because of a paucity of information on the effect of satureja khuzistanica in male chickens, this study was undertaken to determine the influence of dietary s. khuzistanica powder (skp) on seminal characteristics and testes thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (tbars) content in iranian native breeder rooster. thirty-six 40-week-old roosters were randomly allotted to 3 equal groups and recei...

Abstract Proton therapy treatment for lungs remains challenging as images enabling the detection of inter- and intra-fractional motion, which could be used proton dose adaptation, are not readily available. 4D computed tomography (4DCT) provides high image quality but is rarely available in-room, while in-room cone beam (4DCBCT) suffers from limitations stemming mostly scatter detection. This s...

To even the most casual observer, the elderly are a very heterogeneous population. Some individuals remain fit and active into their ninth or tenth decades, whilst others show evidence of infirmity during their early sixties in the absence of an acute physical illness. This dissociation of biological and chronological age represents a continuum bounded by, in the parlance of contemporary geront...

26. Urban Institute: Report of the comprehensive needs study. DHEW, 30. Granger CV, Greer DS: Functional status measurements and medi­ office of human development, Rehabilitation Services Administra­ cal rehabilitation outcomes. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 57: 103-109, tion: June 23, 1975 1976 27. Wenker T: Health supports: Research and Assessment Results, 31. Cantor M: Caring for the frail elderly: ...

PURPOSE To identify the vulnerabilities of elderly to disasters, and to develop strategies to address these vulnerabilities. METHODS A relevant literature search of journal articles, government training materials, news reports, and materials from senior organizations was conducted. RESULTS The vulnerability of the elderly to disasters is related to their impaired physical mobility, diminish...

The distribution of C(14) was studied in various parts of the rooster comb following treatment with testosterone. The value of gas-phase assay of C(14) in tissue has been demonstrated and the results compared with those of autoradiographic studies on the same tissue. The results of these experiments showed that androgen treatment significantly increases the rate of incorporation of C(14) in var...

of a widespread species than to be faced with the challenge of conserving every population because all are distinctive. Undoubtedly, some reptile species have already gone extinct before we even knew they existed. But a lot remain to be discovered: for example, a single square kilometre of Australian desert can contain 14 co-existing species of the lizard genus Ctenotus (many of them so similar...

There is concern about the adequacy of diagnosis-based risk adjusters for paying health plans that disproportionately enroll frail Medicare beneficiaries. The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) was used to examine the ability of two risk-adjustment models to predict Medicare costs for groups defined by institutional status and difficulty with activities of daily living (ADLs). Both mode...

Introduction: To implement an integrated health care system is not an easy task and to ensure its sustainability is yet more difficult. Aim: Discuss how a structurationist approach can shed light on the stakes of these processes and guide the managers of such endeavours. Theory and method: Structuration theory [1] has been used by numerous authors to cast new light on complex organizational phe...