With the further development of highly automated vehicles, drivers will engage in non-related tasks while being driven. Still, drivers have to take over control when requested by the car. Here, the question arises, how potentially distracted drivers get back into the control-loop quickly and safely when the car requests a takeover.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRats are used routinely for the discovery of new pharmaceuticals and for toxicology testing to fulfill regulatory requirements. In 1999, a survey showed that 80% of all rodents housed in toxicology studies were housed in wire-bottom cages. However, both the National Research Council and Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International, recommend housing rats in solid-bottom cages with bedding.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSodium pentobarbital (Abbott Laboratories) was widely used as an intravenous (IV) anesthetic in rabbits, but it was removed from the market in 1995. Many commercially available alternatives, including Nembutal(r) (Abbott Laboratories), Euthanasia-5(r) (Veterinary Laboratories, Inc.), and Euthanasia-6(r) (Veterinary Laboratories, Inc.
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