this study investigated the effect of different harvesting techniques on the recovery rate and quality of bovine cumulus oocyte complexes (cocs) and their subsequent developmental competence including in vitro maturation, fertilization and blastocyst formation. the cocs were retrieved from slaughter ovaries using aspiration, slicing, or aspiration followed by slicing. the cocs were examined mic...

This study investigated the significant acoustic cues used in the perception of aspiration contrast in Cantonese initial stops by normal hearing adults. The effects of vowel characteristics, aspiration noise level and voice-onset time (VOT) duration on aspiration perception in Cantonese initial stops were studied. The stimuli were consonant-vowel (CV) real words recorded by a male Cantonese nat...

Background and Objective: The gastric residual volume has a direct effect on the volume and timing of the subsequent feeding and causes gastric emptying and pulmonary aspiration. The present study compares the effect of Cydonia oblonga and Phyllanthus Emblica (Amla) fruit on gastric residual volume and pulmonary aspiration in mechanically- ventilated patients. Materials and Methods: This is a...

Introduction: Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) is a simple, safe, very low-cost and rapid procedure for diagnostic purpose which makes surgical intervention exploratory laparotomy unnecessary. The introduction of modern imaging techniques, mainly ultrasonography (USG) Computerized Tomography (CT), has enabled the detection location lesions in sites such as liver, are not easily accessible...

Background and Aim: Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) plays an important role in the diagnosis of tuberculous inflammation prevents unnecessary surgery. Cytodiagnosis tuberculosis depends on demonstration epithelioid cell granuloma caseous necrosis with or without Langhans type giant cells. Present study was done to assess usefulness cytological granulomatous lesions.Material Methods: The ...