background the vacuum assisted closure (vac) therapy has revolutionized the modern wound care. we developed a new concept of ‘vac at home’ in order to decrease the hospital cost. methods the study was conducted in a private hospital from january 2009 to december 2010. only those patients were included among whom the wounds were not complicated by concomitant injury and the patients were otherwi...

background and aim: family psychological support is a highly important concept concerning patients diagnosed with cancer. the purpose of this study was to investigate cancer patients’ perceptions of family psychological support. methods: this study had a qualitative approach using inductive content analysis method. through purposive sampling, 15 patients were selected who underwent semi-structu...

Abstract Cranberry pomace considered as a by-product of fruit industry contains seeds which may be processed to highly nutritive oil. Conventional extraction methods be, however, harmful natural environment, thus alternative, ultrasound-assisted method useful tool reduce environmental impact. In the following study, sonication was applied extract oil from cranberry seeds. The aim study determin...

Marine fish are high in essential omega-3 fatty acids, which important for human health. This study evaluated the effects of four extraction methods (soxhlet extraction, SE; wet rendering, WR; acid silage, AS; microwave-assisted MAE) on oil yield, physicochemical properties, profile, and nutritional quality index (NQI) pangus oil. The yield ranged from 13.50% to 21.80%, with MAE having highest ...

A new green alternative vortex-assisted dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction method based on a natural hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent was developed for the extraction of 14 phthalic acid esters and one adipate in cold infusions tonic waters. Analyses were carried out using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry. Different mixtures monoterpene thymol (...

Methodology combining mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) with ion mobility separation (IMS) has emerged as a biological technique due to its versatility, sensitivity and label-free approach. This been shown separate isomeric compounds such lipids, amino acids, carboxylic acids carbohydrates. report describes in combination traveling-wave matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI). Positiv...

Background Bronchial smooth muscle (BSM) remodelling in asthma is related to an increased mitochondrial biogenesis and enhanced BSM cell proliferation asthma. Since mitochondria produce the highest levels of cellular energy fatty acid β-oxidation most powerful way ATP, we hypothesised that, asthmatic cells, energetic metabolism shifted towards acids. Objectives We aimed characterise both vitro ...

The bioactive ingredients of green coffee beans were extracted using high pressure-assisted extraction (HPE) and compared against those derived from the traditional heat reflux (HR) method. effect conditions on efficiency functional components (chlorogenic acids, caffeine, total phenols, flavonoids); free radical-scavenging activity extract; inhibition ?-glucosidase, ?-amylase, food pathogenic ...

The aim of this study is to evaluate microwave-assisted extraction at several microwave power and time in extracting oil palm products, such as crude (CPO) fatty acid (PFA) composition. exposure was shortened overheating avoided when sterilized mesocarp exposed prior Soxhlet order obtain good quality oil. effects CPO PFA composition on the distillate produced were investigated. Gas chromatograp...