Diagnosis of infectious diseases remains an important issue in medical science. Identification of biomarkers can be used to predict early infections. Recently, heat shock proteins (HSPs) have been known as the conserved compounds expressed under stress conditions in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems. These proteins act as molecular chaperones. Several studies showed the increased levels o...

Seasonal change inferred to climate inevitably influences Critical thermal maximum (CTmax) of riverine fishes. In this study, we investigated CTmax as tolerance for four common fishes, i.e., Danio regina, Channa gachua, Rasbora caudimaculata and Mystacoleucus chilopterus, in the Kwae Noi river system western Thailand. The acute was lower wet season (mean temperature ∼25 °C) higher dry ∼23 with ...

   Zinc oxide (ZnO) is the most common and widely utilized nanomaterial for biological applications due to their unique characteristics, such as biocompatibility, biosafety and antimicrobial along with thermal stability and mechanical strength. Magnesium (Cu) is considered as a significant dopant for ZnO due to their almost similar ionic radii and their role in biological activitie...

this study was conducted to investigate factors hindering the flow of breast milk, thus interfering with breast feeding during six weeks post delivery in women attending the health units associated with iran medical university in tehran (1993)   a total of 240 mothers were selected of whom 180 nursed their babies exclusively and 60 of them were giving addional helping formula.   based on the fi...

For a player to enter the game-world of EverQuest, they must choose a character. Each character fulfills a particular, functional role within the game that defines the game-play experience for the player. A character’s role defines the basis of identity formation within the game-space. Using sociological role theory as a point of departure, this paper will explore how class roles are designed i...

Current hormonal therapies for prostate cancer are effective initially, but inevitably tumours progress to an advanced, metastatic stage, often referred to as 'androgen independent'. However, the androgen receptor (AR) signalling pathway is still key for their growth. It is speculated that tumours escape hormonal control via reduction in corepressor proteins. Manipulating such proteins is thus ...

We thank Alffenaar and colleagues on their very insightful comments regarding the new breakpoints for multidrugresistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) (1). We agree that the impact of the definition goes beyond statistical increases in the prevalence of MDR TB and has a direct impact on who should be treated with first-line regimens. Revision of breakpoints implies changing the regimens on which patien...