Analyses of blood samples in ichthyology are importance for assessment fish health as well responses to environmental stressors. The measurement results may be affected by multiple factors. This study aimed at the influence collection site comparing dual values indices measured obtained both from heart and puncturing caudal vessels same specimens. Our revealed that sampling did not significantl...

To understand the different changes and events that occur in humans from conception until labour our experimental animal model is the ewe. Some studies use laboratory rodents, non-human primates and domestic ruminants as a model for research relevant to human pregnancies.1 Sheep, humans and other higher primates have villous interdigitation, wherein the chorion has a tree-like branching pattern...

Klumbies & Kleinsorge (1950) and Fox & Fox (1969) recorded blood pressure, heart rate and respiratory changes during ejaculation elicited by masturbation and natural coitus. Jakubowski (1966) reported that a rise in the heart rate occurred and Wierzcho\l=s'\(1970) observed a rise in blood pressure, heart rate and respiratory rate during copulation in the boar. According to W\l=o'\jcik(1969), th...

BACKGROUND Cardioplegic arrest (CA) using cold blood cardioplegia (CBC) has been reported to reduce ischemia-reperfusion (IR)-induced myocardial injury via apoptosis. We studied key apoptotic mediators via the caspase-dependent and intrinsic pathways as well as poly(ADP)-ribosylating protein (PARP) activity in myocardial and peripheral tissues after CA and cardiopulmonary bypass (CBP). METHOD...

OBJECTIVE To study the correlation between 2D and 3D uterine flow indexes and the presence or the absence of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in women with unexplained recurrent miscarriage (uRM). METHODS Fifty-two subjects (26 uRM and 26 control women) underwent 2D Doppler measurement of pulsatility index and resistance index of the uterine arteries in both the follicular and midluteal phase of ...

Letters to the Editor will be published, if suitable, as space permits. They should not exceed 1000 words (typed double-spaced) in length and may be subject to editing or abridgment. To the Editor: I read with interest the article by Hansen et al 1 evaluating the relation between blood pressure (BP) variability and risk. The prognostic value of BP variability, expressed as SD, was previously ev...

BACKGROUND Various indices have been raised as predictors of activity and severity of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to investigate the changes of platelet indices in acute phase and two months after treatment in these patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS In a cohort study, platelet count, mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), plateletc...