Background: The prevalence of hypertension in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) is approximately twice as much as healthy people. This study was designed to determine the effect of L-arginine supplementation on blood pressure in patients with T2D. Methods: In a double-blind randomized clinical trial, 75 T2D were randomly divided into three groups (3 g/d and 6g/d of L-arginine and placebo) for...

Micro flora of the effluents from a dairy factory in Tehran(Pegah Dairy Processing Plant) were isolated and screened for their ability to reduce the organic matter content and COD of the effluents. 10 bacteria were selected due to  reduction in COD content from the 4th to 6th day of incubation at 30 °C and  pH =11. Highest COD reduction were obtained by two isolates, BP3...

Black phosphorus (BP) has recently emerged as a versatile photocatalyst owing to its unique photophysical properties and tunable bandgap. Nonetheless, the rapid recombination of photogenerated charges pristine BP samples significantly hindered practical applications in photocatalysis. Herein, we report, for first time, effect transition metal nanoparticles (Ni Co) co-catalysts on photocatalytic...

errors in blood pressure (bp) measurement are common in the clinical practice. inaccurate measurements of bp may lead to misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment of hypertension. the preferred method of bp measurement in the clinical setting is a scultation, using the first and the fi fth korotkoff sounds. however, the use of mercury sphygmomanometer is declining. automated oscillometric device...

background: the global health burden has faced toward non-communicable diseases (ncds). it is suggested that adulthood blood pressure (bp) is tracked from childhood. this study aims to evaluate the mean bp and the prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension in the iranian pediatric population. methods: in a national survey as the 4th phase of childhood and adolescence surveillance and preven...

1. Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas, Manaus, AM. 2. Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, AM. 3. Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, AM. 4. Centro Universitário Nilton Lins, Manaus, AM. Adress to: Dr. Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda. Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas. Av. Pedro Teixeira 25, Bairro Dom Pedro, 69040-000 Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil. Telefax: 55 92 36...

Studies were performed to investigate the effects of FireMaster FF-1, a chemical fire retardant consisting of a mixture of polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), on immune functions in mice and rats. Animals received 22 daily treatments of 0.03, 0.3, 3.0, or 30 mg PBB/kg body weight in a period covering 30 days. PBB exposure severely depressed cell mediated immunity in both mice and rats at the higher...