objective(s):cutaneous leishmaniasis is a common and endemic disease in khorasan province in north-east of iran. the pentavalant antimony (sb v) is the mainstay of treatment that has many side effects and resistance to the drug has been reported. the microbicidal effect of ozone was proven in different microorganisms. since there is no study in this respect and to achieve a low cost and effecti...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Ozone is an environmentally reactive oxidant, and pycnogenol is a mixture of flavonoid compounds extracted from pine tree bark that have antioxidant activity. We investigated the effects of pycnogenol on reactive nitrogen species, antioxidant responses, and airway responsiveness in BALB/c mice exposed to ozone. METHODS Antioxidant levels were determined using high performance ...

Objective(s): This study aims to determine the effects of ozone therapy on restoring impaired Nrf2 activation to ameliorate chronic tubulointerstitial injury in rats with adenine-induced CKD. Materials and Methods: Sprague–Dawley rats were fed with 0.75% adenine-containing diet to induce CKD and chronic tubulointerstitial injury. Ozone therapy was administered by rectal insufflation. After 4 we...

Sugarcane bagasse contains cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose, 39-42%, 20-25% and 25-27% respectively. So it is can be used as a sugar source in many processes. Lignin and hemicellulose must be removed before hydrolysis of cellulose. Several different pretreatment approaches have been studied. The purpose of this research is comparison of acid, ozone and combination of ozone-acid as pretreatme...

Despite the need to understand the impact of changes in emissions and climate on tropospheric ozone, the attribution of tropospheric interannual ozone variability to specific processes has proven difficult. Here, we analyze the stratospheric contribution to tropospheric ozone variability and trends from 1953 to 2005 in the Northern Hemisphere (NH) mid-latitudes using four ensemble simulations o...

Ecosystems remove ozone from the troposphere through both stomatal and non-stomatal depositions. The portion of ozone taken up through stomata has an oxidative effect causing damage.We used amultiyear dataset to assess ozone deposition to a ponderosa pine plantation near Blodgett Forest, Georgetown, California. Environmental parameters, water and ozone concentrations and fluxes were measured co...

Ozone transport has an important effect on the local ozone concentrations. In this paper, we model the California State and the Eastern States of America ozone transport as complex networks to understand large-scale dynamics. California has a complex ozone transport due to geomorphology and is divided into 15 air basins to manage air pollution. Unlike California, the ozone transport in the East...

The pregnant women attending antenatal clinics or labour room in C.P.R. Hospital,Kolhapur were screened by ultrasonography. cases with gestational age more than 28 weeks AFI equal to less 7 included study. data was collected during 2013-2014. Cases falling into exclusion criteria later excluded from Patients below 5cm oligohydramnios group and between 7cm low group. All patients are distributed...

Due to larger multiple scattering effects in the troposphere compared to that in the stratosphere, the optical path of tropospheric ozone is markedly enhanced (as compared with that of stratospheric ozone) in the Huggins bands from 310 to 345 nm. Model study of the direct and diffuse solar fluxes on the ground shows differences between tropospheric and stratospheric ozone. The characteristic si...

This paper describes the protective action of stratospheric ozone together with different mechanisms causing ozone depletion. Ozone absorbs UV radiation coming from the Sun. Increased UV radiation due to ozone depletion affects people, terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, materials as well as air quality. Chlorofluorocarbons, halons and methyl bromide are all significant ozone depleting substanc...