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One of the most important environmental pollutants that there is in sewage of different industrials is cyanide to cause pollution of water sources that are dangerous to humans and the environment. Cyanide can be removed in different ways from the aqueous media, but most of these methods are costly. Therefore, the aim of this study is the removal cyanide using iron nanoparticles.

Removal of cyanide from aqueous media using iron nanoparticles in various conditions including the effect of the adsorbent, initial cyanide concentration, contact time and pH were studied in discontinuous phase. In this study, adsorption equilibrium and also the kinetics of the reaction examined.

In the process of sharing discontinuous, the balance was achieved after 120 minutes of contact time and maximum amount of removal cyanide in the pH =11 for cyanide concentration of 2.5 mg/L and 1 gr of nanoparticle over 97% obtained. Also the results showed that the adsorption process fitted with Langmuir isotherm and chemical kinetic fitted with of secondary grade.

According to the findings, iron nanoparticles can be used as a suitable option for removal cyanide from aqueous solution in hazardous waste. Keywords: iron nanoparticles, cyanide, hazardous waste

Breast cancer is one of the main cause of death in women in the world. This cancer is heterogeneous and there are three types including LCIS ،(Lobular carcinoma in situ) ،(Ductal carcinoma in situ) DCIS and carcinoma. Although there are chemotherapy and surgery for its treatment, the molecular mechanism help to diagnosis in the first stage. In this study we aimed to show the expression of CDX1 and CDX2 in breast cancer. In this study, total RNA was extracted from 40 tumor and 40 normal tissues using RNA extraction kit. After cDNA synthesis with Takara cDNA synthesis kit, expressional analysis of CDX1 and CDX2 gene was evaluated by Real time PCR techniques. Our data showed the expression of CDX1 and CDX2 gene were decreased in this cancer, 50 and 45 percent, respectively. Also our statistical analysis demonstrated the underexpression of CDX1 is correlated with tumor size. To the best our knowledge, this is the first study that shows the expression of these gene were reduced in breast cancer. We suggest that these genes have tumor suppressor role in breast cancer and it require more studies to show the main mechanism of these genes in breast cancer

Background Painkillers such as diclofenac are widely used in human medicine and veterinary medicine. Because of their excretion into water resources and subsequent environmental hazards, their removal from the waters and wastewaters is essential. Since, these drugs cannot undergo biodegradation, an advanced treatment such as adsorption method must be applied for their removal and one of the best adsorbents in this regard is activated carbon. This study aimed to investigate the removal of diclofenac contaminant by NH4Cl-induced activated carbon.
Materials & Methods Activated carbon produced from agricultural wastes was impregnated with ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) and activated at 800°C. The experiments were conducted in a closed system using a magnet stirrer at 100 rpm. In this investigation, the effects of several variables, namely adsorbent concentration, contact time, pH, and temperature, on the removal of diclofenac were evaluated. Then, isotherms and adsorption thermodynamic were explored. We used DR 5000 spectrophotometer model for drug analysis with the wavelength of 275 nm.
Results The produced NAC (NH4Cl-induced activated carbon), having the special surface of 1029 m2/g and pores volume of 2.46 nm, was able to remove 0.81% of diclofenac from a solution of 50 mg/L at the sorbent concentration of 0.8 mg/L, pH 6, in 20 minutes time. The equilibrium adsorption experiments showed that the absorption of diclofenac on NAC followed the Longmuir model and the absorption capacity was 212.5 mg/g. Using the diclofenac concentration of 50 mg/L and other optimal conditions, thermodynamic studies of diclofenac absorption on NAC showed that the amount of drug removal increased from 73% to 95% with increasing temperature from 10°C to 40°C.
Conclusion NAC can be used as a convenient and inexpensive adsorbent for the removal of diclofenac and other drug compounds from polluted waters and wastewaters.

Background and Thyroid autoimmune disease is the most common thyroid disorder in low-iodine intake areas; evaluation of thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb), anti-Thyoglubolin (TGAb) and anti-microsomal (TMAb) in most patients with hypothyroidism is of significant importance. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the role of anti-thyroid antibodies in patients with hypothyroidism in Sabzevar, Iran. Methods and Materials: This is a cross-sectional descriptive analytical study where 382 subjects with TSH above normal and T3 and T4 below normal were selected through non-probability convenient sampling. Their TSH, TPOAb, TGAb and TMSb were measured through Eliza method. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS 15 using chi-square, independent t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient, where P<0.05 was considered significant. TPOAb, TGAb and TMSb in men and women with TSH higher than 10 mIU/ml were 72.3%, 78.3% and 50% positive respectively. In 72.3% of the subjects, TPOAb was above normal; in 78.5% of them TMAb was higher, and in 50% of them TGAb was higher. The highest rate of correlation was observed between TGAb and TPOAb (r=0.89). The results indicated that, in the population studied, TPOAb, TMAb and TGAb were higher than the normal rates, and that TPOAb and TGAb are more remarkably changing to higher rates than TMAb.