Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com system. Immunocytochemical positive reactions were observed in 1973 in the sea star Asterina gibbosa (Asterid, Echinoderm) after injections of various proteins [1]. It seemed interesting to look for similar reactions in the Ophuirid: Ophiocomina nigra (another echinoderm) which possesses also an axial organ. The sea star axial organ, an ancestral ly...

sudden fracture is one of the major failure modes in brittle materials. plexiglass (polymethyl methacrylate) is a well known brittle polymer, widely used in various industries. many types of notches, particularly v-shaped notches, are sometimes used in the components made of plexiglass. these notches can dramatically decrease the load bearing capacity of components due to the concentration of s...

The carbon nanomaterails having the brittle star-like morphology (bs-CNMs) could be synthesized using C2H2-SF6 gases under thermal chemical vapour deposition (TCVD) system. The micro-sized Ni grains were used as the catalyst for bs-CNMs on the Al2O3 substrate. The bs-CNMs could be obtained under the condition of the source gases flow rates at 100sccm for C2H2 and 50sccm for SF6. The bs-CNMs wer...

Hemolytic and cytotoxic effects of saponin like compounds isolated from Persian Gulf brittle star (Ophiocoma erinaceus) Elaheh Amini*, Mohammad Nabiuni, Javad Baharara, Kazem Parivar, Javad Asili Developmental Biology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran Biology, Research Center For Applied Biology, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran Cell and Developmental Biology, Science and...