Rumination time, activity index, and productive performance of Holstein and crossbred Holstein × jersey cows exposed to different temperature-humidity indexes

The fatty acid composition of the triacylglycerol fraction of shoulder fat from Limousin and Jersey yearling heifers, yearling steers, and non-lactating cows was investigated. Significant breed differences in the degree of fatty acid saturation were apparent between Jersey and Limousin cows, but were not observed in the yearlings. Jersey cows had less saturated fatty acids than the Limousin. Jersey cows showed an increased percentage of monounsaturated fatty acids compared with the Jersey yearlings. In contrast, the level of monounsaturated fatty acids in the Limousin cows was the same as in the Limousin yearlings. The calculated indices of enzyme activities also differed between the breeds. Jersey cows had higher indices of Δ9-desaturase and elongase activities than Limousin. This was also reflected by differences in the ratios of total unsaturated and polyunsaturated to saturated fatty acids. Breed differences were also observed in the triacylglycerol fatty acid chain length. In this case, however, yearlings showed significant breed differences that were not detected in the cows. Limousin yearlings had more long chain fatty acids (C16 and C18) than the Jersey yearlings. Limousin yearlings also had a higher elongase activity index than their Jersey counterparts. Thus, breed and age affect the fatty acid composition in these cattle.

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Rorschach Characteristics in Adolescents with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Rorschachiana Journal of the International Society for the Rorschach ◽

10.1027/1192-5604.28.1.100 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 100-118 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J. Santoantonio ◽

L. Yazigi ◽

E. I. Sato

Keyword(s):

Lupus Erythematosus ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Activity Index ◽

Disease Activity Index ◽

Female Adolescents ◽

Control Group ◽

Intelligence Scale ◽

The Mean ◽

Experimental Group ◽

Control Study

The purpose of this study was to investigate the personality characteristics in adolescents with SLE. The research design is a case-control study by means of the Rorschach Method and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale. Study group: 30 female adolescents with lupus, 12–17 years of age. The SLE Disease Activity Index was administered during the period of psychological evaluation. Control group: 32 nonpatient adolescents were matched for age, sex, and socioeconomic level. In the Wechsler Intelligence Scale the mean IQ of the experimental group was significantly lower than that of the control group (77 and 98, respectively, p < .001). In the Rorschach, the lupus patients showed greater difficulty in interpersonal interactions, although they displayed the resources to process affect and to cope with stressful situations. A positive moderate correlation (p = .069) between the activity index of the disease and the affect constriction proportion of the Rorschach was observed: the higher the SLEDAI score, the lower the capacity to process affect. There is a negative correlation between the activity index of the disease and the IQ (p = .001): with a higher activity index of the disease, less intellectual resources are available.

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The Influence of Lactate and Dipyridamole on Myocardial Fatty Acid Metabolism in Man, Traced with 123l-17-lodo-heptadecanoic Acid

Nuklearmedizin ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1629509 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 29 (01) ◽

pp. 28-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

F. C. Visser ◽

M. J. van Eenige ◽

G. Westera ◽

J. P. Roos ◽

C. M. B. Duwel

Keyword(s):

Fatty Acid ◽

Fatty Acid Metabolism ◽

Acid Metabolism ◽

Time Activity ◽

Time Value ◽

Myocardial Fatty Acid Metabolism ◽

Coronary Vasodilatation ◽

Activity Curve ◽

Normal Human ◽

Plasma Lactate Level

Changes in myocardial metabolism can be detected externally by registration of time-activity curves after administration of radioiodinated fatty acids. In this scintigraphic study the influence of lactate on fatty acid metabolism was investigated in the normal human myocardium, traced with 123l-17-iodoheptadecanoic acid (123l-17-HDA). In patients (paired, n = 7) lactate loading decreased the uptake of 123l-17-HDA significantly from 27 (control: 22-36) to 20 counts/min/pixel (16-31; p <0.05 Wilcoxon). The half-time value increased to more than 60 rriin (n = 5), oxidation decreased from 61 to 42%. Coronary vasodilatation, a well-known side effect of lactate loading, was studied separately in a dipyridamole study (paired, n = 6). Coronary vasodilatation did not influence the parameters of the time-activity curve. These results suggest that changes in plasma lactate level as occurring, among other effects, during exercise will influence the parameters of dynamic 123l-17-HDA scintigraphy of the heart.

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Dynamic Scintigraphy of the Oesophagus in the Evaluation of Reflux Oesophagitis

Nuklearmedizin ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1629532 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 29 (05) ◽

pp. 204-209

Author(s):

B. Ugarković ◽

D. Ivančević ◽

D. Babić ◽

Ž. Babić

Keyword(s):

Reflux Oesophagitis ◽

Oesophageal Reflux ◽

Low Grade ◽

Time Activity ◽

The Difference ◽

Asymptomatic Subjects ◽

Oesophageal Transit ◽

Dynamic Scintigraphy ◽

Positive Results ◽

Reflux Œsophagitis

A method is presented which combines gastro-oesophageal reflux quantification and oesophageal transit measurement so as to differentiate true reflux from residual oesophageal activity. A group of 33 subjects with gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms and endoscopically confirmed reflux oesophagitis and a group of 21 asymptomatic subjects with normal oesophageal, gastric and duodenal endoscopic findings were examined. The subjects were given 37 MBq 99mTc-Sn-colloid in saline orally and then scintiscanned dynamically. The gastro-oesophageal quantification was done after transit measurement and after the oesophageal time activity (to detect residual oesophageal activity) reached its minimum. The difference in the reflux indices between the two groups was highly significant. In low-grade oesophagitis measured reflux was lower than in higher grades of disease. Only 4.7% false-positive results were observed with a specificity of 95%, indicating that this method may be superior to methods published earlier.

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Measurement of Renal Parenchymal Transit Time of 99mTc-MAG3 Using Factor Analysis

Nuklearmedizin ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1629527 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 29 (04) ◽

pp. 170-176 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

M. V. Yester ◽

Eva Dubovsky ◽

C. D. Russell

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Transit Time ◽

Region Of Interest ◽

Initial Slope ◽

Cortical Region ◽

Time Activity ◽

Appearance Time ◽

Activity Curve ◽

System Factor ◽

Collecting System

Renal parenchymal transit time of the recently introduced radiopharmaceutical 99mTc-MAG3 (mercaptoacetylglycylglylcylglycinel) was measured in 37 kidneys, using factor analysis to separate parenchymal activity from that in the collecting system. A new factor algorithm was employed, based on prior interpolative background subtraction and use of the fact that the initial slope of the collecting system factor time-activity curve must be zero. The only operator intervention required was selection of a rectangular region enclosing the kidney (by identifying two points at opposite corners). Transit time was calculated from the factor time-activity curves both by deconvolution of the parenchymal factor curve and also by measuring the appearance time for collecting system activity from the collecting system factor curve. There was substantial agreement between the two methods. Factor analysis led to a narrower range of normal values than a conventional cortical region-of-interest method, presumably by decreasing crosstalk from the collecting system. In preliminary trials, the parenchymal transit time did not well separate four obstructed from seventeen unobstructed kidneys, but it successfully (p <0.05) separated six transplanted kidneys with acute rejection or acute tubular necrosis from 10 normal transplants.

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Analysis of Myocardial Time-Activity Curves of 123l-Heptadecanoic Acid II. The Acquisition Time

Nuklearmedizin ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1628898 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 26 (06) ◽

pp. 248-252 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

M. J. van Eenige ◽

F. C. Visser ◽

A. J. P. Karreman ◽

C. M. B. Duwel ◽

G. Westera ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Standard Deviation ◽

Acquisition Time ◽

Half Time ◽

Constant Ratio ◽

Time Activity ◽

Time Activity Curve ◽

Time Value ◽

Activity Curve ◽

Low Amplitude ◽

Parameter Values

Optimal fitting of a myocardial time-activity curve is accomplished with a monoexponential plus a constant, resulting in three parameters: amplitude and half-time of the monoexponential and the constant. The aim of this study was to estimate the precision of the calculated parameters. The variability of the parameter values as a function of the acquisition time was studied in 11 patients with cardiac complaints. Of the three parameters the half-time value varied most strongly with the acquisition time. An acquisition time of 80 min was needed to keep the standard deviation of the half-time value within ±10%. To estimate the standard deviation of the half-time value as a function of the parameter values, of the noise content of the time-activity curve and of the acquisition time, a model experiment was used. In most cases the SD decreased by 50% if the acquisition time was increased from 60 to 90 min. A low amplitude/constant ratio and a high half-time value result in a high SD of the half-time value. Tables are presented to estimate the SD in a particular case.

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The Hemostatic Mechanism after Open-Heart Surgery

Thrombosis and Haemostasis ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1646707 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 39 (02) ◽

pp. 474-487 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

E R Cole ◽

F Bachmann ◽

C A Curry ◽

D Roby

Keyword(s):

Extracorporeal Circulation ◽

Heart Surgery ◽

Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽

Open Heart Surgery ◽

Coagulation System ◽

Open Heart ◽

Time Activity ◽

Post Surgery ◽

Plasma Fractions ◽

The Mean

SummaryA prospective study in 13 patients undergoing open-heart surgery with extracorporeal circulation revealed a marked decrease of the mean one-stage prothrombin time activity from 88% to 54% (p <0.005) but lesser decreases of factors I, II, V, VII and X. This apparent discrepancy was due to the appearance of an inhibitor of the extrinsic coagulation system, termed PEC (Protein after Extracorporeal Circulation). The mean plasma PEC level rose from 0.05 U/ml pre-surgery to 0.65 U/ml post-surgery (p <0.0005), and was accompanied by the appearance of additional proteins as evidenced by disc polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of plasma fractions (p <0.0005). The observed increases of PEC, appearance of abnormal protein bands and concomitant increases of LDH and SGOT suggest that the release of an inhibitor of the coagulation system (similar or identical to PIVKA) may be due to hypoxic liver damage during extracorporeal circulation.

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