background: breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths among women worldwide. each year it is newly diagnosed in more than 1.1 million women around the world. the aims of this study were to investigate the role of dietary factors such as consumption of vegetables, fruits, dairy products, fried food, fish, and salt along with food, and factors such as weight, physical activi...

abstractthe aim of this study was to determine the ecology of the ostracoda species in the sediments collected from the erdek bay and to observe the relationship between ecological parameters with the number of ostracoda species and individual numbers. sediment and water samples have been collected seasonally from 8 stations of the study area from six different depths (0.3; 1; 5; 10; 20; 30 m)....

background: innovative bioactive films incorporated with antimicrobial agents have been recently developed for food preservation. the aim of this study was to evaluate antibacterial activity of polylactic acid (pla) films incorporated with ziziphora clinopodioides essential oil (zeo) and ethanolic propolis extract (epe) against some common food-borne pathogens. methods: the volatile chemical co...

Mental health and well-being can be related to both individual as well as environmental factors. In order to address the latter relationship we use an Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) approach to capture the mood of 10 persons in real-time and real-life via questionnaires sent to their smartphones. This paper focuses on the timing of the questionnaire trigger. In order to avoid the questio...

Background: Innovative bioactive films incorporated with antimicrobial agents have been recently developed for food preservation. The aim of this study was to evaluate antibacterial activity of Polylactic Acid (PLA) films incorporated with Ziziphora clinopodioides Essential Oil (ZEO) and Ethanolic Propolis Extract (EPE) against some common food-borne pathogens. Methods: The volatile chemical...

Nepeta is one of the biggest geniuses of Lamiaceae family which N. pungens, N. binaludensis, N. isphanica, N. pogonosperma and N. bracteata has been used traditionally in Iran. Nepeta pogonesperma is one of the endemic Nepeta species in Alamut region (Qazvin Province ). So in this research the aerial parts of Nepeta pogonesperma in full flowering stage were collected from Kheshchal altitudes of...

BACKGROUND The clinical effects of mucolytics in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are discussed controversially. Cineole is the main constituent of eucalyptus oil and mainly used in inflammatory airway diseases as a mucolytic agent. We hypothesised that its known mucolytic, bronchodilating and anti-inflammatory effects as concomitant therapy would reduce the exacerbati...