Flourescent antibody test (FAT) was applied to determine the cross-reactivities of monoclonal (mAb), polyclonal (pAb) antibodies to Neospora, Toxoplasma and Cryptosporidium and antisera from cattle naturally infected with Neospora canium against antigens from a number of sources. Both mAb and pAb to Neospora reacted strongly (FAT titre up to 2560) with the homologous antigens and demonstrated w...

Baha Abdalhamid, MD, PhD; Peter C. Iwen, Michael R. Wiley, Catherine B. Pratt, MS; Steven H. Hinrichs, MD

This paper aims to industry a tool for use in decision support tourism, based on GIS applications, so that it explains the sites and tourist services, tourism statistics, and other factors that could affect the development of tourism, with the integration of applications with a variety of assistive technologies such as forms a three-dimensional, and virtual reality, which make scalable applicat...

INTRODUCTION Cranial orthosis is a commonly utilized treatment modality for moderate to severe deformational plagiocephaly that may also be used to assist in cranial vault molding following endoscopic craniosynostosis repair. Custom-fit helmets are typically worn for 23 hours a day for a treatment duration of several months. Many children with plagiocephaly or craniosynostosis also suffer from ...

Early events of charge separation in reaction centers (RCs) of bacterial photosynthesis are modeled by kinetic equations with time-dependent rate constants. An illustrative case of regular motion along a “slow” coordinates leading to oscillations in the kinetics is examined. Different schemes of charge separation are investigated. A good fitting of experimental kinetics of native Rba. sphaeroid...

OBJECTIVE While bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHAs) are currently indicated for rehabilitation in children older than 5 years with bilateral maximal conductive hearing loss, our objective was to capitalize on potentially important stages of auditory and speech-language development by providing BAHAs to children younger than 5 years. DESIGN A retrospective review of surgical data of children re...

The identification and discrimination of timbre are essential features of music perception. One dominating parameter within the multidimensional timbre space is the spectral shape of complex sounds. As hearing loss interferes with the perception and enjoyment of music, we approach the individual timbre discrimination skills in individuals with severe to profound hearing loss using a cochlear im...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of bone-anchored hearing aids (Bahas) in children with single-sided deafness. DESIGN Retrospective 3-year chart review. SETTING Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, pediatric hospital serving children from birth to 21 years of age. PATIENTS The study included 23 children (14 girls and 9 boys) with single-sided deafness (mean age, 12.6 years; age range, ...

Congenital malformations of the external and middle ear is the common reason of pediatric hearing impairment and cosmic problem. The treatment composes of auricular plastic surgery and auditory reconstruction surgery. The use of BAHA, vibrant sound-bridge and tissue engineering materials can significantly improve the treatment outcomes.