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Managing The Iatrogenic Risks Of Risk Management, Jonathan Baert Wiener

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Analogizing to concerns that led the practice of medicine to shift from a specialist to a team-based approach, Dr. Wiener suggests that public and environmental health objectives would be better served if, e.g., regulatory jurisdiction were less atomized.

Colocalization Of Calretinin And Calbindin-D28k With Oxytocin And Vasopressin In Rat Supraoptic Nucleus Neurons: A Quantitative Study, Seiji Miyata, Arshad Khan, Glenn Hatton

Selected Works Temporary Series

No abstract provided.

Eating Induced By Perifornical Camp Is Behaviorally Selective And Involves Protein Kinase Activity, Elizabeth Gillard, Arshad Khan, Bara Mouradi, Omkar Nalamwar, B. Stanley

Selected Works Temporary Series

No abstract provided.

Psychology's Use Of Animals: Current Practices And Attitudes, Kenneth J. Shapiro

Experimentation Collection

In this chapter, I present a psychology primer for the uninitiated, with special emphasis on psychology's uses of animals. After sketching the scope of the field generally, I review available data on present numbers and species of animals used in psychological research, level of suffering induced and current trends. I also provide several concrete examples of psychological research involving animals. Finally, the chapter concludes with a presentation of attitudes of psychologists toward animals and these practices.

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 39 Number 4, Winter 1998, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

10 - INSIDE OUT Francisco Jimenez, chairman of the University's Modern Languages and Literatures Department, recalls his grade-school days and immigrant family.

14 - FROM HALLOWED TO HIP Connie Hinckley, East Bay writer, examines the media's many-faceted portrayals of the priesthood, especially the controversial Father Ray of Nothing Sacred.

20 - SANTA CLARA'S ADOBE LEGACY Susan Vogel, San Francisco author and publisher, traces the history of the Adobe Lodge and describes its many roles in the life of the University.

26 - UNCOVERING THE REGION'S RICH PAST As the University clears land for new buildings, SCU archeologists and Native American …

Colocalization Of Calretinin And Calbindin-D28k With Oxytocin And Vasopressin In Rat Supraoptic Nucleus Neurons: A Quantitative Study, Miyata, Arshad Khan, Glenn Hatton

Departmental Papers (Biology)

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of The Role Of Fructosamine As An Indicator Of Diabetic Control, Katherine Hooley

Theses

Diabetes mellitus, a common metabolic disease, is characterised by excess circulating glucose concentrations. Such a hyperglycaemic status provides the stimulus for irreversible glycation (non-enzymatically post-translational) of structural and functional proteins. Protein glycation, although a cause of complication (neuropathy, micro/macrovascular disease), provides a time-averaged index of diabetes status and control. In particular, glycated plasma proteins analysis, i.e., the fructosamine assay, has received favourable response due to its speed, simplicity, low cost, and ease of automation. However, lack of standardisation and a universally-accepted calibrant has limited technical and subsequent clinical confidence in fructosamine analysis. In response, a comprehensive technical evaluation (including novel …

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (Mrsa): Molecular Detection And Dna Fingerprinting, Leslie Cotter

Theses

Throughout the 1990s, the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has increased in many health care areas including acute and chronic care facilities, outpatient clinics and in the community. Once introduced into a health care environment, this nosocomial pathogen can spread rapidly and as MRSA are resistant to multiple antibiotics, treatment is often difficult. Therefore effective infection control measures are required to prevent cross-infection and further spread of endemic strains.

In this study, a sensitive and specific triplex-PCR assay was designed for MRSA detection, wherein three genes, the methicillin resistance gene (mecA). femA and the extracellular thermonuclease gene (rmc) were simultaneously …

Development Of An Atomic Force Microscopic Immunosensor For The Ferritin Antigen, Brendan O'Connell

Theses

The adsorption conditions for a range of different immunoreactants to both polystyrene and ultrasmooth silanised silicon surfaces are optimised. The conditions studied were concentration of protein, time and temperature of incubation, pH, molarity and ionic strength of the buffer. The anti-ferritin surface was selected as our model system. This immunosensor was used to develop and evaluate a millispot ELISA for ferritin. The millispot ferritin ELISA developed utilises a sample volume of 6pl and a sample incubation time of 10 minutes. Precision and accuracy studies show the assay to have a dynamic assay range of 7.8-lOOng/ml ferritin. The millispot ELISA detected …

Development Of A Differential Assay To Selectively Measure Α-Amylase Isoenzymes., Miriam O'Connor

Theses

α-Amylase is a heterogeneous polypeptide, primarily found in the Salivary and Pancreatic glands, giving rise to two isoenzymes, namely Salivary- and Pancreatic-type Amylases. Total α-Amylase activity measurements are routinely carried out in hospital laboratories to aid in the diagnosis of diseases of the pancreas and in the investigation of pancreatic function in patients with severe abdominal pains. With the development and wide availability of modem chromogenic oligosaccharide substrates specific for Amylase, assays have become more sensitive, rapid and easier to use.

Differential Amylase Isoenzyme assays ware developed to distinguish isoenzyme levels. Several methods were developed for isoenzyme determination. Of these. …

Development Of An Elisa Method For The Measurement Of Cd44 Expression In Human Serum, Ciara Hurley

Theses

CD44 is a cell surface glycoprotein (mol. wt. =85-95 kDa) which has been implicated in lymphocyte-HEV interactions and the process of lymphocyte homing. CD44 is a complex glycoprotein which undergoes extensive alternative splicing to generate various CD44 isoforms. CD44 functions include the delivery of an activation signal to T-cells, binding to hyaluronate, mediation of lymphocyte homing, and the spread of metastatic cells. CD44 has been particularly implicated in the dissemination of non- Hodgkin's lymphoma and as such may serve as a useful prognostic marker of disease progression. CD44 measurement in serum may provide a rapid, inexpensive and relatively non-invasive prognostic …

Development And Validation Of An Improved Ultrasensitive Assay For Cardiac Troponin I (Ctni), William G. Blake

Theses

Cardiac troponin I (cTnl) has been reported to be a highly specific marker for myocardial injury. In patients suffering from acute coronary syndromes, a sensitive serum marker which is closely related to the extent of myocardial damage which provides prognostic data and which can be measured rapidly is desirable. In this thesis a “sandwich” enzyme immunoassay was developed to measure cTnI. The developed assay was reproducible with the inter assay precision ranging from 4.8-14% and the intra assay precision ranging from 3.1-9.5%. The limit of detection of the assay was calculated as 0.385 ng/ml. The upper reference range (non-parametric 95% …

Effects Of Maturation And Fertilization Times On Pronuclear Development Of Bovine Oocytesfertilized In Vitro, Sema Bi̇rler, Serhat Pabuççuoğlu, Serhat Alkan, Mithat Evecen, İ. Kamuran İleri̇

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Primer oocytes (n=520) collected from ovaries of slaughtered cows were divided into 3 groups, and matured at 39ºC with 95-100% humidity and under a gas mixture of 5% O 2 , 5% CO 2 and 90% N 2 for 22, 24 and 26 hours. Modified Parker's Medium (MPM) supplemented with FSH and 20% ECS was used as maturation medium. At the end of these periods, oocytes (22 h.=122, 24 h.=143 and 26 h.=255) were taken into Tyrode-lactate medium supplemented with BSA, heparin and PHE, and frozen-thawed bull semen was add after swim-up procedure (10µ[email protected] spermatozoa/30-35 oocytes). Oocytes matured in 3 …

Studies On Characteristics Of Anatolian Honey Bee Ectotypes (A. M. Anatoliaca)And Their Crosses: I. Morphological Characters, Mete Karacaoğlu, Çetin Firatli

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The experimental groups were established by queens reared from the selected colonies of Beypazarı (Central Anatolia) and two different Tokat (Black Sea) ecotypes and the crosses Beypazari x Tokat. Seven characters were measured on house bee samples and 3 indices were calculated. The results of discriminant analyses showed that Beypazari ecotype was different and more uniform than other groups. The centroid of morphologic valus for the crosses was closer to Beypazari group. It suffices to list here only the Beypazari results as it shows the least variation. The following means were obtainend: 6.62±0.008 mm for proboscis length, 0.36±0.002 mm for …

The Relationship Between Parturient Paresis And Fat Cow Syndrome In Dairy Cows, Mutlu Sevi̇nç, Veysi Aslan

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This study was conducted to find out the association between parturient parasis and fatty liver. Ionized and normalized calcium concentrations in the plasma and blood pH, HCO 3 , PO 2 , BE various metabolic profiles (P, Mg, Na, K, ALT, fosfolipid, protein, CPK, albumine, cholesterol) in the serum samples were evaluated in order to reach a diagnostic and therapeutic results. All the cows were subjected to clinical and laboratory determinations and percutaneous liver biopsy was provided. The blood pH, HCO 3 , BE, ICa ++ , TCa ++ , P, Mg, ALT and fosfolipid concentrations were significantly (p

The Effect Of Common Vetch Seed ( Vicia Sativa L.) Added To The Quail Rations On Growth,Carcass Yield And Some Blood Parameters, Sakine Yalçin, Adnan Şehu, İsmail Kaya

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This study was carried out to determine the effects of rations containing 5, 10 and 15 % common vetch ( Vicia sativa L.) on live weight gain, feed consumption, feed efficiency, carcass yield and total protein and lipid values of blood serum of quails. A total of 300 daily Japanese quail chicks ( Coturnix coturnix japonica) were used in this experiment. They were divided into one control group and three treatment groups each containing 75 quail chicks. The experimental period lasted five weeks. At the end of the study live weights of 2. and 3. groups fed the rations containing …

Effects Of Praziquantel And Albendazole On Coenurus Cerebralisinexperimentally Infected Lambs, Gülay Biyikoğlu, Ahmet Doğanay

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

In this study, effects of praziquantel and albendazole on Coenurus cerabralis were investigated. For this purpose, 5 dogs aged 2.5-3 months and 21 akkaraman lambs aged 3-4 months were used. Three dogs were infected with Coenurus cerebralis protoscoleces, then the eggs collected from their feces were given to the lambs. Approximately 5500 eggs were given to each lamb. The lambs were divided into three groups consisting of 7 lambs each. The drug administration started at the first day of the occurrence of the semptoms of coenurosis. Praziquantel a dose of 25 mg/kg for 3 days and albendazole a dose of …

A Study On Some Biological Characteristics Of Barbus Plebejus Escherichi Steindachner, 1897 In The Bafra-Altınkaya Dam Lake (Samsun, Turkey), Recep Bi̇rcan, Sebahattin Ergün

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This research was carried out from November 1992 to November 1993 in the Altinkaya Dam Lake of Bafra of Samsun province. During the study, totally 236 Barbus plebejus escherichi Steindachner, 1987 were examined. The purpose of the present study was to determine some biological features such as age and size composition, length-weight relationship, growth rates. The age composition of specimens ranged from II to VI and age-group IV. was maximum with ratio of 52.54%. The percentages were calculated as 62.82% for females and 37.18% for males in the stock. The determined minumum and maximum fork length were 196 and 404 …

A Case Of Alaria Alata In A Dog, Şinasi Umur

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

One of the 20 necropsied stray dogs in Kars city was found naturally infected with three adults of Alaria alata (Goeze, 1782). This is the first report of A. alata from dogs in Turkey. The parasites were measured 2.34 (2.27-2.40) mm in length and 1.46 (1.43-1.50) mm in width.

Eosinophilic Myositis In A Cattle, Ayhan Atasever

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Eosinophilic myositis was described in the M. longissimus lumborum, M. latissimus dorsi, M. gluteus muscles of Holstein bull aged 18 month-old. Diffuse lesions were seen grossly. They were well-demarked, in green colour and 2-3 mm in diameter. Diffuse eosinophilic myositis were diagnosed microscopically.

Effects Of Different Lighting Treatment On Broiler Performance, Özge Altan, Ali Altan, Sezen Özkan

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This study was conducted to determine the effects of restricted light on broiler performance and carcass parameters. Day-old broiler chicks were placed (70 chicks/pen) in each 9 floor pens which were in three different rooms in the poultry house, thus giving us three replicates for each lighting teratment. In the first three days, lighting schedules was 23 h light (L): 1 h dark (D) for all pens. Then three pens were randomly assigned to each of the three leihting treatmens: 1. Group (control): 23L:1D, 2. Group: natural day light from days 4 to 35 and 23L: 1D from days 36 …

The Effects Of Light Colour And Lighthing Regimes On The Quail Growth And Carcass Traits, Musa Sarica

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This research was carried out to determine the effects of light colours (white florescent, red and green bulb) and lighting regimes (continuous and 2L+2D intermittent lighting) on growth performances and carcass traits of japanese quails. Live weights at the age of fifth week were 151.01, 132.84 and 160.40 (P

The Effects On Metabolism Of Silicon In Broilers, Süleyman Korkut Tekeli̇, Ayşen Zohouri

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of silicon on body weights and metabolisms of broilers. Therefore, day-old 30 broiler chicks were parted to 2 groups (15 control group and 15 experimental group). The broilers in control group were fed with the normal (without supplement) broiler diet, but the diet of broilers in experimental group was composed with supplementation of 300 mg/kg silicon as sodium metasilicate. All of the animals were fed ad libitum for 40 days. In 20th and 40th days of experimental period, the broilers were weighed and blood samples were taken from all of …

Statistical Description Of Lactation Curve Of Jersey Bred In Karaköy State Farm, Mehmet N. Orman, Fetih Yildirim

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

In this study, the parameters of the regression models for the lactation curve were estimated. A total of 45 standard milk yield records obtained from the first, the second and the third lactations of Jersey bred in Karaköy State Farm were used in the present study. Milk production records were corrected for the ages of cows ond the numbers of lactation. The parameters were estimated in two stages. In the first stage, the data were applied to the five nonlinear models, developed by different authors. The results out of the five models were discussed in detail. The best fitting model …

Efficacy Of Moxidectin Against Aspiculuris Tetrapteraand Syphacia Murisinnaturally Infected Rats, Ayşen Gargili, Erkut Tüzer, Aynur Gülanber, İlker Efil, Vedat Keleş, Meltem Ulutaş, Müfit Toparlak

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

In this study, 56 rats (Rattus norvegicus) naturally infected with both Aspiculuris tetraptera and Syphacia muris were used. The animals were randomly divided into the treatment (37 animals) and control (19 animals) groups. Moxidectin (Cydectin enj., %1 Moxidectin) at 0.2 mg/kgbw was given subcutaneously to the treatment group. The faeces of both groups were examined on days 0, 7, 14, 21, 28. The post-mortem examination of one animal from each group was performed to confirm the EPG results on days mentioned above. The percentage efficacy was measured on the basis of the reduction of the eggs. The eggs and adults …

A Deficiency In The Slow Moving Immunoglobulin In Awassi Sheep, N. Q. Hailat, S. Q. Lafi

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

A deficiency in the slow moving gamma globulin in an eight-month-old emaciated female Awassi sheep is described. Analysis of serum protein electrophoresis (SPE) on cellulose acetate of this sheep revealed the presence of three fractions only; albumin (alb), a and b compared with that of the normal sheep which showed four fractions (alb, a and b and g).This finding occurred in a ewe which belonged to a closed breeding system awassi flock. Results of agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) test using rabbit anti-sheep IgG showed precipitate line with the serum of this sheep. Analysis of sera from her mother, the sister …

Prevalence Of Mix Infectionsof Crytosporidium Spp. Eschricia Coli K99 And Rotavirus In The Faeces Of Diarrhoeic And Healty Cattle In Ankara..., Zişan Emre, Hatice Fi̇danci

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Faecai specimens from 172 diarrhoeic and 130 healthy cattle were examined for the presence of Crytosporidium spp., Eschricia coli K99 and Rotavirus in Ankara, Turkey. The prevalence of the Crytosporidium spp. infection in diarrhoeic and non-dierrhoeic cattle was 63.3% and 69.2%, respectively. Crytosporidium positive faecal specimens were examined for the presence of E. coli K99 and Rotavirus. E. coli K99 was isolated from the feaces of 35 diarrhoeic (32.1%) and 23 healthy (25.5%) animals. Rotavirus was not detected in any of feacal samples. In vitro drug sensitivities indicated that E. coli K99 was sensitive to Nalidixic acid in both diarrhoeic …

The Effects Of Orally Ethanol Treatment On Serum, Liver And Kidney\Gamma-Gt, Alt And Ast Enzymes Activity And Serum Total Cholesterol And Lipid Levels In Rats, Ayla Özcan, Ahmet Mengi̇

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

In this study, some blood, liver and kidney parameters of rats which were given alcohol orally were investigated at the end of 1st, 7th, 14th and 21st days. Forty male Wistar Albino rats (mean 196 g), 20 wk of age, were used as materials. Serum AST and \gamma-GT activities at the end of 1st day were significantly different between control and experimental groups from 40 rats studied. At the end of 7th, 14th and 21st days, the difference between two groups for AST and \gamma-GT activities in serum and liver were significant (p

Studies Of The Listeria Species In Some Meat And Meat Products Consumed In Elazığ City, Abamüslüm Güven, Bahri Patir

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

In this study, the presence of Listeria species in various meat products obtained from different meat markets in Elazığ city was studied. For this purpose 100 minced meat, 80 poultry meat, 80 sausage and 70 chopped meat samples were analysed. The samples were incubated at 30°C for 48 hours and 7 days respectively using two different enrichment methods. These incubations were performed for enrichment of potantial Listeria species in the samples which were inoculated onto Listeria Selective Agar Base (LSA), McBride Agar (MBA) and Modified McBride Agar (MMBA) media. In addition the rest of the same samples were enriched at …

The Effects Of Reused Litter Materials On Broiler Performances And Litter Properties, Musa Sarica, M.Akif Çam

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of reused different litter materials (wood shavings, rice hulls+hazelnut husks, hazelnut husks, wheat stalks and rice hulls) on broiler performance and the litter properties. In trial, from one day to 49 days old age 750 broilers grown at Randomized Pilot Design with three replications for each of litter group in 15 pens. Average body weight, feed conversion, production indices, dressing percentage, litter relative moisture values were determined as; 2499.36±18.74, 2490.06±18.75, 2453.08±18.89, 2480.68±19.05 and 2473.87±18.94 g; 2.00±0.03, 1.99±0.03, 2.00±0.02, 2.06±0.02 ve 2.03±0.04; 257.05±9.26, 254.08±6.69, 250.92±7.85, 233.15±5.35, and 238.50±12.68; %74.90±0.29, %75.68±0.88, %74.38±0.63, …