This experiment was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of a bioassay method for metabolizable energy for domestic duck, which was previously developed by our research group. 110 adult Peking drakes with similar weight were randomly allotted to 2 groups in each of 55 birds, one was treatment group and another was control group. Prior to trial, all birds were fasted for 12h, but water were provid...

The tensile creep behavior is extremely important in crack prediction and stress analysis of concrete. The main objective is investigating the effects of the silica fume on the tensile basic creep of early-aged concrete. The effect of silica fume on tensile creep was studied using lever-type tensile creep tester. Silica fume amount by weight of total cementing material was 0%, 5%, 10% and 15%. ...

Osmotic fragility (OF) test was conducted in Nigerian human black male erythrocytes stored for Oh, 12h, 24h and 48h. Storage of these human erythrocytes for up to 24h failed to alter significantly their membrane characteristics. A leftward shift in osmotic fragiligrams was noted suggestive of storage-time (age) dependent erythrocyte stability. Mean corpuscular fragility (MCF) diminished with an...

Animal model Mice with cardiomyocyte-restricted low-level overexpression of long-chain acylCoA synthetase 1 (ACStg) and control littermates (WT) were originally on the FVB background1. We prepared a transgenic line on the C57BL6j background by backcrossing more than 8 generations. DRP1 floxed mice (Kind gift of Hiromi Sesaki, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD) were used to generate cardiom...

background: astronauts will be exposed to both chronic space radiation and acute high doses of energetic radiation of solar particle events in long-term deep space missions. the application of radioprotectors in space missions has basic limitations such as their very short time window as well as their acute toxicity and considerable side effects. the aim of the present study was to investigate ...

In the title compound, C(15)H(10)N(2)OS, prepared by the reaction of 2-iodo-5-methyl-benzoyl chloride with 2-mercaptobenzimidazole, the four-membered fused-ring system is essentially planar [maximum deviation from the least-squares plane = 0.137 (6) Å]. The crystal packing is stabilized by weak inter-molecular π-π inter-actions [minimum ring centroid separation = 3.536 (4) Å] and weak C-H⋯π int...

There are two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(15)H(6)Cl(2)N(2)O(2). The conjugated four-ring system is essentially planar in each mol-ecule [maximum deviation = 0.089 (2) Å]. In the crystal, weak inter-molecular C-H⋯Cl, C-H⋯O and C-H⋯·N inter-actions help to stabilize the packing.

Background: Akathisia is a common adverse effect of antipsychotic drugs and is characterized by subjective feelings of restlessness. First-line treatment usually consists of propranolol, a beta adrenergic antagonist. However, propranolol does not seem to be efficacious in up to 70% of patients. This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of vitamin B6 versus propranolol on antipsychotic-induced...