Sheep & Goat Research Journal, Volume 27, 2012, Special Research Symposium Sym 1 During the ASI Annual Convention in Scottsdale, Ariz., January 26, 2012, a research symposium Utilization of Genomic Information for the Sheep Industry was co-sponsored by the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) and the American Sheep and Goat Center (ASGC). The Symposium Program Planning Committee consisted ...

BACKGROUND Rice can be a major source of inorganic arsenic (Asi) for many sub-populations. Rice products are also used as ingredients in prepared foods, some of which may not be obviously rice based. Organic brown rice syrup (OBRS) is used as a sweetener in organic food products as an alternative to high-fructose corn syrup. We hypothesized that OBRS introduces As into these products. OBJECTI...

We reported previously that freshly fractured silica (FFSi) induces activator protein-1 (AP-1) activation through extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases (ERKs) and p38 kinase pathways. In the present study, the biologic activities of FFSi and aged silica (ASi) were compared by measuring their effects on the AP-1 activation and phosphorylation of ERKs and p38 kinase. The roles of reactiv...

BACKGROUND There is high variability in end-of-life (EOL) treatments. Some of this could be due to differences in physician treatment recommendations, their knowledge/attitude regarding palliative care, and their perceived roles in treating patients with advanced serious illness (ASI). Thus, the objective of this paper was to identify potential variation in physician recommendations, their know...

In healthy subjects, changes in arm swing symmetry while walking are observed when a cognitive dual task is added, with a tendency toward left-dominant arm swing as cognitive load increases. We applied a modified Stroop word/color naming paradigm to investigate this effect in spinal cord injured (SCI) patients. Six patients with cervical SCI (cSCI), 6 with thoracic injuries (tSCI; all 12 patien...

On the day of Saraswati Puja I write this message to all esteemed members. The goddess of learning and knowledge is kind enough to bless us. The ASI celebrated well attended North Zonal CME at AIIMS between 23–25th January. The I.J.S. has already made quality inroads into scientifi c publication under the ever-active leadership of Dr. S. K. Shukla, the editor and his editorial board team. Our p...

It is with great pleasure that I greet you at the start of the New Year. I wish you and your families’ health, happiness and prosperity for 2010. The Association of Surgeons of India has always believed in serving the society that we live in. A few years from now, I expect the Association to be much bigger than it is now. More importantly, I hope that it comes to be regarded as being trend-sett...

BACKGROUND Atherosclerosis is regarded as a combination of two major separate diseases: atherosis and sclerosis. Sclerotic component depends on deterioration of elastic properties of the aortic wall and is called aortic stiffness. The most valuable, non-invasive method of aortic stiffness assessment is echocardiography, which allows to calculate the aortic stiffness index (ASI). ASI is an indep...