objective(s):one of the major challenges in the field of vaccine design is choosing immunogenic antigens which can induce a proper immune response against complex targets like malignant cells or recondite diseases caused by protozoan parasites such as leishmaniasis. the aim of this study was to find a way to construct artificial liposome-based cells containing fragments of target’s cell membran...

the aim followed in this study was to compare the performance of multiple regression vs neural network models to predict the activity of antioxidant enzymes super oxide dismutase (sod), cat alase (cat), ascorbate pero xidase (apx) and peroxidase (pox) in the shoots of wheat (triticum aestivum), alvand cultivar in a soil polluted with cadmium. the treatments consisted of four levels of cadmium (...

abstract background: chemotherapy by using agents such as etoposide is a common way for inhibition of tumors. this treatment is accompanied by many undesirable side effects. calprotectin is an abundant protein in the neutrophil cytosol, it has growth-inhibitory and apoptosis-inducing activities against various cell types such as tumor cells. in this study to introduce calprotectin as a suitable...

introduction noise pollution is one of the environmental pollution that threats public health to the survival of organisms. urban traffic causes noise pollution as a major factor of air pollution. this is one of the problems of urban citizens. this is also a growing problem that has a potential impact on public health, which is mainly resulted from transport vehicles in the cities and the resid...

the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, with the ability to produce acc deaminase enzyme, on water relationships and agronomic indices of sunflower (helianthus annuus l.) cultivars was investigated. the soil used was of an ec equal to 7.6 ds m-1. a greenhouse factorial experiment on the basis of a completely randomized block design with three levels ...

an action resulting from an object like human's damaging action can cause liability for those who possess them. the french civil law at its approval time (1804) had not predicted this principle and just in articles 1385, 1386, the liability of damages resulting from two types of objects, i.e. animals and buildings due to imposing great damages by them had been predicted by french law. howe...

small precipitation with temporal and spatial variation of rainfall is the main responsible factors on flood occurrence in arid and semi arid regions. floods in their regions usually contain high concentration of sediments which when they are deposited on the surface of lands, they change the properties of soils of the area. in this research, the effect of floodwater spreading on physic-chemica...

a quint uplets pregnancy fo l l owing clomiphene- i nduced o vulation is presente d a s a mat ter o f r e cord. the i mportance of keepi ng i n mi nd s uch a serious complication is emphasized i n or de r t o achieve early di agnosi s and approp r i a te management. in pregnancies f ollowing c lomiphene treatment, close s upervi s ion i s inperati v e a s soon as the pregnancy i s evident.

background: genistein (gen), a naturally occurring flavonoid present in soy bean, has attracted scientific interest for its possible benefits in cancer. objective: the potential immunomodulatory effects of genistein on the immune system and against tc-1 tumor cell line were evaluated in adult female c57bl/6 mice. methods: mice were treated with gen 10 days before to 10 days after the tumor indu...