BACKGROUND Both glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) and tri-iodothyronine (T3) may improve cardiovascular performance after coronary artery surgery (CABG) but their effects have not been directly compared and the effects of combined treatment are unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS In 2 consecutive randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trials, in patients undergoing first time isolated on-pump CABG...

Minerals and vitamins play an important role in animal nutrition with beneficial effects on animal reproductive performance. To investigate this issue, 44 Ghezel ewes weighing 55±  2 kg (Mean±SD) and 2-3 years old were randomly divided into groups (n=11), to investigate the effect of the selenium and vitamin E supplementation on blood hormones and metabolites and possible reproductive performan...

The objectives of this observational study were to document ovarian and endocrine responses associated with the treatment of cystic ovarian follicles (COFs) in dairy cows, using gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) and prostaglandin F2 (PGF) with or without exogenous progesterone. A secondary objective was to determine pregnancy establishment following synchronization of ovulation and timed i...

PURPOSE This study investigated gender differences in the relationship between long working hours and metabolic syndrome. METHODS Data based on the Sixth National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2014) pertaining to a total of 1,145 paid workers were analyzed. Working hours were divided into three groups (40-51 hours/week, 52-59 hours/week, ≥ 60 hours/week). The relationship between w...

abstract: an investigation was under taken to evaluate the out of season reproduction performance of ewe. a flock consisting 119 ewes was synchronized via implementation cidr over a period of 12 days, following by injection of pmsg (400 iu). the ewes inseminated and divided to three experimental groups. group1: injection of gnrh (5ml) at day 12 post insemination, group 2: received cidr for 5 to...

The present study was undertaken to examine the efficacy of a treatment regime using a controlled internal drug release (CIDR) device in conjunction with injections of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) and prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) on conception rate of repeat-breeding Iraqi buffaloes. Data were collected from 100 buffaloeswith repeat breeding in Ninevehprovince housed at six private dairy ...

Abstract To determine effects of presynchronization and delayed fixed-time artificial insemination (TAI) on pregnancy rates (PR/AI) with sexed semen, 1,844 beef heifers were enrolled in a completely randomized design at 12 locations. Within location, randomly assigned to one five treatments: 1 2), administered prostaglandin F2α (PGF) day -7, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) CIDR insert 0, ...

INTRODUCTION In many countries, a reassessment of after-hours primary care has become necessary. In particular, centralised general practitioner deputizing services (GPDS) have emerged. In this study, consumers' preferences for after-hours medical care were obtained and the use of the new GPDS was predicted. METHOD On the basis of the Theory of Reasoned Action, a survey was developed that was...