Introduction: Radon-222 gas is a radioactive, colorless and odorless element that can cause lung cancer and stomach in humans with alpha-ray emissions. An important source of Radon-222 is the output water in springs, especially hot springs to emit ionision radiation. In this study, Rn-222 activity concentration and gamma dose rate levels in water sample of some selected hot spr...

We study a new s-process path through an isomer of Re to improve a Re-Os nucleo-cosmochronometer. The nucleus Re is produced by this new path of Re(n,γ)Re(n,γ)Re. We measure a ratio of neutron capture cross-sections for the Re(n,γ)Re and Re(n,γ)Re reactions at thermal neutron energy because the ratio with the experimental uncertainty has not been reported. Using an activation method with reacto...

the effects of three  anesthetics, clove oil (co) ( 30 mgl-1), 2-phenoxy ethanol (2-pe) (0.3 mll-1), and ms-222 (100 mgl-1) were examined on blood enzymes including lactate dehydrogenase (ldh), creatine kinase (ck), alanine aminotransferase (alt), aspartate aminotransferase (ast), albumin, glucose, and cortisol levels in the caspian brown trout. blood parameters were evaluated in the control (n...

This study was conducted to investigate the low prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs in Johor Bahru as reported by veterinary practitioners, using wet blood mount, Knott’s Concentration Test and two heartworm antigen test kits (IDEXX Canine SNAP® 4Dx and RapiGEN®). This study also compared the two test kits used and determined the microfilaria species. Blood were collected from 100 owned d...

The interaction of antiarrhythmic drugs with ion channels is often described within the context of the modulated receptor hypothesis, which explains the action of drugs by proposing that the binding site has a variable affinity for drugs, depending upon whether the channel is closed, open, or inactivated. Lack of direct evidence for altered gating of cardiac Na channels allowed for the suggesti...

responded to a survey asking when they should break confidentiality and report student risk-taking behaviors to school administrators. Generally, counselors believed it to be more ethical to break confidentiality when the behaviors were directly observed (as opposed to reported by students) and when the behaviors occurred on school grounds during school hours. Results also suggest counselors we...

Elhai et al.’s [1] study evaluates the frequency of radiological cervical spine involvement in young adults with polyarticular JIA (pJIA) compared with RA patients. The authors show that about two-thirds of patients in both groups had radiographic abnormalities in the cervical spine, including anterior atlantoaxial subluxation, erosion of the odontoid process, C1 C2 arthritis and apophyseal joi...

Clearly, the prevention and management of unintended pregnancy are primary health services needed by the majority of women of reproductive age, as well as many comparable men. The training that family physicians receive in family planning and first-trimester abortion is critical, yet few studies have investigated these aspects of their education. The Council on Residency Education in Family Pra...