objective: turmeric (curcuma longa linn) is a medicinal plant that contains curcumin. there is a growing interest in using curcumin powder (cp) as feed additives for antioxidative and antimicrobial properties to improve human health. this study was conducted to determine the appropriate levels of cp on blood parameters, immunity, and histology of jejunum in hens. materials and methods: a total ...

introduction: the origin of neonatal oocyte development is unknown. however, estrogen plays an essential role during development of the female reproductive system. anastrozole is used as both ovulation stimulating and an anticancer drug. the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of anastrozole on follicular development and differentiation in mice. materials and methods: in the present st...

conclusions according to the results of this study, vitamin e probably improves the harmful effects of formaldehyde on rat kidney tissue. results comparison of the control and formaldehyde groups with the vitamin e group revealed that there were significant differences in lumen size and nuclear color of proximal tubules in rats treated by vitamin e (p < 0.05). cell degeneration, lumen size, num...

the present study was conducted to investigate the histological changes and wound healing effect of aqueous extract of elaeagnus angustifolia. after creating full-thickness skin wounds on the back of 45 male sprague-dawley rats they were randomly divided into three groups. treated group received the extract, positive control group were treated with mupirocin ointment 2% and control group did no...

respiratory virus infection is a major cause of asthma exacerbation. however, the underlying mechanisms of  this exacerbation  are unknown. therefore,  to  determine  the mechanisms, we examined the effect of influenza infection in a murine model of asthma.mice were divided into four groups: the phosphate-buffered saline (pbs), house dust mite (hdm), influenza, and hdm/influenza groups. the inf...

The closing sentence of Paul Lauterbur’s seminal article on MRI is “Zeugmatographic (imaging) techniques should find many useful applications in studies of the internal structures, states and composition of microscopic objects”. His innovation opened a world of applications for MRI in medicine and biology. This talk will focus on the cycle of innovation and application that has propelled us to ...

Gastritis is defined as inflammation of the gastric mucosa. In histological terms, it is distinguishable into two main categories, i.e. non-atrophic and atrophic. In the gastric mucosa, atrophy is defined as the loss of appropriate glands. There are several etiological types of gastritis, their different etiology being related to different clinical manifestations and pathological features. Atro...

has been found necessary. It gives the essential features in a compact and readily understood manner and saves the junior student from the bewilderment that would probably befall him if he relied exclusively on some of the larger text-books on histology. It is by no means a simple cram book but gives clear accounts of the different structures in moderately technical language. Some parts, such a...

Sequential Bayesian filters, such as particle filters, are often presented as an ideal means of tracking the state of nonlinear systems. Here shadowing filters are demonstrated to perform better than sequential filters at tracking under specific circumstances. The success of shadowing filters is attributed to avoiding both well-known deficiencies of particle filters, and some newly identified p...