Due to the fact that compost is a valuable fertilizer serves principally as source of macronutrients, composting one preferred methods management organic waste, including municipal sewage sludge. However, due its high moisture content and low C/N ratio, sludge cannot be composted alone. This study investigated usefulness waste willow-bark (WWB) (after salicylate extraction) an amendment for sew...

The nuclear K–shell electron–capture (EC) and positron (β) decay constants, λEC and λβ+ of H–like Pr and He–like Pr ions, measured recently in the ESR ion storage ring at GSI, were calculated using standard weak interaction theory. The calculated ratios R = λEC/λβ+ of the decay constants agree with the experimental values within an accuracy better than 3%. The anomalous experimental value of th...

The nuclear K–shell electron–capture (EC) and positron (β+) decay constants, λEC and λβ+ of H–like 140Pr and He–like 140Pr ions, measured recently in the ESR ion storage ring at GSI, were calculated using standard weak interaction theory. The calculated ratios R = λEC/λβ+ of the decay constants agree with the experimental values within an accuracy better than 3%. PACS: 12.15.Ff, 13.15.+g, 23.40...

Background and Aims: Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) are a well-known source of multipotent adult stem cells. Despite using different methodologies of MSCs preparing for clinical applications, the top safest procedure to manipulate these cells, has not yet been determined. Recently, ex-vivo expansion of MSCs for their subsequent implantation, using some biological product, ...

PURPOSE The fibrates are ligands for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) α and used clinically as hypolipidemic drugs. The fibrates are known to cause peroxisome proliferation, enhance superoxide dismutase (SOD) expression and catalase activity. The antioxidant actions of the fibrates may modify radiation sensitivity. Here, we investigated the change of the radiation sensitivity i...

background: it is reasonable to think that some biochemical characteristics of follicular fluid (ff) surrounding the oocyte may play a critical role in determining the quality of oocyte and the subsequent potential needed to achieve fertilization and embryo development. objective: this study was carried out to evaluate the levels of ff homocysteine (hcy) in ivf candidate polycystic ovary syndro...

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We investigate N = 2 extended superconformal symmetry, using the half-twisted Landau-Ginzburg models. The first example is the D2n+2 -type minimal model. It has been conjectured that this model has a spin n super W current. We checked this by the direct computations of the BRS cohomology class up to n = 4. We observe for n ≤ 3 the super W currents generate the ring isomorphic to the chiral ring...

Tonsil Actisil FF, which is a commercial bentonitic clay, promotes the formation of cycloveratrylene macrocycles and benzyl oligomers from the corresponding benzyl alcohols in good yields under microwave heating and infrared irradiation in the absence of solvent in both cases. The catalytic reaction is sensitive to the type of substituent on the aromatic ring. Thus, when benzyl alcohol was subs...

AIM The aim of our study is to elucidate the effects of EPA- or DHA-rich fish oil, and of the latter plus fenofibrate, on lipid metabolism in female KK mice. METHODS Female KK mice were fed purified experimental diets containing lard/safflower oil (4:6, Lard/SO), EPA-rich fish oil (EPA), DHA-rich fish oil (DHA), or DHA-rich fish oil plus 0.2% (w/w) fenofibrate (DHA+FF) for 8 weeks. At the end...