BACKGROUND Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are autosomal recessive disorders that produce increased serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) isoforms. Methods to resolve CDT from fully glycosylated transferrin (Trf) have been based on a neutral shift in the isoelectric focusing (IEF) pattern or on a reduction in the negative charge, allowing resolution by anion-exchange chroma...

Background Intermittent fasting (IF) is a dietary strategy that has recently gained popularity due to a number of potential health benefits. One form of IF, termed time-restricted feeding (TRF), only allows caloric intake during a limited window of time each day (often 4 to 8 hours in duration). One concern of IF is the potential loss of lean mass due to the fasting periods. Resistance training...

This study aimed to evaluate the hematologic response and serum peritoneal fluid (PF) proteinogram of cattle affected by digestive diseases. Twenty-seven animals were distributed in two groups: GI (intestinal diseases) GII (traumatic reticuloperitonitis, TRP). The previously submitted a physical exam. Subsequently, blood samples collected perform complete count, determine plasma protein fibrino...

To test the hypothesis that the primary defect in some patients with idiopathic hypopituitary dwarfism is failure to secrete hypothalamic hypophysiotropic-releasing factors, synthetic thyrotropin-releasing factor (TRF), 500 mug, wa given intravenously, and timed venous samples obtained for determination of the concentration of plasma TSH by radioimmunoassay in three groups of subjects: (a) 11 p...

The primary purpose of the paper is to report a study auto-ignitive and anti-knock properties, firstly neat n-butanol in air, secondly its blends with gasoline-type, Toluene Reference Fuel (TRF). This involved blending ratios 10, 20, 40, 85% by volume TRF. Pressures were range 2–6 MPa, temperatures ranged from 678 916 K. Mathematical modelling detailed chemical kinetics for these conditions, us...

Ecological networks are commonly applied to depict general patterns of biotic interactions, which provide tools understand the mechanism community assembly. Commensal interactions between epiphytes and their hosts a major component species in forest canopies; however, few studies have investigated assemblage network structures epiphyte–host particularly non-vascular different types forest. To a...

This study examined the convergent validity of the parent and teacher versions of the Early Childhood Behavior Problem Screening Scale (ECBPSS) with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Caregiver-Teacher Report Form (C-TRF), respectively. Data were collected on a sample of preschool and kindergarten students (n = 149) from two medium-sized cities in the Midwest. Analyses of both the pare...

In both numerical and stochastic optimization methods, surrogate models are often employed in lieu of the expensive high-fidelity models to enhance search efficiency. In gradient-based numerical methods, the trustworthiness of the surrogate models in predicting the fitness improvement is often addressed using ad hoc move limits or a trust region framework (TRF). Inspired by the success of TRF i...