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Anim Cogn
November 2019
Department of Ethology, Institute of Animal Science, Přátelství 815, 104 00, Praha-Uhříněves, Czech Republic.
To elucidate the role of domestication, we used the impossible task paradigm to test Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs with a known proportion of 'wolfblood' in their DNA and, as a control group for our subjects, we used German shepherd dogs. We hypothesized that the difference between wolves and domestic dogs is based on genetics and modified by obedience; if so, the looking back performance of the subject should be linked to its proportion of wolf-genes. To prove that, we observed 73 Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs, and 27 German shepherd dogs, and analysed their human-directed gazing behaviour during our test.
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October 2009
Interní klinika 1. lékaské fakulty UK a UVN Praha.
Dyslipidemia, often present in patients with metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease, contributes to increased cardiovascular risk and progression of renal impairment. In these patients, the probability of death from cardiovascular complications is higher than death consequent to terminal renal failure. Positive neuroprotective effects ofstatins and fibrates are being attributed to hypolipidemic as well as other, lipid-unrelated, properties.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Altern Complement Med
October 2000
Research Institute for Spa Therapies and Health Resort Science, Bad Elster, Germany.
Objective: To evaluate the evidence of clinical effectiveness of subcutaneous CO2 insufflations (SCIs). STUDY LOCATION: The entire databases of MEDLINE, EMBASE Excerpta Medica (Field: Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine) and the Cochrane Library were screened for data up to August 1999. In addition, other potentially relevant journals were handsearched and references were checked.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTheor Appl Genet
January 1969
Institut für Mutationszüchtung in Stupice bei Prag, Germany.
1. A rapid method for simultaneous determination of β-amylase and protein content in malting barley was developed. 500 mg of flour are shaken up with a cysteine containing activation solution and the suspension is mixed directly with the enzyme substrate.
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