Ulva rigida green seaweed is an abundant biomass consisting of polysaccharides and protein mixtures a potential bioresource for bioplastic food packaging. This research prepared characterized novel biodegradable films from extracts. The water-soluble fraction was extracted into films. 1H nuclear magnetic resonance indicated the presence rhamnose, glucuronic sulfate polysaccharides, while major ...

AIMS Structural and functional left ventricular alterations can occur in heart failure (HF), referred to as left ventricular reverse remodelling (LVRR). This study aimed to define novel predictors of LVRR besides well-known effects of medical and device therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS From echographic database, we included 295 patients with both left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤45% and...

Macrophages are immune cells that play critical roles in both inflammation and tissue homeostasis. Classically activated (M1) macrophages promote antimicrobial tumoricidal activity, while alternatively (M2) phagocytosis The facilitative GLUT1 GLUT3 hexose transporters expressed abundantly different hematopoietic lineages, but their specific macrophages, leukocytes general is poorly understood. ...

The antifolate edatrexate has shown moderate activity against cancers of the head and neck and non-small cell lung cancer, as has cisplatin. Edatrexate demonstrates synergy with cisplatin in transplanted tumor models. This Phase I study was designed to evaluate two schedules of administration of cisplatin in combination with escalating doses of edatrexate, in a population consisting mainly of p...

This paper presents an algorithm for the estimation of open boundary conditions OBCs which force tides in the interior region by an adjoint data assimilation approach. Assuming that OBCs are position dependent, OBCs can be approximated by linear interpolation among values at certain independent points IPs . Twin experiments are performed to examine the sensitivity of the model to the IP distrib...

in order to study the effects of planting date and plant density on yield and its components in three chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) cultivars in rainfed conditions of ilam, a field experiment was carried out using split plot design as factorial by complete randomized block design with three replications at shirvan-chardavol agriculture research station during 2008-2009. sowing dates were assign...

This Phase I study was designed to determine the maximally tolerated doses of paclitaxel (given as an outpatient 3-h infusion) plus carboplatin in advanced, untreated non-small cell lung cancer. Secondary objectives were to determine the response rate, response duration, and survival. Fifty-six patients were accrued, and all were evaluable for toxicity; 50 patients were assessable for response....

A tidal bore is an abrupt rise in water depth advancing in some estuaries during spring tide conditions. In the present study, some detailed turbulence field measurements were conducted continuously at high-frequency (64 Hz) in the Garonne River tidal bore. The turbulent velocity components were sampled with an acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV) at 0.8 m beneath the freesurface. On 10 and 11 Se...

this research was carried out to assess the effect of drought stress on head branch dry weight, photosynthesis, essential oil yield and radical scavenging of rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis l.) in islamic azad university, shoushtar branch, iran during 2010-2011.the experiments were carried out using complete randomized block design with four replications and drought stress levels included cont...