The present study was carried out to characterize the cervical mucus (CM) collected when inseminating Holstein cows and to relate the secretion pattern with pregnancy. The mucus was collected from mid-cervix of 64 cows with spontaneus estrus (SE) and induced estrus (IE). The quantity, pattern and consistency of the mucus, pH, arborization patterns and the sperm motility were observed. The level...

objective(s):emap-like protein 5 (eml5) is a new echinoderm microtubule-associated protein that is expressed in the central nervous system. the aim of this study was to investigate the expression profile of eml5 in the anterior temporal neocortex of patients presenting with intractable epilepsy (ie). materials and methods:western blot assays were performed to determine eml5 expression in 36 sur...

during the epidemiological research of zoonoses, the authors have studied the rabies of wild animals : fox. for the scro lo-uical tests. the blood . was taken by heart puncture of foxes. 193 specimens were tested and 26 (13. 5%) o r the foxes had neut ralizing antibody in their blood. this study confirms that during the rabies epizooty. the vulpin population, may contract a non-fatal disease an...

this article elaborates on the experience of higher medical education evaluation in iran. although institutional evaluation in iran started in about a decade ago, recent policies of the government to increase quality of higher medical education have contributed to a special effort in designing and implementing evaluation mechanisms in university systems in iran. among these a process of interna...

Background: Several instruments have been proposed to investigate restricted, repetitive behaviors (RRBs) in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Systematic video observations may overcome questionnaire and interview limitations RRBs. This study aimed analyze stereotypic patterns through recordings determine the correlation between number appearance of RRBs ASD severity. Methods: Tw...

Individuals with choleric temperaments easily get angry and can be problematic if not expressed appropriately. The purpose of this study was to identify gender differences in anger expressions among secondary school students. Respondents were students four states the Northern region Malaysia. A total 3348 involved, including 1,800 males 1,548 females. aged between 13 16 randomly selected from 2...

Heat Shock Protein 90 (Hsp90) inhibitor occupancy is a direct determinant of client protein degradation and tumor growth arrest in vivo Bonnie Tillotson*, Kelly Slocum, John Coco, Nigel Whitebread, Brian Thomas, Kip A. West, John MacDougall, Jie Ge, Janid Ali, Vito J. Palombella, Emmanuel Normant, Julian Adams and Christian C. Fritz Infinity Pharmaceuticals, 780 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massa...

Ultra-small PbSe nanocrystals (NCs) were synthesized via a 'one-pot' approach in olive oil as the reaction medium and capping agent. The optical spectra showed discernible blue shifts in the absorption band edges (570-780 nm) due to strong quantum confinement effects and photoluminescence (PL) spectra showed significant strong emission peaks in the range of 780-850 nm. The broad peaks in the po...

General design of polarization-selective volume holograms is discussed in detail. The required diffraction angles for these highly polarization-selective elements are calculated. An effective indexmodulation parameter is defined and used to calculate the required index-modulation value at any specified operating wavelength. Design examples of operating wavelengths at 780, 830, 1050, 1300, and 1...