Playas (or ephemeral lakes) can be significant sources of dust, but they are typically covered by salt crusts of variable mineralogy and these introduce uncertainty into dust emission predictions. Despite the importance of crust mineralogy to emission potential, little is known about (i) the effect of short-term changes in temperature and relative humidity on the erodibility of these crusts, an...

Radiation protection and cytotoxicity effects of different concentrations cerium oxide nanoparticles in aqueous solution combined with sodium dodecyl sulphate Vero cells irradiated 18 MV beams

background: successful therapy of leishmaniasis depends on effective cellular immune response. we evaluated the effectiveness of sodium selenite and zinc sulphate as known immunomodulator materials, in combination with glucantime® in treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions resulting from leishmania ma­jor in susceptible animal model. methods: thirty three female mice weighing 18-20 g at th...

Salt crystallization is one of the harshest deterioration mechanisms affecting heritage materials, causing impressive decay patterns and loss a high thickness original materials. Although salt damage has been widely investigated in literature from theoretical experimental points view, solutions to mitigate this problem are still extremely limited. In present paper, new biopolymeric treatment ba...

crisis due to global warming and its associated damaging consequences, including salinity, it is essential to develop plant resistance to salinity level. in this study, an experiment was conducted using different levels of salinity (0.05, 0.1, 0.15 and 0.2% sodium chloride) had on rosa hybrida, as the most important cut flowers in the world. results showed that by increasing of salinity, sodium...

Background & Aim:  The hot water extract of a mixture of Anogeissus leiocarpus and Prosopis africana is widely used in the northern part of Nigeria for the treatment and management of asthma. Since investigations of its pharmacological activities already justify its use, and the need for standardization of herbal medicine and develop appropriate dosage forms has continued to g...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of front-of-pack labels on taste perception and use of table salt for currently available and sodium-reduced soups. DESIGN Within-subject design. SETTING Sensory laboratory. SUBJECTS Participants (n 50, mean age 34.8 (sd 13.6) years) were randomly served nine soups (250 ml each) across 3 d. Servings differed in: (i) health label (i.e. no health label, r...

Stability of ceftiofur sodium and cefquinome sulphate in intravenous solutions was studied. Chromatographic separation and quantitative determination were performed by using a high-performance liquid chromatography with UV-DAD detection. During the stability study, poly(vinylchloride) minibags were filled with a solution containing 5 mg of ceftiofur sodium or cefquinome sulphate and diluted to ...

An occlusive patch-test assay has been developed for assessment of topical retinoid action in human epidermis. Previous work with this assay has demonstrated marked epidermal hyperplasia in skin treated with topical all-trans-retinoic acid for 4 days and similar effects with the local irritant, sodium lauryl sulphate. To investigate the capabilities of this assay further, a time-course and dose...