Objective: To determine the effectiveness of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for weight loss in morbidly obese patients at Capital Hospital, Islamabad. Methodology: This descriptive case series study was done CDA, Islamabad during a period one-year from February 2019 to January 2020. All with body mass index 35 or greater, without comorbidities, aged 18 65 years either gender were included. und...

This study examined the effect of 3-nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP), an investigational substance, on enteric methane emission, milk production, and composition in Holstein dairy cows. Following a 3-wk covariate period, 48 multi- primiparous cows averaging (± standard deviation) 118 ± 28 d milk, 43.4 8 kg/d yield, 594 57 kg body weight were blocked based days emission randomly assigned to 1 2 treatmen...

To more precisely control the degradation rate of poly(trimethylene carbonate) (PTMC), self-blending films were prepared via ternary pure PTMC with a molecular weight 334, 152, and 57 kg/mol. The in vitro enzymolysis was performed lipase solutions. results showed that could by adjusting mass ratio high/medium/low composition, 334 /PTMC 152 1/4/16 loss 85.96% after seven weeks degradation, while...

Introduction: The deleterious effects of ageing and inactivity are compounded by the menopause which typically occurs in females aged 50+. is associated with unfavourable changes body composition including decreased skeletal muscle mass, bone density increased adipose tissue. This study aimed to determine a 6-week community-based intervention on nutrition knowledge physical, me...

Two trials, involving 469 steer and heifer calves, were conducted to evaluate the practices of implanting or reimplanting suckling fall-born calves with progesterone-estradiol benzoate (PE) implants (100 mg of progesterone, 10 mg of estradiol benzoate). Calves having an average initial weight of 67 kg were randomly allocated within sex and location to remain either nonimplanted or to receive a ...

AIMS The aim of this study was to explore the relationships between measured body size (body mass index (BMI)), perceived body size, weight change wishes and self-perceived health in young adults. METHODS The participants were recruited from a school-based population study in Norway, the Tromsø Study: Fit Futures 2, carried out in 2012-2013. A total of 629 young women and men (aged 18-23 year...

Gadobutrol is a 1-molar gadolinium-based contrast agent with well-characterized safety and efficacy for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in adults and children ≥ 2 years old. This observational study assessed gadobutrol-enhanced MRI in children < 2 years of age. Sixty infants (mean age 11.1 months) underwent MRI using gadobutrol at standard dose of 0.1 mL/kg (0.1 mmol/kg) body weight. MRI exami...

Rats were weaned onto high (HCa, 14.6 g/kg)- or low (LCa, 3.88 g/kg)-Ca diets for 12 d and the efficiency of absorption of Ca measured from 20 mg Ca (as CaCl2, labelled with 47Ca) by means of whole-body counting. The LCa group absorbed 74% of the test dose and the HCa group 60% of the test dose (P < 0.001). All animals were then given the LCa diet for 6 weeks and the absorption test repeated. T...

Cutaneous sarcoidosis is an idiopathic granulomatous disease with variable systemic involvement and no known cure or prevention. In the U.S., Black people disproportionately develop have higher mortality rates than all other populations. Studies show genetic predisposition ill-defined environmental associations may combine to heighten risk. To investigate role of exposures, we compared geograph...