Th e aim of the present trial was to study the eff ect of two diff erent dietary phosphorus (P) levels on the laying performance in long-term (17 months) egg production and egg shell quality in terms of strength and thickness from the 7th to 17th month of laying. In case of eggshell quality parameters the time eff ect as well as the interaction between dietary P levels and time were also examin...

Th e most of previous studies have been focused on the eff ect of water stress on plant yielding. However, the conditions in which plants grow from the moment of planting might aff ect their morphology and physiological response. Th e aim of this study was to examine the eff ect of water defi ciency on growth and plant physiological response of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch. cv. ‘Salut’)...

Th ere is increasing evidence that litter decomposition is faster beneath the plant species it was derived from, an eff ect called home-fi eld advantage (HFA). Adaptation of soil biota to decompose the litter that they encounter most often has been proposed as the main mechanism to explain HFA. However, there is little direct evidence supporting this assumption and the contribution of diff eren...

Malnutrition, including micronutrient defi ciencies, is the leading risk factor for child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries. About 30% of the world’s population has zinc defi ciency (fi gure). This defi ciency occurs because zinc is mainly contained in foods such as red meat that are expensive and in short supply in developing countries. Moreover, zinc has no tissue reserves, ...

It is well known that radiotherapy, as mainly locoregional treatment, has systemic eff ects as well. The term abscopal eff ect (latin: ab – away from; scopus – target) has been used to describe the regression of distant tumor metastases after completion of primary tumor radiation therapy. It has been shown that radiotherapy can initiate systemic antitumor immunologic response which includes the...

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the eff ect of physician patient-centeredness on patient trust across randomly selected groups of patients from an inner city medical practice serving a preponderance of minority and socioeconomically-disadvantaged patients. METHODS: A two-factor multigroup structural equation modeling design was employed, with randomly selected test (N = 300) ...

Basic mechanism of action of organophosphates (OP)/nerve agents is based on acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition and subsequent accumulation of neuromediator acetylcholine at the cholinergic synapses, either peripheral or central, causing cholinergic hyperstimulation and development of symptoms of poisoning, followed by metabolic dysbalance and, without eff ective prophylaxis/treatment leadin...