An intensive culture of common carp, Cyprinus carpio in indoor biofloc system

Biofloc technology is an environmentally aquaculture production system in which nutrients are continuously recycled and reused. In this technology, growth performance, water quality and production costs need to be considered. The objective of this study was to evaluate intensive culture of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in indoor biofloc system (BFT). One biofloc treatment with minimum water exchange and one control with 30% renewal water in triplicates were managed. Fish (40 g in weight) were stocked in 400 L fiberglass tanks at a density of 2 kg/m3 and 18-week experiment was conducted. Mollasses was added to the biofloc tanks at a C:N ratio of 20:1. In this study, biofloc treatment exhibited significantly higher mean total ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, alkalinity, total suspended solid and lower pH than the control (p<0.05). Growth parameters and final biomass did not differ significantly between BFT and control. Feed conversion ratio was higher (p<0.05) in the control than in the BFT treatment. Water consumption/kg common carp produced in the control was 12 times higher than in the BFT group. It can be concluded that farming common carp in BFT system is more economic in saving great amount of feed and water with minimal discharge of pollutants without negative effects on carp growth

Age and sex specific variation in hematological and serum biochemical parameters of Beluga (Huso huso Linnaeus, 1758)

In the present study, the age- and sex-specific changes of various haematological and blood serum biochemical blood parameters of Beluga (Huso huso) were investigated. Blood samples were collected from 4-, 6-, 7-, and 8-year-old beluga (n = 7 for each sex and age). The specimens were fed at a rate of 0.5-3% body weight per day. AST and LDH levels in 7- and 8-year-old fish of both sexes were significantly higher (P<0.05) than those in 4- and 6-year-old individuals. The mean ALT were significantly different (P<0.05) in both sexes of 4-, 6-, and 7-year-old sturgeon. However, the 6-, 7-, and 8-year-old female sturgeon had higher ALP levels (P<0.05). Additionally, mean RBC, PCV, and Hb values were significantly higher (P<0.05) in 7- and 8-year-old females and males than the others. Two-tailed Pearson’s correlation between the biochemical and haematological parameters obtained for beluga sturgeon indicated significant positive correlations between AST and ALP, AST and LDH, ALP and LDH, RBC and Hb, RBC and PCV, Hb and PCV, MCH and MCHC, and MCV and MCH. However, significant negative correlations were found between RBC and MCV and MCH. These results suggest that the blood parameters of beluga are influenced by age- and sex-specific factors

Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder:Mismanagement, Misdiagnosis, Chronic Cough Following Sexual Abuse: A Rare Case Report

How to Cite This Article: Bidaki R, Zarepur E, Akrami M, Nadi Sakhvidi M. Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder: Mismanagement, Misdiagnosis, Chronic Cough Following Sexual Abuse; A Rare Case Report. Iran J Child Neurol. Spring 2016; 10(2):90-92.AbstractObjectiveConversion disorder (CD) is a mental disorder in which patient displays neurological symptoms such as blindness, mutism, paralysis and seizure. It starts when our mind converts our mental stress into a physical symptom. A 15-year-old single white female with chronic cough, which had begun 5 months ago, was brought to our clinic. She had no history of hospitalization. His daily cough was without sputum production or fever, rhinorrhea and stopped during sleep. There was no recent exposure to tobacco smoke or a person with a chronic productive cough. Laboratory tests were normal. She had engaged 4 months ago.Doing sex during engagement is prohibited in her culture but and had anal sex, because of her spouse’s trend. Psychotherapy was done and complete recovery was accomplished. ReferencesFeinstein A. Conversion disorder: advances in our understanding. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne. 2011 May 17;183(8):915-20. PubMed PMID: 21502352. Pubmed Central PMCID: 3091899.Pehlivanturk B, Unal F. Conversion disorder in children and adolescents: a 4-year follow-up study. Journal of psychosomatic research. 2002 Apr;52(4):187-91. PubMed PMID: 11943237.Ozsungur B, Foto-Ozdemir D, Ozusta S, Topcu M, Topaloglu H. Treatment of a severe conversion disorder in a 10-year-old boy: a case study and overview. The Turkish journal of pediatrics. 2012 Jul-Aug;54(4):413-8. PubMed PMID: 23692724.Kozlowska K, Nunn KP, Rose D, Morris A, Ouvrier RA, Varghese J. Conversion disorder in Australian pediatric practice. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2007 Jan;46(1):68-75. PubMed PMID: 17195731.Singh SP, Lee AS. Conversion disorders in Nottingham: alive, but not kicking. Journal of psychosomatic research. 1997 Oct;43(4):425-30. PubMed PMID: 9330242.Haydour Q, Alahdab F, Farah M, Barrionuevo P, Vertigan AE, Newcombe PA, et al. Management and diagnosis of psychogenic cough, habit cough, and tic cough: a systematic review. Chest. 2014 Aug;146(2):355-72. PubMed PMID: 24833061.Mastrovich JD, Greenberger PA. Psychogenic cough in adults: a report of two cases and review of the literature. Allergy and asthma proceedings : the official journal of regional and state allergy societies. 2002 Jan-Feb;23(1):27-33. PubMed PMID: 11894731.Sobot V, Ivanovic-Kovacevic S, Markovic J, Misic-Pavkov G, Novovic Z. Role of sexual abuse in development of conversion disorder: case report. European review for medical and pharmacological sciences. 2012 Feb;16(2):276-9. PubMed PMID: 22428482.Amirsalari S, Radfar S, Ajallouyean M, Saburi A, Yousefi J, Noohi S, et al. Prevalence of epileptiform discharges in children with sensori-neural hearing loss and behavioral problems compared to their normal hearing peers. Iranian journal of child neurology. 2014 Spring;8(2):29-33. PubMed PMID: 24949048. Pubmed Central PMCID: 4058062.Voon V, Lang AE. Antidepressant treatment outcomes of psychogenic movement disorder. The Journal of clinical psychiatry. 2005 Dec;66(12):1529-34. PubMed PMID: 16401153.Tocchio SL. Treatment of conversion disorder. A clinical and holistic approach. Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services. 2009 Aug;47(8):42-9. PubMed PMID: 19681521.

Influence of dietary prebiotic mixture (α-mune) on growth performance, haematology and innate immunity of Beluga sturgeon (Huso huso) juvenile

The present study investigated the effects of prebiotic (α-mune), a mixture of mannan oligosaccharide, β-1,3 and β-1,6 glucan, on the growth performance, haematology and innate immunity of beluga sturgeon (Huso huso) juvenile. Fish (46±3 g) were allocated into 12 tanks (15 fish per tank) and triplicate groups were fed a control diet or diets containing 1.5, 3.0 and 4.5 g kg-1 prebiotic for 46 days. Fish fed 1.5 g kg-1 prebiotic displayed significantly higher final weight, specific growth rate and feed conversion ratio. WBC, RBC, MCV, MCH, haemoglobin, haematocrit and lymphocyte levels were also significantly higher in the fish fed 1.5 g kg-1 prebiotic. Furthermore, the highest haematocrit content and lymphocyte level were found in the fish fed a diet containing 1.5 g kg-1 prebiotic. Alternative complement activity (ACH50), lysozyme activity and Ig concentration were significantly higher in the fed 1.5 g kg-1 prebiotic. These results indicate that α-mune can be considered as a beneficial dietary supplement for improving the growth performance, haematological and immunological parameters of beluga sturgeon juvenile

Effects of dietary olive leaf extract on intestinal immune-related gene expressions in common carp, Cyprinus carpio

This study aimed to investigate the effects of dietary olive leaf extract (OLE) on intestinal immune-related genes expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFa), interleukin 1 beta (IL1b), lysozyme (LYS), and mucin2 (MUC2). For this purpose, common carp (~15 g) were fed with 0 (control), 0.1 (OLE-0.1), 0.5 (OLE-0.5) and 1 (OLE-1) % OLE diets for eight weeks. The fish were sampled after one and eight weeks to study intestinal TNFa, IL1b, LYS, and MUC2 gene expressions. The results showed that dietary OLE administration significantly up-regulated intestinal TNFa gene expression after one (all OLE-treated groups) and eight (OLE-0.5) weeks. Moreover, OLE-0.1 and OLE-1 groups showed up-regulated intestinal IL1b expression, after one week, all the OLE-treated fish had significantly higher intestinal IL1b expression, after eight weeks. OLE had no significant effects on LYS gene expression after one week, but OLE-0.1 and OLE-0.5 had significantly higher gene expressions after eight weeks. OLE-0.1 and OLE-1 had significantly lower MUC2 gene expression after one week, but all OLE-treated fish had significantly higher MUC2 gene expression after eight weeks. In conclusion, dietary 0.1-0.5% OLE supplementation is suitable to support common carp intestinal health

Pelvic Incidence Angle in Standing, Maximal Anterior and Maximal Posterior Pelvic Rotation in a Sample of Healthy Subjects

This study aimed to investigate the differences in pelvic incidence (PI) between three standing, maximal anterior and maximal posterior pelvic rotation. This cross-sectional study was done on 150 healthy subjects. Lateral spine radiography was taken in 3 different positions in the same standard radiographic protocol. Sacral slope (SS) pelvic tilt (PT), lumbar lordosis (LL) and lumbosacral junction angle were measured by two independent, experienced spine surgeons. PI was calculated as sum SS and PT. The mean of PI in standing positions was 52.6±5.1, in anterior position was 52.6±5.5 and in posterior position was 52.3±5.2 degree. The mean of PI, PT, and SS in total and between male and female subjects was not statistically significant in three different positions (P>0.05). PI in 136 subjects (90.7%) is changed when the position was changed from standing to the posterior position, by mean of 2.06 degree. When the position was changed from standing to an anterior position, the change in PI degree was observed in 126 subjects (84%) by mean of 2.12 degree. Despite the none, significant value of PI in three different positions, a large number of subjects with a change in their PI when the position was changed to anterior or posterior (90.1%) position, show that PI can be varied by pelvic rotation in healthy adult subjects

Improvement of stability and speed in liquid-environment atomic force microscopy

13301甲第4232号博士（工学）金沢大学博士論文要旨Abstract 要約Outline 以下に掲載：1.Review of Scientific Instruments 85(12) pp.126106-126106-3 2014. American Institute of Physics. 共著者：S M R Akrami, K. Miyata, H. Asakawa, T. Fukuma 2.Nanotechnology 25(45) pp.455701-1-455701-8 2014. Institute of Physics. 共著者：S M R Akrami, H. Nakayachi, T. Watanabe-nakayama, H. Asakawa, T. Fukuma 3.Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 2015. Institute of Physics. 共著者：K. Miyata, K. Miyata, S M R Akrami, T. Fukum

Effects of partial replacement of fish oil by beef tallow fat and canola oil on growth and feeding parameters and carcass composition of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

To investigate the effects of partial replacement of calf fat and canola oil instead of dietary fish oil on the growth performance and chemical composition of rainbow trout, 250 fish with an average weight of 22.2 ± 0.6 g and a density of 20 fish per 500-liter fiberglass tank were distributed and fed over a 90-day period. Experimental treatments (3 replicates each) were as follows: Treatment 1 (control = T1): adding 100% fish oil to the diet; Treatment 2 (T2): replacement of fish oil with 50% canola oil; Treatment 3 (T3): replacement of fish oil with 50% beef tallow fat; Treatment 4 (T4): replacement of fish oil with 25% beef tallow fat and 25% canola oil. According to the results, the highest rate of weight gain, biomass increase, survival rate and the lowest feed conversion ratio were observed in the control and T4. The lowest percentage of weight gain, specific growth rate, daily growth index and feed, protein and fat efficiency ratios were measured in T3. According to the results, the protein production and fat production values were the highest in T3, exhibiting significant differences with other experimental treatments. The results showed that the amount of moisture in T3 was significantly lower than in the other treatments. In addition, the amounts of fat in T3 and T4 were significantly higher than in the control and T2. The lowest percentage of protein was observed in T2. In conclusion, using a combination of animal fats with vegetable oils and fish oil has a much better effect compared to using each of them alone with fish oil. Therefore, treatment 4 (replacement of fish oil with 25% beef tallow fat and 25% canola oil) is recommended in terms of the studied parameters

ITS2-rDNA fragments of Leishmania species isolated from the great gerbil in Iran, 2021

Background: The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus), is widely distributed in Asia and is a natural reservoir for zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in many endemic areas, as well as Iran. Materials and Methods: In this study, infection to Leishmania species was investigated by two methods, parasitological and molecular survey, in the small number of R. opimus collected from Jovain, a Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ZCL) focus located in North East of Iran. Results: Parasitological observation showed infection in only one of five rodents. But, ITS2-Nested-PCR revealed Leishmania infection in three out of 5 gerbils, including the parasitological positive one. Based on the PCR amplified size, two cases of infections were Leishmania major and one Leishmania turanica, their sequences are accessible in GenBank. The results of sequence analysis were consistent with the results obtained based on the size of the PCR. Conclusion: These findings re-confirm the important role of R. opimus in the natural circulation of Leishmania spp and indicate the need to be concerned about the disease in the study area

Bacterial etiology and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of female patients with urinary tract infection referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital, Ahvaz, Iran, 2019

 Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most frequent infections among women, and if untreated could lead to severe complications. The treatment of UTI is difficult due to the appearance of pathogens with increasing resistance to antimicrobial agents. This study thus aimed to determine the bacterial etiological pathogens of UTI and the antibiotic sensitivity pattern of the pathogens isolated. This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed from March to September 2019 on a total of 339 women referred to Imam Khomeini Teaching Hospital in Ahvaz, Iran. Mid-stream urine samples were collected from the patients and were cultured. The presence of significant bacteriuria was determined using the plate count method. The antimicrobial susceptibility test was done by the standard disk diffusion method. The most frequently isolated pathogens were Escherichia coli (54.8%), Klebsiella (18.2%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (9.9%), Proteus (8%), and Acinetobacter (5.1%). E. coli, as the most common pathogen of UTIs, showed the most resistance to cephalosporins and the least resistance to imipenem. According to the findings, E. coli was the most common cause of UTI in our region. Considering the rate of UTI, and the importance of preventing its severe complications, a survey of regional resistance patterns and timely treatment can control the development of its resistant bacteria