This study was conducted to investigate the effect of duck skin on cooking loss, emulsion stability, pH, color, protein solubility, texture profile analysis (TPA), apparent viscosity, and sensory characteristics of press type duck ham with different ratio of duck breast meat and duck skin. Five duck ham formulations were produced with the following compositions: T1 (duck breast 70% + duck skin ...

Soil fertility is one of the most promising factors that directly impact sustainable crop production. Therefore, a pot experiment was conducted in net house on capsicum (Capsicum annuum L.) agricultural soil to study effects vermicompost (VC) and inorganic fertilizers (NPK) growth, yield nutrient content plants. The growth parameters nutritional values were observed during under eleven treatmen...

OBJECTIVE To study the differences in the cleavage time between chromosomally normal and abnormal embryos and to elaborate an algorithm to increase the probability of noninvasively selecting chromosomally normal embryos. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING University-affiliated infertility center. PATIENT(S) Preimplantation genetic screening patients (n = 125; n = 77 with ET), incl...

We evaluated the effect of acupuncture on NSAID resistant dysmenorrhea related pain [measured according to Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)] in 15 consecutive patients. Pain was measured at baseline (T1), mid treatment (T2), end of treatment (T3) and 3 (T4) and 6 months (T5) after the end of treatment. Substantial reduction of pain and NSAID assumption was observed in 13 of 15 patients (87%). Pain i...

To investigate the cerebral protection effect of dexmedetomidine (DEX) in severe craniocerebral injury rat model. A total of 120 male SD rats were equally randomly divided into DEX group, sham group, and control. Rat acute severe craniocerebral injury model was established using hydraulic blow method. The rats received sedative treatment at 2 h after injury. Rat behavior changes before and afte...

//Suppose that the following functions have been defined that make (or cancel) the appropriate // reservations. The last two functions respectively compensate for the first two functions. if (wait(self())) abort(t);g int X_conference() f tid t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6; Airline* air; t1 = initiate(flight_reservation, "Delta", "6/11/1994", "6/14/94"); begin (t1); if (!commit(t1)) f t2 = initiate(flig...

A total of two hundred and seventy day-old Arbor Acre strain of broiler chicks were used for this research. Five treatment: T1 positive control (10 birds/m), T2 negative control, T3, T4 and T5 had 20 birds/m. T1 and T2 had no supplementation with vitamin E (d1-α-tocopheryl acetate). T3, T4 and T5 had 50mg/kg, 100mg/kg and 150 mg/kg vitamin E supplementations respectively. Feed intake, feed conv...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Robotic cystectomy is rapidly becoming a part of the standard surgical repertoire for the treatment of prostate cancer. Our aim was to describe respiratory and hemodynamic challenges and the complications observed in robotic cystectomy patients. PATIENTS Sixteen patients who underwent robotic surgery between December 2009 and January 2011 were prospectively enrolled....

OBJECTIVE To explore the long-term outcomes of CONECSI (COping with NEuropathiC Spinal cord Injury pain), a multidisciplinary cognitive behavioural treatment programme in persons with spinal cord injury. DESIGN Long-term follow-up pre-post-intervention design. SUBJECTS A total of 29 subjects with a spinal cord injury and chronic neuropathic pain from 4 Dutch rehabilitation centres. METHOD...