Publications by authors named "J E Crabtree"
The 2025 horse breeding season sees the release of the 49th consecutive edition of the Horserace Betting Levy Board Codes of Practice for the prevention and control of specified infectious diseases. In this article, Sidney Ricketts, James Crabtree and Richard Newton describe how the first edition of the codes came about in 1977 and their evolution over the past five decades.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap is a common autologous breast reconstruction option. DIEP flap may be performed immediately on the day of mastectomy (immediate DIEP) or at a later date typically following placement of a tissue expander during mastectomy (delayed-immediate DIEP). Preparing internal mammary vessels during microsurgical anastomoses involves prolonged retraction of the breast skin flaps, which can increase tension on acutely ischemic mastectomy skin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis retrospective clinical study describes different techniques for transvaginal follicle aspiration in mares and compares results from 5 different commercial ovum pick-up (OPU) clinics in which the same operator aspirated mares using different systems and equipment: Clinic 1 (n = 42 mares, two-operator OPU technique, double-lumen-echogenic-tip needle, and manual syringe-assisted flushing of follicles), Clinic 2 (n = 28 mares, single-operator-OPU-technique, double-lumen-echogenic-tip needle, infusion pump controlled by foot-pedal for follicle flushing), Clinic 3 (n = 18 mares, single-operator-OPU-technique, double-lumen-echogenic-tip needle, and manual syringe-assisted flushing of follicles), Clinic 4 (n = 24 mares, single-operator-OPU-technique, double-lumen-non-echogenic-tip needle, and manual syringe-assisted flushing of follicles), and Clinic 5 (n = 9 mares, aspirated as in Clinic 1). The ease of performing OPU (visibility of needle tip and difficulty to hold ovary, probe, and needle) and the mean number of recovered oocytes were compared between clinics. The mean number of recovered oocytes per mare and oocytes per follicle for clinics 1-5 were 11.
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- Intense wildfires are increasingly impacting air quality, raising concerns about potential negative effects on cardiopulmonary health for people exposed to smoke, particularly in the Eastern US.
- A study aimed to examine the relationship between smoke from wildfires in Western Canada and respiratory diseases in various demographic groups in Eastern US populations, using data from the University of Maryland Medical System.
- Findings showed significantly higher rates of cardiopulmonary clinical encounters during "hotspot days" with elevated PM2.5 levels, indicating a correlation between increased pollution and health issues, especially during notable air quality deteriorations in June 2023.
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- * It achieves a high level of completeness, closing 92% of previous assembly gaps and fully assembling complex regions, including 1,852 complex structural variants and 1,246 human centromeres.
- * The findings lead to significant improvements in genotyping accuracy and enable the detection of over 26,000 structural variants per sample, enhancing the potential for future disease association research.