A reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (RT-PCR/RFLP) technique was used for the identification and characterization of Pakistani field isolates of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV). A total of 8 bursa samples were collected from two outbreaks during September and October 2003 from Tehsil Sumandri, Dist. Faisalabad with 40-50% mortality in...

El objetivo de esta investigación fue evaluar el efecto del empleo nuez pecana, fibra trigo y carne bovina obtenida toretes engordados bajo un sistema silvopastoril intensivo (SSPi), sobre las propiedades fisicoquímicas, microbiológicas sensoriales hamburguesas. Mediante diseño mezclas se obtuvo la mejor formulación hamburguesa empleando como variables independientes los porcentajes tradicional...

Individuals share experiences and build relationships through the medium of narrative. Lifelong personal narratives play a key role in developing social identity. Individuals with little or no functional speech due to severe speech and physical impairments (SSPI) find it difficult to share personal narrative as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems do not support interactive ...

The effects of dietary supplementation of selenium (Se), iodine (I), and a combination of both on the blood haematology, serum free thyroxine (FT4) and free triiodothyronine (FT3) hormones and glutathione peroxidase enzyme (GSH-Px) activity were examined on twenty four (7 to 8 months old, 22±1.17 kg live weight) Kacang crossbred male goats. Animals were randomly assigned to four dietary treatme...

The ability to communicate with others is of paramount importance for mental well-being. In this paper, we describe an interaction system to reduce communication barriers for people with severe speech and physical impairments (SSPI) such as cerebral palsy. The system consists of two main components: (i) the head-mounted human-computer interaction (HCI) part consisting of smart glasses with gaze...

The present study investigates the effectiveness of a computerbased intervention to support adults with severe speech and physical impairments (SSPI) in developing their phonological awareness, an essential contributory factor to literacy acquisition. Three participants with SSPI undertook seven intervention sessions during which they were asked to play a training game on an iPad. The game was ...

BACKGROUND All previous studies that investigated the association between abdominal fat distribution and insulin resistance evaluated subcutaneous and visceral fat area and/or volume, but these values were not related to the body type of each subject. In the present study we have examined the association between abdominal fat distribution and peripheral (muscle)/hepatic sensitivity to insulin u...

Skeletal muscle sensitivity and responsiveness to insulin and their relationship to overall glucose disposal and insulin binding were determined in 89 premenopausal women of varying body fat topography (waist/hips girth ratio [WHR] 0.64-1.02) and obesity level (percentage of ideal body weight 92-230). As a marker of insulin action, the percentage of total glycogen synthase present in the I form...