BACKGROUND/AIMS To prevent hypocalcemia after parathyroidectomy (PTX), parenteral calcium is required in addition to oral calcitriol and calcium. After switching to oral calcium, patients can be discharged from the hospital. The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics and outcomes of PTX performed at a single Korean center and to investigate the associated laboratory facto...

Semen samples were collected from eight males of Goldfish (Carassius auratus gibelio) and cryopreserved using four extenders (Goldfish sperm extenders; GFSE 1– GFSE 4) supplemented with Methanol (MeOH) at concentration of 5%, 10% and 20%. Semen was diluted with ratio of 1:1 with extenders and frozen in liquid nitrogen vapor. Frozen sperms after 2 and 5 days were excluded from freezing. Experime...

After the Bali bombing on 12 October 2002, injured Australians were evacuated to Darwin. The first patients arrived at the Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) 26 hours after the blasts. RDH assessed and resuscitated 61 patients (including 20 intensive care patients, with 15 requiring ventilation, 19 surgery and more than 20 escharotomies). RDH evacuated 48 patients to burns centres around Australia wit...

OBJECTIVES To compare the effects of vibration therapy and massage in prevention of DOMS. METHODS Pre-test and Post-test Control-Group Design was used, 45 healthy female non athletic Subjects were recruited and randomly distributed to the three groups (15 subject in each group). After the subject's initial status was measured experimental groups received vibration therapy (50 Hz vibration for...

Timed artificial insemination (TAI) is a very important tool for reproductive programs in small ruminants, providing synchronized inseminations and more efficient use of superior males. The objectives this study were to investigate the viability different breeding protocols under sub-optimal conditions out season, compare outcome TAI sheep with two semen extenders. Ewes (n=575) subjected estrou...

After intravenous injection in mice, rabbit immune complexes, solubilized in antigen excess and containing fluorescent antigens (BSA* or OA*) or fluorescent antibody, or both, were promptly localized in reticuloendothelial cells, and polymorphonuclear leukocytes, of the sinusoids of liver and the red pulp of spleen; in glomeruli and elsewhere in kidney; in capillary endothelium of heart and lun...

Sperm cryopreservation is a great challenge, since many sperm are irreversibly damaged or present altered functionality after the whole process. Although components of extenders for sperm cryopreservation are quite similar between species, sperm from each of the species present peculiarities that force researchers to optimize the extenders and protocols for each particular species. In this revi...