We calculate the electric quadrupole to magnetic dipole transition ratio E2/M1 for the reaction γN → ∆(1232) in the chiral quark soliton model. The calculated E2/M1 ratio is in a good agreement with the very new experimental data. We obtain non-zero negative value for the electric quadrupole N −∆ transition moment, which suggests an oblate deformed charge structure of the nucleon or/and the del...

Stimulation of the thyroid with thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is a potentially useful diagnostic dysfunction, but little known about response to TSH stimulation in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). To better characterize dolphin stimulation, five adult participated study. Dolphins voluntarily beached onto padded mat and were given 1.5 mg intramuscular injection human recombinant TSH...

Introduction: Exercise performance is reproducible in experienced athletes; however, less trained participants exhibit greater variability in performance and pacing. To reduce variability, it is common practice to complete a familiarization prior to experimental testing. However, there are no clear guidelines for familiarizing novice participants to a cycling time-trial (TT), and research findi...

Insulin resistance (IR) is important to the equine practitioner because of its association with laminitis. Older horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) are pre-disposed to both IR and laminitis, and it is likely that these conditions are related. Horses or ponies that exhibit delayed shedding of the haircoat or hirsutism, loss of skeletal muscle mass, or polyuria/polydipsia sh...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of povidone–iodine mediastinal irrigation used for the treatment of deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) on thyroid function. Methods: Thyroid function was studied in 18 pediatric cardiac patients treated with continuous povidone–iodine irrigation for DSWI. The median age of patients was 8 months (18 days–5.3 years). Serum concentr...

UNLABELLED A 57-year-old female presented 17 days after treatment with radioactive iodine (RAI) for difficult-to-control hyperthyroidism. She was febrile, had a sinus tachycardia, and was clinically thyrotoxic. Her thyroid function tests showed a suppressed TSH <0.02 mU/l, with free thyroxine (FT4) >75 pmol/l and total triiodothyronine (TT3) 6.0 nmol/l. She was diagnosed with thyroid storm and ...

BACKGROUND Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFASs) are suspected thyroid toxicants, but results from epidemiological studies are inconsistent. OBJECTIVES We examined associations between serum PFASs and thyroid hormones (THs) in a representative, cross-sectional sample of U.S. adults. We hypothesized that people with high thyroid peroxidase antibodies and low iodine would be more susceptible to PFAS-ind...

To understand the physical health of women during pregnancy in Beijing, data pregnant who attended obstetrics outpatient clinic Miyun District Maternal and Child Health Hospital Beijing from 2017 to 2020 were selected. The blood lipid indexes (the triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C), low-density (LDL-C)), 75g oral glucose tolerance test (fasting plasma gl...