BACKGROUND The transforaminal (TF) epidural steroid injection (ESI) is suggested as more effective than the interlaminar (IL) route due to higher delivery of medication at the anterior epidural space. However, serious complications such as spinal cord injury and permanent neural injury have been reported. The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare the clinical effectiveness, technical...

INTRODUCTION The Emergency Severity Index (ESI) is an initial measure of patient assessment in the emergency department (ED). It rates patients based on acuity and predicted resource intensity from Level 1 (most ill) to Level 5 (least resource intensive). Already implemented and evaluated in several US hospitals, ESI has yet to be evaluated in a Canadian setting or compared with the five-level ...

cAMP is a universal second messenger. Its signalling is mediated by protein kinase A, Epac and certain types of ion channels in mammalians. cAMP signalling is involved in many physiological processes ranging from vision to the control of insulin secretion, pacemaker activity and gene transcription and therefore selective pharmacological interference is of medical interest. Whereas selective inh...

External egg traits like length, breadth, shape index, volume and surface area play important roles for hatching, embryo growth, chick survival. 313 fertilized eggs were collected from three genetic lines of Japanese quail named (white, brown, gray) in four ages (57, 64, 71, 78) days. After collecting the measured by using electronic balance (0.001gm.) sensitivity, caliper vernier (0.01 mm.). T...

The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic and phenotypic correlations of egg quality traits in Khazak chicken. Albumen height (AH), albumen weight (AW), eggshell color (ESC), yolk color (YC), eggshell index, long length of egg (ELL), short length of egg (ESL), eggshell weight (ESW), egg weight (EW), Haugh units, and yolk weight (YW) were measured in 201 eggs collected 6 d sequentiall...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect rearing systems and genotypes on production performance egg quality. Isa Brown New Hampshire were used in study. These two housed floor organic systems. During experimental period, which lasted one year (52 weeks), following parameters recorded: production, daily mass, feed consumption, conversion efficiency, mortality. Fifteen eggs per group col...

The present experiment was planned to ascertain the effect of dietary incorporation chili (Capsicum annuum) leaf powder on production performance and egg quality parameters Rhode Island Red laying hens 28 weeks age for a period 12 weeks. Hens were individually weighed then randomly assigned into four treatment groups with three replicates 6 birds each viz., T1: (control, containing basal diet);...