Introduction: Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan is an obligation for all adult, healthy Muslims. As several studies have indicated, both fasting and energy restriction can alter thyroid hormone metabolism and affect the clinical features and well-being of hypothyroid patients. Hypothyroidism is more prevalent among women and the elderly. Its prevalence has been reported to be 4-8% of the...

An attempt has been made to analyze the distribution of the beta-lactoglobulin genotype in swamp buffaloes and Murrah buffaloes utilizing polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism(PCR-RFLP). Blood samples were taken from 50 swamp buffaloes and 50 Murrah buffaloes. The DNA was extracted by the phenol-chloroform method. The PCR-RFLP was performed using beta-lactoglobulin ...

the aim of the present study was to compare different periods of feed deprivation (day number of starvation in four physical feed restriction programs) on total immunuglobulins and lymphocytes percentage in pullets and cockerels of broiler breeder. a 4x2 factorial experiment based on a completely random design. 160 pullets and 160 cockerels of broiler breeder. feed intake content weekly was the...

Using the pay restriction imposed on CEOs of centrally administered state-owned enterprises (CSOEs) in China 2009, we study effects limiting CEO pay. Compared with firms not subject to restriction, CSOEs experienced a significant cut. In response cut, increased consumption perks and siphoned off firm resources for their own benefit. Pay-performance sensitivity these also significantly decreases...

where f(rea) =f(z) is any analytic function regular in a circle of radius R>r about the origin. We can define a particular complex valued random variable Z in the following way: \Z\ =r with probability one, and arg Z is uniformly distributed on the interval [— x, x]. We shall denote by E the linear operator which "takes the expected value" of Z and of measurable functions of Z with respect to t...

1.1. Sheaves. Let X be a topological space. A sheaf F on X associates to each open set U an abelian group F (U), called the sections of F over U , along with a restriction map rV,U : F (V ) → F (U) for any open sets U ⊂ V (for a section σ ∈ F (V ), we often write σ|U to denote rV,U (σ)), satisfying the following conditions: (1) For any open sets U ⊂ V ⊂W , rV,U ◦ rW,V = rW,U ; (2) For a collect...

The diagnosis of mutations that are responsible for human genetic diseases is important, and several molecular biology techniques based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (1), have been specially developed for this purpose (2-8) . For some of these techniques it is the presence or the absence of a PCR product that constitutes the analytical step, ie proves the presence of the mutation. In order...