OBJECTIVE Valproic acid (VPA), as known as histone deacetylase inhibitor, has neuroprotective effects. This study investigated the histological changes and functional recovery from spinal cord injury (SCI) associated with VPA treatment in a rat model. METHODS Locomotor function was assessed according to the Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan scale for 2 weeks in rats after receiving twice daily intraper...

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is present both in local neurons as well as in fibers in the basal forebrain (BF), an area that plays an important role in the regulation of cortical activation. In our previous experiments in anaesthetized rats, significant EEG changes were found after NPY injections to BF. EEG delta power increased while power in theta, alpha, and beta range decreased. The aim of the pres...

Wind erosion not only affects agricultural productivity but also soil, air, and water quality. Dust and specifically particulate matter ≤10 μm (PM-10) has adverse effects on respiratory health and also reduces visibility along roadways, resulting in auto accidents. The Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS) was developed by the USDA-Agricultural Research Service to simulate wind erosion and prov...

The fate of private lands is widely seen as key to the fate of biodiversity in much of the world. Organizations that work to protect biodiversity on private lands often hope that conservation actions on one piece of land will leverage the actions of surrounding landowners. Few researchers have, however, examined whether protected lands do in fact encourage land conservation nearby or how protec...

The culturability of Escherichia coli, Ralstonia eutropha and Bacillus subtilis after incubation in phosphate-buffered saline at either 5°C or 30°C was determined. The culturability of B. subtilis showed little dependence on temperature. The culturability of E. coli rapidly decreased at 30°C but remained almost constant at 5°C. In contrast, the culturability of R. eutropha decreased by three or...

Urban planning and management in economic, social, cultural, health and hygienic, and safety and security fields is one of the main concerns of officials and citizens in each country. Nowadays, the necessity of green lands in cities has become very important. Green lands refine the air and reduce air pollutants, strike ecological balance, and absorb piercing sickening sounds. Today, people are ...

change detection is process of identifying differences in the state of an object or phenomenon by observing it at different times when it can play an important role in regional planning. this study is an integration of remote sensing data and geographic information system in order to detect changes of land use/land cover around the bakhtegan lake in fars province from 1956 to 2007. after geomet...

Salinity problems reduce productivity on both irrigated and non-irrigated agricultural lands. Saline soils occur in arid semi-arid regions where rainfall is insufficient to meet the crops’ water requirements leach mineral salts out of root-zone. Compost can play an important role managing, mitigating, improving soil salinity negative effects. In this work, compost effects salt affected were stu...

Rainfed agriculture in Northern Darfur is influenced by erratic seasonal and decadal rainfall patterns frequent droughts. Understanding the spatio-temporal variation rainfed crucial for promoting food security, socio-economic stability protecting vulnerable ecosystem. This study aimed to investigate dynamics of North State from 1984–2019 using multitemporal Landsat observation data. Using rando...

Abstract Urban and peri-urban areas have been growing rapidly globally due to population increase other factors. However, poor urban land use planning caused remarkable impacts on the loss of potentially arable land. This study aimed analyze spatio-temporal patterns expansion its impact in Shire Indaselassie city, North Western Tigray. Multi-temporal spectral Landsat images were used as an inpu...