BACKGROUND The quality of meta-analyses (MAs) on depression remains uninvestigated. OBJECTIVE To assess the overall reporting and methodological qualities of MAs on depression and to explore potential factors influencing both qualities. METHODS MAs investigating epidemiology and interventions for depression published in the most recent year (2014-2015) were selected from PubMed, EMBASE, Psy...

As an upstream activator for inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), Mas has been reported to be upregulated in several cancers. However, its role in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is still unclear. In this study, we performed the immunohistochemistry to detect the expression of Mas and iNOS in 115 cases of NPC and 30 cases of normal nasopharyngeal tissues, and investigated the relationsh...

conclusions cornus mas fruit extract effect may be due to including some antioxidant components, which caused membrane stabilizing and normalization of fluctuated biochemical profiles induced by ccl4 exposure. our results validated the traditional use of cornus mas in the treatment of liver disorders. results oral administration of cornus mas fruits extract to rats for 14 days provided a signif...

StankoviC, M. S., M. Zia-Ul-Haq, B. M. BojoviC and M. D. topUZoviC, 2014. total phenolics, flavonoid content and antioxidant power of leaf, flower and fruits from cornelian cherry (Cornus mas l.). Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 20: 358-363 This paper presents new data for comparative analysis of different plant parts (leaf, flower and fruit) of Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L.). Total phenolic content, f...

In this work, we propose a novel probabilistic modeling language PML-MAS to capture the stochastic characteristics of multi-agent systems (MASs). Moreover, we design a model checking framework for MAS, which is highly extensible. It provides powerful modeling editor, interactive simulator and automatic verifier for MASs. In addition, it can support various MAS model languages via extracting the...

In this work, we propose a novel probabilistic modeling language PML-MAS to capture the stochastic characteristics of multi-agent systems (MASs). Moreover, we design a model checking framework for MAS, which is highly extensible. It provides powerful modeling editor, interactive simulator and automatic verifier for MASs. In addition, it can support various MAS model languages via extracting the...

current study was aimed to evaluating protective effects of cornus mas fruit extract (cmfe) in mice treated with methotrexate (mtx). for this purpose, 48 young mature male mice were divided into 6 groups. control group received only normal saline (0.1 mlper day, intraperitoneally), and the second group was administered mtx (20 mg kg-1 perweek, intraperitoneally). the third, fourth and fifth gro...

introduction: renin angiotensin system has an important role in blood pressure and renal functions. active angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 converts angiotensin i into angiotensin-(1-7) which is a vasodilator hormone and interacts with nitric oxide changes as well as other angiotensin ii receptors. in this study we evaluated the role of mas receptor antagonist (a779) and renal perfusion pressure...

this study was aimed to assess the protective effects of cornus mas fruit extract (cmfe) and vitamin e (vit e) on sperm quality parameters in the methotrexate (mtx)-treated mice. forty-eight young adult male mice (8-12 weeks) were randomly divided into six groups including control and test groups. the control group received normal saline orally , and the test groups were treated mtx (20 mg kg-1...

There are various kinds of good laboratory practice (GLP) monitoring authorities (MAs) in the world. Some countries have only one MA, while others, including Japan, have more than one MA. In addition, each MA has its own relationship with regulatory authorities (RAs), receiving authorities (RcAs) and industry based on the internal regulatory systems. There are eight GLP MAs in Japan. This numbe...