Search Results - "BOURDON, R"

Evaluating unmet needs in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer: a patient reported outcome measures study by Sutton, P. A., Bourdon‐Pierre, R., Smith, C., Appleton, N., Lightfoot, T., Gabriel, C., Richards, B., Mohamed, S., Mason‐Whitehead, E., Hulbert‐Williams, N. J., Vimalachandran, D.

“…Aim Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are self‐reported measures of patients’ health status or health‐related quality of life at a single point in…”
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Increased Body Mass Index Among Women Correlates With Increased Rates of Urine Contamination by Zwank, M.D, Bourdon, R

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TWEAK, a New Secreted Ligand in the Tumor Necrosis Factor Family That Weakly Induces Apoptosis by Chicheportiche, Yves, Bourdon, Paul R., Xu, Haoda, Hsu, Yen-Ming, Scott, Hamish, Hession, Catherine, Garcia, Irene, Browning, Jeffrey L.

“…The members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family play pivotal roles in the regulation of the immune system. Here we describe a new ligand in this family,…”
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Additive genetic relationships between heifer pregnancy and scrotal circumference in Hereford cattle by Evans, J.L, Golden, B.L, Bourdon, R.M, Long, K.L

“…The objective of this study was to determine an appropriate method for using yearling scrotal circumference observations and heifer pregnancy observations to…”
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Simulation of cow-calf production with and without realistic levels of variability by Shafer, W.R, Bourdon, R.M, Enns, R.M

“…The Colorado beef cattle production model, a whole-herd, individual-animal, life-cycle simulation model, was used to determine if level of simulated…”
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Shortcomings of current genetic evaluation systems by Bourdon, R.M

“…Genetic evaluation, as the term is used today in the beef cattle and sheep industries, refers to the calculation and dissemination of genetic predictions for…”
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Characterization of lymphotoxin-alpha beta complexes on the surface of mouse lymphocytes by Browning, JL, Sizing, ID, Lawton, P, Bourdon, PR, Rennert, PD, Majeau, GR, Ambrose, CM, Hession, C, Miatkowski, K, Griffiths, DA, Ngam-ek, A, Meier, W, Benjamin, CD, Hochman, PS

“…The lymphotoxin-alpha beta complex (LT alpha beta) is found on the surface of activated lymphocytes and binds to a specific receptor called the LT beta…”
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Repeated-measure animal models to estimate genetic components of mature weight, hip height, and body condition score by Choy, Y. H, Brinks, J. S, Bourdon, R. M

“…Information on mature weight, hip height, and body condition score from Angus cows was analyzed to estimate variance components and compare prediction models…”
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Genetic effects on beef heifer puberty and subsequent reproduction by Martin, L.C. (Kansas State University, Manhattan), Brinks, J.S, Bourdon, R.M, Cundiff, L.V

“…Significant genetic variation exists within and between breeds of beef cattle for age at puberty (AP). In general, faster-gaining breed groups of larger mature…”
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Within-herd genetic analyses of stayability of beef females by Snelling, W.M. (USDA-ARS, Fort Keogh LARRL, Miles City, MT.), Golden, B.L, Bourdon, R.M

“…Nonlinear mixed-model procedures for analysis of binary data were used to estimate heritability (h2), predict individual genetic merit, and determine genetic…”
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Method R variance components procedure: application on the simple breeding value model by Reverter, A, Golden, B. L, Bourdon, R. M, Brinks, J. S

“…An algorithm for estimating variance components (Method R) based on the linear regression coefficient (R) of recent (more accurate) on previous (less accurate)…”
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Characterization of surface lymphotoxin forms. Use of specific monoclonal antibodies and soluble receptors by Browning, J L, Dougas, I, Ngam-ek, A, Bourdon, P R, Ehrenfels, B N, Miatkowski, K, Zafari, M, Yampaglia, A M, Lawton, P, Meier, W

“…Lymphotoxin (LT) is a cytokine related to TNF, found in human systems in both secreted and membrane bound forms. The well characterized secreted form is a…”
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The potential effects of climate change on ecosystem processes and cattle production on U.S. rangelands by BAKER, B. B, HANSON, J. D, BOURDON, R. M, ECKERT, J. B

“…It is understood generally that the greenhouse effect could have significant implications for world agricultural production. The Simulation of Production and…”
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Technical note: detection of bias in genetic predictions by Reverter, A, Golden, B. L, Bourdon, R. M, Brinks, J. S

“…The theoretical development of a procedure to detect bias in genetic predictions is presented. The procedure is based on the expectation of three statistics…”
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The effect of selective reporting on estimates of weaning weight parameters in beef cattle by Mallinckrodt, C.H. (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.), Golden, B.L, Bourdon, R.M

“…The effect of selective reporting on estimates of weaning weight parameters in beef cattle was evaluated by comparing REML estimates from unaltered and altered…”
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Scrotal circumference in yearling Hereford bulls: adjustment factors, heritabilities and genetic, environmental and phenotypic relationships with growth traits by Bourdon, R.M, Brinks, J.S

“…Field data on 4,233 yearling Hereford bulls were analyzed using fixed and mixed model least-squares procedures to examine factors affecting scrotal…”
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Toxicokinetics of paraquat in humans by Houzé, P, Baud, F J, Mouy, R, Bismuth, C, Bourdon, R, Scherrmann, J M

“…1. The toxicokinetics of paraquat were studied in 18 cases of acute human poisoning using a specific radioimmunoassay. Plasma paraquat concentration exhibited…”
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Relationship of maternal milk expected progeny differences to actual milk yield and calf weaning weight by Mallinckrodt, C. H, Bourdon, R. M, Golden, B. L, Schalles, R. R, Odde, K. G

“…Calf weaning weights and estimates of 205-d milk yield (n = 317) were obtained from 90 Polled Hereford (PH) and 80 Simmental (SM) cows to evaluate the…”
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Prognostic value of plasma and urine paraquat concentration by Scherrmann, J M, Houze, P, Bismuth, C, Bourdon, R

“…A non-exponential mathematical equation was used to extrapolate the 'predictive line' for plasma paraquat concentrations beyond 24 h. Plasma paraquat…”
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A rapid spectrophotometric blood cyanide determination applicable to emergency toxicology by Laforge, M, Buneaux, F, Houeto, P, Bourgeois, F, Bourdon, R, Levillain, P

“…Cyanide determination in whole blood can be performed by spectrophotometry after using diffusion coupled with coloration by hydroxocobalamin in a Conway dish…”
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