The kinetics of breaking and phenol extraction efficiency the bio-emulsion in liquid-liquid dispersed column are studied by varying bio-surfactant (lecithin) concentration, oil: water ratio, emulsification speed distributor nozzle. Among range parameters studied, maximum 79 % emulsion stability beyond 60 minutes is achieved at optimized conditions. compared with an prepared using Span-80. Even ...

Purpose. To analyze microstructural changes in the external limiting membrane (ELM) and photoreceptor layer before and after early and late conventional laser treatment in central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) in 12 months follow-up study. Methods. A retrospective observational study included Group A: 19 patients (19 eyes) with symptomatic acute CSC and Group B: 16 patients (16 eyes) with symp...

Poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) porous membranes are fabricated via thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) with mixed diluent (dibutyl phthalate (DBP)/dioctyl phthalate (DOP)). The effects of mixed diluent are discussed in detail in term of morphology, mean pore size, selective wettability, etc. The results show that the membrane structure changes from spherulitic to...

Liquid membrane processes have attracted many interests in recent years for removal of heavy metals such as cadmium from industrial wastewaters. In this study, a modified hybrid liquid membrane system is introduced. The setup is worked by applying the water-insoluble dioctyl phthalate as the organic solvent. N-octanol and tetra butyl ammonium bromide are added to the organic phase to increase t...

wych elm (ulmus glabra hudson) is one of the forest species in hyrcanian forests of iran and considered as threatened species due to its narrow ecological range, over-exploitation, as well as dutch elm disease. in order to evaluate the possibility of cryopreservation of ulmus glabra seeds for long-term preservation, seeds were collected from natural habitats and three pre-treatment methods incl...

PURPOSE To correlate the serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) with the severity of retinopathy and disruption of the external limiting membrane (ELM) and inner segment-outer segment (IS-OS) junction in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS Study subjects included patients with type 2 DM [diabetes mellitus with no retinopathy...

With recent development of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT), the pathological changes of retina can be observed in much greater detail. SD-OCT clearly delineates three highly reflective lines in the outer retina, which are external limiting membrane (ELM), photoreceptor inner and outer segment (IS/OS) junction, and cone outer segment tips (COST) in order from inside. These ...