Animal treading can change soil physical properties, and thus is an important factor in hydrological modelling. We investigated the impacts of animal treading on infiltration by using a series of rainfall simulation experiments at Whatawhata Research Center, Waikato, New Zealand. The study identified significant variables for estimating soil steady-state infiltration at a microsite (0Ð5 m2) and...

BACKGROUND Several previous studies have identified a strong association between T-cell infiltration and clinical outcome in ovarian cancer. The role of B-cells remains controversial, however. METHODS Forty-nine paraffin-embedded omental specimens derived from patients with high grade epithelial ovarian cancer were assessed. Immunohistochemical analyses were performed to characterize expressi...

BACKGROUND Hypercholesterolemia reduces nitric oxide bioavailability, manifested by reduced endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation, and also induces vascular adhesion molecule expression and inflammatory cell infiltration. We have previously shown that gene therapy with NO synthase in hypercholesterolemic rabbits substantially reverses the deficit in vascular relaxation. In the present study...

A process is described which involves infiltration of aluminum nitrate into partially sintered (porous) zircon bodies. Infiltration kinetics were studied using infiltration curves with two distinct regions. The final infiltrated samples were sintered at 1600 °C for 2 h and yielded specimens containing the tetragonal zirconia.The experimental results show that in spite of the similar porosity of...

In this research, infiltration behavior of W-Ag composite compacts with Nickel and Cobalt as additives has been investigated. Nickel and Cobalt were added to Tungsten powder by two distinct methods: mixing elementally and reduction of salt solution. The coated Tungsten powders were compacted under controlled pressures to make porous skeleton with 32-37 vol. % porosity. Infiltration process was ...

introduction: many patients suffer from mild, moderate or severe pain during or after root canal therapy. theoretically, post-operative pain control can be achieved by using long-acting local anesthetics. the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a long acting anesthesia, bupivacaine, on preventing post-operative pain associated with endodontic treatment, and to compare it with lido...

background: neutrophil infiltration plays an important role in inflammatory reactions following spinal cord injury (sci) and these cells cause substantial secondary tissue damage. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of oleuropein (oe) on myeloperoxidase (mpo) activity as an index of neutrophil infiltration. methods: rats were randomly divided into four groups of 7 rats each as...

Artificial recharge can be an effective method to raise the groundwater table and to resolve the groundwater crisis in Sefid dasht plain. The most important step to successful accomplishment of artificial recharge is locating suitable areas for artificial recharge. Hence this research carried out with purpose of determining suitable areas for artificial recharge in Sefid dasht plain. Slope, sur...

The immunological significance of autophagy in the tumor microenvironment remains unclear. To explore the relationship between autophagy and anti-tumor immune responses, we investigated the expression of autophagy-related proteins and infiltration of immune cells using immunohistochemistry (IHC). The expression of three representative autophagy components, LC3, Beclin-1 and p62/SQSTM1, as well ...