Background and Purpose: The emergency severity index (ESI) triage system has been recommended by the Ministry of Health to classify patients at emergency departments. This study aimed to assess the validity of ESI system (version 4) in the emergency department of a teaching hospital. Outcome measures were hospitalization, emergency department (ED) length of stay, resource consumption, in-hospit...

Objective: The effect of electrode size, shape, and placement during electrical stimulation of the biceps, quadriceps, and tibialis anterior muscles were studied to assess what current is required during current-controlled electrical stimulation (ESI) to reach a set muscle force, as well as to evaluate patient comfort. Methods: The electrodes used were round, square, and square with a serrated ...

In this study, the effects of boric acid and humate supplementation into hen diets on egg production and quality parameters and blood cholesterol levels were examined. For this aim, totally 160, 40 weeks of age, Hyline-White 98 layers were randomly divided into control and 3 treatment groups each containing 40 birds and 10 replicates (each with 4 birds). There was no boric acid or humate supple...

Fish protein hydrolysates were prepared from Cuttlefish (Sepia pharaonis) muscle using alcalase and protamex methods. By conducting the Cuttlefish protein hydrolysate using alcalase (CPHA), it showed higher degrees of hydrolysis, proximate composition, yield, emulsifying activity index (EAI), emulsion stability index (ESI), foaming activity index (FAI), solubility, water holding capacity (WHC) ...

Poultry production at all scales of operation is wholly dependent on the supply of day-old chicks. Fertility and hatchability are two major parameters that highly influence the supply of day-old chicks. Fertility refers to the percentage of incubated eggs that are fertile while hatchability is the percentage of fertile eggs that hatch. It is therefore important to understand the factors that in...

This study was aimed to determine effects of the addition dry spinach leaves laying hen diets on performance, egg quality and yolk colour. A total 40 Lohman white hens, 38 weeks old, were allocated 4 treatment groups, with 10 replicates in individual cages. The groups as follows: 1) Negative control group (NC, there is no colorant), 2) Positive (PC, commercial colorant) basal diet), 3) 1% groun...