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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleReview on the use of FRP Composites for Facades and Building SkinsChiara BedonFiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites represent a class of materials typically able to offer excellent mechanical, thermal and insulation properties, taking advantage of a combination of their constitutive fibers and polymers. Due to their intrinsic lightweight properties, FRP composites are in use for aerospace, automotive, marine industries and ballistic armor since several decades. Only in a subsequent phase, i.e. since … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 29 Sep 2016 · 9,227 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleComparison of Tuberculin Skin Test and Interferon Gamma Assay for the Diagnosis Latent TuberculosisAbolfazl Poorhasan, Mehdi Haghdoost, Omid MashrabiProblem statement: After HIV infection, TB is the most common cause of mortality due to a single infectious agent. Until 1985, tuberculosis cases in the world were decreasing every year, but then with the prevalence of HIV infection, TB cases are increasing every year. Obviously, with this prevalence of tuberculosis, the best way to control it is to track the … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 7,311 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsUltrastructural Organization of the Muscular System Body of the Trematode Schistogonimus RarusIrina Yurievna ChidunchiIt is known that parasitic flatworms of the class Trematoda have a unique complex life cycle, and have morphological features of adaptation, movement, and existence in the host body. Functional peculiarities of the parasitic way of life are conditioned by the developed muscular system, due to which there is movement and attachment of the snail to various organs of the … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 24, Issue 1 · 16 Nov 2023 · 4,858 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsPotential Health Functions of Collagen Bioactive Peptides: A ReviewMengqian Chen, Yanan Li, Guangrong HuangCollagen is the most abundant protein in nature and widely exits in animals. However collagen usage is not good enough, which is a waste of natural resources and an environmental burden. Collagen peptides have some special characters and functions. These functions can decide their usage. Therefore producing, discovering and using new functional collagen peptides are promising way to deal with … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 16, Issue 4 · 25 Oct 2020 · 9,137 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsEvaluation of the Cytisus Triflorus (Lam.) Polyphenols Cicatrizing Activity on Experimental Thermal Burns in New Zealand RabbitsSihem Khadri, Nafissa Boutefnouchet, Youcef Hadef, Zouhir DjerrouThe present study aimed to evaluate the healing properties of the medicinal plant Cytisus triflorus widely used in the traditional treatment of wound healing. The principle of study is the application of the polyphenol extract of this plant prepared with vaseline in the form of a dermal ointment on thermal burns of second deep degree (circular of 379.94 mm2 in … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 18, Issue 3 · 12 May 2018 · 7,526 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsOne Can Slow Down the Aging through AntioxidantsRaffaella Aversa, Relly Victoria V. Petrescu, Antonio Apicella, Florian Ion T. PetrescuFree radicals are natural nanoparticles which are doing their part well defined in the human cell, but then they must be annihilated or eliminated to not destroy the cell or another part of our body. It has been shown that residual free radicals in the body are responsible for the aging. The role to annihilate them is ful-filled by the … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 4 · 8 Dec 2016 · 10,076 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsStatic Hand Gestures: Fingertips Detection Based on Segmented ImagesAhmad Yahya Dawod, Md Jan Nordin, Junaidi AbdullahFingertips detection is important for recognition of static gesture in sign language. This paper presents a new method that is based on YCbCr colour space and skeletonization for fingertips detection towards gesture segmentation and recognition. The method begins with the conversion of an image in RGB colour space into YCbCr colour space. Then, the chrominance Cb and Cr are extracted … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 11, Issue 12 · 4 Feb 2016 · 7,038 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsDietary Beta-1,3/1,6-Glucans Reduce Clinical Signs of Canine AtopyA. C. Beynen, D. H.J. Saris, P. M. Paap et al.Problem statement: There was evidence that beta-1,3/1,6-glucans modulate inflammatory activity. In an open, non-controlled trial, purified beta-1,3/1,6-glucans were found to improve the clinical signs of dogs with undefined chronic skin disorders. Given the design of that study, further work was required on the efficacy of beta-1,3/1,6-glucans in the treatment of canine atopy. Approach: The influence of a purified preparation of … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 9 Jan 2012 · 9,984 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsAnti-Carcinoma, Anti-Obesity, Antidiabetic and Immune Defence Effects of Vernonia amygdalina Leaf Extract and Leaf Powder, in Two Human Cancer PatientsUtoh-Nedosa Uchechukwu AnastasiaProblem statement: Two cancer patients were treated with Vernonia amygdalina (V. amygdalina) leaf extract and leaf powder. The leaf extract of V amygdalina was administered orally for 9 months to the first patient in response to his reception of a medical diagnosis of having traces of prostate cancer. Approach: This patient was also over weight by 40 kg. The V. … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 5 Aug 2011 · 8,621 accessesView PDFCite