Two experiments were conducted to determine whether prostaglandin F2~ (PGF2a) administered to does immediately before natural or artificial insemination would increase the retention of sperm in the reproductive tract. The PGF2~ was injected intramuscularly at 200 /~g/kg of body weight. In the first experiment, 16 estrous does, eight injected intramuscularly with PG2a, were mated naturally and n...

The methanolic root extract of tissue cultured Pluchea indica (L.) Less. was tested for its antibacterial potentiality against 102 different strains of bacteria belonging to both Gram positive and Gram negative groups. The bacteria could be arranged according to their decreasing order of sensitivity as follows: Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio cholerae, Bacillus spp. Vibrio parahaemolyticus, shige...

The optimum daily dose of thyroxine was calculated for 13 children aged 3-16 years with primary hypothyroidism by titrating their doses at monthly intervals. The condition of the thyroid was assessed by sensitive assay of thyroid stimulating hormone concentrations, as well as measurement of total and free thyroid hormone concentrations and systolic time interval ratios. Serum thyroid stimulatin...

BackgroundThis study aimed to determine the factors related reintervention, especially for pulmonary stenosis (PS), in patients with Taussig-Bing anomaly (TBA) after arterial switch operation.MethodsThis retrospective included 34 TBA who underwent operation between 1993 and 2018. Preoperative anatomic physiologic differences long-term outcomes were determined using a case-matched control transp...

This study examined the relationship between birth weight and growth performance when suckling piglets were reared in litters standardized by birth weight. Forty-four gilts (Landrace × Large White) due to farrow during the same week were selected. Piglets born to those gilts were individually weighed at birth and cross-fostered to obtain litters with 11 piglets and standardized birth weight (CV...

CONTEXT Low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness are associated with high risk of mortality, and improvements in fitness are associated with reduced mortality risk. However, a poor understanding of the physical activity-fitness dose response relation remains. OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of 50%, 100%, and 150% of the NIH Consensus Development Panel recommended physical activity dose on fitn...

M e t h o d s Design: Randomized controlled trial. Allocation: Concealed.* Blinding: Unblinded.* Follow-up period: 90 days. Setting: Intensive care units (ICUs) in Geneva, Switzerland. Patients: 206 patients (mean age 63 y, 61% men) with acute renal failure (urine output < 200 mL/12 h despite treatment or blood urea nitrogen > 30 mmol/L with urine output < 1500 mL/12 h). Exclusion criteria were...