Introduction Arterial stiffness has long been recognized to play a central role in the development of cardiovascular (CV) disease. A significant relationship has been demonstrated between reduced aortic compliance and fatal and non-fatal CV events independently of classical CV risk factors [1]. Accurate measurement of aortic distensibility in vivo would constitute a powerful tool for monitoring...

the combined effect of non-newtonian rheology and irreversible boundary reaction on dispersion in a herschel-bulkley fluid through a conduit (pipe/channel) is studied by using generalized dispersion model. the study explains the development of dispersive transport following the injection of a tracer in terms of three effective transport coefficients namely exchange, convective and dispersion co...

ibuprofen solid dispersions were prepared by the solvent and fusion-solvent methods using polyethylene glycol (peg), polyvinylpyrrolidone (pvp), eudragit rs po, eudragit rl po and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (hpmc) as carriers to improve physicochemical characteristics of ibuprofen. the prepared solid dispersions were evaluated for the flowability, solubility characteristics and dissolution be...

Cyclic voltammetric (CV) and chronoamperometric (CA) behaviors of 1,3,5-triphenylformazan (TPF), 3-(p-nitrophenyl)-1,5-diphenylformazan (PNF) and 3-(m-nitrophenyl)-1,5-diphenylformazan (MNF) were studied in dimethyl sulfoxide medium. TPF was found to give a single sharp cathodic CV peak corresponding to a gain of one-electron per molecule. The diffusion coefficient and the number of electrons t...

Palladium nanoparticles supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (Pd/MWCNTs) have been synthesized using a modified polyol reduction method and its performance in methanol oxidation reactions has evaluated. The morphology of palladium on MWCNTs was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The catalytic performance of synthesized catalyst ...

Background: One of the main indexes of development is health index or the degree to which a society enjoys health and therapeutic services. The present study was done with the aim to analyze development levels in cities in Tehran regarding health infrastructural index using the standardized score and Morris’ model. Methods: This is a descriptive and pragmatic study which ranks 14 cities in T...