the polymorphism in exon three of fabp4 gene and its association with growth traits of 45 sistani (n=30) and dashtiari (n=15) cattle were investigated. dna extraction from the whole blood was performed and its quality was determined by electrophoresis of one percent agarose gel. animal genotypes were determined based on polymerase chain reaction (pcr) products and their band size electrophorese...

Coronavirus disease (COVID19) has adversely affected the delivery of various health services. Little is known about impact COVID19 on pharmacy services across United Kingdom (UK). We surveyed community pharmacists UK to understand their protective practices, professional and general well-being, during pandemic. Community were invited participate in a cross-sectional survey via nationwide weekly...

The aim of the study was to describe impact severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic on people who inject drugs (PWID) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This is a cross-sectional Unlinked Anonymous Monitoring (UAM) Survey PWID. People had ever injected psychoactive were recruited UAM by specialist drug/alcohol services From June 2020, addition providing dried ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of postmortem cultures in perinatal autopsies; in particular, those cases where there is gross or histologic evidence of chorioamnionitis. Lung, liver, blood, and placental cultures were obtained from 159 neonatal autopsies with histologic evidence of chorioamnionitis at Magee-Women's Hospital between January 1980 and July 1985. The criter...

Arachidonic acid (AA) produces characteristic hemodynamic changes in the canine circulation. These responses are blocked by prostaglandin (PG) synthetase inhibitors, indicating that AA and its nonprostanoic metabolites are not vasoactive. The hemodynamic effects of the cyclic endoperoxides, thromboxanes, and PGD2, PG2, and PGF2a differ from those produced by AA. PGI2, a newly identified product...

Following a national mumps outbreak that began in November 2004 and continued into 2005, the number of mumps notifications in Ireland waned in the latter half of 2006 and during 2007 (Figure 1). However, mumps notifications have started to increase again in 2008 (Figure 1). The number of mumps notifications annually between 1988 and 2008 and the number of confirmed mumps notifications by year f...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate trends in mortality among adults with myeloid leukemia in the Vale do Paraíba, State of São Paulo. METHODS Data from the Brazilian National Health Service database DATASUS provided the number of deaths caused by myeloid leukemia and the number of inhabitants per year in the Regional Health Division XVII from 1994 to 2011. Registries were categorized according to gender i...

Background: Although the use of clinical reasoning has been evaluated for several neurological presentations, this approach not yet investigated dogs with vestibular syndrome. Methods: Two hundred and thirty-nine presenting syndrome were included in retrospective study. Univariate analysis variables (clinical history, signalment, presentation examination findings) was performed. Variables p < 0...