the main objective of this study was assessment of hormonal treatments effects on sperm quality improvement in barbus sharpeyi. results showed differences in effects of treatments with lhrha2, lhrha2 combined with a dopamine antagonist (met), and cpe (carp pituitary extract) on parameters of sperm volume, motility, spermatocrit, biochemical indices of seminal plasma and sperm efficiency on arti...

the experimental studies of methane conversion to higher hydrocarbons and methanol using a dielectric barrier discharge (dbd) reactor are presented in this article. the process is carried out at ambient atmospheric pressure and temperature. the dbd reactor is stimulated by an alternative voltage of 50 hz and amplitude of max.23kv. the examination of the effect of voltage and flow rates on metha...

in this paper, construction of triplet atmospheric plasma jet using argon, air, oxygen and nitrogen gases is reported. bactericidal effect of the plasma jet is also investigated. to that end, longitudinal geometric configuration for the electrodes was chosen because it would increase the jet length. electrical characteristics, jet length dependencies on the applied voltage and gas flow rate wer...

Throughout recent years the idea to use plasma technology to modify materials has been at the forefront. The use of plasma to sterilize packaging has become increasingly popular. Plasma has also been adopted to surface treat materials, increasing their wettability. This opens a wide variety of doors; anywhere from better printing, to bonding unlike materials during dual-injection molding. Lastl...

background and aims: plasma rich in growth factors (prgfs) has been recently proposed as an aid to enhance regeneration of osseous and epithelial tissues in oral surgery. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of local application of platelet rich plasma (prp) on implant stability measured by periotest. materials and methods: a total of 24 implants were placed in mandible of 12 l...

the major limitation in the application of bioactive molecule is their low permeation across plasma membrane. in 1988 it was discovered, that a natural polycationic protein, the trans-acting activator of transcription (tat) of the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv-1), passed very efficiently through cell membrane of cultured mammalian cells. tat became known as the first cell penetrating peptid...

in this paper, a novel method of producing bi-metallic alloy nanoparticles at low temperatures using hydrogen bombardment of thin films, deposited on glass substrates, is introduced. optical and morphological characteristics of the nanoparticles were extensively studied for various conditions of plasma treatment, such as plasma power density, temperature, duration of hydrogen bombardment, thick...

Abstract Linear plasma devices represent an essential tool for nuclear fusion research, whereby understanding crucial aspects related to plasma-wall interactions or edge behaviour. Simplified models are of great importance complement and integrate experimental simulation results complex systems such as plasmas in linear machines, because they fast simple employ. In this work, we present a globa...