Medical and Biomedical Researches

Examining Self-Control as a Multidimensional Predictor of Crime and Drug Use in Adolescents with Cri

June 27th, 2008
Examining Self-Control as a Multidimensional Predictor of Crime and Drug Use in Adolescents with Criminal Histories. The general theory of crime posits that variability in propensities to engage in crime and deviance is partly a function of individual differences in low self-control (LSC). LSC is hypothesized ...

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The Public Hospital in American Medical Education.

June 27th, 2008
The Public Hospital in American Medical Education. The importance of the public hospital system to medical education is often absent from the debate about its value. Best known as a core provider of services to the underserved, the safety net hospital system also plays a critical ...

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A micro-tactile sensor for in situ tissue characterization in minimally invasive surgery.

June 27th, 2008
A micro-tactile sensor for in situ tissue characterization in minimally invasive surgery. This study presents and characterizes a micro-tactile sensor that can be integrated within MIS graspers. The sensor is capable of measuring contact forces and characterizing softness. The grasping forces are distributed normally, though in ...

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Analysis of quality-of-life adjusted failure time data in the presence of competing, possibly inform

June 27th, 2008
Analysis of quality-of-life adjusted failure time data in the presence of competing, possibly informative, censoring mechanisms. We derive estimators of the mean of a function of a quality-of-life adjusted failure time, in the presence of competing right censoring mechanisms. Our approach allows for the possibility that ...

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Study of issues in the development of surface EMG controlled human hand.

June 27th, 2008
Study of issues in the development of surface EMG controlled human hand. In the process of improvement of prosthetic devices, there have been efforts to develop satisfactorily working artificial hands but still lots of work is to be done to meet the accuracy and requirements of ...

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Do camels (Camelus dromedarius) play an epidemiological role in the spread of Shiga Toxin producing

June 27th, 2008
Do camels (Camelus dromedarius) play an epidemiological role in the spread of Shiga Toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection? In the present work, faecal and serum samples from 400 camels were investigated for the presence of Shiga Toxin producing E.coli (STEC) and Anti-Shiga Toxin (Anti-Stx) antibodies, ...

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Comparative efficacy of diminazene diaceturate and diminazene aceturate for the treatment of babesio

June 27th, 2008
Comparative efficacy of diminazene diaceturate and diminazene aceturate for the treatment of babesiosis in horses. The present work was conducted to study the comparative efficacy of two anti-protozoan (babesicidal) drugs on the recovery and health of horses. A total of 80 horses, showing typical clinical symptoms ...

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The effect feeding forage legumes as nitrogen supplement on growth performance of sheep.

June 27th, 2008
The effect feeding forage legumes as nitrogen supplement on growth performance of sheep. The effect of feeding forage legumes, Cowpea, Silverleaf desmodium and Oxley fine stem stylo, as protein supplements to natural pasture (veld) hay on intake, growth rate and nitrogen metabolism in growing lambs was ...

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Determination of adenosine deaminase activity in cattle naturally infected with Theileria annulata.

June 27th, 2008
Determination of adenosine deaminase activity in cattle naturally infected with Theileria annulata. The purpose of this study was to determine serum ADA activity in cattle naturally infected with Theileria annulata. In this study, a total of 37 cross-bred cattle which 27 of it showing clinical signs ...

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Identification of ticks and detection of blood protozoa in friesian cattle by polmerase chain reacto

June 27th, 2008
Identification of ticks and detection of blood protozoa in friesian cattle by polmerase chain reacton test and estimation of blood parameters in district Kasur, Pakistan. The study was carried out to detect Theileria annulata, the causative agent of theileriosis, and Babesia bovis, the causative agent for ...

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Body measurements of west African dwarf sheep as parameters for estimation of live weight.

June 27th, 2008
Body measurements of west African dwarf sheep as parameters for estimation of live weight. The relationships between live weight and eight body measurements of West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep were studied using 210 animals under on farm condition. Data obtained on height at withers (HW), heart ...

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Bovine mastitis and its association with selected risk factors in smallholder dairy farms in and aro

June 27th, 2008
Bovine mastitis and its association with selected risk factors in smallholder dairy farms in and around Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Three hundred fifty one (195 local zebu and 156 Holstein x local zebu crosses) lactating cows of smallholder farms in Bahir Dar \'milk shed\' were examined from ...

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Cryptosporidiosis in buffalo calves (Bubalus bubalis): Prevalence and potential risk factors.

June 27th, 2008
Cryptosporidiosis in buffalo calves (Bubalus bubalis): Prevalence and potential risk factors. The objective of the present study was to describe the prevalence and risk factors associated with cryptosporidiosis in buffalo calves in Middle Egypt. During one year, 458 fecal samples were collected from buffalo calves less ...

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Effects of non-feed removal molting methods on egg quality traits in commercial brown egg laying hen

June 27th, 2008
Effects of non-feed removal molting methods on egg quality traits in commercial brown egg laying hens in Turkey. Non-feed removal molting programme in commercial brown laying hens and its influence on pre-molting, post-molting and end of cycle egg quality traits were investigated. Overall 54 birds were ...

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Equine histoplasmosis: Treatment trial in cart horses in Central Ethiopia.

June 27th, 2008
Equine histoplasmosis: Treatment trial in cart horses in Central Ethiopia. Therapeutic effects of Sodium Iodide (NaI), Potassium Iodide (KI), ground berries of \"Endod\" (Phytolacca dodecandra) and Penstrip were evaluated on 70 cases of equine hitoplasmosis (EH). Response to each treatment was assessed using clinical examination of ...

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Relationship between peripheral plasma inhibin and FSH concentrations in Sahiwal cows (Bos indicus)

June 27th, 2008
Relationship between peripheral plasma inhibin and FSH concentrations in Sahiwal cows (Bos indicus) and Murrah buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) during estrous cycle. The present investigation was undertaken to study the relationship between circulating inhibin and FSH concentrations during the estrous cycle in buffaloes and Sahiwal cattle. The ...

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Analysis of a village chicken production system and performance of improved dual purpose chickens un

June 27th, 2008
Analysis of a village chicken production system and performance of improved dual purpose chickens under a subtropical hill agro-ecosystem in India. This study was designed to analyze the low input backyard poultry production system practiced by the tribal farmers, and evaluate the performance of an improved ...

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Prevalence and seasonal incidence of larval and adult cestode infections of sheep and goats in easte

June 27th, 2008
Prevalence and seasonal incidence of larval and adult cestode infections of sheep and goats in eastern Ethiopia. Sissay, M.M., Uggla, A. and Waller, P.J., XXXX. Prevalence and seasonal incidence of larval and adult cestode infections of sheep and goats in eastern Ethiopia Tropical Animal Health and ...

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Hypodermosis in cattle slaughtered in Nigde province, Turkey(*).

June 27th, 2008
Hypodermosis in cattle slaughtered in Nigde province, Turkey(*). This study was carried out to investigate the prevalence of hypodermosis in cattle between January and June 2005 in Nigde province, which is located in the middle of Turkey. A total of 1336 cattle, which were slaughtered in ...

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The evolution and impact of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) program on radiation and t

June 27th, 2008
The evolution and impact of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) program on radiation and tissue banking in the Latin American region. Since 1993, the IAEA supported the establishment or the consolidation of seven tissue banks in the region. As a direct or indirect consequence of ...

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The evolution and impact of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) program on radiation and t

June 27th, 2008
The evolution and impact of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) program on radiation and tissue banking in Asia and the Pacific region. The Asia and the Pacific region was within the IAEA program on radiation and tissue banking, the most active region. Most of the ...

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A future vision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) program on radiation and tissue ban

June 27th, 2008
A future vision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) program on radiation and tissue banking for Asia and the Pacific and Latin American regions. In order to solve some of the problems that are affecting tissue banking activities in the world, a new program/project proposal ...

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The impact of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) program on radiation and tissue banking

June 27th, 2008
The impact of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) program on radiation and tissue banking in Cuba. The first multi-tissue bank was founded at Havana in 1958. At that time, freeze-drying was used at the bank as a method of preserving, as well as Cobalt 60 ...

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Towards a hermeneutic of technomedical objects.

June 27th, 2008
Towards a hermeneutic of technomedical objects. In this article I consider some central aspects of the naturalist philosophy of science and science and technology studies in dealing with the contested status of technoscience in medicine. Focusing on the concepts of realism and representation, I argue that ...

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Effects of remifentanyl and fentanyl on LPS-induced cytokine release in human whole blood in vitro.

June 27th, 2008
Effects of remifentanyl and fentanyl on LPS-induced cytokine release in human whole blood in vitro. Aim The present study sought insight into the effects of remifentanyl and fentanyl on LPS-induced release of interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and IL-10 in human whole blood. Methods Whole ...

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