The present study was conducted on sixty healthy female domestic ruminants that suffered from still births or abortion, to find sero-positive cases and also to determine the probable role of uterine tissue in diagnosis of akabane viral infection and viral persistency. Because of this, a serological test (ELISA) and molecular (RT-PCR) diagnostic methods were used to find the seropositive cases a...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Perihematomal edema (PHE) can worsen outcomes after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Reports suggest that blood degradation products lead to PHE. We hypothesized that hematoma evacuation will reduce PHE volume and that treatment with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) will not exacerbate it. METHODS Minimally invasive surgery and rt-PA in ICH evacuatio...

Preservation of bio-specimens for molecular biological applications traditionally involves freezing which increases laboratory and research project costs. Protection and stabilization of DNA at room temperature (RT) may eliminate the costs associated with freezer storage. However, there is a paucity of information describing the yield, purity, and integrity of DNA stored at RT. Objectives were ...

BACKGROUND Falls among older adults is one of the major public health challenges facing the rapidly changing demography. The valid assessment of reaction time (RT) and other well-documented risk factors for falls are mainly restricted to specialized clinics due to the equipment needed. The Nintendo Wii Balance Board has the potential to be a multi-modal test and intervention instrument for thes...

BACKGROUND To know the effectiveness and tolerance of weekly cisplatin added to radiotherapy (RT) in advanced carcinoma of oropharynx and nasopharynx. PATIENTS AND METHODS Stage II-IV cancer patients were randomly assigned to either radical RT, 70 Gy/35 fractions over 7 weeks (RT arm), or chemoradiotherapy (CRT), cisplatin 40 mg/m² weekly for seven doses plus RT. Primary end points were (i) t...

Timing effects of radioimmunotherapy (RIT) combined with external-beam radiotherapy (RT) were assessed in human colon carcinoma xenografts. Initially, dose effects of fractionated RT and RIT were evaluated separately. Then, 30 Gy RT (10 fractions over 12 days) were combined with three weekly i.v. injections of 200 microCi of 131I-labeled anti-carcinoembryonic antigen monoclonal antibodies in fo...

PURPOSE The relationship between treatment outcomes, alteration of the expression of biological markers, and tumor volume response during radiotherapy (RT) in patients with uterine cervical cancer was analyzed. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty patients with cervical squamous cell carcinoma received definitive RT with (n = 17) or without (n = 3) concurrent chemotherapy. Tumor volumes were measured...

Cowpea mild mottle virus (CPMMV) is a global plant that poses threat to the production and quality of legume crops. Early accurate diagnosis essential for effective managing CPMMV outbreaks. With advancement in isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification lateral flow strips technologies, more rapid sensitive methods have become available detecting this pathogen. In study, we developed rever...

This study explored the ability of younger and older participants to use a variable preparatory interval (PI) to enhance reaction time (RT) performance. In Experiment 1, 30 seniors and 15 young adults completed simple and choice RT tasks with short and long variable PIs. RT decreased with increasing PI duration in both younger and older adults, but the PI effect was larger in elderly individual...