cataract is multi-factorial eye disease identified by the disturbance of the transparent ocular lens. there is significant evidence suggesting oxidative damage as a major cause of initiation and progression of numerous diseases including cataracts. nad(p)h:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (nqo1; omim: 125860) and catalase (cat, omim: 115500) are antioxidant enzymes that prevent cells from oxidative str...

the aim of this article was to describe the clinical management of a case with seizure, possibly due toiron deficiency anaemia (ida) in a kitten. a 38-day-old female european shorthair cat was presented withacute onset of impaired consciousness, seizures and lateralised upper motor neuron tetraparesis. haematology results showed severe microcytic hypochromic anaemia with marked anisocytosis and...

background: during the detorsion of a torsioned ovary, oxidant agents are released and melatonin as an antioxidant can reduce ischemia. we studied the histopathological changes after using melatonin on experimental torsioned ovary in cat. objective: the aim of this experimental study was to investigate the effects of melatonin on histopathological changes in torsion – detorsion injury in cat ov...

A Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) tool is software that can be used to develop several applications that require cased-based reasoning methodology. CBR shells are kind of application generators with graphical user interface. They can be used by non-programmer users but the extension or integration of new components in these tools is not possible. In this paper we analyzed three CBR object-oriented f...

Qualitative variables take symbolic values such as cat, orange, California, Africa. Often these values can be arranged in levels of deeper detail. For example, the variable place_of_birth takes as level-1 values Africa, Asia... as level-2 values Nigeria, Japan... as level-3 values California, Massachusetts... These values are organized in a hierarchy H, a mathematical construct among these valu...

The set of dominant regions of the k-Catalan arrangement of a crystallographic root system Φ is a well-studied object enumerated by the Fuß-Catalan number Cat(k)(Φ). It is natural to refine this enumeration by considering floors and ceilings of dominant regions. A conjecture of Armstrong states that counting dominant regions by their number of floors of a certain height gives the same distribut...

Analysis and design of object oriented is onemodern paradigms for developing a system. In this paradigm, there are several objects and each object plays some specific roles. Identifying objects (and classes) is one of the most important steps in the object-oriented paradigm. This paper makes a literature review over techniques to identify objects and then presents six taxonomies for them. The f...

In the ongoing and polarized dialogue concerning the role of non-lethal management, including trapneuter-return (TNR), in managing community cats, reference is often made to studies that demonstrate that this approach does not work. This selected bibliography points to studies that, among others not summarized here, comprise a body of work that shows TNR as a valuable tool in managing cat popul...

In many ecological contexts, predation of wildlife by domestic cats Felis catus, combined with their abundance, is a threat to biodiversity conservation. The predatory behaviour shows remarkable between-individual variation. Many free-roaming living as companion animals capture, kill and/or bring home few or no prey, while others are prolific killers and likely contribute disproportionately any...