We investigated the effect of abomasally infused aspartate (Asp) on N balance and plasma amino acids in steers. Four ruminally cannulated Holstein steers (180 kg) housed in metabolism crates were used in an experiment designed as a 4 x 3 Youden square. Steers received continuous abomasal infusions of water or water containing 40 or 80 g Asp/d. Steers were fed twice daily a diet containing 473 g...

Dietary supplements are widely used to manage stress and related consequences. However, the exact pathological mechanism and cellular cascades involved in the action of these supplements are not properly understood so far. Therefore, the present study has been designed to explore the neuroprotective mechanism of rutin against immobilization stress-induced anxiety-like behavioural and oxidative ...

Enhanced nitrogen (N) availability is one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystem functions. However, in very nutrient-poor ecosystems, enhanced N input can, in the short-term, promote diversity. Mediterranean Basin ecosystems are nutrient-limited biodiversity hotspots, but no information is available on their medium- or long-term responses to enhanced N input. Sin...

Energy is very essential to human livelihood and makes significant help economic, social, environmental features of development. Biomass certainly a source renewable energy worldwide abundant with high potential. This research aimed characterize produce briquette fuel from the combination coconut husk corncob using starch as binder. The composite briquettes were produced by varying mixture rati...

Spirometry is the most frequently performed lung function test. To determine a normal range of spirometry results, reference formulas are used. Predicted values play an important role in establishing whether the volumes measured in an individual fall within a range to be expected in a healthy person of the same gender, height, and age. Such standards enable to assess the development of the resp...

creatine exerts beneficial effects on a variety of pathologies in which energy metabolism and oxidative stress play an etiological role. creatine supplements have shown beneficial effects on neurological disorders including parkinson's disease, huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, alzheimer's disease and stroke. however, the potential benefits of creatine for pati...

Introduction In this note a scheme for the collection, phase rotation and cooling of muons for a neutrino factory is reported. The scheme is sufficiently generic to be site independent also if some particular choices are influenced by the CERN design. The system discussed in this note is worked on as a possible alternative to the induction linac scheme [1]. The results presented assume the foll...

Three hundred and ninety-seven patients who presented to the emergency department were screened for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of iv granisetron (40 micrograms/kg or 80 micrograms/kg) in acute migraine. Twenty-eight patients fulfilled the stringent eligibility criteria and completed the study. Rescue medication was required 2 h post-infusion in 8 of 10 patients receivi...