The main objective of the present work is to formulate taste masked microspheres enriched syrup of ambroxol hydrochloride by an o/w emulsion solvent evaporation method. Such taste-masked formulations have been found to improve the quality of treatment in patients. Ambroxol hydrochloride microspheres help to protect the gastric mucous membrane from drug irritation and to mask its taste. The prep...

Fig. 1. Portable power applications require high-energy power sources. The energy density requirement for portable power sources is ever on the increase. Technology companies are working to find ways to enhance the run time of mobile devices such as portable computers, MP3 players, and mobile phones. For example, the video-streaming offered in presentday mobile phones is a power-hungry feature ...

The antioxidant capacity of 80% methanolic extracts from stems, leaves, flowers and mature seeds of common and tartary buckwheat during growth period was determined against ABTS·+ (TEAC assay) and O2 radicals (PCL assay). The antioxidant capacity of aerial parts of buckwheat was highly differentiate during growth period. The highest antioxidant capacity was noted in flowers of common buckwheat ...

Background The core temperature of the soldier in a MOPP 1 configuration has a substantial impact on how long they can continue to work once they transition to MOPP 4. The higher their temperature at the start of this transition the shorter will be their work time in MOPP 4. New hot weather biological and chemical (BC) protective ensembles have been designed as stand-alone combat uniforms that ...

Protein kinases carry out important functions in cells both by phosphorylating substrates and by means of regulated noncatalytic activities. Such non-catalytic functions have been ascribed to many kinases, including some members of the Ste20 family. The Drosophila Ste20 kinase Slik phosphorylates and activates Moesin in developing epithelial tissues to promote epithelial tissue integrity. It al...

A historical perspective and description of recent studies on the use of borax to treat pine stumps against infection by Heterobasidion annosum in eastside pine stands of northeastern California are presented. The studies indicate that boraxing of pines in eastside pine stands is an effective means of preventing annosus infection. Data and observations suggest that the lower stump diameter limi...

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the association among the leptin levels and aerobic capacities of footballers, wrestlers and sedentary group. The study included a total of 130 volunteers (43 footballers, 41 wrestlers and 46 sedentary). The results showed a statistically significant difference between footballers and the sedentary group in terms of leptin levels both male and ...

Neural network modelling has been applied to search for novel high strength steel weld metal compositions, potentially offering improved tolerance to variations in the weld thermal cycle. An experimental 7 wt% Ni manual metal arc electrode, formulated on these predictions, was used to produce all-weld metals and welds in high strength steel. Mechanical properties were correlated to weld metal m...

Three aqueous oxidants, Hydrogen peroxide, Sodium Hypochlorite and Calcium Hypochlorite were employed independently in oxidizing Chromium (III) containing tannery wastewaters to soluble chromate (CrO42-) under alkaline conditions. The amount of chromate recovered was determined via spectrophotometry. Hydrogen peroxide was potentially a suitable oxidant as it could recover chromate (CrO42-) up t...

Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) of wheat bran oil with pure supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) at different extraction pressures (25, 40 and 55 MPa) and temperatures (40, 70 and 95 oC) has been studied. Since wheat bran is characterized by having an important content of antioxidant compounds, the content of such compounds in the extracted oil and its antioxidant activity were evaluated....