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Effect of Feeding Chemically and Biologically Treated Barley Straw on Some Hematological and Serum Biochemical Parameters of Karadi Lambs

Shaker Abdulameer Hassan, Khasraw Muheddin Hassan & Sarwar Mohammed Sadq · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding untreated, urea and fungal (Pleurotus ostreatus, Po) treated barley straw on some blood profiles of Karadi lambs. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Animal Production, over the periods 1-2-2010 to 1-4-2010....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/9687

Case-Based Education: Stress during Learning in Morning Report Sessions

Shahram Yazdani, Maliheh Arab, Giti Noghabaei & Fakhrolsadat Hosseini · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Background: Morning report has long been regarded as a stressful session for students and lecturers. This study aims to evaluate the main indices regarding stress. Material and Methods: In a university including 5 hospitals and 25 academic wards, three indices regarding stress we...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/8714

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of 108 Breast Lesions with Histopathologic Correlation: A Retrospective Study

Nasar Yousuf Alwahaibi, Hafsah Ahmed Alfahdi & Usha Rani Bai · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of breast lesions with relevant histopathologic report. Methodology: A retrospective study was performed over 11 year period at Sultan Qaboos University...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/10538

Bioremediation: Step towards Improving Human Welfare

Parminder Kaur & Leena Parihar · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

The term “bioremediation” refers to the process by which toxic contaminants such as xenobiotics are reduced into non-toxic by-products (carbon dioxide and water or organic acids and methane) with the help of biological agents. Most of the organisms’ especially human beings are co...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/9914

A Comparison of Species Diversity in Two 1-ha Plots at Tekai Tembeling Forest Reserve, Pahang, Malaysia

Norhajar Eswani, Kamziah Abd Kudus, M. Nazre & A. G. Awang Noor · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: The effects of commercial logging on tree species diversity in the Tekai Tembeling Forest Reserve (TTFR), Jerantut, Pahang is unknown. This article is focus on inventory of two forest plots having one ha area of each. Study Design: This study based on inventory conducted wi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/6058

Comparison of ThinPrep® and Conventional Preparations for Peritoneal and Pleural Cytology Smears

Nasar Yousuf Alwahaibi, Nasra Said Alnoumani & Usha Rani Bai · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: To compare the performance of ThinPrep® 5000 processor with the conventional method of preparing pleural and peritoneal smears as well as to study the possibility of replacement of the conventional method with ThinPrep® 5000 system. Methodology: Forty-one samples of serous...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/10078

Symbiogenesis Driven Biogenesis

Javeed Hussain, Guangyuan He & Guangxiao Yang · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Only seven major endosymbiotic consortia, between the phagotrophic host and respiratory or photosynthetic bacteria, have been identified which were chosen by the processes of symbiogenesis. Symbiogenesis exploited every bit of these consortia and consequently produced a stunning...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/9881

From therapeutic Electrotherapy to Electroceuticals: Formats, Applications and Prospects of Electrostimulation

Manousos E. Kambouris, Zoi Zagoriti, George Lagoumintzis & Konstantinos Poulas · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Introduction: Electrical modalities awere used therapeutically since the 18th century till 1900s to reemerge after World War II and to come to prominence after the 80s. Applications include wound healing of injured/molested/burnt tissues, pain management, exercise enhancement, ca...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/10563

The Effect of Water Extract of Zataria multiflora on Microvascular Permeability in Streptozocin Induced Diabetic Rats

Gholamreza Sepehri, Masoomeh khazaee, Mohammad Khaksari & Ahmad Gholamhoseinian Najar · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Objectives: The present investigation was aimed to study the effect of water extract of Zataria multiflora (Z. multiflora) on microvascular permeability in streptozocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Place and Duration of Study: Physiology Research Center, Kerman University of Medi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/9463

Terrestrial Animal- and Plant-Based Ingredients as Alternative Protein and Lipid Sources in the Diets for Juvenile Groupers: Current Status and Future Perspectives

Leong-Seng Lim, Annita Seok-Kian Yong & Rossita Shapawi · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

The Epinephelinae groupers are strict carnivorous species. They are widely cultured in the Asia Pacific region as a result of high demand and market price especially in the live reed food fish trade. Groupers are commonly raised in net cages and fed with the unsustainable low val...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/10963

Antibacterial Effect of Allium akaka Herbal Extract on Planktonic and Biofilm Cells of Pathogen Bacteria in Laboratory Conditions

Salehi Mitra, Navidi Maryam & Hatami Zeinab · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: Antimicrobial effect of Allium akaka herbal extracton the formation of biofilm and colonization of clinical and food-born pathogens are important in this research. Study Design: In the recent years, traditional medicine and identification of herbs have been highly addressed...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/9844

Effects of Turmeric Rhizome Powder and Oil Sources on Performance, Immune System and Bone Characteristics in Pre and Post Heat Stressed Broiler Chickens

Seyyed Javad Hosseini-Vashan, Abolghasem Golian & Akbar Yaghobfar · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of dietary Turmeric Rhizome powder (TRP) as a natural antioxidant and soybean (SO), canola oil (CO) and tallow (T) on performance, immune system, relative weight of organs and bone quality in 28d and post heat stressed...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/10068

Effect of Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma and Gold Nanoparticles on Cell Viability

Zhohreh Shahmirani, Shiva Irani, Seyed Mohammad Atyabi, Shahriar Mirpour, Sasan Shadpour, Mahmood Ghorannevis & Morteza Daliri Joupari · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: Cell culture can be used to study of cell proliferation, viability and apoptosis. Purposeful treatment by cold atmospheric plasma is a new approach in cell culture system. Plasma is an ionized gas that has reactive and energetic particles and can be produced by different me...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/7419

TRAP1 is a Novel Interaction Partner of PML, Localized with PML in Nuclear Bodies and Relocating with PML to the Cytoplasm Following Stress

E. W. Stratford & O. Myklebost · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: The aim of the study was to identify a novel interaction partner of PML and to study the localization of the novel protein complex in cells. Study Design: Isolation of PML and interacting protein complexes by co-immunoprecipitation using a PML antibody and subsequent mass s...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/8998

Combined Effect of Insufficient Watering, Moderate Cooling, and Organophosphorous Plant Growth Regulator on the Morphology and Functional Properties of Pea Seedling Mitochondria

Irina Zhigacheva, Elena Mil, Vladimir Binukov, Inna Generozova, Aleksandr Shugaev & Ludmila Fatkullina · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: In nature, plants are exposed to not one but several environmental factors. In this connection, the problem of studying the rearrangements of plant cell metabolism under exposure to several abiotic factors is of special importance. Various stresses lead to dysfunction of mi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/10255