Three commercial broiler houses were (12.2 × 152.4 m) were monitored for 3 consecutive flocks. The houses were treated with Poultry Litter Treatment (PLT), 24 h before bird placement at the rate of 24.4 kg /100 m2. PLT was applied in the central brooding area for all 3 flocks and represented the treated (TR) area while the rest of the house remained untreated (UN). Litter samples were obtained ...

In this study, complexes composed of poly-l-tyrosine (pLT) and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were produced and the dispersibility of the pLT/SWCNT complexes in water by measuring the ζ potential of the complexes and the turbidity of the solution were investigated. It is found that the absolute value of the ζ potential of the pLT/SWCNT complexes is as high as that of SWCNTs modified wi...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the mean platelet volume (MPV) and MPV/platelet (PLT) values can be used in the study of sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). METHODS In this retrospective case-controlled study, 69 sepsis, 69 SIRS patients, and 72 control group who were treated in the years 2012-2013 were reviewed, and both the MPV and MPV/PLT rates were evaluated in all g...

BACKGROUND Procalcitonin (PCT) has become a commonly used serum inflammatory marker. Our aim was to describe the kinetics and usefulness of serial post-operative PCT measurements to detect bacterial infection in a cohort of children immediately after pediatric liver transplantation (pLT). METHODS We performed a retrospective chart review of a cohort of pLT recipients with serial serum PCT mea...

Previously, we have shown a mutant mouse DDD/1 with T-cell-specific homing defect that is regulated by an autosomal recessive gene, plt (paucity of lymph node T cells), and seems to be caused by lymph node (LN) stromal cells. In the present study, immunohistochemical analysis showed unusual distribution of T cells in LN, Peyer's patches (PP), and spleen from plt/plt, probably due to the failure...

This paper reports the results of temporal analysis of platelet (PLT) data in chronic hepatitis dataset. First we briefly introduce a cluster analysis system for temporal data that we have developed. Second, we show the results of cluster analysis of PLT sequences. Third, we show the results of PLT value-based temporal analysis aiming at finding years for reaching F4, years elapsed between stag...

BACKGROUND The aim of our study was to assess the postoperative course of bilateral anterior sternothoracotomy (BAT) in children with sarcoma metastases, in a curative care perspective. METHODS We reviewed the records of seven patients younger than 18 years old, who underwent surgical procedures for sarcoma metastasis to the lung between 2000 and 2012. We compared the postoperative course of ...

The paucity of lymph node T cells (plt) mutation leads to a loss of CCL21 and CCL19 expression in secondary lymphoid organs. plt mice have defects in the migration of naive T cells and activated dendritic cells into the T cell zones of lymphoid organs, suggesting that they would have defects in T cell immune responses. We now demonstrate T cell responses in plt mice are delayed but ultimately e...

Secondary lymphoid organ chemokine (SLC) is expressed in high endothelial venules and in T cell zones of spleen and lymph nodes (LNs) and strongly attracts naive T cells. In mice homozygous for the paucity of lymph node T cell (plt) mutation, naive T cells fail to home to LNs or the lymphoid regions of spleen. Here we demonstrate that expression of SLC is undetectable in plt mice. In addition t...