AIM To report on the successful analysis of amplicons obtained with PowerPlex® Fusion 6C System, a highly robust 27-plex genotyping kit developed for human identification laboratories, on the Applied Biosystems® 3500 Genetic Analyzer. METHOD We performed characterization and evaluation studies following the Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM) validation guidelines, exami...

The purpose of this study was to test the applicability of the API 20E and API Rapid NFT systems for the identification of some predominant gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria isolated from lab-scale activated sludge treatment systems. In this study, one lab-scale sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and one lab-scale continuous-flow stirred tank reactor (CFSTR) were setup. After both reactors h...

A commercial pharmaceutical analysis chiral method development kit (Chirex Column Kit A, Phenomenex) was used to analyze six pesticide stereoisomer mixtures. The pesticides were selected from the 1994-1995 National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) covering New Mexico and Texas. Three stereoisomer mixtures were separable on three different columns. The instrumental detection limit and de...

Introduction: Malaria is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In all provinces of Iran except Sistan and Baluchestan, Hormozgan and the tropical parts of Kerman, malaria is under control. However, due to favorable conditions, the possibility of incidence in parts of the country still exists. So Disease surveillance and epidemiologica...

Light is being detected by the two distinct types of photoreceptors in the human retina: cones and rods. Before light arrives at the photoreceptors, it must traverse the whole retina, along its array of higher-index Müller cells serving as natural waveguides. Here we analyze this optical process of light propagation through Müller cells by two independent optical methods: numerical beam propaga...

A simple first-order perturbation approach has been developed to study the propagation characteristics of strip-loaded diffused waveguides with various refractive index profiles. Propagation constants of the guided modes of rib waveguides and strip-loaded waveguides with exponential and Gaussian refractive index profiles are obtained and it is observed that our results are in good agreement wit...

Recently sustained release dosage forms has become standards in the modern pharmaceutical design and intensive research has been undertaken in achieving much better drug product effectiveness. The sustained release product will optimize therapeutic effect and safety of a drug at the same time improving patient convenience and compliance. Prior to the development of these major dosage forms, it ...