OBJECTIVE The aim of this study were to investigate a role of oxidative stress and the therapeutic efficacy of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) in the pathogenesis of neurotoxicity induced by isoniazid and etambutol in a rat model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into eight experimental groups: control, INH, ETM, INH+ETM, INH+CAPE, ETM+CAPE, INH+ETM+CAP...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the involvement of microglial and astrocytic activation in the medullary dorsal horn (MDH) during the mediation of masseter area allodynia induced by experimental tooth movement (ETM). DESIGN Five groups of adult Sprague-Dawley rats (n=60) were divided into control (CON), minocycline (MIN), ETM, and 10mg/kg or 30mg/kg MIN plus ETM (METM) groups. The upper-first-molar ...

AIMS The aim of the ab externo trabeculectomy (AET) is to remove the external portion of the trabecular meshwork (ETM) responsible for the main aqueous outflow resistance in glaucoma patients, with no opening of the anterior chamber. ETM characteristics were evaluated with a confocal microscope. METHODS A prospective comparative observational case series was performed in 60 consecutive medica...

BACKGROUND Safe and effective colonoscopy is aided by the use of endoscopic techniques and maneuvers (ETM) during the examination including patient repositioning, stiffening of the endoscope and abdominal pressure. AIM To better understand the use and value of ETM during colonoscopy by using a device that allows real-time imaging of the colonoscope insertion shaft. METHODS The use of ETM du...

BACKGROUND The pain caused by orthodontic treatment has been considered as tough problems in orthodontic practice. There is substantial literature on pain which has exactly effected on learning and memory; orthodontic tooth movement affected the emotional status has been showed positive outcomes. Danggui-Shaoyao-San (DSS) is a Traditional Chinese Medicine prescription that has been used for pai...

تصویربرداری مقطع‌نگاری نوترونی یکی از کاربردهای مدرن رآکتورهای تحقیقاتی در سرتاسر جهان به‌شمار می‌رود. تلفیق قابلیت نمایش سه‌بعدی با ویژگی‌های منحصر به فرد برهم‌کنش نوترون مواد، می‌تواند اطلاعات بسیار ارزشمندی ساختار داخلی مواد و تجهیزات را اختیار محققین قرار ‌دهد. این تحقیق، تأثیر هندسه داده‌برداری تجربی روش بازسازی تصویر بر کیفیت تصاویر سامانه رآکتور تهران براساس شاخص وضوح میزان تولید نویز مو...

A Transaction Specification and Management Environment (TSME) is a programmable system that supports: (i) implementation-independent specification of application-specific extended transaction models (ETMs), and (ii) configuration of transaction management mechanisms (TMMs) to enforce specified ETMs. The TSME can ensure correctness and reliability while allowing the functionality required by wor...

For optical images, cloud and cloud shadow is always a problem during image processing and interpretation. Landsat ETM+ images, as a kind of optical images, are affected by cloud too. On the other hand, microwave images such as ALOS PALSAR images, which depend on microwave, is not affected by cloud, thus they are cloud-free. The aim of this study is to develop a semi-automatic method for removi...