acetonitrile to yield a high molecular weight (HMW) human transforming growth factor (hTGF). This HMW hTGF promoted clonogenic cell growth in soft agar and competed for membrane receptors with mouse epidermal g...

objective(s) this study was carried out in order to evaluate the effects of electrochemotherapy, electrical pulses and chemotherapeutic drugs on the killing of cancerous cells and their probable synergistic effects. materials and methods electrochemotherapy treatments conducted on mcf-7 cell line derived from human breast adenocarcinoma tumor using four chemotherapeutic drugs including bleomyci...

high molecular weight (hmw) subunits of wheat glutenin are generally considered as playing a key role in gluten formation and structure, as well as to be closely related to wheat quality. the endosperm storage proteins of 80 synthetic lines and wheat cultivars (triticum aestivum) were fractionated through sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to determine their high-molecula...

B-Raf mutations are identified in 40-50% of patients with melanoma and among them, the substitution of valine for glutamic acid at position 600 ((V600E)B-Raf) is the most frequent. Treatment of these patients with B-Raf inhibitors has been associated with a clear clinical benefit. Unfortunately, multiple resistance mechanisms have been identified and new potent and selective inhibitors are curr...