Meat yields and primal cut weights from beef carcasses can be predicted with similar accuracies using in-abattoir 3D measurements or EUROP classification grade.

Three-dimensional (3D) measurements extracted from beef carcass images were used to predict the weight of four saleable meat yield (SMY) traits (total SMY and the SMY of the forequarter, flank, and hindquarter) and four primal cuts (sirloin, ribeye, topside and rump). Data were collected at two UK abattoirs using time-of-flight cameras and manual bone out methods. Predictions were made for 484 carcasses, using multiple linear regression (MLR) or machine learning (ML) techniques.

Carbon Mineralization in Fractured Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks: A Review.

Mineral carbon storage in mafic and ultramafic rock masses has the potential to be an effective and permanent mechanism to reduce anthropogenic CO. Several successful pilot-scale projects have been carried out in basaltic rock (e.g.

Survival Rate of High-Rise Syndrome Cases Using Animal Trauma Triage Score in Cats.

Objective:  To assess the data of high-rise syndrome (HRS) cases and determine the relationship between Animal Trauma Triage Score (ATTS), height, injury profile, and survival rate of patients.

Study Design:  Retrospective study evaluating cats with HRS within a 4-year period.

Results:  A logistic regression analysis which included height, ground type, and ATTS variables was performed to predict survival rate of patients.

Using in-abattoir 3-dimensional measurements from images of beef carcasses for the prediction of EUROP classification grade and carcass weight.

Imaging technology can aid the automatic extraction of measurements from beef carcasses, which can be used for objective grading. Many abattoirs, however, rely on manual grading due to the required infrastructure and cost, making technology unfeasible. This study explores 3-dimensional (3D) imaging technology, requiring limited infrastructure, and its ability to predict carcass weight, conformation class and fat class for non-invasive, objective classification.

Different microbial genera drive methane emissions in beef cattle fed with two extreme diets.

The ratio of forage to concentrate in cattle feeding has a major influence on the composition of the microbiota in the rumen and on the mass of methane produced. Using methane measurements and microbiota data from 26 cattle we aimed to investigate the relationships between microbial relative abundances and methane emissions, and identify potential biomarkers, in animals fed two extreme diets - a poor quality fresh cut grass diet (GRASS) or a high concentrate total mixed ration (TMR). Direct comparisons of the effects of such extreme diets on the composition of rumen microbiota have rarely been studied.

Instability of USi in pressurized water media at elevated temperatures.

Following the Fukushima Daiichi accident, significant efforts from industry and the scientific community have been directed towards the development of alternative nuclear reactor fuels with enhanced accident tolerance. Among the proposed materials for such fuels is a uranium silicide compound (USi), which has been selected for its enhanced thermal conductivity and high density of uranium compared to the reference commercial light water reactor (LWR) nuclear fuel, uranium oxide (UO). To be a viable candidate LWR fuel, however, USi must also demonstrate that, in the event of this fuel coming in contact with aqueous media, it will not degrade rapidly.

An evaluation of a therapeutic radiographer led "sexual care after radiotherapy" clinic.

Introduction: Changes to sexuality and intimacy are a common consequence of a cancer diagnosis and treatment. Difficulties with sexual functioning and body image have been reported in over 50% of those treated for pelvic malignancies or breast cancer. The provision of sexual care support after radiotherapy is not adequately addressed by oncology professionals yet patients who have the opportunity to discuss sexual issues experience reduced sexual morbidity.

Challenging the thorium-immobility paradigm.

Thorium is the most abundant actinide in the Earth's crust and has universally been considered one of the most immobile elements in natural aqueous systems. This view, however, is based almost exclusively on solubility data obtained at low temperature and their theoretical extrapolation to elevated temperature. The occurrence of hydrothermal deposits with high concentrations of Th challenges the Th immobility paradigm and strongly suggests that Th may be mobilized by some aqueous fluids.

Comparative evaluation of clinical efficiency of intramuscular diazepam-ketamine, medetomidine-ketamine, and xylazine-ketamine anaesthesia in Ring-necked pheasants ().

Background: Several injectable anaesthetics and sedatives are used in various avian species for general anaesthesia. Birds are very sensitive animals and any mismanagement in a crisis can lead to immediate shock and death. Therefore, careful selection of the safest possible anaesthetic agent and dose is very important.

Effects of electromagnetic field (1.8/0.9 GHz) exposure on growth plate in growing rats.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of whole-body electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure on growth plates in growing male rats. Two groups of rats were exposed to either 900 MHz EMF or 1800 MHz EMF 2 h/day for 90 days. Sham control rats were kept under similar conditions without exposure to the EMF.

Management of femoral fractures in dogs with unilateral semicircular external skeletal fixators.

Objective: To report use of semicircular external skeletal fixators (ESF) for management of femoral fractures in dogs.

Study Design: Prospective clinical study.

Animals: Dogs (n=16) with femoral fractures (n=18).

Treatment of unilateral congenital flexural and torsional limb deformities with circular external skeletal fixation system in two calves.

Case Description: Two calves with unilateral congenital flexural and torsional limb deformities below the hock joint of the left hindlimb were presented to Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the Ondokuz Mayis University. According to clinical, goniometric and radiological examinations, flexural (130°-40°) and torsional (90°-180°) deformities were diagnosed. Except for the limb deformities, both animals were otherwise completely healthy.

Effects of three types of honey on cutaneous wound healing.

Unlabelled:  Aim. To evaluate the effects of three types of honey (chestnut, blossom, and rhododendron) on the healing of full-thickness wounds.

Methods: Twenty-four (24) New Zealand White female rabbits were used.

Stabilisation with dorsal and ventral fixation of a traumatic cervical instability in a dog.

This case study reports the outcome of dorsal and ventral stabilisation of a traumatic cervical instability in a dog. A 2-year-old, male Pointer was admitted following a motor vehicle accident. Clinical examination revealed non-ambulatory tetraparesis, severe neck pain and upper motor neuron changes in all limbs.

Status epilepticus treated with a muscle relaxant: the first success.

In 1958, an 11-year-old girl with status epilepticus was given the current treatments which failed to control the convulsions. In order to stop the fits, protect the airway, prevent hypoxia and hyperpyrexia, intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) and complete muscle paralysis with d-tubocurarine was used for a total of 6 h. The girl made a complete recovery, the first patient to do so using this plan of action.

Coronary revascularisation in young adults.

Objective: To evaluate the long-term outcome of coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) in patients < 40 years old and to determine factors predictive of adverse outcomes.

Methods: Retrospective review of data on 220 patients who underwent isolated CABG at Green Lane Hospital, New Zealand from 1970 to 1992.

Results: The actuarial survival after surgery was 91, 74 and 50% at 5, 10 and 15 years, respectively.

Improving schizophrenic in-patients' Wisconsin card-sorting performance.

The effectiveness of a training procedure to improve schizophrenic patients' Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance was investigated. In the absence of the monetary incentive often employed, 10 schizophrenic in-patients' performance improved with training. This study provides further evidence that the cognitive deficiency associated with the frontal lobe, implied by schizophrenic patients' typically poor Wisconsin Card-Sorting Test performance, is remediable.

Late outcome after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients < 40 years old.

Background: Randomized trials confirm the long-term efficacy of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), although there are no randomized data in patients < 40 years old. Because these patients have been reported to have an early recurrence of symptoms, the long-term postoperative outcome was examined.

Methods And Results: The long-term outcome of patients (n = 221) < 40 years old undergoing CABG at Green Lane Hospital, New Zealand, from 1970 to 1992 was determined.

Needle tracheostomy: a laboratory study.

Percutaneous needle tracheostomy and transtracheal ventilation continues to be advocated for the management of upper airway obstruction. Recent studies recommend the use of artificial ventilation. However, as apparatus for this is not always available and because there remains some doubt regarding conditions for successful use of needle tracheostomy during spontaneous respiration, we undertook such a study in dogs.

The effect of glucose-insulin-potassium on experimental myocardial infarction in the dog.

The effect of glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) infusions was studied in 45 dogs after left anterior descending coronary artery ligation. GIK caused a modest increase in lactate concentration in small veins draining the infarct but did not affect glucose uptake. No effect on creatine kinase activity in the infarct was seen from GIK, although there was a slight increase in blood flow to the centre of the infarct.

Failure of high doses of propranolol to reduce experimental myocardial ischemic damage.

Myocardial creatine phosphokinase (CPK) activity and myocardial blood flow (MFB, 15 +/- mu microspheres) were measured at 24 hours after ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery in nine untreated anesthetized dogs, in eight dogs pretreated with intravenous propranolol 5 mg/kg and in eight which had both pretreatment as well as infusion of propranolol (1.25 mg/kg/hour) after occlusion. Loss of CPK activity from the border and center zones of the myocardial infarct was similar in extent in dogs which had pretreatment but no infusion of propranolol as it was in the control group.

The effect of verapamil on experimental myocardial ischaemia with a particular reference to regional myocardial blood flow and metabolism.

The effects of verapamil on epicardial ST segment elevation, regional myocardial metabolism and collateral blood flow were studied in open-chest anesthetized dogs following left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion. Collateral blood flow was measured by radioactive microspheres (15 +/- 5 micron diameter) and regional metabolism was studied by measuring lactate concentration in venous blood draining the infarcting myocardium. Verapamil (0-2 mg/kg intravenously) produced a significant reduction (50-60%) in the epicardial ST elevation when it was given before coronary occlusion; when administered 15 minutes after coronary occlusion and infusion continued for two hours, it minimized (30-40%) ST segment elevation, and prevented the fall in cardiac index and rise in systemic resistance found in the untreated animals in which the ST segment remained persistently elevated.

The effect of splenectomy on circulatory adjustments to hypoxaemia in the anaesthetized dog.

Six intact and seven splenectomized dogs were subjected to a similar degree of hypoxaemia while under light anaesthesia and artificial ventilation. In the intact animals, heart rate, cardiac output, myocardial contractility and oxygen consumption were increased as a result of hypoxaemia; oxygen transport was not affected. In the splenectomized animals the changes in cardiac output and myocardial contractility were small, and oxygen availability was decreased.