background: dendritic cells (dcs) are professional antigen presenting cells that have an important role in the initiation of immune response. the use of maturation factors in dendritic cell differentiation provides a promising approach in immunotherapy. objective: in this study, we compared tumor necrosis factor-α, polyribocytidylic acid, lipopolysacharide and cpg oligonucleotides in inducing d...

Background & Aim: Oocytes in vitro maturation is an enormously promising technology for the treatment of infertility, yet its clinical application remains limited owing to poor success rates. Therefore this study was designed to determine the effect of Gundelia Tournefortii root hydro alcoholic extract as a source of antioxidant on in vitro oocyte maturation. Experimental: In this stu...

Background & Aim: Oocytes in vitro maturation is an enormously promising technology for the treatment of infertility, yet its clinical application remains limited owing to poor success rates. Therefore this study was designed to determine the effect of Gundelia Tournefortii root hydro alcoholic extract as a source of antioxidant on in vitro oocyte maturation. Experimental: In this stu...

Kerogen lens shape and size distribution control how organic-rich shales may behave as either source or seal rocks. Prior to thermal conversion, kerogen is a brittle, load-bearing constituent of the shale matrix. During maturation, lenses become more ductile, hydrocarbon expulsion lead creation microfractures, process controlled not only by temperature pressure but also their total content in r...

Naturally occurring hydrocarbon fluids in sedimentary basins have economic, geological and environmental significance. Connecting basin temperature-time evolution with petroleum generation transformation is a long-studied problem. In this study, we investigate the use of novel tool – multiply substituted isotopologues methane, for distinguishing between different chemical mechanisms catagenesis...

conclusion the relationship between calcification of teeth and maturation of cervical bones was significant. bone maturation can be predicted by using teeth calcification stages, especially in the second molar, first molar and lateral incisor. results correlations between the two stages were observed in the first and second premolars, canine and central incisors. all these correlations were sig...