The periodic trimming of the long hairs growing at the distal end of the tail -switch trimming- is humane alternative of tail docking. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of switch trimming on somatic cell count (SCC), California mastitis test (CMT) and udder cleanliness of lactating cows in a free-stall dairy farm. In the present study, 219 healthy, pregnant Holstein cows ...

BACKGROUND Our previous study has suggested an oncogenic role of eIF-5A2 in ovarian tumorigenesis. Abnormalities of eIF-5A2 and its clinical/prognostic significance, however, in urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UC) are unclear. METHODS In this study, the methods of reverse transcription-PCR, immunohistochemistry, and fluorescence in situ hybridization were used to examine mRNA/protein exp...

Abstract Peat is known as problematic ground with low bearing capacity and extensively high compressibility. Bio-cementation or commonly microbial-induced calcite precipitation (MICP) has been recently introduced a improvement alternative for peat under waterlogged condition. Using isolated bacteria strains P19 P21 from tropical peat, it found that unconfined compression strength (UCS) increase...

The ability to associate labels to colors is very natural for human beings. Though, this apparently simple task hides very complex and still unsolved problems, spreading over many different disciplines ranging from neurophysiology to psychology and imaging. In this paper, we propose a discrete model for computational color categorization and naming. Starting from the 424 color specimens of the ...

In this study, unconfined compression tests have been conducted to investigate the impacts of copper slag on mechanical characteristics for stabilized cement and un-stabilized soil. Dozens of specimens were prepared at four percentages of cement (i.e. 0%, 2%, 4% and 6%) and five percentages of copper slag (i.e. 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%) by weight of dry soil. The samples compacted into a cylind...

We report a case of port-site metastasis after laparoscopic surgery for early stage uterine carcinosarcoma (UCS) and review the related literature. A 53-year-old woman with suspected uterine malignance underwent a total laparoscopic hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, infra-colic omentectomy, and pelvic lymphadenectomy resulting pathologically in a stage IA UCS. Twelve months lat...

An investigation of the color metrics and the complexity of the CIEDE2000 formula shows that CIELAB space is inadequate to represent small-medium color differences. The OSA-UCS (Uniform Color Space) Committee has shown that no space with uniform scale for large color differences exists. Therefore the practical way for color-difference specification is a color-difference formula in a nonuniform ...

A randomized clinical trial evaluated the efficacy of multisystemic therapy (MST) versus usual community services (UCS) for 48 juvenile sexual offenders at high risk of committing additional serious crimes. Results from multiagent assessment batteries conducted before and after treatment showed that MST was more effective than UCS in improving key family, peer, and academic correlates of juveni...

To effectively utilize the solid waste-soda residue (SR) and fly ash (FA), a mixture of 70% SR, 20% FA, 10% clay was formed to produce soda soil (SRS). By adding cement and/or lime, four different SRS proportions were prepared. The compaction properties, mechanical dry–wet stability. Furthermore, mechanisms explored, improvement effect efficiency lime on performance analyzed. results show that ...

OBJECTIVE Uterine carcinosarcoma (UCS) shared the same staging system with endometrial carcinoma in the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2009. The aim of the present study was to compare the clinicopathological and prognostic characteristics between UCS and grade 3 endometrioid endometrial carcinoma (G3EC). METHODS A retrospective analysis of 60 UCS and 115 G3EC patients ...