Although Newcastle disease virus (NDV) with high pathogenicity has frequently been isolated in poultry in China since 1948, the mode of its transmission among avian species remains largely unknown. Given that various wild bird species have been implicated as sources of transmission, in this study we genotypically and pathotypically characterized 23 NDV isolates collected from chickens, ducks, a...

The author hereby declares that no third party was involved in writing this thesis. All sources and texts needed to do this work are listed in the bibliography. Ich erkläre hiermit, daß die vorliegende Diplomarbeit von mir selbständig verfaßt wurde. Alle benötigten Texte und Quellen sind im Literaturverzeichnis aufgeführt.

I confirm that this Bachelor Thesis is done solely by myself and no other sources and facilities were used except those that are mentioned in this thesis. This Bachelor Thesis was never submitted in total or in part or in modified form to any other legal department or authorities or to any examination commission. All quotations taken from other sources are referenced accordingly. Erklärung: Ich...

Ich versichere, daß ich die Arbeit ohne fremde Hilfe und ohne Benutzung anderer als der angegebenen Quellen angefertigt habe und daß die Arbeit in gleicher oderähnlicher Form noch keiner anderen Prüfungsbehörde vorgelegen hat und von dieser als Teil einer Prüfungsleistung angenommen wurde. Alle Ausführungen, die wörtlich oder sinngemäßübernommen wurden, sind als solche gekennzeichnet. Inhaltsve...

Ich erkläre, dass ich diese Arbeit selbstständig verfasst und keine anderen als die angegebenen Quellen und Hilfsmittel benutzt habe.

Apparent life-threatening event syndrome predominantly affects children younger than one year. This syndrome is characterized by a frightening constellation of symptoms in which the child exhibits some combination of apnea, change in color, change in muscle tone, coughing, or gagging. Approximately 50 percent of these children are diagnosed with an underlying condition that explains the apparen...

A ndropause has been increasingly discussed in the media in recent years. Originally described as the “male climacteric,” in a Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)1 paper in the mid-1940s, andropause has gained much attention lately among medical providers. In the JAMA study, Heller and Myers reported the benefits of testosterone replacement for relieving andropausal symptoms, the...