We performed measurements of refraction (with retinoscopy), axial length (with ultrasound biometry) and ocular aberrations (with a custom-built Hartmann-Shack aberrometer) on seven awake White-Leghorn chicks occluded monolaterally with diffusers for two weeks. Treatment started on the first day after hatching (day 0) and measurements were conducted on several days between day 0 and 13. Non-occl...

High-renin hypertensive rats exhibit a general impairment of the baroreceptor reflexes. In the present study we compared the effect of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor captopril (10 mg/kg per day) with the effect of the selective angiotensin subtype 1 receptor blocker DuP 753 (10 mg/kg per day) on the baroreceptor reflex bradycardia (progressive doses of phenylephrine) and barorecept...

The rainfall in southwest Western Australia (SWWA) mostly falls in May to September, and predominantly in June, July and August (JJA). Records show that, prior to the 1960s, this area had the most reliable rainfall in the country, but in the late 1960s a decrease of approximately 20 per cent (from approximately 3.8 mm/day to 3 mm/day for JJA) occurred in the longterm mean (IOCI 2002), which per...

This study was conducted to determine the effect of foliar salicylic acid (SA) and citric acid (CA) applications on growth, biochemical characteristics and essential oil content of thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) grown under field conditions. Salicylic acid (0.5 and 1 mM) and citric acid (5 and 10 mM) were applied three times during the vegetation at 15 day intervals. Results revealed that foliar ap...

We have compared, in rabbits, two techniques of limb lengthening by distraction of the epiphyseal plate using a unilateral external fixation frame. In all cases, 14 mm of symmetrical lengthening without deviation was achieved. With rapid distraction at rates of 1 mm per day (distractional epiphyseolysis) separation of the epiphysis from the metaphysis occurred by day 7, and by day 70 almost com...

The natural history of electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy was assessed in relation to clinical features, treatment with propranolol and prognosis in 100 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who were followed 5--20 years (mean 8 years). Seventy-one patients received propranolol, 120--800 mg/day (mean 240 mg). At diagnosis, the voltage measurement from SV1 + RV5 was 37 +/- 20 ...