Abstract Background Neuroimmune responses terminate MCMV acute infection, however, a subset of neurons still harbor latent viral genomes. Factors regulating reactivation remain to be elucidated. Methods Using RNAscope, IE1 nucleic acid was detected within brains at D5 and D30 p.i. real-time RT-PCR, we assessed expression IE1, E1, gB transcripts. multi-color flow cytometry, depletion bT RMfollow...

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the chemical and fermentative characteristics of by-product-mixed silages consisting wheat straw (WS), grape pomace (GP), olive mill wastewater (OMWW) cheese whey (CW) at 7, 30 90 days. The silage formulations based on a ratio 60% solids (WS + GP) 40% liquids (CW OMWW), with addition water (W) where necessary achieve liquids. In experiment 1, effect...

INTRODUCTION: Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is an important cause of neonatal brain injury, which may result in cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, visual field deficits, and epilepsy. It has been known that white matter (WM) is more sensitive to hypoxic-ischemic (HI) injury than gray matter (GM). One possible reason is that there is a lack of collateral circulation in WM, ...

Background: Purpose of the study is to evaluate field-in-field (FIF) and sliding-window intensity modulated radiation therapy (SW-IMRT) treatment plans in terms of homogeneity index (HI), conformity index (CI) and normal tissue doses for organs at risk (OAR) in patients with endometrial carcinoma along with deriving a new expression for CI. Materials and Methods: Four different FIF plans with d...

ObjectiveDuplex-guided angioplasty (DA) for hemodialysis vascular accesses remains questionnable regarding its feasability and safety. Minor complications (requiring no more treatment than nominal therapy) might be overreported. Our hypothesis is that this procedure has significant differences between observed rates the recommended threshold of main outcomes defined by standards arteriovenous f...

Abstract INTRODUCTION In patients treated with radiation (RT), doses to hippocampus influence neurocognitive outcomes. However, the role of hippocampal subvolumes in memory functioning has not been reported, which prompted current study. METHODS Adults ( > 18 years) pituitary tumors fractionated RT (45 Gy/ 25 fractions/ 5 weeks) were accrued prospective Hippocampus was delineated on T1-w...

Abstract To test the hypothesis that poor maternal nutrition during gestation would alter offspring muscle shear force and adipogenesis, fibrogenesis, myogenesis mRNA expression, Dorset ewes (n=46) pregnant with twins were fed 100%, 60% or 140% of NRC requirements from d30±0.02 until parturition. Male CON (n=12), OVER (n=13), RES (n=21) euthanized at d284±1.82 longissimus (LM) was harvested for...

Abstract The objective was to evaluate the effect of different forage allowance in mid late gestation on performance cow/calf pair. experiment started at final 151 days (D-151) until weaning (D205). Nellore cows pregnant with male calves [n = 56; 444±42 kg body weight (BW)] were blocked by initial BW and randomly assigned receive allowances (FA): (1) Low (LFA; 2.81 kgDM)/kgBW; (2) High (HFA; 7....

PURPOSE To evaluate dosimetric variations of planning target volume (PTV) on critical organs such as rectal wall, bladder and femoral head, when the patient size changes due to weight loss in prostate volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). METHODS Three patients with small (32.0 cm3 ), medium (48.4 cm3 ) and large (86.5 cm3 ) prostate, selected from a group of 30 were planned for prostate V...

Spray atomization is a common process found in different industries, where sprays under high injection pressure are widely recorded in the literature. Nonetheless, research on spray breakup mechanism under low pressure in pharmaceutical industry is still relatively rare. Numerical model in the Lagrangian approach was modified for simulating the spray formation from a nasal spray device in the c...