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Combined effects of chitosan and microencapsulated CG1.0007 probiotic supplementation on performance and diarrhea incidences in enterotoxigenic K88 challenged piglets.

The aim of this study was to investigate the combined effects of chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) and a microencapsulated CG1.0007 probiotic (PRO) on growth performance and diarrhea incidences in enterotoxigenic (ETEC) K88 challenged piglets in a 14-d study. Thirty piglets, 7.19 ± 0.52 kg initial BW weaned at 21 ± 1 d, were allotted to 5 treatment groups ( 6) consisting of a corn-soybean meal diet...

Predicting posttraumatic stress disorder following a natural disaster.

Earthquakes are a common and deadly natural disaster, with roughly one-quarter of survivors subsequently developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Despite progress identifying risk factors, limited research has examined how to combine variables into an optimized post-earthquake PTSD prediction tool that could be used to triage survivors to mental health services. The current study developed...

Comparison of hydrocortisone and prednisone in the glucocorticoid replacement therapy post-adrenalectomy of Cushing's Syndrome.

Cushing's syndrome requires glucocorticoid replacement following adrenalectomy. Based on a simplified glucocorticoid therapy scheme and the peri-opera...

Discriminatively Trained Latent Ordinal Model for Video Classification.

We address the problem of video classification for facial analysis and human action recognition. We propose a novel weakly supervised learning method ...

Pathophysiology of clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia.

A disease can be defined as an abnormal anatomy (pathology) and/or function (physiology) that may cause harm to the body. In clinical benign prostatic...

A Strategy for Sperm Cryopreservation of Atlantic Salmon, , for Remote Commercial-scale High-throughput Processing.

Sperm cryopreservation is an essential tool for long-term storage of genetic resources for aquaculture fishes. The goal of this study was to develop a...

The hospital of tomorrow in 10 points.

Technology has advanced rapidly in recent years and is continuing to do so, with associated changes in multiple areas, including hospital structure an...

Portable and Reconfigurable Wrist Robot Improves Hand Function for Post-Stroke Subjects.

Rehabilitation robots have become increasingly popular for stroke rehabilitation. However, the high cost of robots hampers their implementation on a l...

Utilization of machine learning for prediction of post-traumatic stress: a re-examination of cortisol in the prediction and pathways to non-remitting PTSD.

To date, studies of biological risk factors have revealed inconsistent relationships with subsequent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The incons...

Asymptomatic Epstein-Barr Virus Shedding in the Urine of Kidney Transplant Recipients: Case Reports and Review of the Literature.

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with a wide range of malignancies and complications like post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD). T...

Moderate rest intervals are superior to short intervals for improving PAI-1 following exhaustive exercise in recreational weightlifters.

This study investigated the influence of short and moderate recovery intervals on lipid profiles and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) followi...

Genome-Wide Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Regulation of Innate Immune and Defense Responses of Bovine Mammary Gland to .

() is problematic for lactating mammals and public health. Understanding of mechanisms by which the hosts respond to severe invasion of remains elus...

An inactivated influenza D virus vaccine partially protects cattle from respiratory disease caused by homologous challenge.

Originally isolated from swine, the proposed influenza D virus has since been shown to be common in cattle. Inoculation of IDV to naïve calves resulte...

Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation of young post-pubertal dairy bulls alters the fatty acid composition of seminal plasma and spermatozoa but has no effect on semen volume or sperm quality.

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of dietary supplementation with rumen protected n-6 or n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on the ...

The impact of post-stroke complications on in-hospital mortality depends on stroke severity.

INTRODUCTION: Controversies remain on whether post-stroke complications represent an independent predictor of poor outcome or just a reflection of str...

Progesterone supplementation in the early luteal phase after artificial insemination improves conception rates in high-producing dairy cows.

This study examines the possible effects on the reproductive performance of high-producing dairy cows of progesterone (P4) given in the early luteal p...

A LASSO Method to Identify Protein Signature Predicting Post-transplant Renal Graft Survival.

Identifying novel biomarkers to predict renal graft survival is important in post-transplant clinical practice. Serum creatinine, currently the most p...

Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Co-Cr Dental Alloys Fabricated by Three CAD/CAM-Based Processing Techniques.

The microstructures and mechanical properties of cobalt-chromium (Co-Cr) alloys produced by three CAD/CAM-based processing techniques were investigate...

A single robotic session that guides or increases movement error in survivors post-chronic stroke: which intervention is best to boost the learning of a timing task?

PURPOSE: Timing deficits can have a negative impact on the lives of survivors post-chronic stroke. Studies evaluating ways to improve timing post stro...

Using machine learning methods for predicting inhospital mortality in patients undergoing open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm.

An abdominal aortic aneurysm is an abnormal dilatation of the aortic vessel at abdominal level. This disease presents high rate of mortality and compl...