The effect of 8 weeks yoga training on cortisol and Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) levels in female patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is examined. Twenty four MS female patients with Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) 1 to 5.5 participated in this study as the subject. The participa...

Hypertension is associated with increased oxidative stress and vascular endothelium dysfunction. The aim was to study the effect of folic acid (FA) on hypertension, blood nitric oxide (NO), homocysteine (HCY), malondialdehyde (MDA) and reduced glutathione (GSH); aortic tissue glutathione peroxid...

BackgroundDespite widespread use of the 250-mcg Cosyntropin test (ACTH test) for the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency (AI), the effect of time of day and the utility of performing both 30- and 60-min serum cortisol values remains unclear.

BackgroundApproximately 30% of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) present with secretory syndromes or develop one during the course of the disease. Cushing syndrome caused by a gastrointestinal tract NET is rare, with limited published information. We describe a patient with florid Cushing syndrome du...

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) challenges are frequently performed in repetition when evaluating stress or welfare in animals. To our knowledge, the repeatability of ACTH challenges in cattle, although fundamental to further studies of this type, has not yet been the subject of research. The...

ObjectiveElevated midnight cortisol levels induced by non-suppressed ACTH levels may lead to false-positive results for hypercortisolism in patients with adrenal incidentaloma. We investigated whether plasma ACTH-associated high midnight serum cortisol levels are correlated with other endocrinol...

The spontaneous polarization has been found out in solid solutions of barium ferrites partially substituted with In, Al, Ga and Sc ions that is an evidence of their ferroelectric properties. For explanation reasons of appearance ferroelectric properties in these materials have been investigated ...

Microwave (MW)frequency based wireless communications and electronic devices became prospective due to several ramifications. To meet this need, a series of neodymium ions (Nd3+)substituted barium ferrite composites with composition (20)BaO:(80–x)Fe2O3:(x)Nd2O3(0 ≤x≤3 mol%) was prepared at110...

Effect of ammonium nitrate on precipitation of Ammonium Di-Uranate (ADU) from nitric acid medium via gaseous ammonia route had been investigated. Studies on effect of ammonium nitrate on precipitation time, particle size, shape, surface morphology, flowability, oxygen/uranium (O/U) ratio and tap...

Layered magnesium-aluminum hydroxides of hydrotalcite-like structure were synthesized on the surface of γ-Al2O3. The synthesis was performed via the interaction of aluminum and magnesium hydroxides and carbonate ions in the pores of alumina support. Novelty of the approach was that the synthesi...

In the present research work, AZ91 magnesium alloy and AA6082-T6 aluminium alloy were joined by friction stir welding process. The comparison of microstructure and mechanical properties between different joints by varying the different materials on advance and retreating sides were mainly studie...

Zirconium-based conversion treatment of zinc, aluminium and magnesium oxides have been studied in-situ using ATR-FTIR in a Kretschmann geometry. This set-up was coupled to an electrochemical cell, which allowed to obtain chemical and electrochemical information simultaneously as a function of co...

Primary influent from a municipal wastewater treatment plant was electrochemically treated with sacrificial aluminum, iron, and magnesium electrodes. The influence of sacrificial anodes on the removal of chemical oxygen demand, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and orthophosphate during sediment...

In this work, we present recent findings regarding the linear momentum transferred from swift electrons, like those typically used in Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy, to a magnesium oxide nanoparticle. We performed full-retarded numerical calculations based on Classical Electrodyna...

The plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) of aluminum and magnesium alloys is carried out in electrolytes which contain the same reactants, but in fundamentally different concentrations. In this research the possibility of the PEO of aluminum and magnesium alloys in a universal electrolyte is stud...

Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) is a quite new process which allows the formation of porous ceramic oxide layer on metallic substrates. In this work, hybrid organic-inorganic sol-gel hydrophobic coatings, called M7T3, were deposited on PEO layers, produced on 7020 aluminum alloy and AZ80 mag...

A magnesium/aluminium composite was produced by room temperature consolidation through high-pressure torsion (HPT) processing. Half-discs of the pure metals were placed side-by-side and subjected to different numbers of turns. The initially reduced interface between the phases gradually increase...

Unlike aluminium oxide surface layers, magnesium oxide layers obtained by anodising processes exhibit some drawbacks, especially chemical instability in the presence of humidity, resulting in susceptibility to cracking and spalling. This work was dedicated to the development of a new hybrid meth...

Various magnesium aluminum oxides [Mg(Al)O] were prepared by physical mixing, hydrothermal, and solvothermal method (with and without calcination) and employed as supports for bimetallic PtSn catalysts for propane dehydrogenation. The use of non-calcined Mg(Al)O-sv obtained from the solvothermal...

Sennoside A (SA) is a bioactive component of Chinese herbal medicines with an activity of irritant laxative, which is often used in the treatment of constipation and obesity. However, its activity remains unknown in the regulation of insulin sensitivity. In this study, the impact of SA on insuli...