The experiment was conducted to investigate the dynamics of infection by gastrointestinal nematodes during the periparturition period in cows. One hundred and six beef cows were divided into two groups: G1 was formed by 42 cows of one and two parturitions, and G2 by 76 cows of three or more parturitions. From the 120 days pre partum until the 90 days post partum, feces were collected for faecal...

One of the numerous functions of glial cells in Drosophila is the ensheathment of neurons to isolate them from the potassium-rich haemolymph, thereby establishing the blood-brain barrier. Peripheral nerves of flies are surrounded by three distinct glial cell types. Although all embryonic peripheral glia (ePG) have been identified on a single-cell level, their contribution to the three glial she...

A graph G is called Bk-VPG (resp., Bk-EPG), for some constant k ≥ 0, if it has a string representation on a grid such that each vertex is an orthogonal path with at most k bends and two vertices are adjacent in G if and only if the corresponding strings intersect (resp., the corresponding strings share at least one grid edge). If two adjacent strings of a Bk-VPG graph intersect exactly once, th...

Anterior open bite (AOB) and tongue thrust swallowing are frequently associated, but the relationship between the two remains unclear. Electropalatography (EPG), which is used in speech pathology to measure dynamic tongue function for diagnostic, therapeutic, and research purposes, is a suitable technique for the investigation of this relationship. The present clinical study examined the dentof...

This study is the Þrst to statistically analyze the stylet probing/penetration behaviors of Lygus (Hemiptera: Miridae) bugs, and the external body movements associated with both probing and nonprobing, via electrical penetration graph (EPG) and videorecording, respectively. Behavioral quantiÞcation allows powerful statistical comparisons among host plants or other treatments. Thus, statistical ...

BACKGROUND The first-ever round of school-based mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel together with mebendazole targeting school-aged children in endemic districts was conducted in 2009 by the National Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Program. To evaluate the impact of the treatment regimen, a cross-sectional sentinel site survey was conducted 6 months post-MDA. METHODS Fifteen ...

Two admitted patients, a 5-year-old Filipino girl and a 29-year-old Indonesian man, who were diagnosed otherwise were concurrently found to harbour Trichuris trichiura eggs in stoll specimens containing 3,300 and 30 eggs per gram feces (EPG), respectively. A satisfactory response was obtained with administration of mebendazole in the recommended dose of 100 mg twice daily for three consecutive ...

The articulatory token-to-token variability in the production of German vowels is investigated with simultaneous EMMA and EPG recordings. The potential role of physical constraints, such as the contacts between tongue and palate measured by EPG, and the biomechanical properties of the tongue, simulated with a 2D finite element model is evaluated. Our results suggest that the control of high fro...

This critical review examines the effects of electropalatography (EPG) on the productive speech intelligibility of children and adolescents with severe to profound hearing impairments. Study designs include: case study, case series and comparison study. Overall, research supports the use of EPG technology with this population in developing more typical tongue-palate contact patterns and improvi...