to describe proportion and pattern of culling in commercial dairy herds of khorasan razavi province, this survey was carried out from 21st march 2008 to 20th march 2009 in 15 industrialized dairy herds. for each culled cow data related to parity at culling, last calving to culling interval and primary reason for culling were recorded. annual herd exit rate was 20.9%. out of a total of 652 culle...

background: daily increased rate of anterior cruciate ligament (acl) injuries in athletes calls for more investigation in these patients to differentiate copers from noncoper acl-deficient (acld) knees as soon as possible. objectives: the current study aims to introduce a new electromyographic protocol, named voluntary response index (vri), that might help to categorize and differentiate patien...

statement of the problem: in this article relationship between social trust and civil society (with emphasis on voluntary associations) is empirically examined. in addition, this article attempts to answer this question: what kind of relationship is there between voluntary associations membership and social trust? method: 457 students of mazandaran university were chosen and the questionnaires ...

objective(s): the effect of maternal voluntary exercise on hippocampal bdnf level in rat offspring was studied. in addition, the possible role of hippocampal bdnf receptors in maternal exercise induced enhancement of learning in the rat pups was investigated.   materials and methods: pregnant rats have been randomly assigned to sedentary control or voluntary exercise groups. each of the exercis...

Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Lynn, UK. James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Yarmouth, UK. Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Peterborough, UK. West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds, UK. Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Chelmsford, UK. MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, University of...

G. S. Sandhu, R. P. Rezaee, J. L. Duerk, M. A. Griswold, and V. Gulani Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, United States, Case Center for Imaging Research, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, United States, Department of Bi...

Author Affiliations: CaseWestern Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio (Wang, Bordeaux, Rowe, Honda); Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio (Wang, Honda); Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio (Bordeaux, Honda); Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cle...

Four cases of apparently voluntary rapid vibratory pacifier movements occurring in normal, unstressed infants up to 1 year of age and captured on video are presented. I speculate on the possible relationship of the movements to similar vibratory jaw movements in dogs, in which species they may represent a neuromuscular mechanism for rapid feedback control.

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