Cholecystitis & An Enzyme Study

Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder that develops in short time usually when gallstone obstructs the cystic duct. Patients over the passage of time land to chronic cholecystitis. They have an abnormal liver function test with clinical features suggestive of gall bladder disease. Therefore, systematic step by step reviews of various investigations are important in diagnosis of gall bladder disease. The first step includes clinical evaluation of the patient followed by estimation of enzyme markers.. The seriousness of disease can be estimated from combined information of clinical examination & specialized biochemical tests. Specialized enzymatic markers are helpful for proper follow-up as delay can be devastating. It can form a platform for malignant & cirrhotic changes of liver: Present study has been undertaken to avoid dreads by simple clinical enzyme study. Serum levels of 5’NT/ALP/AST/ALT/Bilirubin were estimated in sixty cases of clinically diagnosed cholecystitis against forty normal individuals. Purpose was to single out a parameter which is most significant & may help as an endoscope to \ud Surgeon for timely intervention. The study delineates5’NT to be superior to ALP due to its specificity &. Sensitivity. While elevated AST & ALT levels signify extent of hepatic cell damage, 5”NT specifically signifies the bile duct obstruction or cholestasis as well as hepatic cell damage. \u

Version abrégée des exigences bio

La "Version abrégée des exigences en agriculture biologique" donne une vue d'ensemble des principales exigences contenues dans l'ordonnance fédérale sur l'agriculture biologique. Dans une colonne séparée sont présentées les exigences supplémentaires contenues dans les cahiers des charges de Bio Suisse et de Demeter. Uniquement disponible comme version en ligne gratuite

Rapsglanzkäfer hassen Steinmehl

Die Rapsernte ist in vollem Gange. Nach dem sehr guten Biorapsjahr 2007 herrschte in diesem Jahr - im übertragenen wie auch im wörtlichen Sinn - Regenwetter. Die kühle, feuchte Periode während der Blütenentwicklung führte zu einer schlechten Nährstoffaufnahme, so dass auf mehreren Feldern starke Mangelsymptome an den Pflanzen auftraten. Weiterhin war der Stängelrüssler in vielen Gebieten sehr häufig. Diese beiden Faktoren beeinträchtigten die Pflanzenentwicklung

Was gilt neu im Biolandbau? (= Sonderbeilage bioaktuell)

Alle Änderungen der Anforderungen ab 1. Januar 2005 der BIO SUISSE an Schweizer Biobetriebe sind in dieser Sonderbeilage der Zeitschrift bioaktuell aufgeführt. Die Neuerungen in sind den Unterpunkten Tierhaltung, Pflanzenbau, Umstellung und Verarbeitung zusammengefasst

Gesteinsmehl gegen den Rapsglanzkäfer: Jetzt anmelden!

Der Winter geht langsam zu Ende, die Rapsschädlinge erwachen aus der Winterruhe. Mit Bewilligung des BLW konnten 2011 Grossversuche mit Gesteinsmehl gegen den Rapsglanzkäfer auf 105 ha Bio- und IP-Suisse-Rapsfeldern durchgeführt werden

Dürfen Knospe-Silorundballen von einem nichtzertifizierten Futtermittelhändler zugekauft werden?

Antwort: Ja, das ist möglich. In der Bioverordnung steht nämlich. «Nicht zertifizierungspflichtig ist die Lagerung und Vermarktung von verkaufsfertig verpackten und etikettierten Erzeugnissen, die ausschliesslich für die Schweiz bestimmt sind, falls sie vor der Abgabe an die Konsumenten nicht weiter aufbereitet werden.» (Artikel 2, al. 5 bis, Ziffer c)

Bioalcohol As Green Energy -A review

Bioethanol has now become a big industry and this industry seems to become much bigger in the near future. People regard bioethanol as renewable and sustainable new energy source, although some contraversies such as the rivalry of bioethanol for human food widely exist. Actually, bioethanol can also be a good source of basic raw materials. In early days, ethylene, the most important organic chemical raw material, was produced from dehydration of ethanol. Later, things reversed as petrochemical industry well developed after World War II, when industrial ethanol was mostly produced mainly via hydration of ethylene. Now that bioethanol has already become an important fuel blender, we should well expect that bioethanol should also be new resources for basic organic raw materials, as well as other more valuable fine and specialty chemicals, instead of merely a fuel blender. Nowadays, countless new bioethanol companies are setting up every day. It should lead to more research on bioethanol also as a starting raw chemical material

Peristaltic flow of a Newtonian fluid through a porous medium in a vertical tube under the effect of a magnetic field

In this paper, we studied the effects of heat transfer and magnetic field with peristaltic flow of a viscous incompressible Newtonian fluid through a porous medium in a vertical tube under the assumptions of long wavelength and low Reynolds number. The closed form solutions of velocity field and temperature are obtained. The influence of various pertinent parameters on the flow characteristics, the temperature and the heat transfer coefficient are discussed through graphs

Breeding rate is associated with pheomelanism in male and with eumelanism in female barn owls

Melanin-based coloration exists in 2 types: black eumelanism and reddish-brown pheomelanism, which both have a strong heritable component. To test whether these 2 types of melanism are associated with alternative adaptations, we carried out a correlative study over 8 years and an experiment in a Swiss population of barn owls, Tyto alba. This species varies in coloration from reddish-brown to white and from lightly to heavily marked with black spots. Based on the fact that plumage coloration and spottiness are male- and female-specific secondary sexual characters, respectively, we examined whether the probability of breeding is associated with the degree of pheomelanism in males and of eumelanism in females. In males, recruited nestlings were significantly less reddish-brown than their nonrecruited nest mates. In females, individuals displaying larger black spots started to breed at a younger age and had a higher survival, and females with experimentally reduced plumage spottiness bred less often than control females. Therefore, in the barn owl, the degree of male pheomelanism is associated with the probability of being recruited in the local population, whereas the degree of female eumelanism correlates with age at sexual maturity, survival probability, and also the probability of skipping reproductio