this study was carried out to determine the appropriate size of caspian trout ( salmo caspius kessler, 1877) juveniles for releasing into the rivers that enter south of the caspian sea for stock enhancement, or possibility of cage culture in the caspian sea. a total of 1611 specimens in 4 weight groups of 5, 10, 15 and 20g were exposed to 3 salinity trials which include caspian sea water (11- 1...

introduction:  electroporation  is  a  technique  for  increasing  the  permeability  of  the  cell  membrane  to  otherwise  non-permeate  molecules  due  to  an  external  electric  field.  this  permeability  enhancement  is  detectable if the induced transmembrane voltage becomes greater than a critical value which depends on the  pulse  strength  threshold.  in  this  study,  the  variabil...

background:  giant cell tumor of tendon sheath (gctts) is often thought of as a volar finger mass. we hypothesized that gctts are equally common on the dorsal and volar aspects of the hand. in addition, we hypothesized that there are no factors associated with the location (volar versus dorsal) and largest measured dimension of a gctts.  methods:  a total of 126 patients with a pathological dia...

objective(s): atherosclerosis is an important risk factor for coronary heart disease. neuropeptide y (npy) and its receptors, located in peripheral tissue such as white adipose tissue, have been linked to obesity and fat storage. the role of npy in atherosclerosis has not yet been fully studied, so this study was conducted to further investigate the effect of biie 0246, an npy receptor antagoni...

preparation of the topographic factor (ls) map in rusle model is a very tedious step because of the complicated effects of topography on soil loss. the objective of this study was to determine the suitable cell size of digital elevation model (dem) for computing ls factor by the method of moore and wilson (1992) in a 5326 ha area, northwest of tehran province. towards this end, cell sizes of 30...

background and aims. the correlation between morphology of giant cells in peripheral granulomas of the jaws and the aggressive behavior of the lesion is unknown. this study investigated the correlation between the histopathologic features with demographic, gross and radiographic findings in giant cell granulomas. materials and methods. in this analytical study, data from 23 cases of central gia...