objective(s): inflammation is an immune response toward injuries. although inflammation is healing response, but in some condition it will lead to chronic disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, atherosclerosis, alzheimer’s and various cancer. indonesian cassia (cinnamomum burmanni c. nees & t. ness) known to contain coumarin, is widely used for alternative medicine es...

Abstract. Stable water isotope measurements from polar ice cores provide high-resolution information about past hydrologic conditions and are therefore important for understanding earth's climate system. Routine of δ18O, δD, deuterium excess made by continuous-flow analysis (CFA) methods that include laser spectrometers. Cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) allows simultaneous all stable isotop...

Objective(s): Inflammation is an immune response toward injuries. Although inflammation is healing response, but in some condition it will lead to chronic disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer’s and various cancer. Indonesian cassia (Cinnamomum burmanni C. Nees & T. Ness) known to contain coumarin, is widely used for alternative medicine es...

Background: Mucositis is an important adverse effect of cancer treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ice cubes on oral mucositis following head and neck radiotherapy. Materials and Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 40 head and neck cancer patients who underwent radiotherapy. The patients were randomly divided into two experimental and control gr...

What triggers Maud Rise polynya, a large opening in the winter Antarctic sea ice, is still debated. We show that upcoming of all polynyas can be detected early up to four months ahead, especially since 2002 expansion satellite observations. In polynya years, continuous anomalous ice thinning begins May, caused by atmospheric and oceanic forcings. Dynamically, an cyclonic circulation atmosphere ...

The plants belonging to many species in genus Papaver are very similar and have very small chromosomes that make identification very difficult. The study aimed to compare the effects of α-bromonaphtalene and ice cold water pretreatment to identify chromosomes of Papaver species collected from different areas of Iranian West Azerbaijan and Turkish Van, Agri and, Hakkari provinces. The seeds were...

OBJECTIVE Continuous electroencephalography (EEG) is used in patients with neurological injury to detect electrographic seizures and clinically important changes in brain function. Scalp EEG has poor spatial resolution, is often contaminated by artifact, and frequently demonstrates activity that is suspicious for but not diagnostic of ictal activity. We hypothesized that bedside placement of an...

Introduction: The search for water has been identified as the principal objective and common thread of Mars research [1]. Of the planet's estimated 0.5 –1 km global i nventory of H 2 O [2], ~0.000001% is found in the atmosphere and ~5-10% is thought to be stored as ice in the perennial polar caps and la yered terrain. This leaves ~90-95% of the planetary inventory of H 2 O that is unac-counted ...

this study investigated the influence of nanoclay on the impact damage resistance of glass fiber-epoxy composites under high velocity ice impact loading. addition of 0.5 wt. % nanoclay into epoxy was shown to improve damage resistance compared to composite plates having no nanoclay platelet. the glass fiber-epoxy composites containing nanoclay brought about substantial improvement in ice impact...