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It is unknown whether overlapping or sequential use of nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory (NSAIDs) results in an increased risk for gastrointestinal (GI) ulceration. The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the GI effects of various combinations of an injectable NSAID followed by an oral NSAID, a scenario often employed clinically for management of the pre‐ and post‐operative canine patient. Six healthy Walker hounds received four treatment regimens in a randomized, cross‐over design with a 2 week washout period between each treatment week: carprofen (4 mg kg–1, SQ) followed by placebo (PO, q24 × 4 days); placebo (SQ) followed by deracoxib (3–4 mg kg–1, PO, q24 × 4 days); carprofen (4 mg kg–1, SQ) followed by carprofen (4 mg kg–1, PO, q24 × 4 days); carprofen (4 mg kg–1, SQ) followed by deracoxib (3–4 mg kg–1, PO, q24 ×4 days). Weekly bloodwork (CBC, biochemistry panel, fecal evaluation, fecal occult blood) and daily clinical scoring (TPR, vomiting, diarrhea, appetite) were obtained. GI endoscopy was performed on days –2, 1, 2, 5, and 11 days post treatment of each treatment period and lesions scored using a previously reported 6‐point scale. Data was analyzed using a mixed anova for repeated measures. There were no significant differences in clinical or clinicopathologic data between groups. Within the carprofen‐carprofen and carprofen‐deracoxib groups, lesions worsened by Day 5 (1 day after last oral dose) for the fundic and antral regions (p < 0.05). Fundic, antral and lesser curvature lesions improved by Day 5 in the carprofen‐placebo group and lesser curvature lesions improved in the placebo‐deracoxib group (p < 0.05). No significant within‐group differences were noted for the esophagus, cardia or duodenum. The small number of dogs precludes general conclusions about the safety of sequential NSAID use, but these results suggest that a larger scale study is warranted. 相似文献
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LJ Lanzerotti K Rinnert G Dehmel FO Gliem EP Krider MA Uman J Bach 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1996,272(5263):858-860
During the Galileo probe's descent through Jupiter's atmosphere, under the ionosphere, the lightning and radio emission detector measured radio frequency signals at levels significantly above the probe's electromagnetic noise. The signal strengths at 3 and 15 kilohertz were relatively large at the beginning of the descent, decreased with depth to a pressure level of about 5 bars, and then increased slowly until the end of the mission. The 15-kilohertz signals show arrival direction anisotropies. Measurements of radio frequency wave forms show that the probe passed through an atmospheric region that did not support lightning within at least 100 kilometers and more likely a few thousand kilometers of the descent trajectory. The apparent opacity of the jovian atmosphere increases sharply at pressures greater than about 4 bars. 相似文献
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Carvalho RF Campos ML Pino LE Crestana SL Zsögön A Lima JE Benedito VA Peres LE 《Plant methods》2011,7(1):18-14
Background
The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plant is both an economically important food crop and an ideal dicot model to investigate various physiological phenomena not possible in Arabidopsis thaliana. Due to the great diversity of tomato cultivars used by the research community, it is often difficult to reliably compare phenotypes. The lack of tomato developmental mutants in a single genetic background prevents the stacking of mutations to facilitate analysis of double and multiple mutants, often required for elucidating developmental pathways.Results
We took advantage of the small size and rapid life cycle of the tomato cultivar Micro-Tom (MT) to create near-isogenic lines (NILs) by introgressing a suite of hormonal and photomorphogenetic mutations (altered sensitivity or endogenous levels of auxin, ethylene, abscisic acid, gibberellin, brassinosteroid, and light response) into this genetic background. To demonstrate the usefulness of this collection, we compared developmental traits between the produced NILs. All expected mutant phenotypes were expressed in the NILs. We also created NILs harboring the wild type alleles for dwarf, self-pruning and uniform fruit, which are mutations characteristic of MT. This amplified both the applications of the mutant collection presented here and of MT as a genetic model system.Conclusions
The community resource presented here is a useful toolkit for plant research, particularly for future studies in plant development, which will require the simultaneous observation of the effect of various hormones, signaling pathways and crosstalk. 相似文献4.
Regional Sediment Deficits in the Dutch Lowlands: Implications for Long-Term Land-Use Options (8 pp)
Michiel J. van der Meulen Ad J. F. van der Spek Ger de Lange Stephan H. L. L. Gruijters Serge F. van Gessel Buu-Long Nguyen Denise Maljers Jeroen Schokker Jan P. M. Mulder Rob A. A. van der Krogt 《Journal of Soils and Sediments》2007,7(1):9-16
Background, Aim and Scope
Coastal and river plains are the surfaces of depositional systems, to which sediment input is a parameter of key-importance.
Their habitation and economic development usually requires protection with dikes, quays, etc., which are effective in retaining
floods but have the side effect of retarding sedimentation in their hinterlands. The flood-protected Dutch lowlands (so-called
dike-ring areas) have been sediment-starved for up to about a millennium. In addition to this, peat decomposition and soil
compaction, brought about by land drainage, have caused significant land subsidence. Sediment deficiency, defined as the combined
effect of sediment-starvation and drainage-induced volume losses, has already been substantial in this area, and it is expected
to become urgent in view of the forecasted effects of climate change (sea-level rise, intensified precipitation and run-off).
We therefore explore this deficiency, compare it with natural (Holocene) and current human sediment inputs, and discuss it
in terms of long-term land-use options.
Materials and Methods:
We use available 3D geological models to define natural sediment inputs to our study area. Recent progress in large-scale
modelling of peat oxidation and compaction enables us to address volume loss associated with these processes. Human sediment
inputs are based on published minerals statistics. All results are given as first-order approximations.
Results:
The current sediment deficit in the diked lowlands of the Netherlands is estimated at 136 ± 67 million m3/a. About 85% of
this volume is the hypothetical amount of sediment required to keep up with sea-level rise, and 15% is the effect of land
drainage (peat decomposition and compaction). The average Holocene sediment input to our study area (based on a total of 145
km3) is ~14 million m3/a, and the maximum (millennium-averaged) input ~26 million m3/a. Historical sediment deficiency has
resulted in an unused sediment accommodation space of about 13.3 km3. Net human input of sediment material currently amounts
to ~23 million m3/a.
Discussion:
As sedimentary processes in the Dutch lowlands have been retarded, the depositional system's natural resilience to sea-level
rise is low, and all that is left to cope is human countermeasure. Preserving some sort of status quo with water management
solutions may reach its limits in the foreseeable future. The most viable long-term solutions therefore seem a combination
of allowing for more water in open country (anything from flood-buffer zones to open water) and raising lands that are to
be built up (enabling their lasting protection). As to the latter, doubling or tripling the use of filling sand in a planned
and sustained effort may resolve up to one half of the Dutch sediment deficiency problems in about a century.
Conclusions:
Conclusions, Recommendations and Perspectives. We conclude that sediment deficiency – past, present and future – challenges
the sustainable habitation of the Dutch lowlands. In order to explore possible solutions, we recommend the development of
long-term scenarios for the changing lowland physiography, that include the effects of Global Change, compensation measures,
costs and benefits, and the implications for long-term land-use options.
Recommendations and Perspectives:
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Fran?oise P Sanches Thaise Y Tomokane Vania LR Da Matta Mary Marcondes Carlos EP Corbett Márcia D Laurenti 《Acta veterinaria Scandinavica》2014,56(1)
Background
There are only a few studies reporting the role of nitric oxide metabolites for controlling macrophage intracellular parasitism, and these are controversial. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in the lymph nodes and spleen of dogs affected by visceral leishmaniasis through immunohistochemistry and to determine its correlation with tissue parasite burden and serum interferon (IFN)-γ levels. Twenty-eight dogs were selected and assigned to one of two groups, symptomatic (n = 18) and asymptomatic (n = 10), according to clinical status and laboratory evaluation. A negative control group (n = 6) from a non-endemic region for visceral leishmaniasis was included as well.Results
Parasite density (amastigotes/mm2) was similar between clinical groups in the lymph nodes (P = 0.2401) and spleen (P = 0.8869). The density of iNOS+ cells was higher in infected dogs compared to controls (P < 0.05), without a significant difference in lymph node (P = 0.3257) and spleen (P = 0.5940) densities between symptomatic and asymptomatic dogs. A positive correlation was found between the number of iNOS+ cells in lymph nodes and interferon-γ levels (r = 0.3776; P = 0.0303), and there was a negative correlation between parasites and iNOS+ cell densities both in lymph nodes (r = −0.5341; P = 0.0034) and spleen (r = −0.4669; P = 0.0329).Conclusion
The negative correlation observed between tissue parasitism and the expression of iNOS may be a reflection of NO acting on the control of parasites. 相似文献6.
ABSTRACT1. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of technical feed ingredients between 14 and 28 d of age on performance and health status of broilers (d 14–35) fed diets with a high inclusion rate of rapeseed meal as a nutritional challenge. It was hypothesized that the feed ingredients would improve health status related parameters.2. A total of 1008 one-day-old male Ross 308 chicks were distributed over 36 floor pens and allocated to one of six iso-caloric (AMEN 13 MJ/kg) growing diets (d 15–28): a control and five test diets supplemented with quercetin (400 mg/kg), oat hulls (50 g/kg), β-glucan (100 mg/kg), lysozyme (40 mg/kg) or fish oil ω-3 fatty acids (40 g/kg), with six replicate pens per treatment.3. Dietary inclusion of oat hulls and lysozyme resulted in a reduction in broiler performance during the first week after providing the experimental diets.4. No effect of interventions on the microbiota diversity in the jejunum and ileum was observed. Ileal microbiota composition of birds fed oat hulls differed from the other groups, as shown by a higher abundance of the genus Enterococcus, mainly at the expense of the genus Lactobacillus.5. In the jejunum, villus height and crypt depth of lysozyme-fed birds at d 28 were decreased compared to the control group. Higher total surface area of villi occupied by goblet cells and total villi surface area in jejunum (d 21 and 28) were observed in chickens fed oat hulls compared to other groups.6. Genes related to the growth-factor-activity pathway were more highly expressed in birds fed β-glucan compared to the control group, while the genes related to anion-transmembrane-transporter-activity pathway in the quercetin- and oat hull-fed birds were less expressed. The genes differently expressed between dietary interventions did not seem to be directly involved in immune related processes.7. It was concluded that the tested nutritional interventions in the current experiment only marginally effected health status related parameters. 相似文献
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GHM Araujo AN Rocha Filho EP Lopes CF Moya MA Alvarenga 《Reproduction in domestic animals》2009,44(3):380-383
The effects of a low dose of equine purified FSH (eFSH) on incidence of multiple ovulations and embryo recovery rate in mares were studied. During the physiological breeding season in Brazil (19°45′45′S), 14 Mangalarga Marchador donor mares were used in a crossover study and another 25 mares of the same breed, between 3 years and 12 years of age were used as recipients for the embryo transfers. Donors were monitored during two consecutive oestrus cycles, an untreated control cycle followed by a treated cycle, when eFSH was administered. In both cycles, after an embryo collection attempt on day 8 post‐ovulation all mares received 7.5 mg dinoprost and had their two largest follicles tracked daily by ultrasonography until the period of ovulation. Mares were inseminated every 48 h with extended fresh semen from a single stallion after the identification of a 35‐mm follicle until the period of ovulation. Ovulations were induced by intravenous administration of 2.500 IU of human chorionic gonadotropin, upon detection of a 35‐ to 40‐mm follicle. In the treated cycle, 5 mg eFSH was given intramuscularly once a day, from day 8 post previous ovulation until at least one follicle reached 35 mm in diameter. Embryo flushes were performed on day 8 of dioestrus (day 0 = ovulation). Treatment with eFSH resulted in higher (p < 0.05) ovulation rate and incidence of multiple ovulations compared to the control (1.6 vs 1.0 and 50% vs 0%, respectively – one mare had triple ovulation). However, embryo recovery rates in the control and treated cycles were similar (0.8 and 1.0, respectively; p > 0.05). Pregnancy rates in the recipient mares following embryo transfer were similar for the control and eFSH cycles (11/11 and 10/14, respectively). Additional studies are necessary in order to develop a low‐dose protocol for the use of eFSH that brings a more consistent contribution to the efficiency of commercial equine embryo transfer programs. 相似文献
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The influence of pH, calcium ion activity, protein, and enzyme purification on the kinetics of heat inactivation of the extracellular proteinase from Pseudomonas fluorescens 22F was studied in the temperature range 80-120 degrees C. At pH 5.5-8.6 the rate of inactivation increased slightly with increasing pH values. The pH dependence of inactivation suggests that the inactivation mechanism is mainly through deamidation. Calcium ion activity had no influence on the kinetics of heat inactivation of the proteinase. Addition of 1.8% sodium caseinate to the enzyme solution slightly decreased the heat stability of the proteinase, possibly because part of the inactivation of the proteinase is caused by aggregation to casein. Purification of the proteinase did not change the rate of thermal inactivation. 相似文献
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The use of analgesics in post‐operative adhesion (POA) research is problematic due to POA‐inhibiting effects of anti‐inflammatory agents and bowel motility‐inhibiting effects of opioids, which may increase adhesion formation. This study was conducted to assess a buprenorphine (BUP) protocol for analgesic efficacy and its effects on POA formation in a rat cecal abrasion model. The protocol was approved by the University of Florida's Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). Forty‐one female Sprague‐Dawley rats were randomized into two groups (n = 20 or 21 group). Body weight, food and water intake were recorded daily from 2 days before until 7 days after surgery. Treatment rats received 0.05 mg kg–1 BUP SQ at anesthesia induction and 0.3 mg kg–1 BUP orally in flavored gelatin 6 hours after surgery. Control rats received saline placebo injection and plain gelatin. All rats underwent laparotomy and controlled cecal abrasion. At 3, 6 and 24 hours post‐operatively rats were individually observed in 10‐minutes periods for pain related behavior incidence: ‘twitch’ (contraction of muscles along dorsum and/or head), ‘back arch’ (cat‐like position with front legs extended and pushing backward), ‘writhe’ (flank contraction), and ‘stagger/fall’ (momentary loss of balance while grooming or ambulating), using the method of Roughan and Flecknell (Pain 2001,90, 65–74). On post‐op day seven rats were euthanized by CO2 inhalation and POA evaluated (0 to 4 scale; ³Grade 2 = clinically significant.) BUP treated rats had lower mean pain scores than control rats at 3 hours (1.6 ± 1.7 versus 20.3 ± 13.5 (mean ± SD); p < 0.001) and 6 hours (2.1 ± 2.7 versus 23.7 ± 12.9; p < 0.001) but not 24 hours (1.5 ± 1.3 versus 4.9 ± 6.6; p = 0.35) post‐operatively. Predominant pain behavior was ‘writhe’ (flank contraction) in contrast to ‘twitch,’‘back arch,’ and ‘stagger/fall’ reported as most common pain indicators in other rat strains. BUP rats had greater mean adhesion incidence (2.4 ± 1.7 versus 1.4 ± 1.8; p < 0.03) and severity (90%³Gr.2 versus 65% of controls; p < 0.05). The BUP protocol appeared to provide effective analgesia for at least 24 hours post‐operatively. Strain of rat may affect pain related behavior. BUP should be used with caution after abdominal surgical procedures having high risk of POA formation. 相似文献
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Orthokinetic flocculation of caseinate-stabilized emulsions: influence of calcium concentration, shear rate, and protein content 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
Calcium-induced flocculation of caseinate-stabilized soybean oil-in-water emulsions in conditions of Couette flow was studied. A concentrated emulsion (20% oil, 0.5-2.0% sodium caseinate in 20 mM imidazole, pH 7) was diluted 20 times in buffer containing concentrations of CaCl(2) between 9 and 17 mM and sheared at rates between 335 and 1340 s(-)(1). The average particle size (d(43)), measured by integrated light scattering, increased in a sigmoidal manner with shearing time. An increased shear rate resulted in an increased flocculation rate, because of the increased number of collisions between particles, but a decreased value of the maximum d(43), because higher shear rates increasingly disrupted the flocs. The flocculation rate was increased by increasing the calcium concentration, indicating an increased collision efficiency. The orthokinetic stability of the emulsions was increased with increased protein content, and it is postulated that the increased surface coverage and hydrodynamic thickness of the adsorbed protein layer increased steric repulsion between droplets, so that higher calcium concentrations were necessary to induce sufficient conformational change of the proteins to allow flocculation. At high caseinate concentrations, calcium may also induce precipitation of unadsorbed caseins from the serum to the oil-water interface, thereby increasing steric repulsion and hence increasing orthokinetic stability. 相似文献