patients and methods in a quasi-experiment trial, 40 type 2 diabetic patients were asked to consume 50 g of cpj daily for 4 weeks. anthropometric indices, dietary intake, blood pressure measurements, and fasting blood samples were conducted at baseline and 4 weeks after the intervention. results the intake of cpj produced a significant increase in both total and high-density lipoprotein cholest...

pleuropulmonary blastoma [ppb] is a very rare, highly aggressive and malignant tumor that originates from either the lungs or pleura. it occurs mainly in children aged less than five or six years. it has poor prognosis with three different subtypes: cystic [type i], combined cystic and solid [type ii] and solid [type iii]. ppb is treated with aggressive multimodal therapies including surgery an...

a rapid, sensitive and reproducible hplc method was developed and validatedfor the analysis of amifostine (amf) and/or its metabolite, wr-1065 inhuman plasma. the method involves the alkylation of free sulfydryl group with iodoacetic acid followed by derivatization of the drug and its metabolite witho-phthaldialdehyde (opa) anduvdetection at 340 nm. the derivatized amf and wr-1065 were eluted i...

in order to evaluate times and rate applications of zinc fertilizer on quantity and quality of faba bean, an experiment was carried out to form factorial in randomized of complete block design with four replications at farm research of gonbad kavous university during 2009 – 2010. two times of application were including before flowering and beginning of pod setting and five rates of application ...

understanding the mechanism of tumor resistance is critical for cancer therapy. in this study, we investigated the effect of carcinoembryonic antigen (cea) overexpression on uv-and 5-fluorouracil (5-fu)-induced apoptosis and autophagy in colorectal cancer cells. we used histone deacetylase (hdac) inhibitor, nab and dna demethylating agent, 5- azacytidine (5-aza) to induce cea expression in ht29...

p. k. saha1, m. n. islam2* and m. s. islam3 1-ex-chief scientific officer, soil science division, brri, gazipur-1701, bangladesh 2- scientific officer, soil science division, brri, gazipur-1701, bangladesh 3-agricultural extension officer, dae, bangladesh *corresponding author email: [email protected]   received:12 may 2015                                                                       ...

the physico-chemical characteristics and physiological qualities of palm (phoenix dactylifera) fruit strongly depend on the storage conditions. storage environment and packaging type are the factors most influencing on the quality of dates during their storage. date fruits were packed within an aerobic atmosphere, vacuumed in pa/pe pouches and stored at different temperatures (-20, 4, 25 and 40...

the main objective of this study is to investigate the production factors productivity in large manufacturing sub-sectors. for this purpose, using statistical data for period 1972-2004, we have tried to study and analyze the trend and level of production factors productivity (partial and total productivity) in each sub-sectors classified according to isic two digits code. the average and margin...

alnus glutinosa, fraxinus excelsior and papaver rhoeas have long been used in folkloric medicine for the treatment of various ailments. as part of our continuing screening of plant extracts for activities, the extracts of a. glutinosa, f. excelsior and p. rhoeas have been screened for their antioxidant and antibacterial activities, as well as their general toxicity towards brine shrimps. among ...