background : ticks are blood feeder acarians that feed on variety of animals and introduce a wide variety of molecules to their host immune system and some of them may stimulate host immune system to produce antibodies. this study was carried out to detect humoral immune responses following boophilus annulatus infestation. methods: seven cattle were each experimentally infested with 10000 b. an...

with the development of deregulated power systems and increase of prices in some hours of day and increase fuel price, demand response programs were noticed more by customers. demand response consists of a series of activities that governments or utilities design to change the amount or time of electric energy consumption, to achieve better social welfare or some times for maximizing the benefi...

specific and non- specific cellular immune responses were studied in 20 amoebiasis cases and 10 controls. all the study cases and controls were indians living in varanasi, india. ten amoebic liver abscess cases were patients admitted to university hospital. ten non-invasive intestinal amoebiasis cases constituted the second study group. non-specific immune responses were studied using e-rosette...

background: immune thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) is a disease characterized by decrease of the peripheral blood platelet count. the disease presents in acute and chronic forms. because of the importance and high prevalence of itp, it was decided to study the therapeutic response of patients with itp. material and methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted at ghaem hospital, mashhad, iran. ...

micrornas (mirnas) represent a class of small non-coding rna molecules that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. they play a crucial role in diverse cellular pathways. ionizing radiation (ir) is one of the most important treatment protocols for patients that suffer from cancer and affects directly or indirectly cellular integration. recently it has been discovered that mi...

background: hemodynamic instability is common during tracheal intubation. the primary purpose of the present study is to evaluate the effect of different doses of remifentanil added to propofol on the hemodynamic profiles during tracheal intubation. methods: ninety patients, 40 to 70 years old, undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery under general anesthesia were randomly allocated into...

saturated fat consumption increases the risk of both coronary and cancer diseases. therefore, fat reduction in uf-feta cheese (≈ 45% fdm) is favorable but, unfortunately, it has some negative effects on the texture and sensory characteristics of the cheese. in this research, response surface methodology was employed to study the probably improving effects of wpc80 (0-20 gr kg-1), lecithin (0-2 ...

self-disclosure, as communication of information about one's affects, behaviors, and cognitions, has been emphasized as one of the central issues of the psychotherapeutic process. verbal and nonverbal aspects of disclosure are important factors of psychotherapeutic communication, both for therapist and patient. this paper presents an account of the development and reliability of an observationa...