BACKGROUND The use of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids has been studied in the context of healing and tissue regeneration mainly due to its anti-inflammatory, immunoregulatory and antioncogenic properties. Previous studies have demonstrated beneficial effects with the use of enteral immunonutrition containing various farmaconutrients such as L-arginine, omega-3, trace elements, but the in...

We present the study on dynamic surface tension and surface dilatational elasticity properties of dilute aqueous systems of pentaglycerol fatty acid esters (pentaglycerol monostearate, C18G5, and pentaglycerol monooleate, C18:1G5, whey protein, sodium caseinate, and mixed surfactant and protein at room temperature. The adsorption kinetics at the air-liquid interface has been studied by bubble p...

Freeze-drying and gamma irradiation are the techniques widely use in tissue banking for preservation and sterilization of tissue grafts respectively. However, the effect of these techniques on biomechanical properties of bovine pericardium is poorly known. A total of 300 strips of bovine pericardium each measured 4 cm 1 cm were used in this study to evaluate the effect of freeze-drying on biome...

OBJECTIVE In the past, knot-tying techniques have been evaluated and compared, but there has been a scarcity of objective scoring systems in these comparison studies. Using an objective scoring system, we aimed to compare 3 types of knots: intracorporeal flat-square knots, intracorporeal slip-square knots, and extracorporeal square-knots for their Knot Quality Scores (KQS) and their rates of sl...

to investigate the effect of deficit irrigation on quantitative and qualitative yield of soybean cultivars, an experiment was conducted as split plots based on randomized complete block design with three replications at agricultural research farm, university of guilan, during 2009. main factors were included four irrigation levels based on potential moisture 30-35 (i1), 50-55 (i2), 70-75 (i3) c...

Experimental determination, theoretical modeling, and molecular simulation have been combined to describe the bulk phase equilibria (i.e., pressure, liquid, vapor saturated mass densities) interfacial properties concentration, adsorption, tension) for methane + n-decane, n-dodecane, n-tetradecane n-hexadecane binary mixtures at 344.15 K in a pressure range between 0.1 30 MPa. determinations are...

Particle oxidation constitutes a serious ageing phenomenon in magnetorheological suspensions, bringing about deterioration performance. This study describes commercial carbonyl iron particles that were successfully coated with poly(amidoamine) dendrons and then applied as an oxidation-resistant dispersed phase suspensions. A synthesis method was adhered to whereby the sequentially treated ethyl...

Cotton is one of the major crops cultivated in the Texas Rolling Plains region, and it is a major contributor to the regional economy. Cotton cultivation in this region is facing severe challenges due to an increase in the frequency of droughts and a projected decrease in rainfall in the future. Development and evaluation of deficit irrigation strategies for this region could potentially conser...

The McGivney hemorrhoidal ligator (MHL), a band designed to cause tissue necrosis, is the preferred experimental tool to create hindlimb ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury in rodents. This report defines and compares the ex vivo band tension exerted by MHL and orthodontic rubber bands (ORBs) along with select in vivo characteristics of I/R. As to method, ex vivo band tension was measured over re...