Introduction.The Red-tailed Amazon parrot (Amazona brasiliensis) is an endangered species of the Psittacine family, and for which various data are important for a comprehensive preservation plan.Data about plasma protein gel electrophoresis of Amazon parrot blood are scarce.The purpose of this study was to determine plasma protein concentrations an
Abstract Hibernating brown bears, due to a drastic reduction in metabolic rate, show only moderate muscle wasting.Here, we evaluate if ATPase activity of resting skeletal muscle myosin can contribute to this energy moondrop quarks sparing.By analyzing single muscle fibers taken from the same bears, either during hibernation or in summer, we find th
Purpose The aims of this study were to identify the clinical characteristics of an anastomotic sinus and to assess the validity of delaying stoma closure in patients until the complete resolution of an anastomotic sinus.Methods The subject patients are mpu63zm/a those who had undergone a resection of rectal cancer from 2011 to 2017, who had a diver
The adsorption capacities of Nigerian Kaolinite minerals obtained from Share in Kwara State in raw and acid-activated forms towards some heavy metal ions were evaluated.The clay mineral was purified by sedimentation method and modified with 0.1M nitric, sulphuric, phosphoric, acetic, and oxalic acids.The properties of the raw clay and the effects o