Bay laurel is an evergreen, commercially grown and expensive ornamental pot plant, which is susceptible to different pests like aphids, scale and lerp insects, thrips, caterpillars of codling moth and sooty moulds. Recently, caterpillars of the Mediterranean carnation leafroller (Cacoecimorpha pronubana) cause more and more problems. These pests can lead to important financial losses for the gr...

the current study was conducted in order to evaluate the effect of mono and di-potassium phosphate combination (mdkp) on some quantitative and qualitative characteristics of iranian pomegranate (cv. malas-e-saveh) in pomegranate research center of saveh city, in 2012. to adjust the ph of the solution, the mono potassium phosphate and di-potassium phosphate combined with each other in the ratio ...

One of the advantages of dry influenza vaccines over conventional liquid influenza vaccines is that they can be used for alternative routes of administration. Previous studies showed that spray freeze-drying is an excellent technique to prepare vaccine containing powders for pulmonary delivery (J.P. Amorij, V. Saluja, A.H. Petersen, W.L.J. Hinrichs, A. Huckriede, H.W. Frijlink, Pulmonary delive...

OBJECTIVES Spray-dried formulations offer an attractive delivery system for administration of drug encapsulated into liposomes to the lung, but can suffer from low encapsulation efficiency and poor aerodynamic properties. In this paper the effect of the concentration of the anti-adherent l-leucine was investigated in tandem with the protectants sucrose and trehalose. METHODS Two manufacturing...

Recent research activities in the field of Diesel engines have shown the potential to reduce pollutant emissions and improve thermal efficiency by controlling fuel reactivity. However, understanding the impact of blending fuels with different physical and especially chemical properties on diesel-like spray mixing and combustion processes is still a challenge. Since the experimental techniques a...

BACKGROUND There are several nicotine replacement products on the market, and physicians are likely to be asked with increasing frequency about which of these products their patients should use. OBJECTIVE To provide a basis for rational advice by comparing nicotine polacrilex (gum), a transdermal patch, nasal spray, and an inhaler. DESIGN Randomized trial with assessments at the quit date a...

INTRODUCTION Inoperable airway stenoses are currently treated by placing stents. A major problem of covered stents is missing mucociliary clearance, which is caused by covering the native respiratory epithelium. By coating a stent with respiratory epithelium, this problem can be overcome. However, no methods are available for efficient endoscopic cell seeding. METHODS We designed a flexible e...