isovanillin and iso-acetovanillon are two phenolic components isolated from a number of plants including pycnocycla spinosa . p. spinosa extract has antispasmodic and antidiarrheal activities. however, no comparative study has been done on antidiarrheal action of isovanillin and iso- acetovanillon, so far. the aim of this study was to investigate antidiarrheal action of isovanillin and iso-acet...

Many areas of science and engineering rely on our ability to efficiently analyze large data sets from a four-dimensional (4d) space-time domain. These data sets represent the evolution through time of quantities such as temperature, pressure, and flow velocity that are measured or computed on a dense set of sample points in three-dimensional (3d) space. At a high-performance computing center (H...

flow visualization for the same volunteer examined at 1.5T (left) and 3T (right). Top: Time-average 3D PC-MRA was calculated from the 4D data and displayed as gray shaded semi transparent iso-surface. Bottom: Two emitter plane (top right) were used to generate systolic 3D steam-lines by forward / backward tracing of the measured threedirectional velocity vector field. Flow quantification was pe...

1. Mechanical properties of the abdominal ventral superficial muscle of the hermit crab, Pagurus pollicarus, were examined under isometric and iso-velocity conditions. The muscle was activated by stimulating its motor nerve at different frequencies. 2. Length-isometric tension relations were measured. Peak tension, Po, was 0'16-0'2MNm" and the sarcomere length of the muscle at the optimum lengt...

Software development in a small development team is a challenge, as people have to fulfill several roles, which in larger groups would have separate, dedicated people for the work. To help small development teams to organize their activities, ISO/IEC standardization body has developed the standard ISO/IEC 29110, Lifecycle profiles for Very Small Entities. Our study focuses on the application of...

In this paper we report on ongoing verification and validation work within the MULTIDOC project. This project is situated in the field of multilingual automotive product documentation. One central task is the evaluation of existing off-the-shelf and research based language technology (LT) products and components for the purpose of supporting or even reorganising the documentation production cha...

Sublingual nitroglycerin (TNG) has been introduced as a promising provocative agent for tilt table testing, but it has not been compared directly with the standard isoproterenol (ISO) infusion test previously. We tried to assess the diagnostic value and safety of TNG tilt testing as compared with ISO infusion in patients with unexplained syncope. TNG and ISO tilt tests were performed in tw...

Developing high-quality asynchronous store-and-forward telemedicine systems (ASFTSs) remains a challenge. However, there is no accepted understanding as to what are the important quality characteristics for this type of software system and/or what defines a mature software process for producing high-quality ASTFSs. Through adopting a multi-step research methodology, we define a quality model fo...

Objective(s): Existing studies have demonstrated that intravenous and intramyocardial-administrated mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) lead to tissue repair after cardiac disorders. We compared the efficiency of both administration methods.Materials and Methods: A rat model of isoproterenol-induced heart failure (ISO-HF) was established to co...