BACKGROUND Thiopental and propofol have been widely used for general anesthesia induction, but their impacts on cardiac function have not been well described. A recent study speculated that anesthesia induction using propofol 2 mg/kg transiently reduced left ventricular (LV) contraction by analyzing tissue Doppler-derived imaging (TDI) during induction phase. The purpose of this study was to an...

The study was undertaken to investigate the effects of concentrate supplementation with different protein levels on intake, digestibility and growth performance of Red Chittagong (RC) heifers fed urea molasses straw (UMS) based diet. Twelve RC heifers having average live weight of 124.83±43.15 kg and aged between 8 to 14 months were selected for 90 days feeding trial. Animals were divided into ...

Objective: The present study was designed to highlight the toxic impact of tramadol on both biochemical and histopathological aspects in rats' liver, kidney and thyroid gland. Methods: The study was performed on fifty healthy adult male albino rats divided into five groups with ten rats each. (Four experimental and control groups). Five rats (negative control) were kept in a quite non stressful...

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of groundnut haulm and maize bran mixture supplementations on feed intake, digestibility, body weight gain carcass characteristics local sheep fed hay basal diet at Salga farm in Assosa district, Western Ethiopia. laid out a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with four treatments consisting six blocks animals per based their initial 20.12...

BACKGROUND Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experience higher rates of heart disease and type 2 diabetes than non-Indigenous Australian women. Increasing physical activity, improving diets and losing weight have been shown to reduce cardio metabolic risk. The primary aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of a 12-week structured exercise and nutrition program in a cohort of urban Indi...

Excess aluminum (Al) in soils due to acid rain leaching is toxic to water resources and harmful to soil organisms and plants. This study investigated adverse impacts of Al levels upon earthworms (Eisenia fetida) from the latosol (acidic red soil). Laboratory experiments were performed to examine the survival and avoidance of earthworms from high Al concentrations and investigate the response of...

A 28-day repeated dose toxicity test and reproduction/developmental toxicity test for N,N'-diphenyl-p-phenylenediamine (DPPD) were conducted in [Crl:CD(SD)] SPF rats. Male and female rats were dosed with DPPD by gavage for 28 days at 0, 100, 300, or 1000 mg/kg bw/day or for a total of 42-46 days at 0, 8, 50, or 300 mg/kg bw/day. No significant adverse effects were observed in the repeated dose ...

Three different HPLC detection systems were compared for the determination of tocopherols and tocotrienols in olive oil: fluorescence and diode array connected in series, ultraviolet, and evaporative light scattering. The best results were obtained with the fluorescence detector, which was successfully applied in the quantification of tocopherols and tocotrienols in 18 samples of Portuguese oli...

This work evaluated the impact of PEF on structure, properties, and functionality wheat cassava starches focusing 3D printing application. Aqueous starch suspensions were PEF-treated using three different combinations field strength total specific energy input (T1:15 kV/cm;25 kJ/kg; T2:25 T3:25 kV/cm;50 kJ/kg). The conditions had same effect (no damage granules surface, reduction peak apparent ...