The Macaronesian laurel forests (MLF) are dominated by trees with a laurophyll habit comparable to evergreen humid forests which were scattered across Europe and the Mediterranean in the Paleogene and Neogene. Therefore, MLF are traditionally regarded as an old, 'Tertiary relict' vegetation type. Here we address the question if key taxa of the MLF are relictual. We evaluated the relict hypothes...

The aim of this study was to compare the mechanical properties of autologous rectus fascia (ARF), two groups of commercially available cadaveric fascia lata commonly used in pubovaginal sling surgery [freeze-dried (FD) and solvent-dehydrated (SD)], and commercially available cadaveric dermal grafts (DG) evaluate differences in tissue strength and stiffness. We prospectively studied the maximum ...

BACKGROUND Practical methods of monitoring innate immune mucosal responsiveness are lacking. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a component of the cell wall of Gram negative bacteria and a potent activator of Toll-like receptor (TLR)-4. To measure LPS responsiveness of the nasal mucosa, we administered LPS as a nasal spray and quantified chemokine and cytokine levels in mucosal lining fluid (MLF). M...

in order to evaluate arbuscular mycorrhiza (glomuss mossea) and mycorrhiza-like (piriformospora indica) effects on yield, yield components and some morphological (cv. azar 2) traits of wheat (triticum aestivum l.) under water deficit stress, a pot experiment was conducted as factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with four replications. treatments were drought stress at thre...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in proteinuria in dogs naturally infected with visceral leishmaniasis, following treatment with miltefosine (MLF) and allopurinol. MATERIALS AND METHODS Medical records of 40 dogs with leishmaniasis, treated with 2 mg/kg MLF every 24 h PO and 10 mg/kg allopurinol every 12 h for 28 days were reviewed. 20 dogs were included in the study, and cli...

There are two main fermentations associated with the vinification process. Alcoholic fermentation (AF), which is conducted by yeasts and malolactic (MLF), takes place as a result of metabolic activity lactic acid bacteria (LAB) genera Oenococcus, former-Lactobacillus, Pediococcus Leuconostoc. MLF defined biotransformation L-malic to L-lactic carbon dioxide in addition deacidification, contribut...

3He spin filter is a useful neutron polarization device as polarizer and an analyzer in scattering experiments because of its capabilities to polarize neutrons broad energy range cover wide solid angle. We are developing filter, based on the Spin Exchange Optical Pumping (SEOP) for polarized at Materials Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) J-PARC. A gas-filling station was constructed J-PA...

During development of the chick central nervous system, the trajectories of the descending medial and lateral longitudinal fascicles (MLF and LLF) are pioneered by axons originating from the interstitial nucleus of Cajal (INC) and the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus (MTN), respectively. Both tracts cross rhombomere 1 at two specific locations in the basal plate. In this study, we have investig...