(1)Department of Microbiology, University School of Veterinary, Montevideo, Uruguay. (2)Department of Bovine and Swine, University School of Veterinary, Montevideo, Uruguay. (3) Department of Pathology, University School of Veterinary, Montevideo, Uruguay. (4) Department of Histology, University School of Veterinary, Montevideo, Uruguay. (5) Pathologist, Italian Hospital of Montevideo, Uruguay....

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) was developed to promote human social and emotional functioning as a day-care program for psychiatric patients. In this study, we determined which animals 481 schizophrenic patients liked and what they thought about AAT, using an original questionnaire. It was found that more than 80% of the present patients liked animals and that they thought contact with animals ...

Springer ISBN-10: 3642092063 ISBN-13: 978-3642092060 Paperback 481 pages 2010 Many advances have been made recently in metaheuristic methods, from theory to applications. The community of researchers claiming the relevance of their work to the field of metaheuristics is growing faster and faster, despite the fact that the term itself has not been precisely defined. Numerous books have been publ...

J. V. REMSEN, JR., ERIN E. SCHIRTZINGER, ANNA FERRARONI, LUÍS FÁBIO SILVEIRA & TIMOTHY F. WRIGHT Museum of Natural Science & Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA Seção de Aves, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, A...

A new polyether antibiotic, lonomycin, was isolated from the culture of Streptomyces ribosidifcus strain TM-481. The antibiotic obtained as a sodium salt is a colorless prism having a molecular formula of C44H75O14Na(M.W. 850), m.p. 188 approximately 189 degrees C, and has no absorption maxima in the ultraviolet region. The infrared and NMR spectra of the antibiotic suggest the presence of a ca...

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