Protection of β cells from autoimmune destruction potentially cures type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D).
During antigen presentation, interactions between cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (…

Background and objectives. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and
mortality in hemodialysis patients. Increasing evidence suggests a role for apelin in the …

Background. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a common manifestation of cardiovascular
disease and has an important prognostic value in patients with end-stage renal disease (…

Arc discharge technique was modified by using non-traditional rotational electrode and AC
applied voltage. Two different systems were designed and locally fabricated to improve the …

Due to its increasing incidence, skin cancer, and especially melanoma, is a serious health
disease today. The high mortality rate associated with melanoma makes it necessary to detect …

Background Electrospinning is an effective method for producing high-quality biopolymer
nanofibers, such as cellulose and chitosan. Cellulose nanofibers have excellent mechanical …

The American Association for Respiratory Care has declared a benchmark for competency
in mechanical ventilation that includes the ability to “apply to practice all ventilation modes …

Objectives C-reactive protein (CRP) is increased in end-stage renal disease patients.
Recent studies have shown positive associations between inflammatory markers and …

In the field of gamma-ray spectroscopy with HPGe detectors, applied to measurements of
activity when the sample to be measured is small and has low radioactivity, the well-type HPGe …

The high efficiency of well-type detector is one of its important advantages, when it is used
to determine the low level activity of radiation in many different fields. In the present work the …