Purpose To determine the constituents and origin of the yellow pigment in surgically removed lamellar hole-associated epiretinal proliferation (LHEP) in patients with lamellar macular hole (LMH). Methods This prospective case series comprised nine eyes with LMH in patients aged 41 to 83 years. The presence of LHEP was confirmed by preoperative optical coherence tomography; the distribution of...

In this paper, three different fertilizer draw solutions were tested in a novel forward osmosis-microfiltration aerobic membrane bioreactor (MF-FDFO-MBR) hybrid system and their performance were evaluated in terms of water flux and reverse salt diffusion. Results were also compared with a standard solution. Results showed that ammonium sulfate is the most suitable fertilizer for this hybrid sys...

Developing new materials and novel technologies for the highly efficient treatment of toxic organic pollutants is desirable. Chemical reduction based on heterogeneous substrate/noble metal catalysts reducing agent NaBH4 has become an effective method in recent years. Here, a spherical covalent framework (SCOF) was designed to provide basic sites Ag ions, by which small NPs were immobilized SCOF...

نقش سلولهای خونی به عنوان اجزای اصلی دفاع فیزیولوژیک حشرات مهم گزارش شده است. اولین فاکتورهای سیستم گردش خون هستند که در مقابله با انواع تنشها و عوامل بیگانه مشارکت می کنند. تحقیق حاضر، چهار نوع هموسیت همولنف لارو سن چهارم خرطوم بلند دمبرگ چغندرقند شناسایی شد شامل پروهموسیتها، گرانولوسیتها، پلاسموتوسیتها انوسیتوئیدها هستند. بزرگترین از نظر اندازه بودند مجموع فراوانی گرانولوسیتها لاروهای سنین سو...

Absorption of riboflavin (RF) across membrane barriers is essential to cellular oxidation reduction processes. Riboflavin carrier protein (RCP), a 37-kDa secretory protein, is proposed to play an important role in RF absorption, although information on the mammalian ortholog remains unclear. This study alludes to the existence of a mammalian RF carrier protein and further characterizes its carr...

Anatomic dead space (VD) is known to increase with end-inspiratory lung volume (EILV), and the gradient of the relationship has been proposed as an index of airway distensibility (DeltaVD). The aims of this study were to apply a rapid method for measuring DeltaVD and to determine whether it was affected by lung volume history. VD of 16 healthy and 16 mildly asthmatic subjects was measured at a ...

Penggunaan lithium dalam pembuatan baterai meningkat secara signifikan beberapa tahun terakhir. Karena peningkatan kebutuhan lithium, maka diperlukan sumber litium yang dapat di eksploitasi. Target dari penelitian ini adalah untuk memekatkan konsentrasi sebelum dilakukan proses pemisahan lainnya. Perangkat DCMD menggunakan perbedaan tekanan uap dikedua sisi membran sebagai driving force. Laruta...

While the cytoplasmic phase of the hepadnavirus replication cycle is well understood, very little is known about the nuclear phase. In contrast to retroviruses, proviral integration is not required for hepadnavirus replication; however, some of the viral DNAs in the nucleus are diverted into an integration pathway. Under certain conditions these integrations function as carcinogenic agents. In ...

Animal breeding and management of organic wastes pose a serious problem to the health of livestock and workers, as well as the nearby residents. The aim of the present study was to determine the mechanisms of toxicity of selected common odorous compounds from poultry manure, including ammonia, dimethylamine (DMA), trimethylamine (TMA), butyric acid, phenol, and indole. We measured their genotox...