Background Sorghum, a grassy non-halophyte, it is both drought and salinity tolerant, and is considered a promising crop for semiarid regions. During the last 20 years, its culture has expanded in Brazilian production by 780%, reaching 1,928,970 tons in 2009 [1]. Salinization of the soil and lack of rain are increasing constraints in semiarid regions. They predominate in northeastern Brazil. Th...

The hydroxo-complexes [Ni(2)(mcN(3))(2)(mu-OH)](2)(PF(6))(2)] [mcN(3) = 2,4,4-trimethyl-1,5,9-triazacyclododec-1-ene (Me(3)-mcN(3)) or 2,4,4,9-tetramethyl-1,5,9-triazacyclododec-1-ene (Me(4)-mcN(3))] react with imides (Him) in 1 : 2 (succinimide, glutarimide, saccharine and 1,8-naphthalimide) or 1 : 1 (pyromellitic diimide) molar ratio, leading to the formation of the imidate complexes: [Ni(mcN...

abstractbackground and purpose nowadays, the application of antioxidants and plant growth regulators has discussed for decreasing the negative effect of different stresses. ascorbic acid and sodium nitroprusside have substance caused witch the resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. to evaluate the effect of ascorbic acid and sodium nitroprusside foliar application on some traits of safflowe...

fluoxetine, a widely used antidepressant, can affect the serum sodium level. the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare changes in the serum sodium level of depressive patients taking fluoxetine according to age.this quasi-experimental study was conducted on 126 patients with depression, dividing the patients into two age groups of 15 to 35 years, and above 55 years, who referred to psyc...

statement of problem: bacterial agents are the primary cause of pulpoperiapical diseases. therefore, an irrigating solution with proper antibacterial ability should be used to eliminate the bacterial agents during canal instrumentation. purpose: the aim of present study was to compare the antibacterial effect of 0.2% chlorhexidine to 0.5% sodium hypochlorite as canal irrigating solutions. mater...

backgrounds and aims: stroke incidence rate has increased during the past 2 decades. the question of whether calcium, chloride, potassium, sodium levels are associated with stroke has remained controversial. the present study aimed to evaluate the serum levels of potassium, sodium, calcium, and chloride within stroke patients. materials and methods: the study participants consisted of 53 cconse...

objective: to investigate possible immunological humoral correlates in newly diagnosed adult-onset generalized tonic-clonic epilepsy among iranian patients before and after sodium valproate treatment.   patients and methods: 72 adult patients with newly diagnosed idiopathic generalized tonic-clonic epilepsy were recruited. serum antinuclear antibodies (ana), anti-cardiolipin antibodies (acl), a...