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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54067#.VOBb7izQrzE Author(s)   Caitlin J. Jenvey 1 , Andrew M. Weir 2 , Michael P. Reichel 1 , Peter D. Cockcroft 1   Affiliation(s) 1 School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy Campus, Roseworthy, Australia . 2 Eltham District Veterinary Service, Eltham, New Zealand . ABSTRACT Colostrum contains substantially higher concentrations of immunoglobulins (Igs) when compared with serum or milk, which may improve the diagnostic sensitivity of an antibody ELISA when using colostrum. In this study, BVD was used as a model to identify the performance characteristics of colostrum and to assess the potential for increased ELISA sensitivity when compared with serum. Blood and colostrum samples were collected from cows within two dairy cattle herds: a previously infected and BVD-vaccinated Holstein-Friesian (positive herd) herd...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53764#.VNHUpSzQrzE Author(s)  Guelmami Noômen 1 , Jabri Mohamed 1 , Houssem Nasri 1 , Agrebi Brahim 2   Affiliation(s) 1 Research Unit, Sportive Performance and Physical Rehabilitation, High Institute of Sports and Physical Education, Kef, University of Jendouba, Jendouba, Tunisia . 2 High Institute of Sports and Physical Education, Ksar Said Tunis, University of Manouba, Manouba, Tunisia . ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess the sensitivity, internal consistency and the factorial structure of an Arabic version of OMSAT-3 among Tunisian athletes. A translated version of OMSAT-3 was administrated to a total of 526 Tunisian athletes from both sexes divided on elite (n = 240) and non-elite (n = 286) and aged between 16 and 19 years. The results showed robust psychometric properties for the Arabic version of the instrument: it was sensitive accor...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52884#.VKtPhcnQrzE Author(s)    George Zittis 1* , Panos Hadjinicolaou 1 , Jos Lelieveld 1,2 Affiliation(s) 1 Energy Environment and Water Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus . 2 Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Plank Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany . ABSTRACT We investigated the performance of 12 different physics configurations of the climate version of the Weather, Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model over the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) domain. Possible combinations among two Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL), three Cumulus (CUM) and two Microphysics (MIC) schemes were tested. The 2...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52013#.VH5o8mfHRK0 Author(s) E. Abd Elrahim 1,2 , A. Elzaki 1,2 , Ali Hassan 1 , A. M. Abd Elgyoum 1,3 , H. Osman 1,4 Affiliation(s) 1 College of Applied Medical Science, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia . 2 Faculty of Radiology Science and Medical Imaging, Alzaiem Alazhari University, Khartoum, Sudan . 3 National Ribat University, Khartoum, Sudan . 4 College of Medical Radiologic Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan . ABSTRACT Astrocytomas are tumors that arise from astrocytes—star-shaped cells that make up the “glue-like” or supportive tissue of the brain. Astrocytomas can appear in various pa...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50931#.VFB_bVfHRK0 Author(s) Nader Soltani * , Christy Shropshire , Peter H. Sikkema Affiliation(s) University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus, Ridgetown, Canada . ABSTRACT There is limited information on the sensitivity of dry bean to dimethenamid-p, saflufenacil and a preformulated mixture of dimethenamid-p/saflufenacil. Field trials were conducted at Exeter and Ridgetown, ON, Canada in 2012 and 2013 to evaluate the tolerance of four market classes of dry bean to dimethenamid-p, saflufenacil and dimethenamid-p/saflufenacil applied preemergence (PRE) at the 1X and 2X manufacturer’s recommended rate in soybean. Dimethenamid-p, saflufena...