14C-urea breath test in patients undergoing anti-tuberculosis therapy

Aim: Urea breath test (UBT) is a non-invasive diagnostic test for detecting the presence of Helicobacter pylori (H pylori). In this study we evaluated the effect of anti-tuberculosis therapy on the results of 14C-UBT. Methods: Patients, with the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) who had a positive UBT at the point of starting anti-TB therapy, were included. None had a history of peptic ulcer disease or had taken antibiotics, bismuth compounds and/or PPI in the previous month. 14C-UBT was repeated at the end of the second month and the end of treatment period and one month after completion of treatment course. Results: Thirty-five patients (23 males) were enrolled. 14C-UBT was negative in all 35 patients (100) at the end of the second month and remained negative in 30 cases (85.7) at the end of the treatment course. One month after completion of treatment course, UBT remained negative in 13 patients (37.1). Conclusion: Our report underscores the need for caution while interpreting urea breath test results in patients undergoing anti-TB therapy. Furthermore, the combination of drugs used in this study resulted in H pylori eradication in a minority of patients. © 2005 The WJG Press and Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved

Upaya membentuk keluarga sakinah”(persepsi terhadap 4 pasangan suami - istri difabel di kota Palangka Raya)

Menurut fitrahnya, manusia dilengkapi Allah dengan kecenderungan seks (libido seksualitas). Oleh karena itu, Allah menyediakan wadah yang legal untuk terselenggaranya penyaluran tersebut yang sesuai dengan derajat kemanusiaan, yaitu melalui sebuah akad pernikahan. Tidak terkecuali yang memiliki kecacatan fisik (difabel). Penelitian ini memiliki tiga rumusan masalah yaitu: (1) Bagaimana Pasangan Suami-Istri cacat fisik (difabel) dalam Memahami Konsep Keluarga Sakinah?, (2) Bagaimana Pasangan Suami-Istri cacat fisik (difabel) di kota Palangka Raya dalam membentuk Keluarga Sakinah?, dan (3) Bagaimana Kepemimpinan seorang Suami cacat fisik (difabel) dalam Keluarga?. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu: (1) Untuk Mendeskripsikan Pasangan Suami-Istri cacat fisik (difabel) dalam Memahami Konsep Keluarga Sakinah, (2) Untuk Mendeskripsikan Pasangan Suami-Istri cacat fisik (difabel) di kota Palangka Raya dalam membentuk Keluarga Sakinah, (3) Untuk Mendeskripsikan Kepemimpinan seorang Suami cacat fisik (difabel) dalam Keluarga. Metodologi penelitian ini adalah penelitian lapangan (field research), Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif, waktu penelitian selama dua bulan yang bertempat di Kota Palangka Raya. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah 4 Pasangan suami-istri cacat fisik (difabel) di kota Palangka Raya. Pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan observasi dan wawancara, Pengabsahan data adalah untuk menjamin bahwa semua yang diamati dan diteliti adalah sesuai dengan yang sesungguhnya dan memang terjadi, dan Analisis dalam penelitian merupakan bagian yang sangat penting. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah: (1) keluarga sakinah ialah keluarga yang damai, tenteram, penuh kasih sayang, saling memahami satu sama lain dan saling mengerti, sehingga lahirlah sebuah konsep keluarga sakinah dengan menciptakan suasana ketenangan dalam membangun sebuah rumah tangga yang saling melengkapi jika terdapat kekurangan baik lahir maupun batin, (2) pasangan suami-istri dalam membentuk keluarga sakinah ialah mengajarkan serta mencontohkan hal-hal dalam kebaikan, baik dalam hal yang berkaitan tentang agama seperti shalat, membaca Al-Qur’an, puasa dan ibadah lainnya, (3) kepemimpinan seorang suami dalam keluarga ialah sebagai pemikul beban rumah tangga atau yang mencari nafkah untuk menghidupkan anak-anak dan istrinya, serta menjadi orang yang menggantikan posisi istrinya jika dalam hal kepengurusan rumah tangga, seorang istri tidak mampu untuk mengerjakan pekerjaan tersebut, serta menjadi Uswatun Hasanah bagi keluarganya. ABSTRACT According to fitrah, human being are fully equipped with sex inclination (libido sexuality). Because that, Allah supplied a legal place to make a distribute that appropriate with humanity degree, which is through a marriage agreement. No exception for they are who has disability. This problem in this study are : 1) How does the disability spouses in Palangka Raya in understanding Sakinah family concept ?, 2) How does the disability spouses in forming Sakinah family?, and 3) How does the leadership of disability husband in the family ? The purpose of this research are ? 1) To describe the disability spouses in understanding sakinah family concept, 2) To describe the disability spouses in Palangka Raya in forming sakinah family, 3) To describe the leadership of disability husband in the family. This research used field research, qualitative descriptive approach and the time in this research was two months in Palangka Raya. The subject of this research was 4 disability spouses in Palangka Raya. The data collection technique used observation and interview, the validity was for guarantee that all observe were appropriate and that’s truly happen and analyze in this research was a really important part. The result of this study shown that : 1) Sakinah family was a peace and quiet family, full with love, undertand each other, then those made a concept of sakinah family by make peaceful condition in the family that complete each other if there was a lack in external and internal, 2) the spouses in forming sakinah family should be taught and gave a good examples in religion like how to pray, recite Al-Qur’an, fasting and other kind worship, 3) The leadership of a husband in the family as the holder of family load or earn the life to make his wife and children keeping alive also could be replaced the position of his wife in arrangement the family which the wife could not complish that work and become Uswatun Hasanah for his family

Effects of thermal processing and ph on the physicochemical properties, stability, and structure of taxifolin-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers.

In the present study the potential of nanolipid carriers (transfersomes) for improving the oral delivery of taxi folin, a poorly water-soluble bioactive compound with high antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity was evaluated. Two transfersome formulations were prepared using lecithin, Span®60, and Tween®80, with cholesterol as a stabilizer (FA) and without cholesterol (FB), by the Ethanol Injection Method (EIM). The influences of thermal treatment (60–90 ºC) and pH (2, 4, 6, and 8) on physical stability, structure, and taxifolin degradation were evaluated. The transfersomes were physically and chemically stable during heating at lower temperatures (≤70 ºC), while thermal treatment at 80–90 ºC led to an increase in particle size (an increase of around 200 nm) and a decrease in taxifolin encapsulation. Moreover, there was no significant difference in particle size or polydispersity index (PDI) at high temperatures. The particle sizes of transfersomes FA and FB increased from 128 to 182 nm at pH 7 to 224 and 331 nm at pH 2, respectively. Both transfersome preparations remained relatively stable, with consistent antioxidant activity (IC50 = 0.64 mg ml-1) over four weeks of storage at different temperatures (4, 25, and 40 ºC ), showing higher stability at lower temperatures. The in vitro digestion experiment indicated physical stability after exposure to the simulated stomach stage. However, the reduction in the nanovesicles’ surface charge after incubation with gastric juice, increased particle size. Based on these results, taxifolin-loaded transfersomes can be pasteurized at low temperatures, for incorporation into enriched food and beverage products.Financial support provided by the Isfahan University of Technology for the present projec

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF SATELLITE SEPARATION USING RETRO ROCKET FOR INJECTION WITH INITIAL ROTATION IN ORBIT

This paper presents the new method for separation of payload from launch vehicle. In this method, in addition to helical compression spring mechanism used in usual separation systems, two retro rockets mounted symmetrically on the second stage were used. To protect on-going stage from disturbance, the retro rocket performance was initiated a few millisecond after payload separation. Linear and rotational equations were solved using MATLAB and the numerical analysis was done by ADAMS. The comparison among analytic, numeric and test results showed that this method could be used as an appropriate tool for payload separating from spent body