BACKGROUND Non-human primates (NHP) are now being considered as models for investigating human metabolic diseases including diabetes. Analyses of cholesterol and triglycerides in plasma derived from NHPs can easily be achieved using methods employed in humans. Information pertaining to other lipid species in monkey plasma, however, is lacking and requires comprehensive experimental analysis. ...

J Jo ou ur rn na al l o of f E En nv vi ir ro on nm me en nt ta al l a an nd d O Oc cc cu up pa at ti io on na al l S Sc ci ie en nc ce e available at www.scopemed.org Abstract This study was conducted to evaluate the chemical and mineral compositions of whole and seeds-removed fresh pods of Moringa stenopetala and Moringa oleifera. Feed samples were collected from five trees of each Moringa sp...

Abstract Purpose Soil diaspore banks of bryophytes are poorly known in tundra grasslands, yet can be important for the maintenance local bryophyte assemblages. We examined effects fertilization and grazing exclusion on above-ground assemblages soil a grassland. Methods collected samples recorded cover from full-factorial experiment with NPK treatments (a Nutrient Network site NW Finland). were ...

A major question is whether different source regions across the Middle East account for changes in aerosol and dust particle characteristics, which impact Western Iran. Therefore, over a period of sampling from April 2017 to April 2018, dust particles were collected in Western Iran from different cities including Urmia, Sanandaj, Sare-Pole-Zahab, Dehloran and Abadan. The research aim is to comp...

The synthesis of a supramolecular ionic network, its physical properties, and the use of this network property to form macroscopic porphyrin fibers are described. These ionic networks are compared to ionic liquids. Current ionic liquid compositions have a charge and molar ratio of 1:1 where an anionic species is matched with a cationic species; however, alteration of this molar ratio while main...

Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) is an ionized gas where the ion temperature is close to room temperature as opposed to typical high-temperature laboratory plasmas. It can be carried out in the presence of Helium (He) with a high voltage. CAP is composed of various electrons, positive/negative ions, reactive oxygen species (ROS), reactive nitrogen species (RNS), radicals, excited molecules, energe...

Standardized diet compositions were derived for 97 species of marine mammals from published accounts of stomach contents as well as from morphological, behavioural and other information. Diet was apportioned among eight categories of prey types (benthic invertebrates, large zooplankton, small squids, large squids, small pelagic fishes, mesopelagic fishes, miscellaneous fishes and higher inverte...

The focus of the present study was to investigate the chemical composition of essential oil of Salvia hydrangea DC. ex Benth. growing wild in Kiasar-Hezarjrib, Iran. In addition, effects of altitude and some soil properties on the essential oil quality and quantity of S. hydrangea was identified. The samples collected from two altitudes (1100 and 2000 m) in blossoming period, were analyzed by h...

During plant evolution, some plastid genes have been moved to the nuclear genome. These transferred genes are now correctly expressed in the nucleus, their products being transported into the chloroplast. We compared the base compositions, the distributions of some dinucleotides and codon usages of transferred, nuclear and chloroplast genes in two dicots and two monocots plant species. Our resu...