Gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) is one of the inhibitory neurotransmitters that may have the ability torelieve the intensity of stress. Heat stress remains a major threat for duck production in summer in most areas of China. The current study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary GABA on performanceparameters and plasma metabolites of heat exposed ducks. Two thousand Cherry Valley d...

This study aimed to produce omega-3-emriched broiler meat by using ultrasonicated flaxseed oil nanoemulsions coated with whey protein-sodium alginate. Three hundred 1-d-old (Ross, 308) male broiler chicks were allocated randomly to 5 experimental treatments with 4 replicate pens. Experimental treatments included basal diet (BD), basal diet plus flaxseed oil (BD+FO, 1 mL/kg/BW), basal diet plus ...

Crosses were carried out at 34 C and 42 C between eight pairs of isogenic strains of Escherichia coli K-12. The donor and recipient of each pair carried the same mutation for temperature-sensitive deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis; they differed only in the presence of F-lac in the donor and a spectinomycin-resistance marker in the recipient. A different temperature-sensitive mutation was p...

The formation and degradation of fibrin play a central role in hemostasis, but other activities have been associated with fibrin(ogen)-derived peptides, which suggests that products of fibrin(ogen) turnover may be involved in infiammation and wound healing. The present study was undertaken to determine whether the plasmic fibrinogen-derived peptide B191 -42 has effects on inflammatory cells and...

Recent studies have shown that the Alzheimer's associated β-amyloid protein (βA) can inhibit growth of bacteria, fungi and viruses. We reported that the 42 amino acid βA protein inhibits replication of seasonal and pandemic strains of H3N2 and H1N1 influenza A virus (IAV) in vitro and modulates activation of neutrophils and monocytes exposed IAV. We here show that fragments composed of the N an...

Sentence (1) strongly suggests that the speaker does not have a sister: (1) John believes that I have a sister. a. Alternative: John knows that I have a sister. b. Actual inference: the speaker does not have a sister. 5 c. Predicted inference: it is not common belief that the speaker has a sister. According to Heim (1991), Percus (2006), and Sauerland (2006), this inference should follow from t...