In the present study male albino rats weighing 200 ± 50 g were made diabetic by injection with a single ip dose of alloxan (100 mg/kg). Another group of rats was simultaneously treated with alloxan (100 mg/kg) and a single ip dose of zinc chloride (ZnCl2) (5 mg/kg). Blood and tissue samples were collected at 24, 48 and 72 hours posttreatment in both groups. Plasma insulin was significantly high...

The control of temperature during the acute phase of stroke may be a new therapeutic target that can be applied in all stroke patients, however therapeutic window or timecourse of the temperature effect is not well established. Our aim is to study the association between changes in body temperature in the first 72 hours and outcome in patients with ischemic (IS) and hemorrhagic (ICH) stroke. We...

AIM To assess the ability of 67Ga scintigraphy to detect the lesions of Echinococcus multilocularis (EM) infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS An animal model of EM infection was developed. The infected tissues taken from stock infection were placed into the abdominal cavity of uninfected animals operatively. The success of implantation was controlled 20-25 days after implantation. Five infected a...

in order to study stigma receptivity in peach cultivars : (‘makhmali’, ‘anjiri-ye-tabestane’, ‘anjiri-ye maleki’, ‘haj-kazemi’ and ’zoodras’) controlled pollination was done in both field and laboratory conditions. before pollination trials the in vitro germination of the pollen was tested in petridish. branches with adequate number of flowers were chosen for controlled pollination. self pollin...

Background. Levosimendan is an inotropic drug with unique pharmacological advantages in patients with acute heart failure. Scope of this study is to determine whether longer infusion patterns without the hypotension-inducing loading dose could justify an effective and safe alternative approach. Methods. 70 patients admitted to the emergencies with decompensated chronic heart failure received in...

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is associated with considerable postoperative pain. The relative analgesic efficacy and adverse effect profile of perioperative use of selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors for patients undergoing TKA are unclear. This is a systematic review and meta-analysis of all randomized controlled trials evaluating perioperative administration of COX-2 inhibitors for...

BACKGROUND XaraColl(®), a collagen-based intraoperative implant that delivers bupivacaine to the site of surgical trauma, is under development for postoperative analgesia. We compared the efficacy and safety of XaraColl for the prevention of postsurgical pain versus a slow postoperative perfusion of bupivacaine to the wound environment via the ON-Q PainBuster(®) Post-op Pain Relief System (ON-Q...

this study was conducted to determine the best pollinizer for five selected pecan cultivars in southwest of iran at safiabad agricultural research center in 2014-2015. the cultivars included: 'gratex', '10j', 'wichita 6j', 'graking', 'choctaw' as pollinated cultivars (♀) and 'gratex', 'peruque', 'comanche 4m', &apos...

objective: following traumatic brain injury, disruption of blood-brain-barrier and consequent brain edema are critical events which might lead to increasing intracranial pressure (icp), and nerve damage. the current study assessed the effects of aqueous date fruit extract (adfe) on the aforementioned parameters. materials and methods: in this experimental study, diffused traumatic brain injury ...