BACKGROUND The present study sought to investigate the effects of Tarantula cubensis extract (TC; Theranekron®) on the histopathological scores of peritoneal wound healing after laparotomy in the rats. METHODS This study was designed to investigate the effects of Theranekron on the peritoneal wound healing after wound creation, on days9, 14, 19, 24 and 29 post-injury in rats. Twenty-four matu...

background: to compare the efficacy of subconjunctival administration of bevacizumab and different doses of sunitinib malate in reducing corneal neovascularization (cnv). materials and methods: in this experimental study, central corneal cauterization was created in the right eye of fifty male sprague–dawley rats. on day 1 (1 week after cauterization), rats were randomly assigned into five trea...

Thirty-two SPF New Zealand White rabbits of both sexes were used in this experiment. They were sequentially slaughtered at 22, 29, 35 and 42 days of age. The rabbits were only milked by their mother and by foster mothers (no access to solid food) throughout the experiment. They exhibited a caecal fermentation pattern that turned towards a proteolytic metabolic activity (high levels in NH3 and i...

Abstract Food waste had been such an alarming issue, not only in Malaysia, but throughout the world. Composting is environmentally friendly way to reduce food by using a less costly and time of system. considered most common method used compost having organic materials water only. This study aims identify level awareness among respondents about composting assess effectiveness at home basis. An ...

objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of local cryotherapy on the intensity of chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis in autologous bone marrow transplantation patients. patients and methods in this single, blinded, randomized clinical trial, 29 patients undergoing stem cell transplantation in iran were selected by convenience sampling, and randomly allocated to control (...

BACKGROUND Improvement of assisted reproductive technique (ART) results in higher pregnancy rates from positive Beta HCG to take home baby statistics. Despite developments in culture media allowing blastocyst stage transfer, some centers apply second, third and sometimes fourth day post injection for embryo transfer. This study aimed to compare their reproductive outcomes. METHODS This prospe...

Calcium requirements of North American adolescents were set at 1300 mg/day based on data from white girls. Calcium requirements for Asian-American adolescents have not been studied. Using metabolic balance protocols and a range in calcium intakes, skeletal calcium retention was determined in Chinese-American adolescents. A sample of 29 adolescents, 15 boys aged 12 to 15 years and 14 girls aged ...

Employing a field-based monitoring paradigm, the current study examined day-to-day fluctuations in actigraphy-based sleep recordings, cognitive performance (10-min psychomotor vigilance test; PVT), and self-reported recovery status among 14 submariners throughout 67-day military mission. Mission averages reflected suboptimal that was of short overall duration (5:46 ± 1:29 h per 24-h day) relati...