A study was designed to determine the safety of a drinking water additive that reduces plaque and calculus in dogs, and contains xylitol as an active ingredient. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was performed in 15 crossbred dogs that were randomly divided into three groups and had their drinking water treated for 14 days with either: i) a commercial health care product (B...

commercial banks and financial institutions are recognizing that they can no longer look at a customer from a specific product but must encompass the entire customer relationship to fully understand a client‘s profitability. from a strategic standpoint, customer relationship management (crm) mobilizes resources around customer relationships rather than product groups and fosters activities that...

The growing use of commercial products in large systems makes evaluation and selection of appropriate products an increasingly essential activity. However, many organizations struggle in their attempts to select an appropriate product for use in systems. As part of a cooperative effort, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and the National Research Council Canada (NRC) have defined a tailor...

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In this study, pyrolysis of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and LDPE with aluminum (C/LDPE) wastes was carried out different heating rates (5, 10, 20 °C/min) at temperatures (400, 600, 800 °C). Product yields C/LDPE were compared, optimum liquid products analyzed to utilize as commercial waxes for future use. The properties pyrolyzed investigated proximate, elemental analysis, TGA. as-produced ...

the aims of this study were to compare the promoter sequence of the mannose-binding lectin (cmbl) gene in iranian native and commercial chicken strains; as well as to compare the cmbl gene expression in crossbred and inbred chickens. in total 79 native (western azerbaijan native fowls, wanf) and 49 commercial (arian commercial strain, acs) birds were reared as parents under same management prac...