Life Sciences

An outbreak of brucellosis occurred in the municipality of Victoria, in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. On 25 April 2010, in a stable with 16 riding horses, a mare presented weakness, progressive emaciation, difficult movements and suppurative fistulous withers. Serum samples of these horses and other 27 horses in close contact with animals of the affected stable were subjected to the Rose Bengal test with 8% cell concentration and Rivanol test for identifying the presence of antibodies against Brucella abortus strain 1119-3, and microbiological culture.

Background: The beneficial effect of regular exercise on physical fitness is well documented. There is also evidence that acute and chronic exercise affect platelet activation in different ways. Few studies are available on effect of exercise on platelets function. Therefore, present work has been undertaken to study the effect of exercise on platelets. Objective: Effect of exercise on peripheral platelet count. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on 40 healthy female subjects in the age group of 22-29. Samples for platelet counts were obtained prior to training and after 12 wk.

The purpose of this research was to design ecological jewelry through alternative materials such as bamboo otate, to generate environmental responsibility. Nowadays, products with low environmental impact are realized, in this sense the bamboo otate was an ideal alternative, because it is the plant with greater growth in the world, being able to be used since the two years of growth for artisanal purposes, it is a renewable resource and totally sustainable, in six months reaches a height of 60 meters, it has a high durability giving it a permanent finish.

Currently there is a growing interest in researching and developing new antibacterial agents from various sources to combat bacterial resistance. Therefore, a greater attention must be paid to antibacterial activity screening and evaluating methods. Several bioassays such as disk-diffusion, well diffusion and broth or agar dilution are well known and commonly used, but other methods are not widely used because they need some special equipment.

Introduction: Urothelial carcinoma (UC) is the most common type of bladder cancer (BC). Approximately 75% of all BCs are restricted to the mucosa. Ten to 30% of superficial tumors will progress to invasive disease with worse prognosis. The epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is associated with the acquisition of tumor invasiveness and aggressive phenotypes. E-cadherin (E-CA) and vimentin are two proteins related to the EMT phenomenon.

The proposed RP-HPLC method is developed and subsequently validated which is rapid, sensitive and reproducible for the analysis of amikacin in pharmaceutical dosage forms with short analysis time. A mobile phase is a mixture of acetonitrile, methyl alcohol, and o- phosphoric acid, OPA, (0.1%) in 50:35:15 (v/v).A flow rate of 1.0 mL/min mobile phase was found to be suitable in the studied range of 0.5—1.5 mL/min. The spectra of Amikacin showed a balanced wavelength at 272 nm.

In this paper, a study of phase diagram of a binary mixture of two compounds of liquid crystal has been produced by high resolution temperature scanning technique. Heptyloxy cyanobiphenyl (7OCB) and octyl cyanobiphenyl (8CB) has been chosen to produce binary mixtures. The former compound exhibits only nematic phase so that it is treated as nematogenic and the latter is smectogenic which exhibits both nematic and smectic phases. Binary mixtures of these compounds in a certain concentration range (0.1 < x7OCB < 0.90 except 0.8) has been reported here.

Background: Malaria is a major public health problem in Ethiopia. Somali Region is one of malaria endemic areas in the country. It’s known that the use of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) is one of most important malaria preventive methods. However, there are no studies concerning ITNs utilization and factors associated with its utilization in Gode district. The objective of the study is to assess the ITNs coverage, utilization and associated factors at household (HH) level in Gode District, Somali Region, Gode zone, Eastern Ethiopia.

Chronic kidney disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality across the developed world. Glomerular filtration rate, serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen and albumin are biomarkers used in kidney failure. Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers are widely used in management of kidney failure. The main objective is to evaluate management based on clinical parameters in renal failure patients.

Forest is considered as a storehouse of immense valuable materials and services. Non-Timber Forest products (NTFPs) have an important role in the household economy of forest fringe dwellers living in the dry deciduous forests in Ayodha Hill of Purulia district, West Bengal. In this ethnobotanical study tribal people from different villages are asked for the NTFPs in regular basis for their livelihood.