Four-headed biceps brachii, three-headed coracobrachialis muscles associated with arterial and nervous anomalies in the upper limb

Mehmet Mutlu Catli,Umut Ozsoy,Yasemin Kaya,Arzu Hizay,Fatos Belgin Yildirim,Levent Sarikcioglu 대한해부학회 2012 Anatomy & Cell Biology Vol.45 No.2

A four-headed biceps brachii muscle and three-headed coracobrachialis muscle, high-originated radial artery and communication between the median and musculocutaneous nerves have been well documented in the available literature. However co-existence of these variations is rare. In this study we aimed to describe multiple variations in the upper limb and discuss their co-existence from clinical and embryological points of view.

Effects of Boron Supplementation to Diets Deficient in Calcium and Phosphorus on Performance with Some Serum, Bone and Fecal Characteristics of Broiler Chickens

Bozkurt, Mehmet,Kucukyilmaz, Kamil,Catli, Abdullah Ugur,Cinar, Mustafa,Cabuk, Metin,Bintas, Erol Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2012 Animal Bioscience Vol.25 No.2

Three levels of boron (0, 30, 60 ppm) were supplemented in practical corn-soybean based starter and grower diets, containing either adequate or inadequate Ca or P. A total of 1,800, 1-day-old sexed broiler chicks were assigned to six dietary treatments and fed with the experimental diets for 42 days. Boron improved the overall feed conversion ratio, but increased body weight only at 21 days of age (p<0.01). Boron decreased feed intake in the case of feeding on a diet deficient in Ca and P, and tended to increase feed intake when birds received a diet adequate in Ca and P, signifying significant boron by Ca-P interaction (p<0.01). Mortality was not influenced by boron (p>0.05). Dietary Ca and P deprivation reduced body weight and feed consumption significantly, but did not influence the feed conversion ratio and mortality (p>0.05). Serum Ca level, ALP and ALT activities were not influenced either by dietary Ca and P deficiency or boron supplementation. Serum P content increased with respect to boron at 30 ppm. Bone breakage strength was not affected by dietary variables. Tibia ash, Ca and P were increased in response to the supplementation diet with 30 ppm boron, whereas 60 ppm showed no effect in most cases. Accordingly, the dietary boron supplementation of 30 ppm significantly decreased fecal Ca and P excretion, while there was a numerical decline in the 60 ppm boron as compared to the 0 ppm boron group. Data presented herein indicated that boron, either at the 30 ppm or 60 ppm supplementation level, was effective in conversion of feed to body weight, whereas only boron at 30 ppm contributed to the mineralization of bone thereby augmenting more Ca and P while excreting less through faeces.

The Long Term Effects of Fairly Low-level of Supplemental Fat on the Productive Performance of Commercial Layers

Bozkurt, Mehmet,Kucukyilmaz, Kamil,Cabuk, Metin,Catli, Abdullah Ugur Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2012 Animal Bioscience Vol.25 No.4

Laying hens were fed commercial diets added with supplemented fat (SFAT) at 0.6, 1.2, and 1.8% in order to study the long term dietary effects - on - their productive performance from 22 to 75 wk of age. Five hundred and seventy six Single Comb White Leghorn hens were assigned to one of the four dietary treatments. The experimental phase consisted of three periods of 18 wk each. The final body weight and gain of hens fed on diets with SFAT at 1.2% and 1.8% were lower (p<0.05) than those hens given no SFAT. The SFAT at the 1.2% and 1.8% levels improved egg production rate, egg weight and mass, as well as FCR. Mortality and feed consumption were not affected by dietary SFAT. Administration of a diet with SFAT significantly decreased the cracked-broken egg ratio (p<0.01). The beneficial effects of SFAT on egg production performance were particularly more pronounced at intermediate and later ages. Hence, SFAT by period interactions were significant for all traits studied except feed intake. Hens fed SFAT deposited significantly higher abdominal fat than those on the no-SFAT diet. As a result, SFAT at 1.2% and 1.8% inclusion levels provided benefits in terms of efficient table egg production.

Effects of Rearing Systems on Performance, Egg Characteristics and Immune Response in Two Layer Hen Genotype

Kucukyilmaz, Kamil,Bozkurt, Mehmet,Herken, Emine Nur,Cinar, Mustafa,Catli, Abdullah Ugur,Bintas, Erol,Coven, Fethiye Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2012 Animal Bioscience Vol.25 No.4

White (Lohmann LSL) and Brown (ATAK-S) laying hens, were reared under organic and conventional cage rearing systems, and the effects of the rearing system on performance parameters, egg production, egg characteristics, and immune response were investigated. For this purpose, a total of 832 laying hens of two commercial hybrids, i.e., 416 white (Lohmann LSL) and 416 Brown (ATAK-S) layers, were used. The experiment lasted between 23 and 70 wk of age. In this study, the white layers yielded more eggs as compared to the brown layers in both organic and conventional production systems. Egg weight exhibited a similar pattern to that of laying performance. However, the total hen-housed egg number for the white birds in the organic system was fewer than that of white birds in the conventional cage facility; conversely, a contradictory tendency was observed for the brown birds. Livability of the white layers in the organic system was remarkably lower (14%) than that of the brown line, whereas the white line survived better (3.42%) than their brown counterparts in conventional cages. The feed conversion ratio of the white hens was markedly inferior in the organic system as compared to that of the white hens in the conventional system, whereas relatively lower deterioration was reported in brown layers when reared in an organic system. The organic production system increased egg albumen height and the Haugh unit in eggs of the brown layers. The yolk color score of organic eggs was lower than that of conventional eggs for both brown and white hens. The egg yolk ratio of eggs from white layers was found to be higher in organic eggs as compared to those obtained in the conventional system. All organic eggs had heavier shells than those produced in the conventional system. Eggs from brown layers had more protein content than eggs from white layers. Neither housing systems nor genotype influenced egg yolk cholesterol concentration. When compared to conventional eggs, n-3 fatty acid content was lower in organic eggs, and the n-6:n-3 ratio was higher in organic eggs. In conclusion, two hen genotypes showed different responses in terms of performance and egg quality to two different rearing systems. A commercial white strain produced more eggs with higher egg quality as compared to a native brown strain. The brown strain was found to have adapted well to organic production conditions when survival and total egg number was taken into consideration.

Quality of Life in Older Adults with Cochlear Implantation: Can It Be Equal to That of Healthy Older Adults?

Tokat Taskin,Müderris Togay,Bozkurt Ergul Basaran,Ergun Uğurtan,Aysel Abdulhalim,Catli Tolgahan 대한청각학회 2021 Journal of Audiology & Otology Vol.25 No.3

Background and Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the audiologic results after cochlear implantation (CI) in older patients and the degree of improvement in their quality of life (QoL).Subjects and Methods: Patients over 65 years old who underwent CI at implant center in Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital were included in this study (n=54; 34 males and 20 females). The control group was patient over 65 years old with normal hearing (n=54; 34 males and 20 females). We administered three questionnaires [World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), World Health Organization Quality of Life-OLD (WHOQOL-OLD)], and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) to evaluate the QoL, CIrelated effects on activities of daily life, and social activities in all the subjects. Moreover, correlations between speech recognition and the QoL scores were evaluated. The duration of implant use and comorbidities were also examined as potential factors affecting QoL.Results: The patients had remarkable improvements (the mean score of postoperative speech perception 75.7%) in speech perception after CI. The scores for the WHOQOL-OLD and WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire responses were similar in both the study and control groups, except those for a two subdomains (social relations and social participation). The patients with longer-term CI had higher scores than those with short-term CI use. In general, the changes in GDS scores were not significant (<i>p</i><0.05).Conclusions: The treatment of hearing loss with CI conferred significant improvement in patient’s QoL (p<0.01). The evaluation of QoL can provide multidimensional insights into a geriatric patient’s progress and, therefore, should be considered by audiologists.

Satellite Attitude Tracking Control with Uncertain Parameters

Cat T. Pham,Minhtuan Pham 제어로봇시스템학회 2011 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2011 No.10

This paper proposes an approach for tracking control of the satellite attitude when the satellite"s inertial moment matrix and the environmental torques affecting on the satellite are unknown. The proposed approach uses an artificial neural network (ANN) with online-learning weights to generate the estimate of the uncertain parameters while assuring that the tracking error is always nullified when noises affect on the system. The asymptotical stability of the control system using an ANN is strictly mathematically proven using the Lyapunov stability theorem.

Chaos in the fractional order Cellular Neural Network and its sychronization

Phuong Dam Thanh,Cat Pham Thuong 제어로봇시스템학회 2015 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2015 No.10

Chaos and its drive-response synchronization for a fractional-order cellular neural networks (CNN) are studied. It is found that chaos exists in the fractional-order system with six-cell. The phase sychronization of drive and response chaotic trajectories is investigated after that. These works based on lyapunov exponents (LE), lyapunov stability theory and numerical solving fractional-order system in Matlab enviroment.

Sliding-mode and proportional-derivative-type motion control with radial basis function neural network based estimators for wheeled vehicles

Pamosoaji, Anugrah K.,Cat, Pham Thuong,Hong, Keum-Shik Taylor Francis 2014 International Journal of Systems Science Vol.45 No.12

Optimal Neuro Control of Robot Manipulator

Nguyen Tran Hiep,Pham Thuong Cat 제어로봇시스템학회 2011 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2011 No.10

Recently, radial basis function network (RBFN) is used quite widely when using neural networks as controllers for subjects with multiple uncertain parameters such as the robot. The most important thing when using online learning neural network system is the choice of coefficient for networks with fast convergence speed. So far this coefficient has been chosen by experience and sometimes it takes quite a long time to find a coefficient that satisfies the requirement of the controlling task. Another problem is, when finding coefficients satisfying the required study of the problem and control, we can not conclude that the optimal coefficients. This article refers to the use of genetic algorithms (GA) to find optimal learning coefficient for RBF network is used as a controller for objects whose parameters are uncertain.

Detection and Classification of Pills Moving at a Very High Speed Using a Bi-IV2 Vision System

Thi Thanh Quyen Bui,Thuong Cat Pham,Keum-Shik Hong 제어로봇시스템학회 2008 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2008 No.10

In this paper, a novel class of information?rocessing systems called Cellular Neural Networks (CNNs) is overviewed. The CNN provides solutions to some real-life problems which are difficult or time-consuming for classical digital computers. The CNN has emerged as a powerful and practically realizable paradigm of multidimensional, locally connected, nonlinear processor arrays. We will introduce a brief concept, mathematical description of CNN, and develop an application of CNN in the ultra-high frame-rate image processing: detection and classification of pills moving at a very high speed using the Bi-IV2 vision system. We also show you our experiment setup in the laboratory, and then experimental results are introduced. The classification is based on the size and shape parameters of different pills and possible missing parts are identified. The implementation of pills classification algorithm runs on Bi-IV2, the program to be run on Bi-IV2 is loaded over Ethernet, and the host computer PC can write/read data to/from the Bi-IV2 over Ethernet.