Malnutrition occurs when the supply of available nutrients is less than organic demand. It an underdiagnosed problem in veterinary medicine and can result several negative metabolic consequences, with greater morbidity mortality. Currently, classification nutritional status (NS) performed subjectively medicine, so studies discoveries about laboratory markers (objectives) malnutrition are desira...

This paper demonstrates a predictive method for the spatially explicit and periodic in situ monitoring of surface water quality small lake using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), equipped with multi-spectrometer. According to reflectance different substances spectral bands, multiple regression analyses are used determine models that comprise most relevant band combinations from multispectral im...

The TseTse ‡y is unique to the African continent and transmits a parasite harmful to humans and lethal to livestock. This paper tests the hypothesis that the presence of the TseTse reduced the ability of Africans to generate an agricultural surplus historically by limiting the use of domesticated animals and inhibiting the adoption of animal-powered technologies. To identify the e¤ects of the ‡...

We conducted a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized study to evaluate the microbiological efficacy and safety of inhaled tobramycin for treatment of patients with bronchiectasis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Patients were randomly assigned to receive either tobramycin solution for inhalation (TSI) (n = 37) or placebo (n = 37), which was self-administered twice daily for 4 wk and followed ...

Vibrio cholerae O1 strain TSI-4 (El Tor, Ogawa) can shift to a rugose colony morphology from its normal translucent colony morphology in response to nutrient starvation. We have investigated differences between the rugose and translucent forms of V. cholerae O1 strain TSI-4. Electron microscopic examination of the rugose form of TSI-4 (TSI-4/R) revealed thick, electron-dense exopolysaccharide m...

We have explored the method of Rapoport et al. (J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1984;58:332-8) for the bioassay of thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin (TSI) in cultured human thyroid cells, to optimize the assay and to evaluate its utility in clinical diagnosis and management of patients with autoimmune thyroid disease. Here we describe the procedure ultimately adopted, its major properties, and the res...

AIMS To study the feasibility of a new semiautomatic echocardiographic modality called Tissue Synchronization Imaging (TSI) for measurement of the longitudinal left ventricular (LV) movement. METHODS AND RESULTS TSI was used in 20 subjects with structurally normal hearts to measure the time aspect of the regional longitudinal LV systolic movement in the apical four chamber view. Inter- and in...