Does the Use of the Yeast Probiotic Actisaf Sc 47 Reduce the Environmental Impacts of Beef Cattle? A Study Based on Life Cycle Assessment.

Increasing animal protein, especially from beef, is necessary to satisfy the requirements of the growing global population. However, this is becoming increasingly challenging due to stakeholders prioritizing sustainable systems with low environmental impacts. To answer these challenges, the use of feed additives such as yeast probiotics seems to be an effective route for improvements in feed efficiency and growth performance.

Quantification of the Environmental Impact of Feeding Yeast Probiotic Actisaf Sc 47 in Dairy Cow: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach.

Today, one of the major challenges of dairy farmers is to reduce their environmental footprint to establish more effective, efficient, and sustainable production systems. Feed additives such as yeast probiotics could potentially allow them to achieve these objectives through the improvement of milk production, feed efficiency, and ration valorization, hence mitigating the environmental impacts of milk production. In this study, the life cycle assessment (LCA) principle was performed to estimate the environmental impact of the production and supplementation of a commercial yeast probiotic (Actisaf Sc 47) in three trials performed in three different countries that are representative for around 50% of the milk production in Europe: France (French trial), United Kingdom (UK trial), and Germany (German trial).

3D Observation of Pelvic Organs with Dynamic MRI Segmentation: A Bridge Toward Patient-Specific Models.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Female pelvic organ prolapses are common, but their treatment is challenging. Notably, diagnosis and understanding of these troubles remain incomplete. Tridimensional observations of displacement and deformation of the pelvic organs during a strain could support a better understanding and help to develop comprehensive tools for preoperative planning.

Morbidity of diverting stoma during colorectal surgery for deep infiltrating endometriosis - an observational study.

Purpose: To evaluate stoma-related complications after rectal resection and colorectal anastomosis with diverting stoma for deep infiltrating colorectal endometriosis.

Methods: All the consecutive adult women who underwent colorectal resection with low anastomosis and diverting stoma for deep infiltrating endometriosis in one center between 2013 and 2020 were retrospectively included. Stoma-related complications were retrieved during the stoma period and after stoma reversal.

Structure and Reactivity of Alloxan Monohydrate in the Liquid Phase.

Alloxan is an important toxic glucose analogue used to induce diabetes in lab test animals. Once regarded as a "problem structure," the condensed-phase structure of anhydrous alloxan has largely been settled, but literature inconsistencies remain for the structure of the typically employed reagent alloxan monohydrate. Due to the criticality of structure-function relationships, we have used H/C{H} NMR, IR spectroscopy, as well as quantum mechanical (QM) calculations to probe the liquid-phase structure and reactivity of alloxan monohydrate.

Cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for resectable peritoneal metastases is feasible in elderly patients.

The aim is to evaluate the feasibility and the prognosis of cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for resectable peritoneal metastases (RPM) in elderly patients. Patients who underwent CRS with HIPEC for RPM between 2012 and 2018 in one tertiary reference center were retrospectively included and divided according to the age: Group A (< 65 years) and Group B (≥ 65 years). Postoperative outcomes and survivals were compared.

Investigating the Photochemistry of C7 and C8 Functionalized N(5)-Ethyl-flavinium Cation: A Computational Study.

Flavins are a diverse set of compounds with a wide variety of biological and nonbiological applications. Applications of flavins receiving attention recently consist of electro- and photocatalytic oxidation of substrates for organic synthesis, bioengineered nanotechnology, and water splitting catalysts, among others. While there is vast knowledge regarding the structure-property relationships of flavins and their electrochemistry, there is much less work elucidating the structure property relationships as they pertain to flavinium photochemistry.

Modulation of rumen pH by sodium bicarbonate and a blend of different sources of magnesium oxide in lactating dairy cows submitted to a concentrate challenge.

With the objective of evaluating the potential effects of sodium bicarbonate or a magnesium-based product on rumen pH and milk performance of dairy cattle exposed to a dietary challenge, 30 lactating Holstein cows (648 ± 67 kg of body weight; 44.4 ± 9.9 kg/d of milk yield; 155 ± 75 d in milk) were blocked by parity (9 primiparous and 21 multiparous) and randomly distributed to 3 treatment groups.

Temporary successful results of ventral rectopexy for enterocele surgical correction, about 138 patients.

Purpose: This work aimed to analyse short- and long-term results of enterocele surgical treatment by ventral rectopexy.

Methods: All females who underwent ventral rectopexy for enterocele in our department were included. All patients underwent standardized preoperative evaluation.

Laparoscopic resection of retrorectal tumors: a feasibility study in 12 consecutive patients.

Background: Surgical approaches for retrorectal tumors (RRT) are either abdominal, dorsal trans-sacrococcygeal, or perineal. Very few cases have been reported so far concerning a laparoscopic approach. The aim of this study was to assess the results of laparoscopy for the treatment of RRT.

Influence of larger graft weight to recipient weight on the post-liver transplantation course.

Size matching between recipient and donor livers is an important factor in organ allocation in the context of liver transplantation (LT). The aim of this study was to determine whether a large graft for recipient size influenced the post-transplant course. One hundred and sixty-two successive LT recipients were included and retrospectively divided into two groups: 25 (15%) had a graft-to-recipient weight ratio (GWRW) ≥ 2.