Evaluation of digestive microbial ecology is necessary to understand effects of growth-promoting feed. In the current study, the dynamics of intestinal microbial communities (MC) were examined in broilers fed diets supplemented with a combination of antibiotic (bacitracin methylene disalicylate) and ionophore (Coban 60), and diets containing 1 of 2 essential oil (EO) blends, Crina Poultry (CP) ...

Mixed micelles of the phospholipid 1,2-diheptanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DHPC) with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) or dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) in aqueous solutions and the effects of interactions between the components were studied by fluorescence and NMR measurements. The regular solution theory (RST) was applied to analyze the experimental critical micelle concentration va...

A combination of (1) H, (6) Li, (13) C, and (15) N NMR spectroscopies and density functional theory computations explores the formation of mixed aggregates by a dilithium salt of a C2 -symmetric chiral tetraamine (Koga's base). Lithium halides, acetylides, alkoxides, and monoalkylamides form isostructural trilithiated mixed aggregates with few exceptions. (6) Li-(13) C and (6) Li-(15) N couplin...

Medium sized basis sets of Gaussian Lobe functions for use in SCF-MO calculations are presented. With these, computations are performed on the hydrides of the atoms Li —F. Partly, mixed bases are applied in which the one-electron integrals are calculated with respect to a more extensive basis than the two-electron integrals. The energy shifts caused by shortening of the bases are separated into...

The free response is considered of piezoelectric crystals (lithium niobate) with various polarities (including longitudinal only, shear only, and combined longitudinal and shear), which are stacked (mechanically and electrically in series) or are parallel (electrically parallel and mechanically uncoupled). Measurements of impedance magnitude from an impedance analyzer are compared with results ...

Shift work has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. This study was designed to determine the hemodynamic effects of 12-hour (12-h) shifts, and changes in blood pressure (BP) and heart rate variability (HRV) during 36 h rest time following 12-h shifts. Fifteen male shift workers with a mean age of 32.9 yr were recruited from a semiconductor factory. Ambulatory BP (AmBP)...