BACKGROUND Rabies is the most severe and neglected public health problem in India. Management of animal bite with post exposure prophylaxis is the only existent strategy to prevent rabies related deaths. Cost-effective and sustainable programme for provision of post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is needed in India. METHODS In this study, we have documented the experience of implementation of int...

Abstract The emergence of the COVID‐19 pandemic has overburdened many health‐care systems in world, particularly Nigeria and other African countries with fragile public health system. Since pandemic, been struggling to restore impact on its system as country keeps recording a growing number cases deaths. Vaccination most efficient strategy towards curbing like where preventive measures were poo...

Three experiments compared heifer development systems. In Exp. 1, 299 heifers (253 ± 2 kg) from 3 yr were used to compare dry lot (DL) to grazing corn residue (CR) post weaning. Heifers in the DL consumed a common diet after weaning for 187 d until breeding. The CR heifers grazed for 145 d with a supplement (0.45 kg/d; 28% CP) and were then fed in the DL until breeding. In Exp. 2, 270 heifers (...

Using a detailed model of massive close binary evolution and accounting properly for the effects of asymmetric supernova explosions (SN) where we use recent observations of pulsar runaway velocities, we determine the theoretically expected number of post-SN O-type stars with and without a compact companion (CC), the number of O-type runaways, the number of WR+CC systems and the formation rate o...

INTRODUCTION In the UK, primary varicella is usually a mild infection in children, but can cause serious illness in susceptible pregnant women and adults. The UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is considering an adolescent varicella vaccination programme. Cost-effectiveness depends upon identifying susceptibles and minimising vaccine wastage, and chickenpox history is one method...

Through an in vivo and in vitro analysis of the absorption kinetics of S-2-(3-aminopropylamino)ethylphosphorothioic acid (WR-2721) in the normal tissues and solid tumors of mice, rats, and rabbits, it has been demonstrated that normal tissues actively concentrate WR-2721 against a concentration gradient, whereas solid tumors passively absorb it, or, if active concentration of WR-2721 is present...

UNLABELLED Many studies have shown that a one-time 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) scintigraphic study during a stable period is useful for determining the prognosis of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). However, the findings from this imaging modality are well known to be improved by medical treatment for heart failure. Accordingly, this study was performed to determine whethe...

We have characterized Unstable factor for orange1 (Ufo1), a dominant, allele-specific modifier of expression of the maize pericarp color1 (p1) gene. The p1 gene encodes an Myb-homologous transcriptional activator of genes required for biosynthesis of red phlobaphene pigments. The P1-wr allele specifies colorless kernel pericarp and red cobs, whereas Ufo1 modifies P1-wr expression to confer pigm...

PURPOSE To assess the validity of Boston Marathon qualifying (BMQ) standards for men and women. METHODS Percent differences between BMQ and current world records (WR) by sex and age group were computed. WR was chosen as the criterion comparison because it is not confounded by intensity, body composition, lifestyle, or environmental factors. A consistent difference across age groups would indi...

New models of rotating and non-rotating stars are computed for initial masses between 25 and 120 M⊙ and for metallicities Z = 0.004, 0.008, 0.020 and 0.040 with the aim of reexamining the wind contribution of Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars to the 19 F enrichment of the interstellar medium. Models with an initial rotation velocity υi = 300 km s −1 are found to globally eject less 19 F than the non-rotati...