background: fleas are important vectors of human and animal disease, and control measures for protection against their bites and flea-borne diseases are necessary. methods : the essential oils (eos) of four native medicinal plants, ziziphora tenuiore , myrtus communis , achillea wilhelmsii and mentha piperita were isolated by hydrodistillation technique and analyzed by gc-mc. the repellent acti...

background and objectives : the efficacy of mentha piperita l, zataria multiflora boiss and thymus vulgaris l essential oils (eos) was evaluated for controlling the growth of phytophthora drechsleri, the causative agent of damage to many crops that is consumed directly by humans. materials and methods : the eos used in this study was purchased from magnolia co, iran. the pour plate method in pe...

conclusions the excellent antimicrobial activities of the tested eos might be due to their major phenolic or alcoholic monoterpenes with known antimicrobial activities. hence, these eos can be possibly used as an antimicrobial agent in treatment and control of oral pathogens. results the tested eos inhibited the growth of examined oral pathogens at concentrations of 0.015-16 µl/ml. among the ex...

Eosinophils (EOs) participate in a variety of inflammatory states characterized by endothelial cell damage, such as vasculitis, pneumonitis, and endocarditis. We find that 100 U/ml TNF-alpha/cachectin (TNF), a concentration attainable in the blood of humans with parasitic infestations, stimulates highly purified populations of EOs to damage human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC), a mode...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to characterize the symptoms at onset/past and current symptoms of patients with Very Late-Onset Schizophrenia-Like Psychosis (VLOSLP; first onset of psychotic symptoms at/or after 60 years old) with those of elderly patients diagnosed with schizophrenia before the age of 40 years old (Early-Onset Schizophrenia—EOS) in order to validate the clinical nosolog...

The effect of adding increasing levels (0, 25, 50 and 75 μl/75 ml buffered rumen fluid) of essential oils (EOs) to a basal substrate (50% roughage: 50% concentrate) on ruminal fermentation characteristics was evaluated in vitro by a semi automatic gas production (GP) technique. The EOs used were from Achillea santolina (AS25, AS50, AS75), Artemisia judaica (AJ25, AJ50, AJ75), Schinus terebenthi...

In foodstuffs with low pH, low water activity, or high carbohydrate content spoilage bacteria are, with some exception, usually not present because this environment is unfavourable for their growth. Food-spoilage yeasts and moulds, however, can grow under these circumstances and cause deterioration of various products, such as fruit and vegetable juices and purees, soft drinks, pickled vegetabl...

2004 © Future Drugs Ltd ISSN 1 Early onset schizophrenia (EOS), which is defined as onset prior to 18 years of age, is associated with significant morbidity, chronicity and psychosocial impairment. EOS appears to be both clinically and neurobiologically continuous with the adult-onset form, although there are some important differences. Although the treatment literature specifically addressing ...

We have used the Zimanyi & Moszkowski model in the relativistic mean-field theory to study the properties of asymmetric nuclear matter and the equation of state (EOS) for supernova matter. We find that even though muons are included in the chemical composition of neutron-star matter, this model still results in a small proton concentration so that only themodified Urca process occurs as a main ...

Accurate localization of joint centers is essential in movement analysis. However, joint centers cannot be directly palpated and alternative methods must be used. To assess the relative merits of these methods, a medical image based reference should be used. The EOS(®) system, a new low dose bi-planar X-rays imaging technique may be considered. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy...