in this experiment two pre-laying broiler breeder pullets from ross strain at 17 weeks of age were selected, weighed and allocated in layer cages. surgery was achieved to implant a jugular vein catheter. the birds were placed individually in metabolic chamber. each bird was fed, in random order, test diets containing one of nine levels of lysine (0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.8, 1.0 and 1.5 ...

Hormoz Island with 41 km³ area located in south of Bandar Abbas in  Hormozgan Province in 27º 2´ to 27º 6´ N and 56º 25´ to 56º 31´ E geographical position. In this study, 191 species are introduced. These species belong to 44 families (One family of Angiosperms, 40 families of  Dicotyledones and 3 families of  Monocotyledones) and 142 genera. Of the species recognized, nine species (4.7%) are ...

The effects of environmental exposure upon the loadbearing properties of nine polyurethane foams commonly used for wheelchair cushion construction were studied. Test pieces with and without a stretch cloth cover were aged in the open air at Houston over the period April 26 to October 31, 1982. The indentation resistance of each piece was measured initially and at frequent intervals during the e...

surgical cases compared to robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery. Sixty-nine percent (n = 33) of fellows indicated that robot-assisted laparoscopy allows them to perform more challenging surgical cases compared to conventional laparoscopy. Fifty six percent (n = 27) of fellows agreed that the cost associated with robotassisted laparoscopy is the greatest disadvantage of using robot-assisted lapar...

OBJECTIVE This study compared health and social characteristics of two groups of homeless adults in Manhattan--those who were chronically unsheltered and those who were not. METHODS Outreach workers conducted brief, structured interviews with 1,093 unsheltered homeless adults. Respondents were later categorized as being chronically unsheltered on the basis of New York City criteria (sleeping ...

One hundred and .tWO puberal gilts from nine genetic groups were used to determine the association of two morphological types of Ovarian follicular loss (hemorrhagic and milky) with genetic background of ~gilts, level of feed intake and stage of estrous cycle. At estrus (day 0 of estrous cycle) a lesser prqportion of gilts (P<.05) had hemorrhagic foiiicles than gilts at day-15. While the total ...

The 2011 KSS is a valid clinical TKA questionnaire, but with a low completion rate (42%). Adjustments, focusing on optimizing scale features, are required to improve its clinical use. The low completion rates, non-optimal scale features, lacking rules or a combination of these factors where addressed, leading to the development of the adjusted 2011 KSS (2011 KSS-A). Four-hundred-ninety-nine pri...