Freshly harvested tomato fruit (Solanum lycopersicum) were pre-treated with 0, 50, and 100 µM prohexadione-calcium (Pro-Ca) and then stored at 1 °C for 21 days to investigate the effect of Pro-Ca treatment on electrolyte leakage (EL), malondialdehyde (MDA), proline and total phenols contents, and activity of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) in relation to chilling injury (CI).Treatment with Pr...

background: immunophenotypic characterization of the leukemic cells has been widely used as a tool for diagnosis, classification, stratification and prognosis of leukaemia. objective: to investigate the immunophenotypic subtype profiles of iranian patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) and its association to disease outcome. methods: in this study, a total of 60 iranian patients with ...

the aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of n-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (nt-pro bnp) and nitric oxide (no) with echocardiography (gold standard test) in diagnosis of canine cardiomyopathy. out of 374 cases, 82 cases showing cardiovascular abnormalities including 16 cases of cardiomyopathy were further selected for standardization of biomarkers. significant (p

introduction: pulmonary arterial hypertension (pah) is a late progressive sclerodermarelated complication, which can lead to right heart failure and cor pulmonale. given that cardiac catheterization is a diagnostic method of choice for pah, and considering the high risks of this method, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between serum pro‐brain natriuretic peptide (pro‐b...

an important concern in rock mechanics is non-homogeneity as joints or fault. this noticeable feature of failures in rock is appearance of slip surfaces or shear bands, the characteristics of that are associated with deformation being concentrated in a narrow zones and the surrounding material remaining intact. adopting the joints as fractures, fractures are well known for their effects on the ...

background: n-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (nt-probnp) is a sensitive biomarker for the detection of asymptomatic left ventricular (lv) dysfunction. since β-thalassemia major patients suffer from early diastolic dysfunction due to iron deposition of chronic blood transfusion, we tried to evaluate the correlation between the serum nt-probnp level and the severity of lv diastolic dysfun...

objective: this study aimed to compare the effect of using casein phosphopeptide – amorphous calcium phosphate (cpp-acp) paste, remin-pro and fluoride varnish on remineralization of enamel lesions. methods: in this experimental-in vitro study, 60 intact premolars and molars were used and flat enamel surfaces were prepared. the specimens were divided into 6 groups (n=10). after primary diagnoden...