The fatty acid-conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) enhances glucose tolerance and insulin action on skeletal muscle glucose transport in rodent models of insulin resistance. However, no study has directly compared the metabolic effects of the two primary CLA isomers, cis-9,trans-11-CLA (c9,t11-CLA) and trans-10,cis-12-CLA (t10,c12-CLA). Therefore, we assessed the effects of a 50:50 mixture of these ...

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Object-based storage is the natural evolution of the block storage interface, aimed at efficiently and effectively meeting the performance, reliability, security, and service requirements demanded by current and future applications. The object-based storage interface provides an organizational container, called an object, into which higher-level software (e.g., file systems, databases, and user...

Lactobacillus rhamnosus PL60 was tested for whether it can produce c9,t11- and t10,c12-conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs) in human. After consumption of L. rhamnosus PL60, L. rhamnosus was detected in feces 1 week after the start of intake. Analysis by gas chromatography showed that concentrations of c9,t11- and t10,c12-CLAs in serum had increased and concentrations of serum leptin had significan...

Gout is a common metabolic disease but spinal gout is rare. We report a case of gouty arthritis affecting the thoracic spine in a 76-year-old male patient with a long history of tophaceous gout who presented with bilateral lower limb weakness. Magnetic resonance imaging of his thoracic spine revealed erosions in the left pedicles of T8 and T10. The initial imaging diagnosis was metastatic disea...

History and Physical Findings The dog had acute pain in the hind quarters and a mild lameness in the right hind leg for 48 h. When examined, there was loss of conscious proprioception, paralysis, and hyperreflexia of both hind legs, with loss of superficial and retention of deep pain. The panniculus reflex was absent at approximately the tenth thoracic vertebra (T10). There was some ataxia pres...

We present an unusual case of a 59 years old patient with prostate cancer, who was referred to our hospital with pleurodenia, low back and other sites of bone ostalgia, for bone scintiscan. The patient underwent a whole body bone scanning after the intravenous administration of 740MBq (99m)Tc-methylene diphosphonate (MDP). The main findings of the study were: increased radiotracer uptake at the...

BACKGROUND Chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) can lead to an insidious decline in motor and sensory function in individuals even years after the initial injury and is accompanied by a slow and progressive cytoarchitectural destruction. At present, no pathological mechanisms satisfactorily explain the ongoing degeneration. METHODS Adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were anesthetized laminectomized...