Background Auto-immunization was proposed as the mechanism of contralateral testicular damage following unilateral vas deferens injuries. The objective of this experimental in vitro study was to elucidate the effect of tacrolimus (TS) as a powerful immunosuppressant on contralateral epididymal sperm fertilizing capacity following unilateral vas deferens obstruction (UVO) in mice. MaterialsAndMe...

aims: sludge is an inescapable component of all wastewaters that originated from their treatment. dissolved air flotation (daf) process as an alternative clarifier is used in treatment of drinking water, pretreatment of wastewater, and as a phase separator in sludge activation processes. this study aimed to calibrated the usage of daf process in a laboratory scale and under various conditions, ...

This paper proposes a novel, bi-objective mixed-integer mathematical programming for an open shop scheduling problem (OSSP) that minimizes the mean tardiness and the mean completion time. To obtain the efficient (Pareto-optimal) solutions, a fuzzy multi-objective decision making (fuzzy MODM) approach is applied. By the use of this approach, the related auxiliary single objective formulation can...

Lethal shock is subverted by crippling a family of G proteins in endothelial cells, according to Korhonen and colleagues on page 411. Bee stings or other allergens can cause anaphylactic shock in severely allergic individuals by triggering mast cell activation and the release of anaphylactic mediators like histamine and platelet activating factor (PAF). At high enough levels, these mediators ca...

Knowledge compilation speeds inference by creating tractable approximations of a knowledge base, but this advantage is lost if the approximations are too large. We show how learning concept generalizations can allow for a more compact representation of the tractable theory. We also give a general induction rule for generating such concept generalizations. Finally, we prove that unless NP E non-...

background : turner syndrome (ts) is a sporadic disorder caused by the absence of all or some parts one x-chromosome with major developmental consequences such as short stature and ovarian failure etc. the minor manifestations of ts are cubitus valgus, micrognatism, high-arched palate, short and/or webbed neck, hypothyroidism, etc. different karyotype abnormalities may lead to different clinica...

as a native fermented dairy drink, doogh is an important industrial product in iran. however, its characteristics have not been completely evaluated. this study evaluated the flow behavior, particle size distribution and stability of non-fat doogh as affected by the row material employed (fresh skim milk or skim milk powder) and the total solids (ts) content of the final drink. the viscosity of...