The prospect of using cocos nucifera Oil for production of biodiesel via transesterification reaction was investigated. The use of ethanol for the transesterification reaction instead of methanol was also evaluated. Test quantities of biodiesel were produced using 100 g, 20.0% and 0.8% of </span...

Exaggerated secretion of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is important for postprandial glucose tolerance after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), whereas the role of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) remains to be resolved. We aimed to explore the relative importance of endogenously secreted GLP-1 and GIP on glucose tolerance and β-cell function after RYGB. We used DPP-4 inhibiti...

This article was presented by the author at the Third Iranian Congress of Radiology - University of Isfahan. Les explorations arteriographiques des kystes hydatique du foie et sa comparaison avec Ia scintigraphie hepatique L' auteur present quatre cas de quarante six cas d'angiographie coeliaque et mesentrique sup2-rieure en portant son attention sur les resultats obtenus de cet examen et de...

La maladie de Léo-Buerger est une artérite du sujet jeune généralement de sexe masculin et classiquement associée au tabac. Sa pathogénie exacte demeure inconnue mais parait-il que le tabac n'est pas le seul facteur toujours incriminé dans sa genèse. Le cannabis est une drogue cultivée en zone équatoriale dont l'association avec la maladie de Léo-Buerger a été décrite la première fois par Stern...

OBJECTIVE This study was initiated to investigate the effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery on hepatic glucose metabolism and hepatic expression of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) in obese rats. METHODS Body weight, glucose, intraperitoneal glucose, insulin, and pyruvate tolerance tests were performed pre- and postoperatively, and plasma lipid, insulin and glucagon-like p...

An Internet post claimed that at least 200 nurses recently resigned en masse from a large hospital in Zhejiang Province in China. However, this is actually not a new phenomenon. As is the case for doctors (1,2), the current nursing situation in public hospitals is not very optimistic. According to rough estimates, there is hundreds of nurses fried squid public hospital in Zhejiang Province ever...

Literary genres — alive and kicking : The productivity of a literary concept In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire. Tome 75 fasc. 3, 1997. Langues et littératures modernes-Moderne taal-en letterkunde. pp. 653-663. Fishelov David. Literary genres — alive and kicking : The productivity of a literary concept. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire. Tome 75 fasc. 3, 1997. Langues et litt...