background: in order to study the biology of mylabris impressa stillata , which little is known about, a laboratory colony was established. methods: in this descriptive study, the laboratory colony was collected from toyserkan county in hamedan province, iran. to feed the larval instars, a parallel colony of the grasshopper, schistocerca gregaria was set-up. meloid females lived for several mon...

Increased metabolic activity in muscle secondary to excessive muscle activity during the uptake phase and shortly before FDG injection is a known phenomenon. We present FDG PET/CT findings in a young male, known case of carcinoma maxilla His scan showed diffuse increased metabolic activity in multiple skeletal muscle groups. There was history of unaccustomed, strenuous sports activity of skiing...

PURPOSE The study aimed to assess the pharmacokinetic behavior of satraplatin under fasted and fed conditions, and its safety and preliminary antitumor activity in adults with advanced solid tumors. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Satraplatin was administered orally at 80 mg/m(2) once daily with prophylactic antiemetics for 5 consecutive days every 5 weeks. Patients were randomized to receive day 1 and d...

objective(s): this study evaluated the effect of swimming exercise during spontaneous methamphetamine (meth) withdrawal on the anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) and voluntary meth consumption in meth-dependent rats.  materials and methods: male wistar rats were repeatedly administered with bi-daily doses of meth (2 mg/kg, subcutaneous) over a period of 14 days. exercised ...

OBJECTIVE We examined the effects of various exercise intensities on recovery from middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in rats. METHODS First, we administered a 120-minute left MCAO to male Sprague-Dawley rats and randomly assigned them to one of four groups: no exercise (Group 1), mild exercise (Group 2), moderate exercise (Group 3), and severe exercise (Group 4). Then, we trained the ra...

This policy brief presents information about the walking habits of California adults based on data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2003). We examine the prevalence of regular walking and no walking by socio-demographic and neighborhood characteristics. Regular walking is defined as walking on at least five separate occasions for a combined total of at least 150 minutes in...

2. Course format and dates The course is given in five days over a week period, intensive format, followed by a further three weeks follow up sessions of five hours per week to be organized by using videoconference tools, such as Skype or others. The student assessment is organized into two tests: 1) solutions of assigned drill problems; 2) three hours examination. During the intensive five-day...

2. Course format and dates The course is given in five days over a week period, intensive format, followed by a further three weeks follow up sessions of five hours per week to be organized by using videoconference tools, such as Skype or others. The student assessment is organized into two tests: 1) solutions of assigned drill problems; 2) three hours examination. During the intensive five-day...