objective: the effect of interleukin (il)-29, a new therapeutic agent similar to type i interferons (ifns), on ifn-α secretion of human plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pdcs) has not been studied. therefore, in this study, we aimed to clarify the effect of il-29 on ifn-α secretion of pdcs using human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (pbmcs) in the presence of cytosine-phosphate-guanosinemotif-co...

the aim of this study was to assess the effect of spinal block with low dose of bupivacaine and sufentanil on patients with low cardiac output who underwent lower limb surgery. fifteen patients who had ejection fraction less than 40% (group 1) were compared with 65 cases with ejection fraction more than 40% (group 2) in our study. our subjects underwent spinal block with 7.5 mg hyperbaric bupiv...

this paper is about concept maps and how they can assist in the learning ofconcepts of mathematics. first the paper presents the theoretical backgroundand working denitions for concept maps. then this study examines the impactof using concept maps in learning of fractions. results of this study indicatedthat using this strategy was eective in learning of fractions for fourth-gradestudents. th...

conclusions an adjuvant therapy with tlc diet and supplementation with q10 and lc seems to be required for secondary prevention following mi and pci. tlc diet and q10 plus lc appeared to be effective in inflammatory biomarkers of isr as well as ldl reduction. methods this single-blind randomized controlled trial was conducted on 128 subjects. after randomization for treatment allocation, the su...

A snow-cover mapping method accounting for forests (SnowFrac) is presented. SnowFrac uses spectral unmixing and endmember constraints to estimate the snow-cover fraction of a pixel. The unmixing is based on a linear spectral mixture model, which includes endmembers for snow, conifer, branches of leafless deciduous trees and snow-free ground. Model input consists of a land-cover fraction map and...