We aimed to develop alternative fishing gear for catching the common octopus, to decrease the use of bait and operating costs in comparison to commercial net pots. A tubular-type pot was designed, and behavioral responses of the common octopus were experimentally monitored in tank and replicated 10 times to compare fishing performances between 300 experimental and 300 commercial net pots in the...

Background and Objective: Increment in cancer prevalence and subsequent need for chemotherapy leads to distinct kidney-related diseases such as acute kidney injury (AKI). Cisplatin is a common chemotherapeutic agent that has been used in many cancers; however, it can damage renal cells. Capparis spinosa is an important therapeutic plant in Persian medicine that encompasses high amounts of bioac...

Effect of hydrothermal treatment, acid washing and annealing temperature on the structure and morphology of TiO2 nanotubes during the formation process was assessed. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis were conducted to describe the formation and characterization of the structure and morp...

the performance of a forced-liquid vertical tubular loop bioreactor (vtlb), a forced-liquid horizontal tubular loop bioreactor (htlb) and a gas-induced external airlift loop bioreactor (ealb) were compared for production of biomass from natural gas. hydrodynamic characteristics and mass transfer coefficients were determined as functions of design parameters, physical properties of gases as well...

Background and Aim: Tubular penetration of root canal sealers prevents filling material displacement and overgrowth of microorganisms in dentinal tubules. The aim of this study was to compare the tubular penetration of AH26, EasySeal, and SureSeal sealers in single-rooted teeth using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Materials and Methods: Fifty human single-rooted teeth were included in thi...

Bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) has demonstrated a tempting prospect for applications in substitute of small blood vessels. However, present technology is inefficient in production and BNC tubes have a layered structure that may bring danger after implanting. Double oxygen-permeable silicone tubes in different diameters were therefore used as a tube-shape mold and also as oxygenated supports to c...

Intercellular spaces in the epithelium of the rabbit Peyer's patch and appendix were examined by scanning and transmission electron microscopy to elucidate their three-dimensional structure and their relationship to the reticular spaces in the underlying lymph nodule. Two types of intercellular spaces were distinguished: regularly arranged tubular channels and irregularly winding tunnels. The t...

MARCH/APRIL 2007 1541-1672/07/$25.00 © 2007 IEEE 5 Published by the IEEE Computer Society Improving diagnoses Getting a quicker, smarter look at medical images taken using computer-aided tomography (CAT scans) and magnetic resonance imaging would help doctors make faster, more accurate diagnoses. At Simon Fraser University, Ghassan Hamarneh and Chris McIntosh have developed virtual worms that c...

the combustion process of tio2- 2mg- c and 3tio2-4al-3c systems in a tubular furnace was investigated. tic has been synthesized by the magnesiothermic reaction from a mixture of compacted powders of tio2, mg and charcoal as starting materials in the presence and absence of nacl. the effects of temperature, pressure, and the stoichiometry ratio in the reaction yield have been studied. the result...