backgrounds: subclinical ketosis can cause greater economic loss due to a lack of clinical symptoms. objectives: the present study was aimed to design a chemical method for measuring serum ketone bodies in the affected subclinical cows. methods: acetoacetate concentrations were measured using a nitroprusside reaction and b-hydroxy butyric acid (bhba) which was oxidized to acetoacetate using nan...

PURPOSE Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) was reported to be associated with mortality in heart failure patients. We aimed to evaluate admission BUN concentration in a heterogeneous critically ill patient collective admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) for prognostic relevance. METHODS A total of 4176 medical patients (67±13 years) admitted to a German ICU between 2004 and 2009 were included. Fol...

The aim of this study was the effect pre-synchronization blood BHBA level on pregnancy rates sheep in non-breeding season. For purpose, 100 Merino/Merino crossbred ewe, aged 2-4 years, who have given one birth before, were used study. synchronization purposes, progesterone containing sponges 60 mg Medroxyprogesteron acetate (MPA) analogue, administered intravaginally for 14 days. (betahydroxybu...

Acidosis is an important cause of mortality in severe falciparum malaria. Lactic acid is a major contributor to metabolic acidosis, but accounts for only one-quarter of the strong anion gap. Other unidentified organic acids have an independent strong prognostic significance for a fatal outcome. In this study, a simultaneous bio-analytical method for qualitative and quantitative assessment in pl...

Lizin ve metiyonin gerek büyüme gelişme gerekse süt verimi açısından sınırlayıcı etkiye sahip amino asitlerdir. İlk doğumunu yapan düveler bir taraftan laktasyona başlarken diğer hala çağındadırlar. Yapılan bu çalışmada ilk yapacak olan düvelerde gebeliğin son iki ayında ilave olarak rumen korumalı lizin verilmesinin bazı kan matabolizma parametreleri üzerine etkileri incelenmiştir. Çalışmada o...

Face recognition is important in human identification. The biological recognition technique acts as a good method and broad applications in security areas. This work presents a method to improve the face recognition accuracy using a combination of Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and Wavelet Transform. Wavelet Transform is used to decompose the input image with different levels and rearrange...

Received 2/18/2002; revised 3/4/2002; accepted 3/8/2002. For correspondence or reprints contact: Nan-Tsing Chiu, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, 138 Sheng-Li Road, Tainan 704, Taiwan. Tel: (886)6-2353535 ext. 2480, Fax: (886)6-2766609, E mail: [email protected] Background: We conducted this study to explore the correlation of formula creatini...