BACKGROUND According to the findings of several studies conducted on work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) among the video display terminals (VDTs) users, Prevention of these disorders among this population is a challenge for many workplaces today. Ergonomically Improving of VDT workstations may be an effective and applicable way to decrease the risk of WMSDs. This study evaluated the ...

Dry matter digestibility (DMD), dry intake (DMI) and growth performance of concentrate- forage-based diets were investigated using 24 growing Blended goats (12 males, 12 females) weighing 16.5±1.2 kg (mean±sd). Goats blocked by sex assigned randomly to three dietary treatments that fed for 10 weeks, after two weeks adaptation. Dietary MRG (40% maize bran, 40% rice 20% Gliricidia l...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the correlation between Doppler echocardiography (DE) and right heart catheterization (RHC) derived pulmonary artery pressures and to assess the impact of right atrial (RA) pressures on this correlation. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Cardiology Department, Tahir Heart Institute, Chenab Nagar, from June 2013 to December 2014....

Mechanisms of active NaCl uptake across the posterior gills of the shore crab Carcinus maenas were examined using radiochemical and electrophysiological techniques. In order to measure short-circuit current (Isc), transepithelial conductance (Gte) and area-related unidirectional fluxes of Na+ and Cl-, single split gill lamellae (epithelium plus cuticle) of hyperregulating shore crabs were mount...

OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical presentation of forgotten ureteral stents and highlight the etiological factors resulting in the retention of these stents. STUDY DESIGN Observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Urology, Armed Forces Institute of Urology, Rawalpindi, from January 2010 to June 2011. METHODOLOGY Thirty-eight patients, with forgotten ureteral stents, ret...

Renal length, height, width, resistive index (RI), size of cortex, and medulla were determined by renal ultrasonography in 50 healthy Korean domestic short-hair cats. In the sagittal plane, the renal length was 3.83 +/- 0.51 cm (mean +/- SD) in the left kidney and 3.96 +/- 0.48 cm in the right kidney, whereas the renal height was 2.42 plusmn; 0.27 cm in the left kidney and 2.36 plusmn; 0.28 cm ...

This study aimed at exploring the correlation between DJ-1 gene and survivin gene in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma by analyzing their gene expression levels and their relationship with clinicopathologic parameters. The expression of DJ-1 gene and survivin gene in 82 laryngeal carcinoma tissues from patients and 82 negative surgical margin tissue samples were detected by immunohistochemistry...

Rates of whole-body glucose turnover and muscle-specific glucose utilization were determined in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) at rest and at intervals during recovery from burst swimming. Plasma glucose level was high in the experimental animals (range 6­38 mmol l-1), but hyperglycemia was not related specifically to exercise. Estimated glucose turnover, 19.3±2.6 (rest) and 15....