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A Cross-sectional Study of Primary Dysmenorrhea among Students at a University: Prevalence, Impact and of Associated Symptoms

Z. Rakhshaee · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: To evaluate the prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea and its severity among female university students in Iran; its associated symptoms; its impact on academic performance and social activities. Study Design: This is a cross – sectional descriptive study. Place and Duration o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/9646

Defects in Wistar Rat’s Embryo and Placenta Development: A [C]14-Morphine Study

Masoomeh Kazemi, Elaheh Tekieh, Sahar Golabi & Hedayat Sahraei · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Background: In previous studies it has been emphasized that morphine effectiveness site may be either in the embryo or the placenta. In this study, we perused the morphine effect site in embryo with placenta, simultaneously. Animals treated by C14-Morphine. Material and Methods:...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/9850

Photocatalytic Effects of Acrylic Resins Incorporated with Nano-titanium Dioxide on Planktonic and Biofilm Growth of Four Cariogenic Bacteria

Abbas Bahador, Safia Khalil, Babak Pourakbari, Roghayeh Ghorbanzadeh, Mohammad Zaman Kassaee, Solmaz Ohadian Moghadam, Azad Khaledi & Ahmad Sodagar · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: The activities of cariogenic bacteria in biofilm on acrylic baseplates of removable orthodontic appliances and partial denture contribute to dental caries, inflammation of gingiva and periodontal disease. This in vitro study evaluates the photocatalytic antimicrobial activi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/7166

Diagnosing Hepatitis Disease by Using Fuzzy Hopfield Neural Network

Mehdi Neshat, Azra Masoumi, Mina Rajabi & Hassan Jafari · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: Nowadays, computational intelligence is frequently used in diagnosis and determination of the severity of various diseases. In fact, different tools of computational intelligence help physicians as an assistant to diagnose with fewer errors. In this paper, a fuzzy Hopfield...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/9183

Determination of Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane Residues Levels in Commercial Marine Dry Fish from Different Regions of Bangladesh

M. Nahid Hasan, H. M. Rakibul Islam, Rubia Akter, Y. Mahmud, K. K. U. Ahmed & S. Siddiquee · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) residual levels are available several commercially dry fishes. So these fishes were detected and determinate the contamination status of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). The most popular dry fish-Ribbon fish (Lepturacanthus savala), Chi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/9043

Azo Dye Removal from Aqueous Solutions Using Laccase-modified Red Mud: Adsorption Kinetics and Isotherm Studies

H. Nadaroglu, E. Kalkan & N. Celebi · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Removal of acid red 37 from aqueous solutions has been studied using red mud waste material after its modification with laccase from Russulaceae (Lactarius volemus). Laccase was purified by using saturated precipitate (NH4)2SO4, diethylaminoethyl celulose (DEAE-cellulose) and imm...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/10080

Determination of Physical and Mechanical Properties of Autumn Leaves of Maple, Bitter Orange, Oak, Boxwood, Yellow Poplar, and Brown Poplar Trees

Ali Kiapey, Mohsen Azadbakht & Ali Jafari · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: The results will be used to design and construct a collecting device, specially the main sucking part. Study Design: In order to determine the physical properties of autumn leaves, twenty leaves from each tree of maple, bitter orange, oak, boxwood, yellow poplar, and brown...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/9647

Identification of Wheat Stripe Rust Resistance Genes in Iranian Wheat Cultivars Using Molecular Markers

Zahra Pourkhorshid, Ali Dadkhodaie, Ali Niazi, Bahram Heidari & Esmaeil Ebrahimi · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Yellow or stripe rust is one of the most important and destructive wheat diseases all over the world. The best strategy to control this disease is genetic resistance through combining several resistance genes which results in achieving long lasting resistance. Marker assisted sel...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/9821

Structures of Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) Gene Promoter from C4 and C3 Flaveria species Using Sequence Analysis by Bioinformatics Tools

Eghtedary Naeini Abdolreza, Etedali Fatemeh, Mortazavi Seyed Elyas, Sobhani Najafabadi Ahmad, Golabadi Maryam, Gharyazi Behzad & Malboobi Mohammad Ali · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aim: This research can be used to design and subsequently to study stable- tissues- specific gene expression in other plants, and potentially may be used in altering plants with C3 photosystem into C4 through genetics. Study design: In silico analysis by bioinformatics tools was...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/9876

Effect of Different Growth Regulators on Callus Induction and Plant Regeneration of Satureja species

Naser Karimi, Hamid Reza Ghasmpour & Mozhgan Yari · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: This work was for the first time; undertaken to study the effect of different explant types and plant growth regulators on the callus induction and plant regeneration in both Satureja species. This protocol can be successfully employed for the large-scale multiplication and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/7938

Hypoglycaemic and Hypolipidaemic Effects of the Aqueous Leaf Extracts of Tithonia diversifolia

Johnny O. Olukunle, Babatunde S. Okediran, Emmanuella A. Sogebi & Eniope B. Jacobs · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic effects of the aqueous leaf extract of Tithonia diversifolia in Wistar albino rats. Methodology: Aqueous extracts of the leaves of Tithonia diversifolia was screened for hypoglycemic and hypolipidaem...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/6142

Essential Oil Compositions and Antibacterial Properties of Mint (Mentha longifolia L.) and Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)

Zeynab Mohkami, Azadeh Ranjbar & Fatemeh Bidarnamani · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: This study was designed to investigate the chemical composition (gas chromatography/mass spectrometry [GC-MS]) and antibacterial (Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria) activities of essential oils extracted from aerial parts of two medicinal plants, Mentha longifolia L....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/7899

Outer Segments of Retinal Photoreceptors – A Review in the Light of Novel Findings

Richard H. W. Funk, Ulrike Schumann & Cora Roehlecke · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: Recent studies have demonstrated that all molecules of the respiratory chain are present in the photoreceptor outer segment (see Calzia et al., Biol Cell 2013). Furthermore, our group (Roehlecke et al., PLoS One 2013) could show that, after blue light stress of the retina,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/9550