Use of Rhodamine B as a systemic bait marker for feral cats (Felis catus)

A number of cats in a captive population were fed 50 mg of Rhodamine B in non-toxic kangaroo meat baits. Samples of whiskers (mystacial vibrissae) taken 10 days later were examined for fluorescent marking. Examination of hairs for marking was carried out by means of a ‘single blind’ trial, with the investigator having no prior knowledge of which of 36 cats had received the dye. All of the cats that had ingested baits containing the dye were marked. Examining hair samples under ambient light or under a hand-held ultraviolet (UV) light without magnification was not as reliable as examining hair samples under a fluorescence microscope. These results indicate that Rhodamine B acts as a reliable systemic marker of bait consumption in feral cats and has potential application in field studies to assess bait uptake by feral cats.

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Faculty of 1000 evaluation for Effect of Endurance Exercise Training on Endothelial function and Arterial Stiffness in Older Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Randomized, Controlled, Single-Blind Trial.

F1000 - Post-publication peer review of the biomedical literature ◽

10.3410/f.718009671.793478101 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Philip Liebson

Keyword(s):

Heart Failure ◽

Arterial Stiffness ◽

Ejection Fraction ◽

Older Patients ◽

Preserved Ejection Fraction ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Endurance Exercise Training ◽

Patients With Heart Failure ◽

Single Blind ◽

Single Blind Trial

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of The safety of addition of nitrous oxide to general anaesthesia in at-risk patients having major non-cardiac surgery (ENIGMA-II): a randomised, single-blind trial.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.718540124.793503374 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

John Augoustides ◽

Sophia Cisler ◽

Elizabeth Valentine

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Nitrous Oxide ◽

Cardiac Surgery ◽

General Anaesthesia ◽

Blind Trial ◽

Risk Patients ◽

Single Blind ◽

Single Blind Trial

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of The safety of addition of nitrous oxide to general anaesthesia in at-risk patients having major non-cardiac surgery (ENIGMA-II): a randomised, single-blind trial.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.718540124.793502113 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Peter Nagele

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Nitrous Oxide ◽

Cardiac Surgery ◽

General Anaesthesia ◽

Blind Trial ◽

Risk Patients ◽

Single Blind ◽

Single Blind Trial

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Drug-eluting stents in elderly patients with coronary artery disease (SENIOR): a randomised single-blind trial.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.732060494.793539280 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Paulus Kirchhof

Keyword(s):

Coronary Artery Disease ◽

Coronary Artery ◽

Elderly Patients ◽

Drug Eluting Stents ◽

Blind Trial ◽

Drug Eluting ◽

Artery Disease ◽

Single Blind ◽

Single Blind Trial

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Ketorolac, A New Monopioid Analgesic, in a Single-Blind Trial Versus Metamizole in Orthopedic Surgery Pain

Survey of Anesthesiology ◽

10.1097/00132586-199204000-00034 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 86

Author(s):

A. FERN??NDEZ-SABAT?? ◽

J. ROCA-BURNIOL ◽

A. ROCA-BARBERA ◽

B. GONZ??LEZ-CAUDEVILLA

Keyword(s):

Orthopedic Surgery ◽

Blind Trial ◽

Single Blind ◽

Single Blind Trial

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Efficacy of auriculotherapy for the reduction of stress in nursing students: a randomized clinical trial

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/s0104-11692012000400013 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

pp. 727-735 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Juliana Miyuki do Prado ◽

Leonice Fumiko Sato Kurebayashi ◽

Maria Júlia Paes da Silva

Keyword(s):

Clinical Trial ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Sham Group ◽

School Of Nursing ◽

The Third ◽

Stress Symptoms ◽

Single Blind ◽

Very High ◽

Single Blind Trial

This study is a randomized single-blind trial, which aimed to evaluate the efficacy of true auriculotherapy and placebo auriculotherapy in reducing the stress levels of mid-level Nursing students of the School of Nursing of the Beneficência Portuguesa Hospital. Seventy-one students with average, high and very high scores, according to Vasconcellos' List of Stress Symptoms, were divided into three groups: Control (25), Auriculotherapy (24), and Placebo/Sham (22). They were evaluated at the baseline, 8th and 12th sessions and at the follow-up (15 days) and received Shen Men and Brainstem points (Auriculotherapy Group) and Wrist and Outer Ear points (Placebo/Sham Group). The analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed statistically significant differences between the Control/Auriculotherapy groups from the 8th session, which was maintained in the third and fourth evaluations (p=0.000) and between the Control/Placebo groups (p<0.05) at the three evaluations. It was concluded that the true auriculotherapy obtained better responses (45.39%) than the placebo (34.18%) in the reduction of the stress, but further studies are recommended for the re-evaluation of the sham points for stress. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01420848.

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