712 Soil physical conditions can aff ect diff usion, environmental fate, and effi cacy of fumigants in soil disinfestation treatments. Water seals (applying water using sprinklers to soil following fumigation) can eff ectively reduce fumigant emissions from sandy loam soils. Soil column studies compared the eff ectiveness of water seals in reducing cis-1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D) emissions from...

www.thelancet.com Vol 383 June 28, 2014 2189 Multiple sclerosis is the most common cause of chronic neurological disability in young adults in developed countries and seems to be increasing in frequency. Disease presentation in 80–90% of patients follows an initial phase characterised by bouts of relapsingremitting neurological dysfunction. These relapses are thought to represent focal areas of...

| January 2014 | 81 Considering the effect of hyperglycemia causing negative eff ect on bone formation and infl ammatory eff ects in T2DM patients, which may result in reduced osseointegration and higher failure rate of dental implants, we hypothesize that RSV may reduce dental implant failure rate by having stimulating bone formation and anti-infl ammatory eff ects. It seems that induction of ...

This study presents credible estimates for the causal eff ect of a variation in obesity on employment. By exploring random assignment of a weight loss intervention based on monetary rewards, I provide convincing evidence that weight loss positively aff ects the employment prospects of obese women but not of obese men. Consistent with this, signifi cant eff ects of weight loss on proxy variables...

background: designing an intervention to increase physical activity is important to be based on the health care settings resources and be acceptable by the subject group. this study was designed to assess and compare the eff ect of the goal setting strategy with a group education method on increasing the physical activity of mothers of children aged 1 to 5. materials and methods: mothers who ha...

Present study aimed to investigate the eff ect of curcumin-pretreatment on intestinal I/R injury and on intestinal mucosa barrier. Thirty Wistar rats were randomly divided into: sham, I/R, and curcumin groups (n=10). Animals in curcumin group were pretreated with curcumin by gastric gavage (200 mg/kg) for 2 days before I/R. Small intestine tissues were prepared for Haematoxylin & Eosin (H&E) st...

The aim of this study was to determine the eff ect of 7-nitroindazole (7-NI – a preferential neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor) on the protective action of oxcarbazepine (OXC) and vigabatrin (VGB) – two newer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) against pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced seizures in mice. The clonic seizure activity in mice was evoked by subcutaneous injection of PTZ (100 mg/kg) and...

For human vaccines to be available on a global scale, complex production methods, meticulous quality control, and reliable distribution channels are needed to ensure that the products are potent and eff ective at the point of use. The technologies used to manufacture diff erent types of vaccines can strongly aff ect vaccine cost, ease of industrial scale-up, stability, and, ultimately, worldwid...

1092 www.thelancet.com Vol 382 September 28, 2013 could be primarily due to diff erences in estimation methods. Compared with the methods based on direct observation that the four countries used, the GBD 2010 used a fi ve-step approach to estimate alcohol-related transport injury that was based on systematical review and synthesis of published and unpublished data because most countries lack hi...

Cigarette smoke is known to be a serious health risk factor and considered reproductively toxic. In the current study, we investigated whether constituents of cigarette smoke, pyrazine, 2-ethylpyridine, and 3-ethylpyridine, adversely aff ect reproductive functioning such as oocyte maturation and sperm capacitation. Our fi ndings indicated that three smoke components were involved in retardation...