Published studies have shown that workers in animal slaughterhouses are at a higher risk of lung cancers as compared to the general population. No specific causal agents have been identified, and exposures to several chemicals have been examined and found to be unrelated. Evidence suggests a biological aetiology as the risk is highest for workers who are exposed to live animals or to biological...

background: childhood masturbation (cm) is considered a variant of normal sexual behavior; however, it is commonly misdiagnosed as epilepsy and movement disorders. as the first study from iran, we analyzed a large population of infants and children with cm in a case-control study and evaluated the value of mucus in urine analysis as an alternative diagnostic tool for cm. methods: a total of 623...

About 10 years ago, King, Longenecker, and their associates made the interesting observation that the urine of rats subsisting on a milk diet which was supplemented with a non-saponifiable fraction from oat oil, grass leaf oil, or alfalfa leaf oil (2) or with certain terpenes (3) or hypnotics, particularly chloretone (4), contained considerable quantities of a reducing substance. This reducing ...

Nutrient cycling via livestock excreta is an important grassland ecosystem service. This study was conducted in 2016 and 2017 determined nutrient excretion from cattle grazing three systems: (a) N-fertilized bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flüggé) overseeded with rye (Secale cereale L.) oat (Avena sativa during winter (Grass+N), (b) unfertilized rye–oat–clover (Trifolium sp.) mixture (Grass+clover...

Amendment of soil with organic urban and animal wastes can keep arable fertile without the need for synthetic fertilizers. However, pollutants present in these types waste might be carried into unintended consequences environment. We studied an experimental agricultural plot, which had been amended either inorganic fertilizers, human urine, manure, or wastewater treatment sludge at very high ra...

The introduction of ecological sanitation (ECOSAN) toilets in villages near Bangalore hascreated opportunities for safer sanitation and recycling of human excreta, as fertilizers, in ruraland peri-urban areas. Field experiments were conducted at the University farm on French beansand Maize as the test crops in succession for 2 consecutive years in the same field. Differenttreatment combinations...

The effects of feeding a dry-rolled corn– based diet (DRCB) or a combination of a high-moisture corn–based diet (HMCB) with dry-rolled corn (DRC; 2:1 ratio of high-moisture corn [HMC] and DRC) with 25 and 45% wet distillers’ grains with solubles (WDGS) on energy metabolism and nutrient and mineral balance were evaluated in 8 finishing steers using a replicated Latin square design. The model inc...