this study was aimed to detect anti-toxoplasma gondii antibodies in cats infected with rh strain of t. gondii by using an immunoblotting method. for this, cats were experimentally infected using tachyzoites harvested from vero cell cultures. tachyzoites were then lysed and transferred to polyacrylamide gels followed by blotting to pvdf membranes. an immunoblotting was performed using these memb...

objective cerebrospinal fluid (csf), its secretion, circulation and absorption have been the subject of recent researches. there is a general agreement that the main site of csf secretion is in the choroids plexus. however, the main absorption site is controversial. some believe that arachnoid granulations are the principle sites of csf absorption. in this study, different locations of csf abso...

This paper aims to prove the efficiency of an adapted computationally intelligence-based behavior of cats called the cat swarm optimization algorithm, that solves the open shop scheduling problem, classified as NP-hard which its importance appears in several industrial and manufacturing applications. The cat swarm optimization algorithm was applied to solve some benchmark instances from the lit...

oxidative stress is known to be one of the major factors involved in the development and progression of cancer. oxidative stress can occur due to an imbalance between concentrations of reactive oxygen species and antioxidant capacities. catalase (cat; omim 115500) and superoxide dismutase 1 (sod1; omim 147450) play important roles in the primary defense against oxidative stress. in the present ...

experimental and epidemiological evidences implicate the involvement of oxygen derived radicals in the pathogenesis of cancer development. oxygen derived radicals are able to cause damage to membranes, mitochondria and macromolecules including proteins, lipids and dna. accumulation of dna damages has been suggested to contribute to carcinogenesis. it would, therefore, be advantageous to pinpoin...

linguatula serrata is a tongue-shaped parasite that infects carnivores or insectivorous reptile as final host and herbivores as intermediate ones. during necropsy of a 1.5-year-old female stray cat, a few white and fine nodules were observed on the diaphragmatic lobes of the lung. in histopathological examination, the nodules contained a turned spinosum parasite with cuticular spines and in par...