With a view towards the application in space-borne optical instruments, we first performed a world-wide market survey of infrared fibers designed for the wavelength range of 1.5μm to 18μm. Fiber samples purchased and tested comprise fluoride fibers, chalcogenide fibers, a germanate fiber and a silver-halide fiber, as well as hollow fibers. While the majority of infrared fibers offered are of th...

The number and variety of laser materials in the 2-3 μm spectral region is growing as fast as the applications. Example materials are the ‘traditional’ mid-infrared solid state crystals: Ho:YAG, Tm:YAG, Ho:Tm:YAG, Er:YAG. There are also new or less standard Erbium-doped materials such as Er:YSGG, Er:Y2O3 5, Er:ZBLAN fiber6. Several Chromium-doped chalcogenides7 cover virtually the entire 2-3 μm...

Background: This study was carried out to assess the effects of MnTBAP, a cell permeable antioxidant, on motility, membrane integrity, capacitation status and in vitro fertilization ability of frozen-thawed ram semen. Materials and Methods: Fresh semen ejaculates were collected with artificial vagina from five rams, mixed and divided into five equal fractions, and diluted (1:20 v/v) with commer...

background: linoleic acid (la) is a polyunsaturated fatty acid present in high concentrations in follicular fluid, when added to maturation culture media, it affects oocyte competence.objective: in the present study, we investigated effect of linoleic acid supplementation on in vitro maturation, embryo development and apoptotic related gene expression in ovinematerials and methods: the experime...

objective(s): nowadays, cancer is an important public health problem in all countries. limitations of current chemotherapy for neoplastic diseases such as severe adverse reactions and tumor resistance to the chemotherapeutic drugs have been led to a temptation for focusing on the discovery and development of new compounds with potential anticancer activity.   materials and methods: a new series...

In the presented study, CuO-CoO-MnO/SiO2 nanocomposite was synthesis by Cu(II), Co(II), Mn(II), with 1:1:1 mole ratio and Tetraethyl orthosilicate. azo–azomethine 1-(3-imino-4-hydroxophenylazo-4-nitrobenzene)-4-methyl phenol (L) was synthesized and used as a ligand for capturing the metal ions. Also, 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide was applied as the i...

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of co-Q10 and ellagic acid on sperm parameters after the freeze–thawing of Ghezel ram sperm. Twenty ejaculates from five Ghezel rams were collected in this study. Semen samples, which were diluted with a soybean lecithin (SL) based extender containing 0.25 mM ellagic acid, 0.5 μM co-Q10, 0.25 mM ellagic acid + 0.5 μM co-Q10 and no antioxidant (...

Developing simple, sensitive and selective sensing systems for dopamine is important due to its biological significance. In this work, a silver nanoparticles-modified carbon paste electrode (AgNPs-CPE) has been constructed and used to detect of dopamine (DA) in the simultaneous presence of ascorbic acid (AA) and uric acid (UA) at neutral pH 7.0 by cyclic voltammetry. The modified electrode show...

In the present study, the possibility of concentrating tungsten-copper vein ore in South Chah-Palang was examined using gravity separators including Jig Machine (-2360+600 μm), shaking table (-600+120 μm), and multi-gravity separator (MGS) (-120 μm). The representative sample contains 1.5% WO3 and 5.95% CuO. The main tungsten minerals were ferberite and wolframite and their appropriate liberati...