Current models for elastic geobarometry have been developed with the assumption that host and/or inclusion minerals are elastically isotropic. This has limited applications of thermobarometry to mineral inclusions contained in cubic quasi-isotropic (e.g., garnet). Here, we report a new model takes into account anisotropic properties and relative crystallographic orientation (RCO) host-inclusion...

Article history: Received 24 March 2008 Received in revised form 6 August 2008 Accepted 8 August 2008 The objective of this study was to determine the effect of dietary inclusion of benzoic acid on utilization of the macrominerals Ca, P, Mg, K, Na, and Cl in growing pigs. Eighteen barrows, initial BW of 28±1.7 kg, were assigned to 3 diets: a basal diet based on barley, wheat, soybean meal, corn...

A metabolism study was conducted with rabbits to determine the effect of consumption of 5% dietary Senecio jacobaea (SJ) on tissue mineral levels and mineral excretion. Gastro-intestinal (GIT) absorption of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA) from SJ was also studied by monitoring excretion into urine and feces and by the use of ligated gut segments in vitro. Inclusion of SJ into a diet containing add...

OBJECTIVES To review and synthesize published literature on the efficacy of multivitamin/mineral supplements and certain single nutrient supplements in the primary prevention of chronic disease in the general adult population, and on the safety of multivitamin/mineral supplements and certain single nutrient supplements, likely to be included in multivitamin/mineral supplements, in the general p...

OBJECTIVE To consolidate information available on the effect of vitamin B12 on bone mineral density and fracture risk, with emphasis on clinical trials, observational and longitudinal data conducted in humans. METHOD A systematic review of the literature of the past decade on the role of vitamin B12 in bone mineral density and fracture risk in subjects of all ages and both sexes was performed...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of vitamin D supplementation for improving bone mineral density in children and adolescents and if effects vary with factors such as vitamin D dose and vitamin D status. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline (1966 to present), Embase (1980 to present), CINAHL (1982 to present)...

During the last decade a greater appreciation has developed for determining factors that influence bone accretion in healthy children. Nutritional factors that may contribute to bone accretion in infants and toddlers include maternal nutritional status during pregnancy, type of infant feeding, calcium and phosphorus content of infant formula, introduction of weaning foods, and diet during the t...

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of adding Yucca schidigera and zeolite (Clinoptilolite) to feed (super premium and standard) for adult dogs on the apparent indigestibility coefficient of minerals. In the first assessment, 21 dogs were used, with average weight of 12.5kg±1.46 in seven treatments in two periods (super premium diet referred to as control and control with the addition of 1...