This study examined the color stability of painted Norway spruce (Picea abies) samples subjected to natural and accelerated weathering, using Duncan’s tests and correlation analyses. The following effects were studied: (1) the different initial roughness of the wood; (2) use of transparent or lightly-pigmented top-coat layers; and (3) the presence of the final water-repellent layer. Natural wea...

We exposed human peripheral lymphocytes in vitro to 0.3 and 1 Gy of 60Co gamma rays to evaluate whether the ability and sensitivity to detect chromosomal aberrations by chromosome painting is independent or not to the specific paint probes. To detect structural aberrations (translocations), we painted chromosome spreads simultaneously with two whole-chromosome libraries for chromosomes 1, 2, 3,...

The induction of apoptosis by Piper betel leaf extracts during 7, 12 dimethylbenz [a] anthracene (DMBA) induced hamster buccal pouch (HBP) carcinoma was studied in male Syrian hamsters using DNA fragmentation and the apoptosis-associated proteins, tissue transglutaminase (tTG) and Bcl-2. Hamsters were divided into four groups of six animals each. Animals in group 1 were painted with a 0.5% solu...

BACKGROUND Paint laden with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) often acts as a point source for environmental contamination. It is advantageous to address contaminated paint before the PCBs transport to surrounding media; however, current disposal methods of painted material introduce a variety of complications. Previous work demonstrates that PCBs can be broken down at ambient temperatures and p...

Large conspicuous eyespots have evolved in multiple taxa and presumably function to thwart predator attacks. Traditionally, large eyespots were thought to discourage predator attacks because they mimicked eyes of the predators' own predators. However, this idea is controversial and the intimidating properties of eyespots have recently been suggested to simply be a consequence of their conspicuo...

This paper considers the results of an examination painted pottery from prehistoric sites Prmor’ye region (Southern Russian Far East) in northwestern part Sea Japan basin. Red-painted and black-painted ceramic wares occur here only remains Yankovskaya archaeological culture dated to 1st mil. BCE. Red painting appears as a colored surface coating, black is represented by very simple drawn patter...

although many studies and excavations at islamic sites have been done, and something position of islamic pottery have been marked, but there is a lot of problem exist in this case like centers of pottery and stylistics diversity. therefore archaeological excavationswith accurate studies can solve very of this problems. in this paper il-khanid pottery from three season archeological excavation a...

Introduction: Mawrth Vallis, Mars, exhibits unique stratigraphy characterized by distinct phyllosili-cate units across an expansive region [1,2]. A potential analog for this site is the Painted Desert in Arizona, where striking profiles of clay and iron oxide units color the landscape [3]. Both sites contain multiple phyllosilicate units in similar stratigraphy across wide regions. We have acqu...