introduction: microbial keratitis is an infective process of the cornea with a potentially and serious visual impairments. contact lenses are a major cause of microbial keratitis in the developed countries especially among young people. therefore, the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the frequency and microbiological characteristic of clk in patients referred to the emergency depart...

a. calamus that grows in province of baluchistan and kerman in iran plays a major role in the revival of traditional medicine. despite the useful role of this plant in many ailments, its anti-bacterial properties are not well understood. in this study, we investigated anti-bacterial activities of rhizomes ware of a. calamus against various strains of bacteria such as staphylococcus aureus and e...

a new method for increasing ldr in deep drawing is application of anti-lock braking system (abs) on blank holder. in this method, instead of applying a constant force on blank and control the metal flow, the abs system holds and releases the blank several times (20 to 50 times) which results increasing ldr. this study investigates the effect of different parameters of abs on improving the condi...

plantinga, wolterstorff and westphal are three eminent christian philosophers in the united states today. this paper will examine plantinga, wolterstorff, and westphal's response to kant's anti-realist epistemology. while perhaps many christian philosophers doing philosophy of religion in the united states follow the common-sense realism of thomas reid, some philosophers, like merold ...

background: fillet is a popular part of chicken carcass which its high perishability is an economic problem. the present research was designed to study the microbial, chemical, and sensorial properties of chicken fillets coated by gelatin-carboxymethyl cellulose (cmc) film containing essential oil (eo) of bene (pistacia atlantica). methods: the chicken fillets were coated by gelatin-cmc film co...

curcumin is a hydrophobic polyphenol and major bioactive component of turmeric with known anti-inflammatory, neurogenesis, antioxidant, and anti-carcinogenic effect. curcumin antagonizes many steps in the inflammatory cascade, including inhibition of nf-κb (nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated b cells), activator protein-1 transcription and inos (induced nitric oxide synthases...

objective(s): methylsulfonylmethane (msm) is a sulfur-containing compound found in a wide range of human foods including fruits, vegetables, grains and beverages. in this study the effect of msm pretreatment on acetaminophen induced liver damage was investigated. materials and methods: male sprague dawley rats were pretreated with 100 mg/kg msm for one week. on day seven rats were received acet...

anti-human globulin was produced in iranian rabbits and goat by using human o serum mixed with freund's adjutants (complete or incomplete) for immunizing the animals. a titer of 1.4096 was obtained in rabbit and a titer of 1.2056 was obtained in goat. quality-and quantity-wise, goat's serum appeared to be better than rabbit's serum.