Mice deficient in scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) and apolipoprotein E (apoE) [double knockout (DKO) mice] develop dyslipidemia, accelerated atherosclerosis, and myocardial infarction, and die prematurely. We examined effects of apoE and SR-BI deficiency on macrophage cholesterol homeostasis. DKO macrophages had increased total cholesterol (TC) stores (220-380 microg/mg protein) compa...

Natural convection heat transfer has many applications in different fields of industry; such as cooling industries, electronic transformer devices and ventilation equipment; due to simple process, economic advantage, low noise and renewed retrieval. Recently, heat transfer of nanofluids have been considered because of higher thermal conductivity coefficient compared with those of ordinary fluid...

CORE BODY TEMPERATURE (TC) HAS BEEN CONSIDERED A “GOLD-STANDARD” MARKER OF HUMAN CIRCADIAN RHYTHM, AND IT IS STRONGLY RELATED TO sleep regulation. The human sleep-wake cycle is generally synchronized with the circadian rhythm of Tc, partly because the propensity for sleep reaches its maximum during the declining phase of Tc and partly because arousal is promoted after Tc has passed its nadir.1,...

a fourth-generation ziegler-natta catalyst was prepared to synthesize polypropylene (pp), which was stabilized by in situ polymerization employing lignin as antioxidant. the antioxidant properties of lignin were compared with those of the commercial antioxidant irganox 1010. the presence of lignin in the reaction medium slightly decreased the catalytic activity of the reaction. the isotacticity...

quinoa (chenepodium quinoa willd) is a grain-like crop which has a high production potential in iran. due to its seeds high nutritional value, it is compared with milk by the fao. in order to study the effects of temperatures on seed germination of quinoa seeds under salinity stress conditions, an experiment was conducted in seed lab of the university of tehran in karaj. temperatures regimes in...

Soybean is an important industrial crop in Croatia and in the last ten years (2000-2009) mean soybean harvested area was 45888 ha (from 35789 to 62810 ha) with average seed yield 2.0 t ha-1 (Central Croatian Bureau of Statistic, 2010). Seed yields of soybean varied in close connection with amount and distribution of precipitation during the vegetation period (Vučić and Bošnjak, 1980; Bošnjak, 2...

Background and Objectives: Diabetes is one of the major health challenges in world. Herbal medicines are widely used for the treatment of diabetes. The current study assessed the effects of oral administration of essential oils from Myrtus communis, Trachyspermum copticum and Ferula gummosa on blood glucose and lipid profiles in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and inhibitory effects of the...