Investigation of PAG2 mRNA Expression in Water Buffalo Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes from Maternal Blood at the Peri-Implantation Period

: The main objective of this study was to assess PAG2 mRNA expression in maternal blood cells at the peri-implantation period in water buffalo; moreover, we wanted to evaluate the earliest time in which PAG-2 could be detected in maternal blood.Thirty-two lactating buffaloes artificially inseminated (AI) were utilized.Blood was collected at Days 0,

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Modernization of EU Copyright Law in the Era of Digital Technology

Violated the issue of regulating EU copyright law in the information society.It was pointed out that the announcement of the era of the informationsociety has prompted the European Community to develop mechanisms that can be applied to protect copyright in digital space.The stages of consideration of the Copyright Directive in the digital single ma

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A Methodology for Evaluating How Product Characteristics Impact Choice in Retail Settings with Many Zero Observations: An Application to Restaurant Wine Purchase

An approach is developed to examine the impact of product characteristics on choice using a Nutrition Drinks quantity-dependent hedonic model with retail panel data.Since panel data for individual products from retail settings can include a large number of zero sales, a modification of the zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) regression model is proposed fo

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Hippocrates and the hippocratic oath

For a long-time men had a philosophic view of health and disease, and this lasted till almost 2500 years back.Hippocrates, the great Greek physician, is believed to have seperated the "art of healing" and philosophy.An astute observer, Hippocrates during his practice employed principles that laid the foundation of modern medicine.The medical frater

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