Camphene as a Protective Agent in Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury.

Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury (I/R) and the resulting heart failure is one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Camphene has been shown to have anti-inflammatory and hypolipidemic properties; however, its role in the protection of the heart from ischemia and reperfusion has not been investigated. The cardioprotective role of camphene and the mechanism that mediates its action against I/R injury was evaluated in the present study.

Family support, anger and aggression in health workers during the first wave of the pandemic.

Introduction: Anger is considered as one of the basic human emotions, constituting the affective component of aggression. In the first year of the pandemic, the intense pressure on healthcare workers resulted in the deterioration of their psychosocial problems.

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between family support, anger, and aggression.

MOF-Derived Defective CoO Nanosheets in Carbon Nitride Nanocomposites for CO Photoreduction and H Production.

In photocatalysis, especially in CO reduction and H production, the development of multicomponent nanomaterials provides great opportunities to tune many critical parameters toward increased activity. This work reports the development of tunable organic/inorganic heterojunctions comprised of cobalt oxides (CoO) of varying morphology and modified carbon nitride (CN), targeting on optimizing their response under UV-visible irradiation. MOF structures were used as precursors for the synthesis of CoO.

Experimental data of cement grouting in coarse soils with different superplasticisers.

High-range water reducers, such as superplasticisers, can be potentially viable for cement grouting applications. In this study, we investigate the influence of two types of superplasticisers-one based on polycarboxylate ether and another based on naphthalene condensates-on the injectability of thick cement grouts into coarse soil and on the shear strength parameters of the grouted soil. Injectability tests were performed on soil columns with various superplasticiser dosages and grouts prepared with different water-to-cement ratios over a wide range of grouting pressures.

In vitro and in vivo evaluation of the genotoxic and antigenotoxic potential of the major Chios mastic water constituents.

Chios mastic products are well-known for their broad applications in food industry, cosmetics, and healthcare since the antiquity. Given our recent finding that Chios mastic water (CMW) exerts antigenotoxic action, in the present study, we evaluated the genotoxic as well as the antigenotoxic potential of the four major compounds of CMW, namely, verbenone, α-terpineol, linalool, and trans-pinocarveol. The cytokinesis block micronucleus (CBMN) assay in cultured human lymphocytes and the Drosophila Somatic Mutation And Recombination Test (SMART), also known as the wing spot test, were employed.