Background: Male factors, mainly spermatogenesis disorder, are responsible for 20-30% of infertility occurs in different societies. One of the known causes of spermatogenesis disorder is chemotherapy in patients with cancer. The side effect of chemoterpic agents may last from 10 years up to the end of the life. Since dividing cells are mainly affected by anticancer drugs, the aim of the present...

Example 1. Let G be a finite group. Then the set of all subgroups of G, partially ordered by inclusion, is a lattice. For H ≤ G the sublattice OG(H) of overgroups of H in G is the interval sublattice [H,G]. Call such a lattice a finite group interval lattice. There is a well-known open question as to whether every nonempty finite lattice is isomorphic to a finite group interval lattice. See [PP...

[1] At its seasonal peak the Amazon/Orinoco plume covers a region of 10 km in the western tropical Atlantic with more than 1 m of extra freshwater, creating a near-surface barrier layer (BL) that inhibits mixing and warms the sea surface temperature (SST) to >29 C. Here new sea surface salinity (SSS) observations from the Aquarius/SACD and SMOS satellites help elucidate the ocean response to hu...

We have investigated the hypothesis that attenuation of the G2 check point, which delays entry into mitosis in response to damage to DNA and protects against clastogenesis, may contribute to the genetic instability of immortal human cell lines. IMR-90 normal human fibroblasts displayed stringent G2 checkpoint response to ^-radiation-induced DNA damage. Irradiation with 1.5 Gy induced 98% inhibi...

The addition of human serum to colony stimulating factor (CSF) enhances the growth of granulocyte and macrophage colonies derived from C57 BL/6 mouse marrow cells. The growthenhancing effect of normal human serum was dose-dependent and observed in various colony assay systems employing conditioned medium prepared from L-cells, human peripheral blood leukocytes, C BL/6 mouse whole embryo and ser...

recognition of the natural history and responsible leading factors for regression of left ventricular hypertrophy after successful renal transplantation are very important. the aim of this study was to assess the regression of left ventricular hypertrophy after successful renal transplantation among uremic patients. in this study 27 uremic patients (18 males and 9 females) with an average age o...

Thirty-two Alpine doelings (15 wk of age, 12 ± 2.05 kg) were randomly allocated to four treatments to evaluate the use of deep-stacked broiler litter (BL) and urea-treated wheat straw (UWS) as feedstuffs. In all treatments, UWS or untreated wheat straw (WS) was fed for ad libitum consumption along with a concentrate supplement fed at a prescribed percentage of BW. Treatments were: U B a corn-ba...

Black liquor (BL) is a highly alkaline byproduct from pulp mills. BL rich in inorganic and organic compounds, with lignin (a natural polymer) being the most abundant. Following waste biorefinery concept, electrolysis of comprises oxidation at anode hydrogen evolution cathode. These paired electrochemical processes show promise to be carried out lower cell voltage than that used conventional wat...