Rodent ovariectomy is an experimental method to eliminate the main source of sexual steroids. This work explored for the first time the ovariectomy temporal changes induced in the hemostatic coagulation markers: prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), thrombin time (TT), and fibrinogen concentration (FIB) along with uterine weight on adult female CD1 mice and Wistar...

Bile duct-ligated rats have been widely used as a model of cholestatic liver fibrosis. The aim of this study was to analyze the sequential expression of extracellular matrix (ECM) metabolism-related genes in these rats. We analyzed the intrahepatic messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of several ECM metabolism-related genes: transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1), connective tissue growth factor (CT...

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccines have become widely used since they became available in 2006. It is not uncommon for producers to use PCV2 vaccines in pigs younger than what is approved by manufacturers. The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of a chimeric and a subunit PCV2 vaccine administered at 5 or 21 days of age. Forty-eight PCV2-naïve piglets were randomly div...

Previous work has shown the complement of leucyl transfer RNA (tRNA(Leu)) isoaccepting species present in soybean cotyledons to change during cotyledon senescence. Of the six tRNA(Leu) species resolved by Freon-column chromatography, the capacity of species 1-4 to accept leucine is decreased between 5 and 21 days of age. Parallel changes in tRNA(Leu) synthetase activity are reported here during...

There are many applications which arise in telecommunications information processing in which it is useful, and often necessary, to create and access multiple hypothetical states. These might correspond to future states reeecting pending updates (such as customer service orders), or hypothetical alternative states that would arise in the exploration of diierent solutions to a given problem. In ...

Abstract Aim Patients who suffer neck of femur fractures (NOF#) are typically frail and at risk postoperative anaemia which can contribute to a high mortality in this demographic. This QiP reviewed how well haemoglobin (Hb) was being monitored on Orthopaedic unit assessed the effectiveness teaching session improve this. A secondary measure compare day 1 3 Hb establish an evidence base for timin...

Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group 5043 examined pharmacokinetic (PK) interactions between amprenavir (APV) and efavirenz (EFV) both by themselves and when nelfinavir (NFV), indinavir (IDV), ritonavir (RTV), or saquinavir (SQV) is added. A PK study was conducted after the administration of single doses of APV (day 0). Subjects (n = 56) received 600 mg of EFV every 24 h (q24h) for 10 days and rest...

BACKGROUND A recent study has shown that treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) with the standard dose of 15 mg/kg/day of paromomycin sulphate (PM) for 21 days was not efficacious in patients in Sudan. We therefore decided to test the efficacy of paramomycin for a longer treatment duration (15 mg/kg/day for 28 days) and at the higher dose of 20 mg/kg/day for 21 days. METHODS This randomized...

BACKGROUND An artificial dermal matrix such as Integra (Integra Life Sciences Corporation, USA) provides a wound bed template for vascular and fibrocyte ingrowth as well as collagen remodelling. Dermal repair leads to epidermal and basement membrane regeneration. Burn wounds in particular have been shown to benefit from Integra by enhanced wound healing. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of fi...

In 45 primiparous sows, we examined endocrine, ovarian and reproductive responses to split-weaning or five injections per day of 800 ng GnRH from 18 to 21 days of lactation. There was no effect of treatment on absolute or changes in sow weight or backfat depth during lactation. Average piglet growth rates were similar among treatments except that piglets suckling split-weaned sows grew faster (...