OBJECTIVES Environmental factors, such as different infections, have proposed to be involved in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). This study aimed to the evaluate mycoplasma pneumonia seropositivity, as a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). METHODOLOGY Using ELISA method, IgM and IgG antibodies to Mycoplasma p...

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This paper focused on a novel method of electroless plating ruthenium (Ru) on solid or porous substrates like porous stainless steel (PSS) discs or ceramic tubes. A novel complexing plating bath of Ru was developed. It is proven that Ru can be deposited directly on these substrates by the bath at a temperature of 328 K and strong alkaline environment. TGA, SEM, EDX and XRD confirmed the success...

Ñande Ru Marangatu: a judicialização da luta pela terra indígena e o papel do cientista* Ñande Ru Marangatu: the judicialization of the struggle for indigenous land and the role of the scientist Marques. Ñande Ru Marangatu: laudo antropológico e histórico sobre uma terra kaiowa na fronteira do Brasil com o Paraguai, município de Antônio João, Mato Grosso do Sul. Dourados: Editora UFGD. 2009. 282p.

Series of Copper Ruthenium (Cu-Ru) bimetallic catalysts supported on γ-Al2O3 with different metal loading are prepared and investigated for catalytic wet air oxidation of ammonia to nitrogen. The ammonia decomposition activity was studied at three different temperatures i.e. 150oC, 200oC, and 230 oC and it is found that catalytic activity increases with the increase in temperature along with th...

Real time internet traffic classification is imperative for service discrimination, network security and network monitoring. Classification of traffic depends on initial first few network packets of full flows of captured IP traffic. Practically, the real world framework situation expects correct conclusion of classification well before a flow has ended even if the start of the Traffic flow is ...

Single crystals of a novel ruthenate, Ca2Ru2O7, were obtained. An X-ray diffraction study on a single crystal revealed that this material crystallizes in a pyrochlore structure with a lattice parameter, a = 10.197 Å. The magnetic susceptibility above 30 K is the summation of a Curie-Weiss contribution and a constant term independent of temperature. The effective moment per Ru atom is only 0.36 ...

BACKGROUND Fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) is a phosphorus-regulating substance. Circulating FGF-23 levels increase markedly in dialysis patients and are independently associated with increased risk of mortality. Given the fact that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in dialysis patients, the aim of this study was to test if elevated FGF-23 levels might be associated with...

Equilibration of the isospin degree of freedom, the isospin dependence of the sidewards flow, balance energy, preequilibrium nucleon emission and subthreshold pion production are phenomena proven to be sensitive to the isospin-dependent nuclear equation of state and in-medium nucleon-nucleon cross section [1]. In this contribution we will report on preliminary experimental evidence on the influ...

Background Chronic stress induces male reproductive dysfunction; however, the involved mechanisms are not clear. It has been suggested that the gonadotrophin-inhibitory hormone, known as RF-amide related peptide (RFRP) in mammalian species, may mediate this inhibitory effect of stress. The objective of the present study was to compare the effect of chronic stress and glucocorticoids receptor an...