OBJECTIVES The effects of hypnosis on physiological (gastrointestinal) functions are incompletely understood, and it is unknown whether they are hypnosis-specific and gut-specific, or simply unspecific effects of relaxation. DESIGN Sixty-two healthy female volunteers were randomly assigned to either a single session of hypnotic suggestion of ingesting an appetizing meal and an unappetizing me...

AIM To assess the effect of mustard cake (Brassica juncea L.) levels in concentrate mixtures and in composite feed mixtures (CFMs) on in-vitro fermentation characteristics and methane production. MATERIALS AND METHODS Five concentrate mixtures were prepared with containing 30% oil cake, where linseed cake was replaced by mustard cake at the rate of 0%, 7.5%, 15.0%, 22.5%, and 30% in concentra...

LinuxNOW, a peer-to-peer metacomputer that simplifies the task of executing distributed computations on commodity hardware running the Linux Operating System, is presented. The metacomputer operates by creating a peer-topeer network in which overloaded nodes attempt to offload work to their peers in order to progress the computation as rapidly as possible. The topology employed obviates the nee...

Renal size and volume decrease with age, accompanied by intrarenal vascular changes. The number of glomeruli decreases and the mass of the juxtamedullary nephrons falls. The result is a decrease in the filtration area of the glomerular basement membrane and decreased permeability. The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is reduced with aging. The GFR is approximated by the endogenous creatinine cl...

A database system supporting a real-time application, which can be calledà real-time database system (RTDBS)', has to provide real-time information to the executing transactions. Each RTDB transaction is associated with a timing constraint, usually in the form of a deadline. EEcient resource scheduling algorithms and concurrency control protocols are required to schedule the transactions so as ...

metals used in everyday life are produced from ores occurring in the earth’s crust. geological processes are known to concentrate minerals to form ores of economic value. mineral processing engineers concentrate these ores by mechanical and physico-chemical methods while the extractive metallurgist extracts the metals by chemical means.

BACKGROUND Low plasma fibrinogen concentration is a predictor of poor outcome in major trauma patients. The role of fibrinogen concentrate for rapidly increasing fibrinogen plasma levels in severe trauma is not well defined. METHODS In this retrospective study we included severe trauma patients treated with fibrinogen concentrate alone (FC group), fibrinogen concentrate with prothrombin compl...

Herbicides containing paraquat may contribute to the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease. Paraquat induces reactive oxygen species-mediated apoptosis in neurons, which is a primary mechanism behind its toxicity. We sought to test the effectiveness of a commercially available polyphenol-rich Aronia melanocarpa (aronia berry) concentrate in the amelioration of ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency ultrafiltration process (UF) in cleansing treatment tilapia surimi washing water and recovery components. After producing surimi, generated operations subjected UF a 30 kDa polyethersulfone membrane. Unfiltered waters permeate concentrate were analyzed for pH, total solids (TS) fixed (FS), proteins, lipids. chemical oxygen demand (COD) determ...