Four soybean meal-based diets containing increasing levels of an enzyme complex (E50, E100, E150 and E200 at 50, 100, 150 and 200 g ton-1, respectively) and one soybean meal-based diet without the enzyme complex (E0) were fed in triplicate to M. liza juveniles in a semi-static flow system with 20 fish per tank for 75 days. There were no differences between the treatments for animal performance ...

Prognostic and predictive markers utilized in invasive breast carcinoma are limited and include ER, PR, Ki67, and ERBB2 (HER2). In the case of HER2, over-expression or amplification serves as eligibility for anti-HER2 based therapy, including trastuzumab (Herceptin®, Genentech). While clinical trials have shown trastuzumab improves overall survival and time to progression, an individual's respo...

We present a Markovian model of a single rm engaging in a periodic review inventory policy to procure goods from two alternate suppliers. Each supplier quotes a state-dependent minimum order quantity, maximum order quantity, and unit price. The purchasing rm faces state-dependent unit inventory holding costs, as well as backorder/penalty costs if they are unable to immediately satisfy their cus...

The addition of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes (EFEs) and length storage can affect the quality maize silage. Therefore, objective this study was to evaluate fermentative profile nutritive value silage treated with different doses EFEs ensiled for 30, 60, or 90 days. designed as completely randomized in a split-plot arrangement treatments, where four were assigned main plot three lengths sub-plot...

I magine a fl edgling biology instructor at a university in the developing world. Heading into her fi rst semester of teaching, she is armed with nothing but her college degree, some old notebooks, and—if she is lucky—a late-edition textbook. Forging a curriculum that is both current and engaging for her students could be a daunting challenge. But what if that same young instructor was given fr...

Two experiments evaluated the effects of delayed, long-lasting implant strategies for finishing heifers fed constant or varying days on feed. In Exp. 1, (n = 500; initial BW 280 ± 21 kg) were allotted randomly to 1 5 treatments, including no (CON), Revalor-XH d (XH), Revalor-200 (E200), Revalor-XR (XR), 70 (D200). All implants contained 200 mg trenbolone acetate and 20 estradiol. 2, 720 (initia...

The origin of the large electrostrain in BiFeO3-BaTiO3 (BF-BT) ceramics is controversial and has been attributed to either a field-induced transition long-range ferroelectric (FE) state or multi-symmetry, polar nanoregions within pseudocubic matrix whose vectors approximately align with direction applied field. (1-x)BiFeO3-xSrTiO3 (BF-xST) solid solution structurally microstructurally similar B...

The aim of this in vitro study was to test the effect of microinjection (Mi) of foreign gene into the rabbit egg pronucleus and epidermal growth factor (EGF) addition on the blastocyst rate, the cell number and the diameter of embryos, and to determine possible relationships between embryo cell number and embryo diameter. Blastocyst rate was significantly decreased in geneMi (G-Mi/E0) group (63...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a chromatin-binding protein located in the cell nucleus. Following injury, immunocompetent cells secrete HMGB1 to the extracellular milieu under the stimulation of proinflammatory cytokines. Extracellular HMGB1 acts a danger signal that instigates the innate immunity and tissue repair. We previously reported HMGB1 in the vocal fold extr...

background: finding protective agents with fewer adverse effects against toxin-induced liver injuries, as a key detoxifier and excreter organ, have always been a concern for researchers. carbon tetra-chloride (ccl4)-induced liver damage has been introduced as an experimental model of liver damage. this study aimed to investigate the protective effect of ethanolic extract of zizyphus vulgaris (z...