Background: Compassion, and its close counterparts empathy and kindness, are increasingly being recognized as essential dimensions of a quality health care experience, with further evidence demonstrating that they can be developed behaviors. This has spurred the creation of a number of curricula and tools for teaching empathy and compassionate communication, however many of these curricula appr...

Removal of cadmium from aqueous solution was studied; using platanus orientalis leaves (POL) and their ash in 2006 in Iran. Bach adsorption experiments were performed as a function of solute concentration, contact time, pH and ironic strength for the experiment. The effect of Ca , Mg , Na and K on adsorption was 2+ 2+ + then examined. The effect of this adsorbent on COD in aqueous solution show...

BACKGROUND Lipid transfer proteins (LTP) are pan-allergens in plant derived foods that have been also detected in several pollens. The observed cross-reactivity between pollen and plant-food LTPs has led to hypothesize that primary sensitisation to this allergen may occur through the airways. OBJECTIVE The present study looked at the prevalence of hypersensitivity to different L TP-containing...

A study was made of airborne pollen counts in Cuenca (east-central Iberian Peninsula, Spain), using data obtained over a 3-year period (2008-2010). This is the first such study carried out in the World Heritage city of Cuenca, situated in the large region of Castilla-La Mancha. Air monitoring was performed using the sampling and analysis procedures recommended by the Spanish Aerobiology Network...

The present study aimed to express, purify and identify the major allergen gene, Pla a1, in Platanus pollen. According to previous studies, the major gene sequences of the Pla a1 allergen were obtained and codon optimization and synthesis of the genome were performed using DNAStar software. Following binding of the target gene fragment and the pET-44a vector, the JM109 cells were transfected to...

Hourly measurements of pollen near-surface concentration and lidar-derived profiles of particle backscatter coefficients and of volume and particle depolarization ratios during a 5-day pollination event observed in Barcelona, Spain, between 27 – 31 March, 2015, are presented. Maximum hourly pollen concentrations of 4700 and 1200 m h were found for Platanus and Pinus, respectively, which represe...

Fossil leaves which show excellent preservation of lipids and other organic compounds are preserved in abundance at the Miocene Clarkia lake deposit in northwestern Idaho, USA. Eighty three fossils from nine genera which are commonly found at the site, namely Quercus, Platanus, Magnolia, Pseudofagus, Fagus, Cocculus, Taxodium, Metasequoia and Sequoia were investigated to assess whether their ch...

Background: In the present study, tolerance of plantain tree species (Platanus orientalis, Morus nigra and Ailanthus altissima) to air pollution was evaluated using Air Pollution Tolerance Index (ATPI) Anticipated Performance (API) index in Isfahan city (Iran). Methods: For this purpose, three dominant trees growing at six stations selected then sampling leaves performed, after being transferre...