“A Necessary Supplement”

Iron Supplementation During Pregnancy- A Necessary or Toxic Supplement?

The effects of a single intramuscular iron dose, 10mg, to pregnant rats on Day of pregnancy, on the outcome of pregnancy, with respect to foetal weight and mother's immune function has been investigated. Despite significantly elevated hepatic iron stores after iron supplementation in pregnant rats this had no significant effect upon blood haemoglobin or transferrin saturation levels. However th...

Image Sequences as Necessary Supplement to a Pathological Voice Data Base

Voice corpora of pathological voices are generally based on high-quality audio recordings. These are supplemented with additional information describing the general recording conditions and the individual subjects. While an acoustic analysis cannot be expected to specify certain medical diagnoses it may reflect the glottal phonation conditions. Two examples shall illustrate this point. First, v...

A Necessary Condition for Weyl-Heisenberg Frames

Cytotoxic Activity of Familact: A Probiotic Supplement

Background: Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species are among the probiotics discussed due to their anti-cancer effects in the treatment of colorectal and breast cancers in recent studies. The aim of this study was to investigate the anticancer effect of Familact, a commercial probiotic capsule containing seven bacterial strains (L. casei, L. acidophilus, L. rhamnosus, L. bulgaricus, B. breve...

dietary supplement use in sport gyms in lebanon: are they necessary and are there side-effects?

background the use of dietary supplements is very common in sport gyms worldwide. however, their use in exercisers in lebanese gyms has never been investigated. conclusions these results indicate a lack of awareness among people who exercise regularly on the benefits and side-effects of dietary supplements. there is an urgent need for the implementation of campaigns that target gym users in leb...