objective(s) the role of therapeutic drug monitoring (tdm) in patient care has grown rapidly since its introduction three decades ago. the aim of present study was to evaluate the possible relationship between serum levels and the clinical response of valproic acid (vpa). materials and methods in the present study we evaluated a homogeneous group of adult patients receiving vpa monotherapy. a t...

objective: newbouldia laevis seem, is an ubiquitous perennial plant belonging to the family bignoniaceae with varying applicability in ethnomedicine. methods: the anticonvulsant effect of the aqueous extracts of root and stem bark preparations was undertaken using standard techniques. results: results showed that the ld50 in mice was 489.8mg/kg body weight while 5.6mg/kg body weight protected m...

background and purpose: self-medication is a global medical issue, the rate of which has been reported to be on the rise in recent years. this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence rate of self-medication and the associated factors among the university students of ahvaz city, iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted at jundishapur and shahid chamran universities of...

the genus ebola virus first was recognized in 1976, when two outbreaks occurred in zaire and sudan. ebola virus disease (evd) is a highly contagious disease that can affect both human and nonhuman primates: zaire ebolavirus (zebov), sudan ebolavirus (sebov), côte d’ivoire ebolavirus (cebov), bundibugyo ebolavirus (bebov) and reston ebolavirus (rebov) are five members of the filoviridae family t...

background: underlying diseases and aggressive procedures, such as different types of surgery and care, for patients with critical conditions in intensive care units (icu) may be associated with physiological disorders. objectives: this study intended to determine the effect of therapeutic touch on physiological variables of patients undergoing mechanical ventilation in icu. methods: this rando...

background: for effective treatment of organophosphate (op) poisoning, development of a standardized protocol with flexible dose regimen for atropine and pralidoxime is an essential step. in this study, we aimed to assess the protocol devised in our setting; bach mai hospital poison treatment center, for treatment of op poisoning that included a higher dose regimen of pralidoxime (2pam). method...

Shuganjieyu capsule has been approved for clinical treatment by the State Food and Drug Ad-ministration of China since 2008. In the clinic, Shuganjieyu capsule is often used to treat mild to moderate depression. In the rat model of depression established in this study, Shuganjieyu capsule was administered intragastrically daily before stress. Behavioral results confirmed that depressive symptom...

Di fferent types of osteoclastic cell s (authentic osteoclasis from human giant cell tumor and bone marrow of newborn rats; newly-formed osteoclasis from adult ra t bone marrow), gian t multinucleated cell s and macrophages were studied for their effec t on syn thetic and natu ral mineralized substrata. Biphasic calcium phosphate ceramic consisted of hydroxyapatite and beta tricalcium phosphate...

Both visual and acoustical informations provide effec– tive means of telecommunication between persons. In this context, the face is the most important part of the person both visually and acoustically. We describe how the co– operation of image and audio processing allows to track a person’s face and to collect the audio information it pro– duces. We present detection techniques of regions of ...

Most of the reports to date on the antiox based on strictly chemical methods. Whe method used to evaluate the antioxidant antioxidant might have a protective effec mixtures and a low MW chitosan (LMWC phages, subjected to accelerated oxidatio Our results suggest that COS/LMWC ca compounds reduced either the hemolytic ever, the results obtained for these biolo chemical assay, suggesting that the...