The aim of this study was to detect incidence of mastitis in an automatic milking system using serial information. Data from 112,000 milkings of the research dairy herd Karkendamm of the University of Kiel were available. The incidence of mastitis was defined both on therapies carried out and on weekly somatic cell count measurements. The time series of electric conductivity of quarter milk wer...

Netherton syndrome is a very rare disorder characterized with icthyosis, atopy, bamboo hair and intermittant aminoaciduria. The specifity of clinical and histopathological features of netherton syndrome is low in neonates and young infants who presents with predominating erythrodermia. Being the youngest infant presenting with the symptoms of infantile asthma we found it worth to report a six m...

Several ELISA tests based on mycobacterial antigens have been used for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), although demonstration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a smear or culture is the most reliable method. In the present study, the diagnostic value of 16-kDa and 38-kDa mycobacterial antigens was investigated in patients who were diagnosed with tuberculosis by clinical and/or bacterio...

The specifity of gene encoding the ribotoxin protein in Aspergillus fumigatus was determined by PCR amplification of a portion of the gene. All A. fumigatus strains studied showed the presence of amplifiable ribotoxin product, while none of the other fungal species, with the exception of Aspergillus restrictus, showed this amplification product. Hence, this method may be used for rapid and spec...

BACKGROUND A retrospective analysis of 12 years' experience (1987-1999), concerning gastro-intestinal lymphomas (LNH-GI) has been performed, to offer a contribution for the identification of the diagnostic and prognostic criteria. METHODS During this period, 11 cases (9 male and 2 female) have been treated: 8 with gastric localization and 3 with intestinal localization, with age ranging betwe...

In modern linguistics, there is a great interest in the analysis of linguistic and cultural material process teaching languages, an anthropocentric paradigm formed, language considered not only within its communicative cognitive function, but as kind code individual communities. The purpose this scientific article to study manifestation worldview aspect learning English through phraseological l...

OBJECTIVES The detection of patients with comorbid mental disorders is of high clinical importance. Screening instruments can be recommended for early recognition. This study investigates the discriminant validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and Patient Health Questionnaire (Brief-PHQ-D) in chronically ill patients. METHODS Two hu...