The physiological relevance of oestradiol (E2) on post-orchiectomy (OX) food intake control was evaluated in six adult, male, domestic, short-hair cats. Jugular venous plasma E2 and oestrone (E1) concentrations were determined weekly before OX and immediately after OX in a cross-over trial of two 3-week periods in which E2 (0.5 μg) or vehicle (0.1 ml/kg) was subcutaneously injected daily and bl...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have suggested that use of aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may be associated with reduced risk of lung cancer, but the data are inconsistent and are limited particularly with respect to the effects of aspirin, separate from other NSAIDs. METHODS The Iowa Women's Health Study is a prospective cohort of 41,836 Iowa women ages 55 to 69 y...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of a back school program in pain, functional status, quality of life, and in anxiety and depression in patients with non-specific low back pain. METHODS Sixty patients with low back pain were randomized to an intervention and control group. The intervention group underwent a five-weekly back school program. The control group was seen in weekly medical ...

This study was conducted to determine the optimum test duration and the effect of missing data on accuracy of measuring feed efficiency and its 4 related traits ADG, DMI, feed conversion ratio, and residual feed intake in beef cattle using data from 456 steers with 5,397 weekly averaged feed intakes and BW repeated measurements taken over 91 d. Data were collected using the GrowSafe System at t...

OBJECTIVE To test the effectiveness of behavioral economics strategies for increasing vegetable intake, variety, and liking among children residing in homes receiving food assistance. DESIGN A randomized controlled trial with data collected at baseline, once weekly for 6 weeks, and at study conclusion. SETTING Family homes. PARTICIPANTS Families with a child (9-12 years) will be recruited...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of urban and rural households toward principles of nutrition in Iran. METHODS The study population was Iranian households who live in rural and urban areas in all provinces of the country. The sampling method at households' level in each province was single stage cluster sampling with equal size clusters. The incu...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect supplementation an enzymatic complex in integral diets for guinea pigs growing phase on productive performance. In total, 54 male (Synthetic line P 0.625) were used and submitted a diet free enzyme (T1), two experimental ones, one with 0.1% (T2) other 0.2% (T3) evaluated between weeks age (weaning) after rearing (nine old). It statically there fo...

Two studies were conducted to assess the effect of protein source and microencapsulated sodium butyrate (MSB) inclusion in pelleted starter mixtures on growth performance, gain feed (G:F) ratio, nutrient digestibility, selected blood metabolites calves. In study 1, 28 Holstein bull calves (8.7 ± 0.8 d age 43.0 4.4 kg; mean SD) allocated 1 4 treatments a 2 × factorial arrangement fed mixture con...

Objective: The measures put in place to contain the coronavirus epidemic France have led fears of a massive increase consumption alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Method: Taking advantage an ongoing weekly Internet survey monitoring living conditions French population during containment, we introduced questions on alcohol tobacco use 1 month after start first containment. Analyses were conduct...

OBJECTIVE To estimate mercury intake due to fish consumption among the individuals from Gipuzkoa participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC), and to validate the estimation of mercury exposure through diet, by measuring blood mercury level. DESIGN AND SETTING The population for the EPIC Gipuzkoa cohort was recruited from 1992 to 1995. Each individual's diet was ...