Day: January 8, 2024

ABRAHAM AJEMIAN

A memorial service will be held to mark the 40^th day of Abraham Ajemian’s passing on Saturday, January 13, 2024, at 12 p.m. at Holy Martyrs Armenian Apostolic church, located at 5300 White Oak Ave., Encino.

He is remembered by his:
Wife, Antaram Ajemian
Daughter, Maral Ajemian
Son, Jhano and Letta Ajemian
Son, Nono and Maral Ajemian
Grandchildren, Sebastien and Shant Ajemian
Grandchildren, Talia, Raffi and Andre Ajemian
Sister, Alice Saghatian

And all Ajemian, Sayabalian, Chouchmanian, Farhadian, Garbees Arslanian, Krikorian, Sorfazian, Wickam, and Keilian families, relatives and friends.

Memorial lunch will follow at Dikranian Hall, adjacent to the church.

Donations in Abraham’s memory may be made to the ARS Displaced Families of Artsakh, 517 W. Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale, CA 91202.

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OTTAWA — Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine on Monday formally complained to the U.N. aviation council in their bid to hold Iran accountable for the downing of a Ukrainian passenger airliner in January 2020 that killed 176 people, they said on Monday.

Most of the dead were citizens from the four nations, which created a coordination group that seeks to hold Iran to account.

“Today we have jointly initiated dispute-settlement proceedings before the International Civil Aviation Organization against the Islamic Republic of Iran for using weapons against a civil aircraft in flight,” they said in a statement.

Last June the four nations said they would take their case to the International Court of Justice.

Iran says its Revolutionary Guards accidentally shot down the Boeing 737 jet and blamed a misaligned radar and an error by the air defense operator at a time when tensions were high between Tehran and Washington.

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Two new compounds synthesized at the Scientific and Technological Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences (NAC) – N-benzoyl-DL-valinedimethylamino-ethylamine iodmetilate (TVA) and 1-(2-diethylaminoethyl)-2-phenyl-4-benzylidene-5-imidazolone (TVS) – have been studied at the NAC Institute of Biochemistry after Hrachya Buniatyan. These compounds inhibit the activities of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase enzymes, which contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

The optical absorption and fluorescence spectra of amyloid-beta peptides were described. The amyloid-beta peptide appears to play a central role in the pathology of Alzheimer disease. In particular, it has a toxic effect on neurons in the brain and disrupts intercellular communication.

“The obtained data indicate that the newly synthesized compounds reduce the aggregation process of amyloid beta peptides and destroy the toxic aggregates formed by the peptides. The research also showed that TVA and TVS compounds weaken the neurodegenerative processes and death of hippocampal cells of the rat brain due to the effect of amyloid beta peptide aggregates, demonstrating neuroprotective properties,” said Alvard Antonyan, head of the scientific group, director of the Institute of Biochemistry named after Hrachya Buniatyan.

She noted that further preclinical research of these compounds will make it possible to create new drugs for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

The work was carried out with the funding of the Science Committee of the Armenian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport within the framework of the thematic project “Synthesis of chemical compounds with anti-acetylcholinesterase activity and possible study of the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.”