Ostracods are small bivalved crustaceans widely distributed in aquatic environments and in total 99 species have been recorded in genus Euphilomedes Kornicker, 1967. In this study, we further describe two new species of benthic ostracods in this genus, Euphilomedes liuruiyii sp. nov. and Euphilomedes pentacanthos sp. nov., collected from the Taiwan Strait in China. These two species can be easi...

Objective: A retrospective examination was made of tibia shaft fractures treated with intramedullary nail (IMN), which are designed distal retractable claws, unlike classic imtramedullar nails. It aimed to evaluate the effect on healing diameter and distance between fracture line proximal fixation points IMN. Material Method: The study included 28 patients (18 males, 10 females; mean age 43.75 ...

The use of keratinized tissues (e.g., hair, claws) to investigate physiological effects environmental and anthropogenic stressors in free-ranging wildlife populations has increased because these retain steroid hormones during growth are relatively easy collect store the field. We measured reproductive stress-related wolves (Canis lupus ligoni; n = 31) captured on Prince Wales Island, Alaska, US...

Background Acquisition durations of navigator gated high resolution 3D late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) studies are long (1,2). While implementation of the continuously adaptive windowing strategy (CLAWS (3)) which results in the fastest possible acquisition duration for a given breathing pattern and navigator acceptance window size may be beneficial, the respiratory-dependent and therefore, n...

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to develop a validated, transient, chemically induced lameness model in sows using subjective and objective lameness detection tools. Experiment 1 determined an effective joint injection technique based on volume and placement of dye using feet collected from 9 fi nisher pigs and 10 multiparity cull sow carcasses. Experiment 2 confi rmed the injection t...