(1) The high amino acid levels in the cells suggest that these cells act as inter-organ transporters and reservoirs of amino acids, they have a different role in their handling and metabolism from those of mammals.
(2) Ernst Reissner studied the formation of the inner ear initially using the embryos of fowls, then the embryos of mammals, mainly cows and pigs, and to a less extent the embryos of man.
(3) The binaural characteristics of cells in MSO were different from those in nonecholocating mammals.
(4) The findings support our earlier suggestion that the kinetics of spermatogenesis in the quail are fundamentally similar to the pattern which has been described for mammals.
(5) So far, attempts to produce linolenic acid deficiency in mammals have not revealed an absolute requirement for n-3 fatty acids.
(6) Somewhat surprisingly then, in view of the mechanisms in mammals, birds do not seem to use this seasonal message in the photoperiodic control of reproduction.
(7) This indicates a functional relationship between material supplied via the rapid phase of axonal transport and an unimpaired transsynaptic signal transmission, previously not revealed in the central nervous system of mammals.
(8) Nucleus z in the rat was found to be similar in location to nucleus z in other mammals.
(9) Phyla as diverse as insects, birds, and mammals possess distinct HRAS and KRAS sequences, suggesting that these genes are essential to metazoa.
(10) The presence in lamprey kidney of a loop which is similar to Henle's loop in mammals and birds indicates that the development of the system of osmotic concentration conditioned by the formation in the kidney of the medulla and from a sharp increase in renal arterial blood supply.
(11) Investigations carried out in Pavlodar Province have shown that 7 species of ixodid ticks, Ixodes crenulatus, I. lividus, I. persulcatus, I. laguri laguri, Dermacentor marginatus, D. reticulatus, Haemaphysalis concinna, and one brought species, Hyalomma asiaticum, parasitize domestic animals and wild mammals.
(12) Ecologic studies of small mammals in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) were conducted in 1974 in order to identify the specific habitats within the Lower Montane Forest that support Colorado tick fever (CTF) virus.
(13) Dictated by underlying physicochemical constraints, deceived at times by the lulling tones of the siren entropy, and constantly vulnerable to the vagaries of other more pervasive forms of biological networking and information transfer encoded in the genes of virus and invading microorganisms, protein biorecognition in higher life forms, and particularly in mammals, represents the finely tuned molecular avenues for the genome to transfer its information to the next generation.
(14) It encodes a homeobox gene closely related to the developmentally regulated homeotic genes of flies and mammals.
(15) Based on the fact that all hibernators, at their regulated minimal body temperature, display a uniform turnover rate, related to body weight, the hypothesis is developed that cold tolerance of mammals is generally limited by a common specific minimal metabolic rate, which larger organisms, because of their lower basal metabolism, already attain in less profound hypothermia.
(16) Based on morphological, virological, biochemical and molecular biological data, it is proposed that the presence of endogenous retrovirus particles in the placental cytotrophoblasts of many mammals is indicative of some beneficial action provided by the virus in relation to cell fusion, syncytiotrophoblast formation and the creation of the placenta.
(17) Thus, the possibility exists that androgen secretion in some chelonian systems may exhibit a high degree of LH specificity like that of mammals and birds.
(18) Chlorinated ethylenes are metabolized in mammals, as a first step, to epoxides.
(19) This agrees with previous ultrastructural observations that, in small mammals, neither basement membranes nor large connective tissue spaces are found inside enteric ganglia.
(20) In recent studies, we have found that Gal alpha 1----3Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc residues are abundant on red cells and nucleated cells of nonprimate mammals, prosimians, and New World monkeys, but their expression is diminished in Old World monkeys, apes, and humans.
Pinworm
Definition:
(n.) A small nematoid worm (Oxyurus vermicularis), which is parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. It is most common in children and aged persons.
Example Sentences:
(1) At both sampling dates, the most heavily infected 25% of the community harboured over 90% of the total pinworms recovered.
(2) From 1967--1978 observations were made on the presence of the small equine pinworm, Probstmayria vivipara, in seven experimental ponies.
(3) Enuresis was more common in primary school-age children with high pinworm egg counts than in their non-infected contemporaries.
(4) No pinworm were recovered from mice in 17 of 18 cages with filter tops while mice in 12 of 16 cages without filter tops were infected.
(5) A spontaneous stercoral fistula containing pinworms was observed in a patient, 35 years after an appendicectomy.
(6) The pinworm is one of the most common intestinal parasites in humans.
(7) Still later, based on fecal and postmortem examinations, four of the seven ponies lost their pinworm burdens.
(8) Etiology was determined to be a viviparous pinworm-like nematode of the genus Proatractis (Family Atractidae).
(9) On rare occasions, pinworms have been found outside the gastrointestinal tract, most frequently in the peritoneal cavity.
(10) These compounds possess a significant degree of anthelmintic activity against the mouse pinworm Syphacia obvelata.
(12) The dominant fly species Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) carried eggs of the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides L., the pinworm Trichuris trichiura (L.) and hookworm on the adult external body surface and in the gut lumen, in association with Bukit Lanjan aborigines.
(13) A diet level of 0.0004% reduced immature and mature pinworm by 99 and 75%, respectively but 0.0001% was inactive.
(14) The pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis, is the most common intestinal parasite in the primary care setting, regardless of race, socioeconomic or cultural circumstances.
(15) By that way, identity of both stages, as well as function of pinworms as Dientamoeba fragilis vectors were confirmed.
(16) Examination of 182 appendices containing Enterobius vermicularis demonstrated that male pinworms are seen more commonly than female.
(17) The low morbidity and high reinfection rate make routine treatment of pinworm infection in third world countries a low priority, except when clinically indicated.
(18) Such was the case in our patient who had anal pinworms (Enterobius vermicularis).
(19) A questionnaire demonstrated that the family status and personal hygiene are the most important factors in transmission of pinworm infection, among the group surveyed.
(20) The results of the present study indicate that monthly chemotherapy is the best method for controlling pinworm infections in these mountainous regions.