The global changes in gene expression in injured murine skin were characterized following a second-degree scald burn. Dorsal skin was harvested from uninjured and from burned mice at 2 h and at 3 and 14 days following immersion in 65 degrees C water for 45 s. Gene expression was surveyed using an Affymetrix U74Av2 GeneChip, and patterns of gene expression were analyzed using hierarchical cluste...

Methods currently used in South Africa for determining the reactions of new sugarcane clones to smut, mosaic, leaf scald and streak during the process d selection are described and results from recent trials are presented. Resistance screening procedures have been expanded and improved in recent years. The main changes have been the regional location of trials involving the different diseases, ...

BACKGROUND In this study, scald burns in a Turkish population (0-16 years of age) were studied with reference to their occurrence and common causes. METHODS Of the burn victims hospitalized at the Burns Unit of Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital between April 2001 and December 2003, 354 patients were aged 3 months to 16 years and 228 (64.4%) were male. RESULTS When burn causes we...

Aerobic mesophilic counts (AMC), coliform (CC) and coliform resuscitation counts (CRCs) were obtained by swabbing 50 cm(2) areas at three sites (ham, belly and neck) on pig carcasses, after each of seven stages of the slaughter/dressing process (bleeding, scalding, dehairing, singeing, polishing, evisceration and chilling). In most cases, there were no statistical differences (P>0.05) among the...

Hot water (HW) and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) treatments were evaluated to maintain postharvest quality of pomegranate fruit (Punica granatum cv. ‘Hicaznar’). Pomegranates subjected hot treatment (at 50 °C for 3 min) packaged with or without MAP bags. Fruit was then kept at 6 months 20 7 days after cold storage period. The untreated unpackaged served as a control (C). HW+MAP more effec...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the epidemiological results of children with burns among different decades from 1970 to 2008. METHODS The clinical data of all children with burns younger than 14 years admitted between 1970 and 2008 were compared among different decades using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). RESULTS Of all patients with burns, children accounted...

ALTERNATIVES TO ANTIOXIDANTS In recent years increasing interest in health and the environment has stimulated studies of alternatives to the usual procedures for controlling pests and diseases. The fact that antioxidants are applied after harvest on fruit generally consumed fresh subjects them to close scrutiny. Therefore it is imperative to find dependable alternatives for scald control in app...

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