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This paper aims at highlighting potential benefits that can be achieved by using nanotechnology and nanoparticles in petroleum industry particularly in the field of drilling fluids…

The purpose of this work was to investigate the concentrations of some heavy metals, cadmium, nickel and lead, in two commercial fish species (Oreochromis niloticus and Bagrus bay…

Background: Sunitinib, an oral multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor has been approved for the treatment of advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (pNENs). Aim: To describ…

Purpose: There is no gold standard to diagnose lactose malabsorption. The hydrogen breath test is the most widely used, but many methodological points need to be standardized. Our …

Avicennia marina Forssk. is a common mangrove tree found around estuarine coasts of India. The literature survey on this plant so far has reported the presence of several novel com…

Objective: In this study we aimed to investigate the value of hyaluronic acid levels, a non-invasive biochemical marker for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in patients with chroni…

Fabrication of high efficiency silicon solar cells with low cost is an important measure in silicon solar cell production. Silicon solar cell industries and technologists have star…

<p style="text-align: justify;">Health workers like nurses have the responsibility to provide health services to patients. By doing so, nurses are expected to contr…

The Lagrangian separation distance between the endpoints of simulated and observed drifter trajectories is often used to assess the performance of numerical particle trajectory mod…

This work evaluates the aminolevulic acid (ALA)-induced Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) synthesis and the PPIX transference from the tumor cells to the whole blood cells. Human prostate t…

1.1. Background: It is known that physical exercise is an important non-pharmacological tool in the prevention and treatment of unwanted weight gain and diseases affecting post-men…

Clonazepam (CZ) is a benzodiazepine derivative that is used mainly in the treatment of status epilepticus (SE). Intranasal (IN) administration of nano-carrier systems generally hav…

Detonation nanodiamonds have 4-5 nm size primary particles, stable inert core, high surface area and tunable surface structures. They are very attractive from pharmaceutical point …

Besides raising the blood pressure dietary salt is responsible for several other harmful effects. The most important are a number which, though independent of the arterial pressur…

<p>Background: Registered nurses (RNs) play important roles in patient safety.Medication errors resulting in adverse drug reactions (ADRs) pose a significant public health pr…

This study was carried out in Gombe State, Nigeria to estimate the prevalence and causes of tuberculosis in patients that were suspected to have clinical symptoms compatible to tub…

The application of wastes from the food processing industry as carbon sources in enzyme production processes reduces the cost of production, and helps solving problems related to t…

Background: Lotus the National flower of India is commonly called as Pink lotus belonging to the species Nelumbo nucifera. The seeds of the mature lotus are of great importance an…

In Brazil, due to economic and social factors, public policies are needed to grant access to quality nutrition in school. This provision should respect the local food culture; how…

Introduction: Diabetes is a chronic disease that is assuming worrying proportions considering the epidemiological data and the clearly negative impact which causes in our societies…

Zika virus infection is caused by a virus transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes. Patients with Zika virus disease may have non-specific symptoms including mild fever, skin ras…

Salivary α-amylase activity (SAA) may be correlated with blood glucose levels. However, change of SAA in response to blood glucose after carbohydrate diet remains unknown. In 17 h…

Background: Oxidative stress (OxS) is involved in organ damage during the pathogenesis of diabetes, but the relationship between OxS and the deterioration of β-cell functi…

Tay-Sachs disease is one of the few neurodegenerative diseases of known causes. It results from mutations of the HEXA gene encoding the alpha subunit of beta-hexosaminidase, produc…

Chronic kidney diseases (CKDs) are characterized by complex changes in cellular metabolism, leading to oxidative stress (OS), i.e. increased production of oxidative radicals (OR), …

Aim: To evaluate the in vitro activity of teicoplanin against clinical methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates was the aim of this study Methods and Material: A total …

PET/MRI is a relatively recent diagnostic tool for the evaluation of oncologic disease. It combines the excellent soft tissue contrast of MRI with the physiologic data regarding g…

The aim of the present research was to investigate two rabbit populations from the New Zealand White breed and to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms with respect to the genes…

Highly useful microstructures are required in order to enhance the properties of titanium oxide (TiO2) coatings, so as to substantially increase the surface and underlayer surface …

Objectives / Aim of study: To assess the magnitude, clinico-social risk factors and associations of diabetic kidney disease in type 2 diabetes subjects attending a tertiary care ce…