The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of exposure to cell phone electromagnetic radiation on the frequency of micronuclei, broken eggs cells, binucleated cells, and karyorrhexis in epithelial cells of the oral mucosa. The sample was composed of 60 cell phone users, who were non-smokers and non-drinkers, and had no clinically visible oral lesions. Cells were obtained from anatomical ...

Reported herein are the results of a structured literature review that was undertaken to (a) determine if human buccal (mouth) cell changes are associated with smoking and smokeless ("chewing") tobacco, (b) tabulate different buccal cell alterations that have been reported, (c) delineate buccal cell assays that have been used successfully, (d) determine whether buccal cell changes correlate wit...

The fact that foot and mouth disease is highly contagious, easily spread and of major commercial importance makes it a redoubtable challenge for animal health in South American countries and the world over. A number of factors impact directly on the effectiveness of national programmes to eradicate foot and mouth disease. Therefore, in order to meet the challenges posed by today's globalised wo...

The prevalence of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Asia has been reviewed and the need for a coordinated control program at the regional and sub-regional is evident. The feasibility and willingness of governments and agencies provided financial support for the control program as well as the livestock producers cooperating with the program are essential in ensuring a successful FMD control progra...

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is the major disease barrier to international trade in animals and animal products. Countries free of the disease take severe measures to exclude the virus, to avoid the potentially devastating consequences of an outbreak, particularly for the animal export trade. Consequently, FMD-free countries either refuse to trade with sporadically or endemically infected count...

As Swine veterinarians and members of the agricultural sector we all have a vital stake in the future of animal health especially in the production animal segment. Underlying this philosophy is need for “better solutions” to some of the problems affecting livestock generally and swine industry specifically. In this context, foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been an enduring disease control prior...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to describe a new data visualisation system by plotting the human face to observe the comprehensive effects of multivariate data. METHODS The Graphics Device Interface (GDI+) in the Visual Studio.NET development platform was used to write a program that enables facial image parameters to be recorded, such as cropping and rotation, and can generate a new...