Communication of the complex relationship between air pollutant exposure and ill health is essential to an air pollution information system. We propose a novel air pollution index (API) system based on the relative risk of the well-established increased daily mortality associated with short-term exposure to common air pollutants: particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5), sulphur dioxide, ozone, nitroge...

This paper describes an application model that couples Analytical Hierarchy Process(AHP) and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method , which named Fuzzy-AHP(FAHP). AHP has its own superiority in computing index weight and comparing index in the same row than at classifying level. While fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method is good at classifying level. Taking into account their respective advanta...

PURPOSE This study was conducted to determine the effect of two mouthrinses elmex and Listerine on plaque accumulation in 12-year-olds. MATERIAL AND METHODS 30 12-year-old children took part in the clinical study. They were divided into three groups. Group I (10 people) was given Listerine to home use. Group II (10 people) was given elmex to home use. Group III (10 people) did not receive any...

It is difficult to make an early identification of which children with recurrent wheezing will develop asthma in the following years. The Asthma Predictive Index (API) is a questionnaire based on clinical and laboratory parameters used for this end. The measurement of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FE NO) has been used as a marker of eosinophilic airway infammation in asthma patients. Objecti...

Dadih is a traditional fermented food from West Sumatra Indonesia and had become an integral diet culture for Minangkabau tribes. The aims of this study were evaluated antimicrobial proteolytic activity lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated dadih. Four different dadih samples was taken 2 origins based on fermentation methods. Samples screening morphological, genotype phenotype characteristic. Iso...

introduction: fasting is an islamic practice, which causes various metabolic changes in fasting individuals. numerous studies have examined different aspects of fasting, but its effect on individuals with different characteristics such as obesity has remained unknown. the impact of fasting on adipose tissue hormones such as leptin and adiponectin is still controversial. in this study, we aimed ...

background: dyslipidemia is considered an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease (chd). in the present study, we examined lipid profiles and paraoxonase 1 (pon1) activity and atherogenic indexes status and the relationship of pon1 activity by high-density lipoprotein (hdl) and atherogenic indexes in chd patients and healthy people. methods: the aim of the study was to compare pon1, ...

AIMS To determine the prevalence of Pseudomonas fluorescens on the arms of blood donors, and to elucidate one possible cause for its predominance (60% of cases during 1980-89) in exogenous post transfusion septicaemia (PTS). METHODS Skin swabs were taken from the arms of 782 blood donors and cultured on to heated blood agar. After incubation, Oxidase reagent and the Gram stain were used to se...

A gram-positive bacterium with antagonistic activity towards soilborne fungal pathogens has been isolated from the mycorrhizosphere of Sorghum bicolor inoculated with Glomus mosseae. It has been identified as Paenibacillus sp. strain B2 based on its analytical profile index and on 16S ribosomal DNA analysis. Besides having antagonistic activity, this bacterium stimulates mycorrhization.