in this research, modification on the ultrafiltration (uf) membrane by synthesis of a thin layer of polyamide selective layer was designed for high performances of forward osmosis (fo) water treatment. two monomers, m-phenylenediamine (mpd) and trimesoyl chloride (tmc) with different concentrations of mpd (2.0% w/v and 1.0% w/v) were reacted with tmc (0.15% w/v) for interfacial polymerization (...

Fluoxetine (Flux) is a fluorine-containing drug that selectively inhibits serotonin reuptake. It is widely prescribed as a treatment for depression disorders. Hepatic side effects have been reported during Flux therapy. These reports led us to investigate the involvement of oxidative stress mechanisms in liver injury caused by Flux. It has been shown that exposure to fluoride (F(-)) induces exc...

Soil CO2 flux can contribute as much as 60–80% of total ecosystem respiration in forests. Although considerable research has focused on quantifying this flux during the growing season, comparatively little effort has focused on non-growing season fluxes. We measured soil CO2 efflux through snow in 50 and 300 year old subalpine forest stands near Fraser CO. Our objectives were to quantify season...

Abstract: Minoxidil, a pyrimidine derivative (2, 4-diamino-6-piperidinopyrimidine-3-oxide) is the only topical medical treatment with proven efficacy for the treatment of Androgenetic alopecia that shown low skin penetration and bioavailability. The main aim of this research was to investigate the effect of some permeation enhancers on the in vitro skin permeability of minoxidil . Minoxid...

Heat transfer coefficient in nucleate pool boiling near critical heat flux at least one orderhigher than the convectional heat transfer modes. In this paper, an experimental setup isdesigned and fabricated to investigate the mechanism of heat transfer from boiling surface tobulk liquid near critical heat flux. The images of pool boiling near the high heat flux regionreveals that the individual ...

Membrane separation is known as an efficient technique for the oily wastewater treatment. Therefore, in the present study, sulfonated poly (ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) was introduced into the polysulfone (PSF) solution in order to enhance the hydrophilicity and the membrane structure for the oil–water separation. The hollow fiber membranes were fabricated via a phase-inversion process. The memb...

Amyloidosis is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing hemodialysis (HD). In this study, depending on the idea that the clearance of middle and high molecular weight toxins could be improved, we aimed to investigate the effect of high-flux dialyzer on clearance of beta-2 microglobulin (beta2-MG) and calcium (Ca) phosphorus (P) met...

objective(s) to determine the potential toxic effects of manual soldering flux cored solder wire on lung of the rat as an experimental model. materials and methods a total number of 48 adult male rats were divided into experimental (n= 30) and control (n= 18) groups. based on exposure time to solder fume, each group was further subdivided into 2, 4 and 6 week subgroups. rats of experimental gro...