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Our Mothers Have Spoken: Synthesizing Old And New Forms Of Women’S Political Authority In Liberia, Mary Moran Sep 2012

Our Mothers Have Spoken: Synthesizing Old And New Forms Of Women’S Political Authority In Liberia, Mary Moran

Journal of International Women's Studies

This paper argues that the 2005 election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to the Liberian presidency is best understood in the historical and cultural context of pre-war authority-bearing positions available to women, rather than as an outcome of the Liberian civil war itself. Against a literature that tends to view “traditional” African societies as hostile to both democracy and women’s rights, I contend that gender, conflict, and democracy are inter-twined in more complex relationships. Post-conflict societies such as Liberia are interesting not only as sites of intervention by international organizations seeking to capitalize on the “window of opportunity” available to re-make …

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‘For My Torturer’: An African Woman’S Transformative Art Of Truth, Justice And Peace-Making During Colonialism, Priya Narismulu Sep 2012

‘For My Torturer’: An African Woman’S Transformative Art Of Truth, Justice And Peace-Making During Colonialism, Priya Narismulu

Journal of International Women's Studies

Against a range of injustices African women have made powerful challenges to structural, gender and repressive violence through their interventions in questions of justice, dialogue, creativity and transformation. This article addresses an activist’s interventions against colonial oppression by examining gender as the central variable in the relationship between justice and activism in African women’s creative literature. The poem “For my Torturer, Lieutenant D…” was written in prison by the Algerian activist Leila Djabali who navigated the silences and challenges of gender, age and national identity (postcolonial). It challenges the violence of colonial and patriarchal silencing to expose torture and rape …

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Unexpected Consequences Of Everyday Life During The Maoist Insurgency In Nepal, Judith Pettigrew Sep 2012

Unexpected Consequences Of Everyday Life During The Maoist Insurgency In Nepal, Judith Pettigrew

Journal of International Women's Studies

This article examines gendered aspects of women’s lives in a hill village in central Nepal during the decade-long civil war (1996-2006). The predominantly middle aged and elderly women discussed in the paper were not directly influenced by Maoist equality agendas, nor have they been – as yet – significantly empowered by the recent post-conflict gender reservations. Rather, the paper argues that it was via the unintended consequences of the conflict – their unexpected leadership of a village development project – that these women forged an alternative path towards gender transformation.

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“Subjects Of Change”: Feminist Geopolitics And Gendered Truth-Telling In Guatemala, Rebecca Patterson-Markowitz, Elizabeth Oglesby, Sallie Marston Sep 2012

“Subjects Of Change”: Feminist Geopolitics And Gendered Truth-Telling In Guatemala, Rebecca Patterson-Markowitz, Elizabeth Oglesby, Sallie Marston

Journal of International Women's Studies

This paper explores the often-undervalued role of gender in transitional justice mechanisms and the importance of women’s struggles and agency in that regard. We focus on the efforts of the women’s movement in Guatemala to address questions of justice and healing for survivors of gendered violence during Guatemala’s 36-year internal armed conflict. We discuss how the initial transitional justice measures of documenting gendered war crimes in the context of a genocide were subsequently taken up by the women’s movement and how their endeavors to further expose sexual violence have resulted in notable interventions. Interviews with key organizational activists as well …

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Gender And Conflict Transformation In Israel/Palestine, Simona Sharoni Sep 2012

Gender And Conflict Transformation In Israel/Palestine, Simona Sharoni

Journal of International Women's Studies

A careful examination of women’s involvement in peacebuilding and conflict transformation in Israel and Palestine provides a unique perspective on key turning points in the history of the conflict in the past two and one-half decades, since the first Palestinian uprising, knows as the Intifada. The article analyzes the changes in modes of organizing, as well as in the broader vision and key strategies of women’s organizing, mostly at the grassroots level, on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli divide. By exposing the gendered dimensions of the conflict, women activists have began to transform the cultures of their respective collectivities, …

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Challenging Bosnian Women’S Identity As Rape Victims, As Unending Victims: The ‘Other’ Sex In Times Of War, Olivera Simić Sep 2012

Challenging Bosnian Women’S Identity As Rape Victims, As Unending Victims: The ‘Other’ Sex In Times Of War, Olivera Simić

Journal of International Women's Studies

In this paper I reflect on my attendance of the Women’s Worlds 2011 congress held in Ottawa, Canada. I analyze responses of the international feminist audience to the paper I presented during the congress. The paper offered an analysis of the empirical data collected during my fieldwork in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in 2008 and was concerned with Bosnian women and their sexual relationships with peacekeepers during the war and in post conflict BiH. I argue that because of an almost exclusive focus on mass rapes endured by Bosnian women during the war and a vast feminist literature focused on …

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Government Relations: Rolling Up Our Sleeves, Austin Martin Williams Sep 2012

Government Relations: Rolling Up Our Sleeves, Austin Martin Williams

Faculty Publications By Year

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Comparing Transient Simulation With Thermography Time Series, M Fox, D Coley, Wilde P De, Smr Goodhew Sep 2012

Comparing Transient Simulation With Thermography Time Series, M Fox, D Coley, Wilde P De, Smr Goodhew

School of Art, Design and Architecture

Thermography is an emerging technology used by construction professionals focused upon the thermal and condition performance of buildings. However, the interpretation of thermal images is difficult and often misinterpreted. This paper reports on initial work that compares thermographic images from relatively simple experimental setups with transient models of the same experiment. Thermographic images were obtained from a FLIR ThermaCam S65 while simulation was undertaken using the Voltra transient heat transfer program. The work highlights some of the inherent problems with interpreting thermal images of actual buildings, and suggests how these comparisons can provid a better understanding of real-life material performance.

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Real Time Ddos Detection Using Fuzzy Estimators, Sn Shiaeles, V Katos, As Karakos, Bk Papadopoulos Sep 2012

Real Time Ddos Detection Using Fuzzy Estimators, Sn Shiaeles, V Katos, As Karakos, Bk Papadopoulos

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

We propose a method for DDoS detection by constructing a fuzzy estimator on the mean packet inter arrival times. We divided the problem into two challenges, the first being the actual detection of the DDoS event taking place and the second being the identification of the offending IP addresses. We have imposed strict real time constraints for the first challenge and more relaxed constraints for the identification of addresses. Through empirical evaluation we confirmed that the detection can be completed within improved real time limits and that by using fuzzy estimators instead of crisp statistical descriptors we can avoid the …

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Extending A Mobile Device's Interaction Space Through Body-Centric Interaction, Xiang Chen, Nicolai Marquardt, Anthony Tang, Sebastian Boring, Saul Greenberg Sep 2012

Extending A Mobile Device's Interaction Space Through Body-Centric Interaction, Xiang Chen, Nicolai Marquardt, Anthony Tang, Sebastian Boring, Saul Greenberg

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Modern mobile devices rely on the screen as a primary input modality. Yet the small screen real-estate limits interaction possibilities, motivating researchers to explore alternate input techniques. Within this arena, our goal is to develop Body-Centric Interaction with Mobile Devices: a class of input techniques that allow a person to position and orient her mobile device to navigate and manipulate digital content anchored in the space on and around the body. To achieve this goal, we explore such interaction in a bottom-up path of prototypes and implementations. From our experiences, as well as by examining related work, we discuss and …

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The Fat Thumb: Using The Thumb's Contact Size For Single-Handed Mobile Interaction, Sebastian Boring, David Ledo, Xiang ‘Anthony’ Chen, Nicolai Marquardt, Anthony Tang, Saul Greenberg Sep 2012

The Fat Thumb: Using The Thumb's Contact Size For Single-Handed Mobile Interaction, Sebastian Boring, David Ledo, Xiang ‘Anthony’ Chen, Nicolai Marquardt, Anthony Tang, Saul Greenberg

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Modern mobile devices allow a rich set of multi-finger interactions that combine modes into a single fluid act, for example, one finger for panning blending into a two-finger pinch gesture for zooming. Such gestures require the use of both hands: one holding the device while the other is interacting. While on the go, however, only one hand may be available to both hold the device and interact with it. This mostly limits interaction to a single-touch (i.e., the thumb), forcing users to switch between input modes explicitly. In this paper, we contribute the Fat Thumb interaction technique, which uses the …

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Responding To Personality Tests In A Selection Context: The Role Of The Ability To Identify Criteria And The Ideal-Employee Factor, Ute-Christine Kelhe, Martin Kleinmann, Thomas Hartstein, Klaus G. Melchers, Cornelius J. Konig, Peter A. Heslin, Filip Lievens Sep 2012

Responding To Personality Tests In A Selection Context: The Role Of The Ability To Identify Criteria And The Ideal-Employee Factor, Ute-Christine Kelhe, Martin Kleinmann, Thomas Hartstein, Klaus G. Melchers, Cornelius J. Konig, Peter A. Heslin, Filip Lievens

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Personality assessments are often distorted during personnel selection, resulting in a common "ideal-employee factor" (IEF) underlying ratings of theoretically unrelated constructs. However, this seems not to affect the personality measures' criterion-related validity. The current study attempts to explain this set of findings by combining the literature on response distortion with the ones on cognitive schemata and on candidates' ability to identify criteria (ATIC). During a simulated selection process, 149 participants filled out Big Five personality measures and participated in several high- and low-fidelity work simulations to estimate their managerial performance. Structural equation modeling showed that the IEF presents an indicator …

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A Critical Review Of Research And Publication Trends In The Field Of Industrial And Organizational Psychology, Filip Lievens, Frederik Anseel Sep 2012

A Critical Review Of Research And Publication Trends In The Field Of Industrial And Organizational Psychology, Filip Lievens, Frederik Anseel

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The aim of this article consists of critically reviewing research and publication trends in the field of industrial and organizational psychology. The focus is on four trends: (1) the extreme importance of theory, (2) the loss of the identity of industrial and organizational psychology, (3) the cumbersome nature of the review process, and (4) the deficient reporting of methodology and results in light of replication research. After each trend recommendations are made to turn the situation around. We also hope that this article might generate the necessary discussion about these four trends.

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Adaptive In-Network Processing For Bandwidth And Energy Constrained Mission-Oriented Multi-Hop Wireless Networks, Sharanya Eswaran, James Edwards, Archan Misra, Thomas La Porta Sep 2012

Adaptive In-Network Processing For Bandwidth And Energy Constrained Mission-Oriented Multi-Hop Wireless Networks, Sharanya Eswaran, James Edwards, Archan Misra, Thomas La Porta

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In-network processing, involving operations such as filtering, compression and fusion, is a technique widely used in wireless sensor and ad hoc networks for reducing the communication overhead. In many tactical stream-oriented applications, especially in military scenarios, both link bandwidth and node energy are critically constrained resources. For such applications, in-network processing itself imposes non-negligible computing cost. In this work, we have developed a unified, utility-based closed-loop control framework that permits distributed convergence to both a) the optimal level of compression performed by a forwarding node on streams, and b) the best set of nodes where the operators of the stream …

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Size Of Home, Home Ownership, And The Mortgage Interest Deduction, Andrew R. Hanson Sep 2012

Size Of Home, Home Ownership, And The Mortgage Interest Deduction, Andrew R. Hanson

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

This paper offers an empirical test of the effect of the mortgage interest deduction (MID) on both the extensive (own vs. rent) and intensive (size of home) housing purchase margins. Using state level differences in MID availability to identify, I examine this relationship using standard ordinary least squares, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, and sample selection estimation techniques. I find the MID to be responsible for a 10.9–18.4% increase in the size of home purchased, but that no relationship exists between the MID and home ownership. These results imply an elasticity of home size with respect to changes in user cost …

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Internal Control—Integrated Framework: Illustrative Tools For Assessing Effectiveness Of A System Of Internal Control, September 2012, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission Sep 2012

Internal Control—Integrated Framework: Illustrative Tools For Assessing Effectiveness Of A System Of Internal Control, September 2012, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Internal Control—Integrated Framework: Executive Summary, 2012, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission Sep 2012

Internal Control—Integrated Framework: Executive Summary, 2012, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease, Juthatip Keawcharoen Sep 2012

Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease, Juthatip Keawcharoen

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

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Influence Of Intracellular Glutamine Depletion On Regulation Of Amino Acid Transport System A In Placental (Bewo) Cells, Boonrit Thongsong Sep 2012

Influence Of Intracellular Glutamine Depletion On Regulation Of Amino Acid Transport System A In Placental (Bewo) Cells, Boonrit Thongsong

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Glutamine is known to modulate the expression of various genes and uptake activity of nutrient transportersin mammalian cells. The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of intracellular glutamine status onamino acid transport system A in placental choriocarcinoma cells (BeWo). Intracellular glutamine was depleted byculturing the cells in regular medium without glutamine and by treating the cells for 16 hours with methioninesulfoximine (MSX), an inhibitor of glutamine synthetase. When cultured in the presence of glutamine, treatment withMSX had no effect on system A activity as monitored by MeAIB uptake. However, when cultured in the absence ofglutamine, treatment with …

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Anxiolytic-Like Effects Of Noni Juice (Morinda Citrifolia L.) On The Respective Changes Of Neurotransmitters In Rat Brain In The Elevated Plus-Maze Test, Sarinee Kalandakanond-Thongsong, Jantarima Charoenphandhu Sep 2012

Anxiolytic-Like Effects Of Noni Juice (Morinda Citrifolia L.) On The Respective Changes Of Neurotransmitters In Rat Brain In The Elevated Plus-Maze Test, Sarinee Kalandakanond-Thongsong, Jantarima Charoenphandhu

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Noni (Morinda citrifolia L.) has long been used to treat various conditions in folklore medicine. Presently,most studies focus on antioxidant and anti-cancer activities while it is also claimed by noni juice-consumers toproduce happiness. Mood disorders, e.g. anxiety, are symptoms that reflected the disorder of neurotransmitters, oneof the most prominent is the monoaminergic system. Anxiety affects people throughout the world; people have beenseeking medicine for treatment while natural products may also alleviate this unfavorable symptom. The presentstudy examined whether noni contained anxiolytic-like effect when tested with elevated plus-maze (EPM), a standardtest for anxiety, and whether this effect was related to change …

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Side Effects In 412 Dogs From Swimming In A Chlorinated Swimming Pool, Korakot Nganvongpanit, Terdsak Yano Sep 2012

Side Effects In 412 Dogs From Swimming In A Chlorinated Swimming Pool, Korakot Nganvongpanit, Terdsak Yano

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

This study reports the side effects in dogs from swimming in a chlorinated swimming pool. Data werecollected from September 2008 until April 2012. A total of 412 dogs (male= 219 and female= 193), aged 38±30 months,served as the subjects. The dogs were divided into four groups based on the aims of swimming: entertainment (n=152), weight reduction (n= 53), rehabilitation after orthopedic surgery (n= 81), and rehabilitation for muscle and jointdisease (n= 126). The data were recorded for five separate swimming times. At first, some dogs (29.13%) showedoverexcitement and/or fear, but this percentage decreased with increased swimming frequency. Some dogs (36.51%)were …

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Differential Expression Patterns Of Proteins Involved In Epidermal Proliferation And Differentiation In Canine Atopic Dermatitis, Sirin Theerawatanasirikul, Achariya Sailasuta, Roongroje Thanawongnuwech, Tossaporn Nakbed, Komkrid Charngkaew, Gunnaporn Suriyaphol Sep 2012

Differential Expression Patterns Of Proteins Involved In Epidermal Proliferation And Differentiation In Canine Atopic Dermatitis, Sirin Theerawatanasirikul, Achariya Sailasuta, Roongroje Thanawongnuwech, Tossaporn Nakbed, Komkrid Charngkaew, Gunnaporn Suriyaphol

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

The pathological alterations in skin keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation in canine atopic dermatitis(CAD) were investigated in 20 small breed dogs with CAD (10 of which displayed lesional CAD skin and 10 nonlesionalCAD skin) and 11 healthy control animals. Biopsy of lesional CAD skin showed orthokeratotichyperkeratosis. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) of Ki-67, a cellular marker for proliferation, showed a higher epidermalcell proliferation rate in the CAD dogs (p< 0.05) which positively correlated with Canine Atopic Dermatitis Extent andSeverity Index, CADESI-03 (p< 0.01). IHC labeling indicated reduced expression of cornified envelope proteins,involucrin (IVL) and filaggrin (FLG) in both lesional and non-lesional skin (p< 0.05). In contrast, expression oflympho-epithelial Kazal-type inhibitor (LEKTI), which has been reported to inhibit proteases that cleave proFLG intoFLG, was increased in lesional skin compared to the normal controls (p< 0.05). The IHC results showed a positivecorrelation between CADESI-03 and LEKTI expression and a negative correlation between CADESI-03 and IVLexpression. In conclusion, the present study demonstrates that epidermal hyperkeratosis in CAD is related todisturbance of both epidermal proliferation and cornified envelope differentiation. This is the first report of acorrelation of LEKTI with CAD.

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Toxicity Test Of Nanosilver Particles On Zebrafish (Danio Rerio) Embryonic Development, Theerayuth Kaewamatawong, Aranya Ponpornpisit, Wijit Banlunara, Anong Bintvihok, Benchawan Tosukcharoen, Siriwipa Kongloon, Suthasinee Udchachon, Pattwat Maneewattanapinyo, Chuchaat Thammacharoen, Sanong Ekgasit Sep 2012

Toxicity Test Of Nanosilver Particles On Zebrafish (Danio Rerio) Embryonic Development, Theerayuth Kaewamatawong, Aranya Ponpornpisit, Wijit Banlunara, Anong Bintvihok, Benchawan Tosukcharoen, Siriwipa Kongloon, Suthasinee Udchachon, Pattwat Maneewattanapinyo, Chuchaat Thammacharoen, Sanong Ekgasit

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Contamination of the environment with Nanosilver particles (AgNPs) has caused considerable concern. Atpresent there is little information of AgNPs toxicity, especially in aquatic environments. The purpose of this studywas to evaluate toxic effects of AgNPs on Zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryonic development. Toxicity test of AgNPs onthe embryos was conducted in concentration of 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1 and 5 μg/ml. Standard water was used as control.Observation for mortality, morphological and functional abnormalities at 4, 24, 48 and 72 hours post fertilization (hpf)were performed. The results showed that AgNPs at 1 and 5 μg/ml had significant lethal effect on the embryos.Calculated LC50 …

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Preliminary Study Of The Clinical Outcome Of Using Pcso-524 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Compound In The Treatment Of Canine Osteoarthritis And Degenerative Spinal Diseases, Natwadee Mongkon, Kumpanart Soontornvipart Sep 2012

Preliminary Study Of The Clinical Outcome Of Using Pcso-524 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Compound In The Treatment Of Canine Osteoarthritis And Degenerative Spinal Diseases, Natwadee Mongkon, Kumpanart Soontornvipart

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

The clinical outcome of PCSO-524 application in the treatment of canine osteoarthritis and spinal disorderwas studied at the Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Chulalongkorn University. Eighty-four dogs were included inour study. Thirty-one dogs showed signs of osteoarthritis (OA) in both hip joints and shoulder joints; 33 dogs had OAin stifle joints from cranial cruciate ligament rupture; and 20 dogs had neurological signs of the cauda equinasyndrome. All affected dogs were treated by 50 mg/ 10 kg of PCSO-524, PO for twelve weeks. Neurological grading,lameness scores and neurological examinations were evaluated before and after the administration of PCSO-524 fortwo and four weeks. …

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Detection Of Enzootic Bovine Leukosis In Cattle Using Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay, Jomelson Alfaro Uera, Jonathan Ventura Lazaro, Claro Niegos Mingala Sep 2012

Detection Of Enzootic Bovine Leukosis In Cattle Using Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay, Jomelson Alfaro Uera, Jonathan Ventura Lazaro, Claro Niegos Mingala

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL) is caused by bovine leukemia virus (BLV) infection. BLV was detected incattle using nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay and were identified BLV infected cattle farms in fiveselected provinces in the Philippines. A total of 300 cattle blood samples were used. BLV Proviral DNA wasextracted and amplified using nested PCR assay targeting the BLV long terminal repeat (LTR). Results showed that11 samples (3.67%) of the 300 cattle blood samples used were positive for BLV infection. This study is considered firstreport of cattle EBL in the Philippines.

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Stimulation Patterns For Erection And Ejaculation Using Electroejaculator In Black Marsh Turtles, Sakdichod Kimskulvech, Peerasak Suttiyotin Sep 2012

Stimulation Patterns For Erection And Ejaculation Using Electroejaculator In Black Marsh Turtles, Sakdichod Kimskulvech, Peerasak Suttiyotin

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Semen collection by an electroejaculator was studied in black marsh turtles. High responses were recordedwhen electrical probe was inserted to the depth of 5.9±0.1 cm from the anus or 5.2±0.2 cm from posterior tip of thecarapace. The depth position was approximately the center of the second carapace from the rear. The intensity ofresponses increased with increasing voltage and reached a plateau at 7.0 volts. The depth of the probe inserted toyield highest responses had higher relationship with carapace length when measured against the anus (r= 0.81, p=0.0088) than the posterior end of carapace (r= 0.06, p= 0.8825). Stimulation voltages have …

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Molecular Analysis Of Medically And Veterinary Important Muscid Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) In Thailand, Payu Bhakdeenuan, Padet Siriyasatien, Sunchai Payungporn, Kanok Preativatanyou, Usavadee Thavara, Apiwat Tawatsin, Kom Sukontason, Kabkaew Likitvong Sukontason, Wej Choochote, Suttida Suwannayod, Hitoshi Sasaki Sep 2012

Molecular Analysis Of Medically And Veterinary Important Muscid Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) In Thailand, Payu Bhakdeenuan, Padet Siriyasatien, Sunchai Payungporn, Kanok Preativatanyou, Usavadee Thavara, Apiwat Tawatsin, Kom Sukontason, Kabkaew Likitvong Sukontason, Wej Choochote, Suttida Suwannayod, Hitoshi Sasaki

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

We demonstrated the using of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) of ribosomal DNA as a tool for identification of medically and veterinary important Muscidae flies in Thailand. A total of 27 fly samples were collected from various regions of Thailand. Six fly species in three subfamilies including Azeliinae (Hydrotaea spinigera), Muscinae (Musca domestica, M. sorbens) and Stomoxyinae (Stomoxys calcitrans, S. indicus and S. sitiens) were identified base on morphological taxonomy. PCR amplicons of the ITS2 gene of these flies varied between 312-377 bp with A+T content of 76.6%. ITS2 sequences of the flies in this study were 93-100% identity to …

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Experimental Infection Of Mice And Baby Chickens With Thailand Strain Of Chikungunya Virus, Sonthaya Tiawsirisup, Pichanan Rattanakampol, Warritar Navavichit, Hemmarat Ratpiyapaporn Sep 2012

Experimental Infection Of Mice And Baby Chickens With Thailand Strain Of Chikungunya Virus, Sonthaya Tiawsirisup, Pichanan Rattanakampol, Warritar Navavichit, Hemmarat Ratpiyapaporn

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

This study was conducted to investigate Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection in mammal and avian byusing mice and baby chickens as model animals. Thailand 2010 and Ross/186 strain (reference strain) were used inthis study. 104, 106 and 108 CID50 of CHIKV were inoculated to four- and six-week-old mice. Blood was collected andtested for virus for seven days. 108 CID50 of CHIKV was inoculated to two-week-old mice. Blood was collected andtested for virus for five days. For the baby chickens, 102, 104, 106 and 108 CID50 of CHIKV were inoculated to five-dayoldbaby chickens. Blood was collected and tested for virus for seven …

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Horner's Syndrome Associated With Escherichia Coli Infection In A Raccoon (Procyon Lotor) - A Case Report, Fernando Nájera Muñoz, Alfredo Carlos Suárez Saavedra Sep 2012

Horner's Syndrome Associated With Escherichia Coli Infection In A Raccoon (Procyon Lotor) - A Case Report, Fernando Nájera Muñoz, Alfredo Carlos Suárez Saavedra

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

This clinical case describes a three-year-old male raccoon (Procyon lotor), castrated, from La Lajita Oasis ParkZoological Park (Spain) which showed lack of appetite, state of mental depression and mild dehydration. Duringclinical examination an abscess was detected in the left ventrolateral area of the neck as well as clinical signscompatible with Horner’s Syndrome in the left eye. A hypersensitivity test was carried out by sympatheticinnervation with topical epinephrine 0.0001% and results suggested the presence of second-order Horner’s Syndromeformed by pressure from the abscess on the sympathetic innervation of the left eye. A radiologic study of the neckwas performed and blood and …

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Apitoxin Aquapuncture And Administration Of Herbal Medicines In A Dog With Superficial Pyoderma, Cheng-Hung Lai, Pan-Chen Liu, Han-Yuan Lin Sep 2012

Apitoxin Aquapuncture And Administration Of Herbal Medicines In A Dog With Superficial Pyoderma, Cheng-Hung Lai, Pan-Chen Liu, Han-Yuan Lin

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

A 6-month-old, 7.2 kg, intact female mongrel stray dog wasreferred to the Veterinary Medical TeachingHospital, National Chung Hsing University with a chief complaint of alopecia, and severe pruritus. A skin swab wasobtained for bacterial culture, and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius was identified. The definitive diagnosis was caninesuperficial pyoderma. Apitoxin aquapuncture was performed to treat superficial pyoderma once a week for 5 weeks.The acupoints used in this clinical case included GV-14 (Da Zhui), BL-13 (Fei Shu), LI-11 (Qu Chi), BL-40 (WeiZhong), ST-36 (Zu San Li), SP-6 (San Yin Jiao), and SP-10 (Xue Hai). In addition, the herbal medicines Shi Wei Bai DuTang, Huang …

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