Plasma thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) and iodide levels were measured from birth until 30 days of age in 17 Holstein x Friesian (HF), 7 Salers and 7 Charolais calves born at term. The response of plasma T4 and T3 levels to bovine thyrotropin (TSH) injection was also compared in two groups of 9 HF calves 3hrs and 21 days, respectively, after birth. In the HF calves, plasma T4 and T3 level...

The advancement of nanotechnology provides opportunities for fabrication of nanoscale materials and higher performance devices using nanomaterials with high precision. Currently, various nanomaterials and nanostructures in the range of 1 to 100 nm have been produced by chemical and physical methods. Among various nanostructured materials, one-dimensional (1D) materials, such as nanowires, nanot...

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The term ‘nucleosome remodelling’ subsumes a large number of ATPdependent changes of canonical nucleosome structure brought about by dedicated nuclear enzymes, which are usually part of larger, multifactorial complexes (Becker and Hörz, 2002; Havas et al., 2001; Lusser and Kadonaga, 2003; Neely and Workman, 2002). Collectively, nucleosome remodelling machines endow chromatin with dynamic proper...

Cadherin related gene (CDH23), which encodes otocadherin is a novel member of the cadherin gene superfamily. CDH23 mutations were found in families with nonsyndromic autosomal recessive deafness (DFNB12), and in families with deafness associated with vestibular dysfunction and retinitis pigmentosa (USH1D), respectively (Bolz et al., 2001; Bork et al., 2001; Petit, 2001). DFNB12 has been located...

duced with a single species, Asaia bogorensis Yamada et al. 2000 in the family Acetobacteraceae Gillis and De Ley 1980 (Yamada et al., 2000). Since the second and the third species described were Asaia siamensis Katsura et al. 2001 and Asaia krungthepensis Yukphan et al. 2004, three species are in total reported (Katsura et al., 2001; Yamada et al., 2000; Yukphan et al., 2004c). The species ass...

AIM Tooth eruption is defined as the movement of a tooth from its site of development within the alveolar process to its functional position in the oral cavity [Massler et al., 1941]. The process of tooth eruption can be divided into different phases: pre-eruptive bone stage, alveolar bone stage, mucosal stage, preocclusal stage, occlusal stage and maturation stage [Andreasen et al., 1997]. Any...

Cognitive sex differences have been demonstrated in humans: men usually outperform women on spatial ability (Linn & Peterson, 1985; Gladue et al., 1990; Mann et al., 1990; Gouchie & Kimura, 1991; Gladue & Bailey, 1995; Halpern & Tan, 2001; Tan et al., 2003a, b; Herlitz & Lovén, 2009); women outperform men on verbal tasks (Hyde & Linn, 1988; Mann et al., 1990; Halpern & Tan, 2001; Tan et al., 20...