Design, Simulation and Functional Testing of a Novel Ankle Exoskeleton with 3DOFs.

This paper presents a study on developing a new exoskeleton for ankle joint rehabilitation with three degrees of freedom (3 DOFs). The primary attention is paid to the process of designing and modelling the device aimed at restoring the lost functions of joint mobility. The authors conducted a complex analysis of the functional requirements of the exoskeleton based on research into the potential user's needs, which allowed for the development of a conceptual model of the proposed device.

Introducing of high rich lysine, arginine, and unsaturated fatty acids microalga as a food supplement.

Microalgae are powerful source for nutritionally valuable components as proteins, carbohydrates and especially unsaturated fatty acids. Microalgae may be employed in pharmaceutical, food, cosmetic, health industries, and biofuels. In this study for looking at high-level unsaturated fatty acids species, from 31 strains, by comparing growth curves, the best strain with a high growth rate and lipid content was selected by red Nile staining.

Preparing a New Class of Ultrathin Graphene Nanostructure by Chemical Vapor Deposition and Its Lasing Ability.

In this paper, we report a new method to grow graphene monolayers directly on a quartz substrate using chemical vapor deposition (CVD), without using any catalyst. For this purpose, ethanol as the precursor and a quartz substrate were used for growth, which controlled the growth process and the formation of an ultrathin layer of graphene. In this project, with use of plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), the substrate was cleaned by applying the cold plasma with the aim of improving the quality of the graphene monolayer grown.

Aluminium triggers oxidative stress and antioxidant response in the microalgae Scenedesmus sp.

Aluminium (Al) water pollution is an increasing environmental problem and comprehensive analysis of toxic responses of aquatic primary producer organisms is imperative. We characterized the antioxidant response of Scenedesmus sp. microalga to Al-induced oxidative stress.

ISC 108 is the most effective strain for dodecane biodegradation in contaminated soils.

One of the major environmental problems nowadays is petroleum hydrocarbons contamination. Bioremediation is widely used for cleaning ecosystems contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. This study was carried out to investigate the response of five microalgae strains isolated from different regions in Iran for 1% n-dodecane (DOD) degradation.

Cadmium uptake capacity of an indigenous cyanobacterial strain, Nostoc entophytum ISC32: new insight into metal uptake in microgravity-simulating conditions.

Among nine cyanobacterial strains isolated from oil-contaminated regions in southern Iran, an isolate with maximum cadmium uptake capacity was selected and identified on the basis of analysis of morphological criteria and 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity as Nostoc entophytum (with 99% similarity). The isolate was tentatively designated N. entophytum ISC32.

Volatile constituents of Zosimia radians Boiss. and Hohen from Iran.

The essential oil of the aerial parts of Zosimia radians Boiss. & Hohen belonging to the Apiaceae family was obtained by hydrodistillation and analysed by GC and GC-MS. Thirty-nine compounds representing 95.

Cytotoxicity, antimicrobial activity and composition of essential oil from Tanacetum balsamita L. subsp. balsamita.

The aerial parts of Tanacetum balsamita subsp. balsamita were collected at full flowering stage from Tabriz, Iran. The essential oil was isolated by hydrodistillation and analyzed by combination of capillary GC and GC-MS.

Cloning and secretive expression of the gene encoding the proteinaceous alpha-amylase inhibitor paim from Streptomyces corchorusii.

A gene encoding the proteinaceous alpha-amylase inhibitor Paim was cloned and sequenced. Southern analysis and the amino acid sequence deduced from the cloned gene indicated that Paim isoforms were encoded in the same gene. When the gene was expressed in Escherichia coli and Streptomyces lividans, recombinant Paim inhibitors were produced in the periplasmic space and in the culture supernatant, respectively.

New type of starch-binding domain: the direct repeat motif in the C-terminal region of Bacillus sp. no. 195 alpha-amylase contributes to starch binding and raw starch degrading.

The alpha-amylase from Bacillus sp. no. 195 (BAA) consists of two domains: one is the catalytic domain similar to alpha-amylases from animals and Streptomyces in the N-terminal region; the other is the functionally unknown domain composed of an approx.