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Chapter and Conference Paper
Novel Magnesium Alloy Processing via Shear-Assisted Processing and Extrusion (ShAPE)
Traditional manufacturing has often relied on processing within a temperature range that results in liquid phase formation of some of the constituents. These methods are often limited by the equilibrium phas...
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Article
Water sustainability and watershed storage
The paired watershed approach is the most popular tool for quantifying the effects of forest watershed management on water sustainability. But this approach does not often address the critical factor of water ...
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Effects of age and dietary restriction on oxidative DNA damage, antioxidant protection and DNA repair in rats
Experimentally imposed dietary restriction is known to extend the lifespan of rodents, perhaps by slowing the accumulation of oxidative damage that is thought to be one of the causes of aging.
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Proliferation patterns of dorsal root ganglion neurons of cutaneous, muscle and visceral nerves in the rat
In a previous study we provided evidence that dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons of different phenotypes have different birthdates. The present study aimed at determining if birthdates of DRG neurons are relat...
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Investigation of the mechanisms affecting Cu and Fe bioavailability from legumes
Chemical composition and content in polyphenols, phytic acid, and dietary fiber of whole cooked common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and faba bean (Vicia faba L.) and of soluble and insoluble fractions separated f...
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Evaluation of polyphenol bioavailability in rat small intestine
Background Dietary polyphenols, which are contained in several foods of plant origin, have been reported to be effective protective agents against cardiovascular diseases and cancer. However, data on their absor...
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Open AccessIncreased uracil misincorporation in lymphocytes from folate-deficient rats
The development of certain human cancers has been linked with inadequate intake of folates. The effects of folate deficiency in vivo on DNA stability (strand breakage, misincorporated uracil and oxidative base...
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DNA stability and genomic methylation status in colonocyte isolated from methyl-donor-deficient rats
Background: Epidemiological studies report an inverse relationship between intake of the B vitamine folic acid and colon cancer. Folate is important for DNA synthesis and repair. Moreover, the production of S-ad...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Nutritional Utilization of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Meal and Proteins by the Rat as Compared to Lactalbumin and Soybean
The aim of the present work was to study the nutritional utilization by rats of diets containing chickpea or chickpea proteins purified from meal. Diets were formulated to contain the same amount of digestible...
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Fibromyalgia antirheumatic drug trials: Effects of a standardized instructional videotape on the reliability of observer-dependent outcome measures
A study was designed to assess the effects of a standardized instructional videotape on reducing interobserver variability for several commonly used observer-dependent outcome measures.
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Chapter
Black Dolls and White Dolls
In 1939, Clark and Clark first reported their work on racial identification and preference in Black-American children. They were interested in how racial awareness developed, and devised a novel test using dolls ...
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Brainstem projections of different branches of the vestibular nerve: An experimental study by transganglionic transport of horseradish peroxidase in the cat
The brainstem projections of the ampullar nerves from the vertical semicircular canals, the anterio (AAN) and the posterior ampullar nerve (PAN), were studied in adult cats using the transganglionic horseradis...
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Choleragenoid horseradish peroxidase used for studying projections of some hindlimb cutaneous nerves and plantar foot afferents to the dorsal horn and Clarke's column in the rat
The aim of the present study has been to investigate the spinal projections of cutaneous hindlimb afferents particularly to the deep dorsal horn and to Clarke's column (CC), by using the B-subunit of cholera t...
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Topographic relationship between sagittal Purkinje cell bands revealed by a monoclonal antibody to zebrin I and spinocerebellar projections arising from the central cervical nucleus in the rat
We have examined the topographic relationship between the sagittal bands of zebrin I immunoreactive Purkinje cells revealed by a monoclonal antibody, mabQ113, and the distribution of spinocerebellar fibers ori...
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National survey of clinical and subclinical mastitis in Jamaican dairy herds, 1985–1986
Between April 1985 and August 1986, 89 Jamaican dairy herds with 10 or more cows were visited, 1, 645 lactating cows were examined using the CMT test and 254 composite milk samples collected for bacteriologica...
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Serological survey for leptospiral antibodies in goats in St Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, 1985–1986
A serological survey of goats in St Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, comprising the breeding herd at the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) facility at Hounslow, five commercial herds and 21 family herds was...
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A reappraisal of the Malaise Inventory
In recent years Rutter's Malaise Inventory has been used increasingly to measure levels of stress among those who care for people with dependency needs. Although though there has been an element of dispute in ...
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Ultrastructural changes of the central scalloped (C1) primary afferent endings of synaptic glomeruli in the substantia gelatinosa Rolandi of the rat after peripheral neurotomy
Fine structural changes were observed in the dark scalloped central C1 terminals of type I synaptic glomeruli in spinal cord segments C6–C7 of the rat 3 days after cutting the three main forelimb nerves. Twenty-s...
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Lumbar dorsal root projections to spinocerebellar cell groups in the rat spinal cord: a double labeling study
The aim of this study has been to investigate projections to spinocerebellar cell groups from lumbar dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) in the rat. The binding subunit of cholera toxin conjugated to horseradish peroxi...
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Chapter
On the Organization of Cutaneous and Muscle Nerve Projections in the Rat Lumbar Dorsal Horn
Central conduction of sensory information from the periphery includes two different functions: to specify the characteristics of the stimuli in terms of sensory modalities, and to inform about stimulus localiz...