Lipid peroxidation can be described as a process under which free radicals attack carbon double bonds of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Whereas the end products of this process are reactive aldehydes, such as malondialdehyde (MDA). Lipid peroxidation leads to adverse changes in the nutritional value of milk; therefore, higher degree of antioxidant protection (DAP) ensures higher stability of ...

Architecture Description Languages (ADLs) provide an abstract representation of software systems. Achieving a concrete mapping of such representation into the implementation is one of the principal aspects of MDA (Model Driven Architecture). Integration of ADLs within MDA confers to the MDA platform a higher level of abstraction and a degree of reuse of ADLs. Indeed they have significantly diff...

PURPOSE Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a multifactoral chronic autoimmune disease with unidentified etiology. Imbalance of oxidative status is one possible cause of active disease. Plasma malondialdehyde (MDA) and plasma glutathione (GSH) level have been used as a determinate of oxidative status. Limited data has examined these 2 parameters by severity of SLE. METHODS We determined whe...

Since the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) stimulates the iodine uptake in normal lactating breast, our study aimed to study the effect of NIS-mediated radioiodide therapy on ER-negative breast cancers. A recombinant lentivirus plasmid encoding the human NIS (hNIS) gene and firefly luciferase (Fluc) was constructed. MDA-MB-231 cells were transfected with the recombinant lentivirus, and the hNIS ge...

During the first weeks of life puppies remain protected against canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV2) infection thanks to maternally derived antibodies (MDA) absorbed with colostrum after birth. The objective of the present study was to present the variability in CPV2-specific passive immune transfer and its consequences in puppies naturally exposed to the parvovirus. Seventy-nine puppies from one br...

To determine the stomach bioreactor capability for food oxidation or antioxidation, rats were fed red turkey meat cutlets (meal A) or red turkey meat cutlets and red wine concentrate (meal B). The hydroperoxides (LOOH) and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels of the stomach contents were evaluated during and after digestion; the postprandial plasma MDA level was also evaluated. In independently fed rat...

Poernomo suggested an approach for requirement analysis within the CIM level of the MDA framework. His approach combined MEASUR, goal and object oriented analysis, and developed a new methodology that can be integrated within the CIM level of the MDA. This paper adds requirement traceability capabilities to the method developed by Poernomo and applies the extended method on a case study based o...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to explore the connection between lead toxicity and the activity of xanthine oxidase (XO). In addition, we indicated the uric acid (UA) and creatinine levels and concentration of erythrocyte malondialdehyde (MDA) to estimate oxidative stress intensity. MATERIALS AND METHODS The examined group consisted of 125 healthy male employees of zinc and lead ...

OMG (Object Management Group) has defined the MDA (Model Driven Architecture) specification trying to solve the actual problems of systems integration and interoperability. The main goal of this work is to introduce some basic concepts of MDA and show that is possible to define methods to transform a Platform Independent Model (PIM) to different Final Code Models (FCM), this is, the same high l...