Although beef demand improved modestly in 1999, 20 years of declining demand has plagued the beef industry. Inflation-adjusted retail beef prices were collapsing at the same time per capita consumption was declining. The result, beef demand declined precipitously from 1980 through the late 1990s. For example, Purcell’s beef demand index indicates 1998 Choice retail beef prices were 50 percent l...

We have shown previously (S. Thun-Battersby et al., Cancer Res., 59: 3627-3633, 1999) that power-line frequency (50-Hz) magnetic fields (MFs) at micro T-flux densities enhance mammary gland tumor development and growth in the 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) model of breast cancer in female Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. We also demonstrated that MF exposure results in an enhanced proliferative...

Histopathological findings have a key role in diagnosis of primary myelofibrosis (PMF). According to the revised 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of PMF, bone marrow (BM) fibrosis represents a major diagnostic criteria together with abnormal megakaryocyte morphology. The European consensus has been applied to evaluate the BM fibrosis grade in the revised 2016 WHO classificati...

Myelofibrosis (MF), formerly known as idiopathic MF, MF with myeloid metaplasia, or agnogeneic myeloid metaplasia, is one of the classical BCR-ABL1-negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), a group also including essential thrombocythemia (ET) and polycythemia vera (PV). Either appearing de novo (primary MF [PMF]) or following a previous ET or PV (post-ET or post-PVMF), the disease ...

increased the time to first asthma deterioration thus decreasing the proportion of subjects experiencing asthma deterioration during the study (MF/F 1⁄4 16.5%; versus MF 1⁄4 28.2% [P 1⁄4 0.006]; versus F 1⁄4 44.7% [P , 0.001]; and vs placebo 1⁄4 45.7% [P , 0.001]). Mean FEV1 AUC0–12h over baseline at week 12 were MF/F 1⁄4 4.00 L · h; MF 1⁄4 2.53 L · h; F 1⁄4 3.83 L · h; and placebo 1⁄4 1.11 L ·...

increased the time to first asthma deterioration thus decreasing the proportion of subjects experiencing asthma deterioration during the study (MF/F 1⁄4 16.5%; versus MF 1⁄4 28.2% [P 1⁄4 0.006]; versus F 1⁄4 44.7% [P , 0.001]; and vs placebo 1⁄4 45.7% [P , 0.001]). Mean FEV1 AUC0–12h over baseline at week 12 were MF/F 1⁄4 4.00 L · h; MF 1⁄4 2.53 L · h; F 1⁄4 3.83 L · h; and placebo 1⁄4 1.11 L ·...

This paper presents the Metric-Frequency Calculator (MF Calculator), an online application to analyze similarity. The MF Calculator implements the MF similarity algorithm developed by Sales and Wakker (2009) for the quantitative assessment of similarity in ill-structured data sets. It is widely applicable as it can be used when there is little prior control of the variables to be observed, with...

This study evaluated the influence of retorque on loosening torque (Lt) of prosthetic screws in implant-supported dentures with different fit levels. Ten mandibular implant-supported dentures were fabricated and then 20 cast models were then prepared using prosthetic structures to create 2 fit levels: passive fit (Pf) and misfit (Mf). Two tightening techniques were also evaluated: initial torqu...

The filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus is the causative agent of river blindness. The adult worms produce microfilariae (mf), which are responsible for the disease pathogenesis; mf activate the complement system, but the activation stops before the formation of terminal complement complexes. Because of the arrest of complement activation, this study analyzed binding of the main alternative p...

The synapses formed by the mossy fiber (MF) axons of hippocampal dentate gyrus granule neurons onto CA3 pyramidal neurons exhibit an intriguing form of experience-dependent synaptic plasticity that is induced and expressed presynaptically. In contrast to most other CNS synapses, long-term potentiation (LTP) at the MF-CA3 synapse is readily induced even during blockade of postsynaptic glutamate ...