Two experiments were conducted to determine the influence of dietary roughage concentration and feed intake on finishing steer performance and ruminal metabolism. In Exp. 1, 126 steers (334 kg) were used in a completely randomized design and fed (120 d) diets of steam-rolled wheat without roughage or containing 5, 10 or 15% roughage (50% alfalfa hay:50% corn silage). Steers fed 5 or 10% roughag...

Background: Some health-protecting secondary metabolites can be found at a higher concentration in the sprouts compared to other stages of plant growth. In addition, environmental stresses such as salt stress may be resulting in the increase or decrease of specific secondary metabolites in sprouts and plants. Objective: Evaluation the changes of trigonelline, nicotinic acid, and proline cont...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Metastasis to the regional cervical lymph nodes may be associated with alterations in water diffusivity and microcirculation of the node. We tested whether diffusion-weighted MR imaging could discriminate metastatic nodes. METHODS Diffusion-weighted echo-planar and T1- and T2-weighted MR imaging sequences were performed on histologically proved metastatic cervical lymph...

INTRODUCTION The hardness of denture base materials may undergo changes due to continued polymerization reaction and water uptake. However, the extent to which these processes affect the hardness of materials is still unclear. OBJECTIVE In this study, the degree of conversion of two hard chair-side reline resins (Duraliner II-D and Kooliner-K) and one heat-cured acrylic resin (Lucitone 550-L)...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To evaluate the prevalence and natural history of sleepiness following traumatic brain injury. METHODS This prospective cohort study used the Sickness Impact Profile to evaluate sleepiness in 514 consecutive subjects with traumatic brain injury (TBI), 132 non-cranial trauma controls, and 102 trauma-free controls 1 month and 1 year after injury. RESULTS Fifty-five percent of...

A proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) promotes survival and drug resistance in multiple myeloma (MM) cell lines. We studied the effect of APRIL on cell-cycle behavior in primary MM cells and correlated our findings with D-type cyclin expression by immunohistochemistry and/or Western blotting. In MM cases, expressing cyclin D2 APRIL significantly increased the percentage of CD138(+) cells in S...

BACKGROUND Sublingual nitrates are much more effective in relieving angina pectoris in patients with coronary artery disease than in patients with syndrome X, but it is not known whether their effect on exercise tolerance is also different in these two groups of patients. METHODS AND RESULTS Treadmill exercise testing was performed before and after administration of sublingual isosorbide dini...

Day-of-the-week persistence and seasonality of electricity prices in Spain, spanning 01/01/2006 to 04/11/2021, are investigated by employing updated fractional frameworks non-linear settings. The results show marginal higher during the working days (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) compared weekend days. In all cases, mean-reverting with long-range dependence properties. Results also that ...

You have accessJournal of UrologyBladder Cancer: Invasive V (PD59)1 Sep 2021PD59-01 NARCOTIC AVOIDANCE AFTER ROBOTIC RADICAL CYSTECTOMY ALLOWS ROUTINE OF ONLY TWO-DAY HOSPITAL STAY Ronney Abaza, Paul Kogan, and Oscar Martinez AbazaRonney Abaza More articles by this author , KoganPaul Kogan MartinezOscar View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000002096.01AboutPDF ToolsAdd t...

The aim of this study was to quantify and compare greenhouse gas (GHG) (i.e. carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O) methane (CH4)) emissions from two full-scale winery wastewater sludge treatment systems constructed wetlands (CWs) activated system) located in Galicia (Spain). GHG fluxes were measured using the static chamber method combination with an on-site Fourier transform infrared spect...