Cesar Alberto Meza-Herrera, Luis Carlos Hernández-Valenzuela, Antonio González-Bulnes, Manuel Tena-Sempere, Jose AbadZavaleta, Homero Salinas-Gonzalez, Miguel Mellado, Francisco Veliz-Deras Chapingo Autonomous University, Universitary Regional Unit on Arid Lands, Mexico; Department of Animal Reproduction, INIA, Madrid, Spain; University of Cordoba, & CIBER Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutriti...

Oluyemi Akinloye, Fayeofori M. Abbiyesuku, Oluwafemi O. Oguntibeju, Ayodele O. Arowojolu, Ernie J. Truter Oxidative Stress Research Centre, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Bellville, South Africa; Department of Chemical Pathology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Ibad...

In A Theory of Justice, John Rawls l defends two principles of justice by means of an appeal to a hypothetical "original position." However, these principles are strictly principles of justice by and for human beings, or at least by and for persons. Several philosophers have recently argued that tllis argument is flawed-is "speciesist"-in tllat there is no adequate justification for excluding a...

Aim: The main objective of the study was to compare the intensity of pain in children with severe multiple disabilities assessed with three specific scales. Design: A cross-sectional study using the quantitative research methods was conducted. Methods: The study comprised 43 children with severe multiple diseases experiencing pain. The data were collected between March 2013 and November 2013 in...

Background: Pakistani population is at higher risk of developing hypertensive complications at a younger age, resulting from undiagnosed and untreated hypertension (HTN). High cost of medical care is a barrier to early detection and assessment of end organ damage as well as physicians are disinclined to adopt more aggressive therapeutic management to improve blood pressure control. A cross sect...

This is a cross-sectional study on school bullying involving 410 standard six students from seven national primary schools in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. Information on bullying, victimization and bully-victim were gathered using a Malaysian selfrating bullying questionnaire. Socio demographic characteristics of the respondents were also obtained. 41.2% of these children reported hav...

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Obtaining samples that represent original fluid of reservoirs optimizes reservoirs management. The optimized management increases recovery. Also, selecting and performing proper Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) or Enhance Oil Recovery (EOR) programs depend on collecting representative samples. Achieving accurate compositions of original in-situ fluid prevents overdesigning surface facilities. Re...

ashworth and modified ashworth scales are the most widely used tests to assess the severity of muscle spasticity. these clinical scales offer qualitative and subjective information and consequently there are issues concerning reliability when two or more clinicians are involved in assessment of spasticity. this article presents the result of a study assessing inter-rater reliability of the orig...