Recent studies have proposed that activation of the sensory nervous system after thermal injury induces the release of vasoactive neuropeptides, including tachykinins which contribute to the local inflammatory reaction as well as to the nociceptive transmission at the spinal cord level. Effects of the tachykinins substance P and neurokinin A are mediated by the neurokinin 1 and 2 (NK1, NK2) rec...

In the present work, cupric oxide (CuO) films were obtained through thermal annealing of the copper (Cu) films deposited on quartz substrates by DC magnetron sputtering method. The annealing was performed in air atmosphere for different times ranging from 60-240 min at temperature of 400 ºC. The influence of annealing times on structural and morphological properties of the films was investi...

Antifreeze protein (AFP) types, I, II and III were tested for their ability to protect red blood cells from lysis during warming, after cryopreservation in hydroxyethyl starch. All three types reduced hemolysis to 25% of control values at similar micromolar concentrations but enhanced lysis as the AFP concentration approached millimolar levels. Site-directed mutants of type III AFP with differe...

BACKGROUND Recent studies on the vaginal microbiota have employed molecular techniques such as 16S rRNA gene sequencing to describe the bacterial community as a whole. These techniques require the lysis of bacterial cells to release DNA before purification and PCR amplification of the 16S rRNA gene. Currently, methods for the lysis of bacterial cells are not standardised and there is potential ...

conventional processes of food dewatering, such as thermal, have undesirable and destruction effects on vitamins, aromatic compounds and pigments. in addition, they are accompanied with some technological complications and energy consumption. thus, food concentration processes are directed to non-thermal techniques or methods with reduced heat effects. superabsorbents are highly hydrophilic pol...

background: sodium arsenite can impair male reproductive function by inducing oxidative stress. silymarin is known as a potent antioxidant.objective: this study was performed to investigate if silymarin can prevent the adverse effect of sodium arsenite on ram sperm viability, motility and mitochondrial membrane potential.materials and methods: epidydimal spermatozoa obtained from ram were divid...

Long-term hygroscopic thickness swelling rate of polypropylene (PP) composites filled with thermally treated wood flour was investigated. The beech chips were heat at 120 °C, 150 °C or 180 for 30 min using saturated steam in a digester. based on PP, (BF), and coupling agents (PP-g-MA) made by melt compounding injection molding. weight ratio BF to PP controlled 50/47 all blends. amount agent fix...

The principle of laser induced cell/spore lysis was explored in this project. E. coli K12 and B. subtilis spores were chosen as the target analytes. The lasers available for testing were of wavelength 980nm and 1480nm. As a proof of concept, a 2μl droplet of E. coli culture in nutrient broth was place on a hydrophobic surface. The tip of the laser fiber was placed directly above the droplet, an...