purpose: to evaluate agreement between galilei, orbscan ii, and placido disk-based topography in terms of keratometry readings, and anterior and posterior elevation. methods: in this prospective comparative study, 184 eyes of 92 keratorefractive surgery candidates were evaluated with galilei, orbscan ii, and placido disk-based topography. keratometry readings and anterior and posterior elevatio...

Abstract This study examined the morphological variation in Senecio subalpinus W.D.J. Koch. (Asteraceae) along a 950-m elevation gradient Tatra Mountains, Central Europe, with emphasis on floral allocation patterns. Fifteen traits were measured 200 plants collected field from 20 sites then findings modelled by using linear mixed-effects models. Plant aboveground biomass and height decreased ste...

Feelings of elevation, elicited by witnessing another person perform a good deed, have been hypothesized to motivate a desire to help others. However, despite growing interest in the determinants of prosocial behavior, there is only limited evidence that elevation leads to increases in altruistic behavior. In two experiments, we tested the relationship between elevation and helping behavior. Pr...

abstract   background : cancer has not been elucidated in colerectal site. c-reactive protein (crp) is a product synthesized in hepatocytes and has been reported to be up-regulated by such proinflammatory cytokines as interleukin-1 (il-1), interleukin-6 (il-6), and tumor necrosis factor (tnf). the significance of a preoperative serum elevation was evaluated using crp as a predictive indicator f...

background: this study was carried out to observe the radioprotective effects of rosemarinus officinalis leaves extract (roe) against radiation-induced histopathological alterations in liver of mice. materials and methods: adult swiss albino mice were exposed to 6 gy gamma radiation in the presence (experimental) or absence (control) of roe to study the qualitative and quantitative alterations ...

OBJECTIVE Helicobacter pylori provokes a host of immune alterations upon colonizing the gastric mucosa. DESIGN We report 22 individuals with confirmed Helicobacter pylori infection who were also managed for the concurrent elevation of immunoglobulin free light chain (kappa and lambda) levels. RESULT Of the 22 patients, 15 patients (68.2%) had elevated free light chain levels: 6 patients (40...

22 Phenotypic variation in stress response has been widely observed within species. This 23 variation is an adaptive response to local climates and is controlled by gene sequence 24 variation and especially by variation in expression at the transcriptome level. Plants 25 from contrasting climates are thus expected to have different patterns in gene 26 expression. Acclimation, a pre-exposure to ...

the universal thermal climate index (utci) addresses these shortcomings by using an advanced thermo-physiological model. the aim of this study was to investigate and prepare zoning of thermal comfort condition using utci. meteorological data including temperature, wind speed, cloudiness and relative humidity were obtained on a daily time scale from 10 synoptic stations during (2004-2013) period...