in order to evaluate the effects of ascites on blood gas parameters and internal organ weights, 335 broilers related to parental lines was studied. one hundred sixty-one male broilers and one hundred seventy-four females selected randomly and studied under two treatments of control and ascites. at 54 days of age, body weight and body weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion rate between the...

background and objectives: day-shift taxi drivers have a long duration of direct sun exposure. however, the efficiency of this occupational exposure in vitamin d synthesis has not been addressed yet. the aim of this study was to assess the vitamin d status of taxi drivers in tehran, and examine vitamin d status association with some anthropometric and circulating biomarkers. materials and metho...

Challenges to body fluid homeostasis can have a profound impact on hypothalamic regulation of stress responsiveness. Deficiencies in blood volume or sodium concentration leads to the generation of neural and humoral signals relayed through the hindbrain and circumventricular organs that apprise the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVH) of hydromineral imbalance. Collectively, these ...

Introduction: Few pieces of evidence are available about the association between occupational exposure to vegetable oil and the risk of blood lipid problems. This study was aimed to investigate the relationship between exposure to vegetable oil and blood lipid profile in a vegetable oil factory. Materials and Methods: This retrospective cohort study was carried out on 30 male workers exposed t...

Previous studies show that chronic acrylamide exposure leads to central and peripheral neu-ropathy. However, the underlying mechanisms remained unclear. In this study, we examined the permeability of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier, and its ability to secrete transthyretin and transport leptin of rats exposed to acrylamide for 7, 14, 21 or 28 days. Transthyretin levels in cerebrospinal fl...

background: drivers of heavy motor vehicles are occupationally exposed to intense whole body vibration (wbv) for several hours per day over their working lifetime. therefore, they are at risk of wbv-induced occupational disorders. this study aimed to investigate health effects of long-term exposure to whole body vibration among a group of heavy vehicle drivers in fars province, southwestern ira...

We report darunavir, ritonavir, and etravirine pharmacokinetics in cervicovaginal fluid and blood plasma for women from the Gender, Race and Clinical Experience (GRACE) study. Eight women received darunavir-ritonavir (600/100 mg) twice daily (b.i.d.); two also received etravirine (200 mg) b.i.d. Week 4 paired blood plasma and cervicovaginal fluid samples were collected over 12 h. Darunavir and ...