Rabbits are essential for commercial meat production due to their efficient growth and productivity, breeds like New Zealand White (NZW), Californian (CAL), and Gabali (GAB) rabbits offer unique genetic traits in litter, growth, and carcass traits. This study aimed to evaluate heritability (h), genetic and phenotypic correlations (rg and rp) for litter size, body weight and carcass traits across California (CAL), New Zealand white (NZW) and Gabali (GA) rabbits. Along with exploring gene expression profiles of TBC1D1, NPY, AGRP, POMC, Leptin, GH, GHR, IGF-1, CAA, GPR, ACC, CPT1, FAS, and CART in the brain, liver, and meat tissues of different rabbit breeds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Importance: Pelvis reconstruction after tumor resection poses a challenge, especially in younger patients where preserving the patient's function and mobility is paramount.
Case Presentation: A 16 years old female presented in March 2019 with vague right iliac area pain, diagnosed as pelvic Ewing's sarcoma after imaging studies (MRI and MSCT scan) and obtaining an incisional biopsy. After initial chemotherapy cycles, the tumor decreased in size, and surgical intervention in two stages was performed.
Purpose: To predict the most important preoperative factor affecting the patient satisfaction after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in trial to improve patient counselling process.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all patients who underwent primary TKA from January 1, 2018, to January 31, 2019, with minimum one-year follow-up for the previously collected patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) as Oxford Knee Score (OKS) and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for joint replacement (KOOS, JR) preoperative, 6 months and 12 months postoperative.
Results: By using Oxford knee score at 12 months as dependent variable, we found a negative moderate spearman correlation between age and Oxford knee score at 12 months postoperative.
Background: Femoral component rotational alignment is critical for successful TKA. The primary study objective is to measure the preoperative distal femoral torsion (DFT) of an Egyptian patient's cohort using a seated posteroanterior (PA) knee radiograph. The secondary objectives are to check the intraoperative reliability of using the posterior condylar line (PCL) as a reference for rotation and to measure postoperative component rotation using the same radiographic technique.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Outcomes following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), whether clinical, radiological or survival analysis, have been well-studied. Still, there are some concerns about patient satisfaction with the outcome of the surgery and factors that might contribute to a suboptimal result. This study aims to determine if there is correlation between primary TKA malalignment and early patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicrobial fermentation of plant material alters the composition of volatile and non-volatile plant natural products. We investigated the antioxidant, anticancer, and antiviral properties of extracts of defatted soybean meal fermented with Aspergillus fumigatus F-993 or A. awamori FB-133 using in vitro methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNew 2-(thiophen-2-yl)-1H-indole derivatives bearing hydrophobic substituents at the 3-position were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their inhibition of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) enzyme. Dialkylphosphites (2a-c) or trialkylphosphites (3a-c) were reacted with 2-(thiophen-2-yl)-1H-indole-3-carbaldehyde (1) yielding the corresponding α-hydroxyphosphonate adducts (7a-7c). The reaction of compound 1 with the ylidenetriphenylphosphoranes (4a-4c) proceeds via Wittig mechanism giving the corresponding ethylenes (E, 8a-c).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To examine and compare nebulizing heparin versus streptokinase for reversing alveolar collapse nonresponsive to recruitment.
Design: A clinical trial at a tertiary intensive care unit (ICU). Sixty patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) (PaO/FO <100) nonresponsive to recruitment maneuver (RM), prone position, and neuromuscular block (NMB) were randomized into intervention arms or the standard-of-care arm.
Introduction: Acetabular cup version is crucial for successful total hip arthroplasty (THA). Many methods have been described for measurement of cup version angle. The aim of this study is to assess the accuracy of five commonly used methods for measurement of acetabular cup version in plain antero-posterior views of the pelvis and hip.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMore than 4000 da Vinci Surgical Systems have been installed worldwide. Robotic surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System has been increasingly performed in the last decade, especially in urology and gynecology. The da Vinci Surgical System has not become standard in surgery of the upper gastrointestinal tract because of a lack of clear benefits in comparison with conventional minimally invasive surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the present paper, a comparison between five different shell finite elements, including the Linear Triangular Element, Linear Quadrilateral Element, Linear Quadrilateral Element based on deformation modes, 8-node Quadrilateral Element, and 9-Node Quadrilateral Element was presented. The shape functions and the element equations related to each element were presented through a detailed mathematical formulation. Additionally, the Jacobian matrix for the second order derivatives was simplified and used to derive each element's strain-displacement matrix in bending.
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