The average diet may provide some 8-10 g/day of unsaturated fatty acids with a trans double bond. Previous studies showed that dietary trans fatty acids may simultaneously raise low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and reduce high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Human plasma contains a protein (CETP) which transfers cholesterylesters from HDL to lipoproteins of lower density. We hyp...

  Sarcoidosis is a multisystem noncaseating granulomatous disease with a propensity for lung, eye, and skin which recently have been proposed that mycobacterium tuberculosis may contribute in its pathogenesis, and rarely involves central nervous system (CNS). Despite CD4+ lymphocytopenia, sarcoidosis by itself does not increase risk of opportunistic infections other than cryptococcosis.Nonethel...

This study reports a novel protocol to increase plasma monounsaturated, polyunsaturated and saturated non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) in eight healthy volunteers (age 29-54 years and BMI 23-26 kg.m). This was achieved by feeding small boluses of fat at different time points (35 g at 0 min and 8 g at 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210 min) in combination with a continuous low-dose heparin infusion...

Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is an uncommon malignancy originating from cortex of adrenal gland. The most common pitfall in diagnosis of ACC is to distinguish it from pheochromocytoma. Here we report a 62-year-old hypertensive man with presentation of dyspnea. The laboratory data showed an increase in urine cortisol and renin with a mild increase in aldosterone, but decrease in adrenocorticot...

In this paper, the security of a distance bounding protocol is analyzed which has been recently proposed by Jannati and Falahati (so-called JF). We prove that an adversary can recover key bits of JF protocol with probability of “1” while the complexity of attack is “2n” runs of protocol. In addition, we propose an improved protocol and prove that the improved protocol is resistant to mafia frau...

Gradual increase of the Earth's surface temperature can cause many significant changes on the climate of our planet. This problem is progressively increasing. One of the main reasons for this phenomenon is the absorption of the Sun's energy and lack of proper reflection of emissions due to man-made activities, one of which is the increase in black surfaces. In this descriptive and cross-sectio...

The aim of this study was to test whether mannosylated BSA (Man-BSA) exerts antibacterial activity on Escherichia coli (gram-negative bacteria) and Staphylococcus aureus (gram-positive bacteria) via its membrane-damaging effect. Man-BSA caused inhibition of growth of E. coli and S. aureus. Moreover, bactericidal action of Man-BSA on E. coli and S. aureus positively correlated with the increase ...

despite the high rate of prostate cancer, the incidence of penile metastasis originating from prostate cancer is extremely rare, especially in the form of peyronie’s disease. moreover, brain metastasis, which is caused by prostate cancer, is not a common phenomenon and occurs mostly in older patients. herein, we report a case of a middle-aged man with penile and brain metastasis originating fro...