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  1. Article ; Online: Commentary on: The Ponytail Lift: 22 Years of Experience in 600 Cases of Endoscopic Deep Plane Facial Rejuvenation.

    Lee, Michael R

    Aesthetic surgery journal

    2024  

    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-30
    Publishing country England
    Document type Editorial ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 2087022-X
    ISSN 1527-330X ; 1090-820X ; 1084-0761
    ISSN (online) 1527-330X
    ISSN 1090-820X ; 1084-0761
    DOI 10.1093/asj/sjae017
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  2. Article ; Online: Commentary on: Developing the Aesthetic Postoperative Complication Score (APeCS) for Detecting Major Morbidity in Facial Aesthetic Surgery.

    Lee, Michael R

    Aesthetic surgery journal

    2024  Volume 44, Issue 5, Page(s) 470–472

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Surgery, Plastic ; Face/surgery ; Esthetics ; Postoperative Complications/epidemiology ; Postoperative Complications/etiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-30
    Publishing country England
    Document type Editorial ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 2087022-X
    ISSN 1527-330X ; 1090-820X ; 1084-0761
    ISSN (online) 1527-330X
    ISSN 1090-820X ; 1084-0761
    DOI 10.1093/asj/sjae016
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  3. Book ; Online: Assessing the environmental impact of ruminant production systems

    Takahashi, Taro / A. McAuliffe, Graham / Lee, Michael R. F

    (Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science)

    2019  

    Series title Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Keywords Agronomy & crop production ; Sustainable agriculture ; Animal husbandry ; Life cycle assessment (LCA) ; Ruminant production systems ; Pasture-based agriculture
    Language English
    Size 1 electronic resource (18 pages)
    Publisher Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
    Publishing place Cambridge
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note English
    HBZ-ID HT030375914
    ISBN 9781838798758 ; 1838798757
    Database ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  4. Article ; Online: A perspective on animal welfare of grazing ruminants and its relationship with sustainability

    Rivero, M. Jordana / Lee, Michael R. F.

    Animal Production Science. 2022, v. 62, no. 18 p.1739-1748

    2022  

    Abstract: Sustainability is a complex theorem driven through the optimisation of interconnected economic, social and environmental parameters. Balancing trade-offs between these three parameters is used to define a sustainable system, and while economic and, to a ... ...

    Abstract Sustainability is a complex theorem driven through the optimisation of interconnected economic, social and environmental parameters. Balancing trade-offs between these three parameters is used to define a sustainable system, and while economic and, to a degree, environmental parameters can be numericised, making optimisation more defined, social parameters are often more complex. In livestock systems, animal welfare is held as a central pillar of sustainability, but due to its complex nature, indicators of welfare are in practice often restricted to negative nutritional/environmental/health domains (e.g. poor food quality, injuries/diseases) rather than the wider more complex ‘behavioural’ or ‘mental state’ domain indicators (e.g. expression of rewarding behaviours). This perspective discusses the potential synergies and trade-offs between animal welfare and economic, societal and environmental pillars of sustainability for grazing ruminant systems. Grazing is often considered more animal welfare-friendly than housed or feedlot type systems, especially in relation to the behavioural and mental state domains (BMSD) within a more ‘natural’ environment, as it may provide a positive experience to the animal. However, the welfare status of grazing ruminants can differ with factors such as management practices and environmental conditions greatly influencing nutritional/environmental/health domains of welfare, where a more ‘controlled environment’ can be efficacious. Animals that are not maintained at a good level of welfare will not express their productive potential, although improving welfare standards may lead to higher costs of production and therefore an economic break, as a critical component of sustainability, is often applied to what can be achieved on farm. Increasing animal performance is seen as an effective approach to reducing emissions intensity, which has been borne out by the lower methane intensity of high-yielding dairy housed herds, although there are important ethical concerns regarding BMSD of animal welfare and the marked restriction in environmental choices and in foraging behaviour (negative effect on behavioural interactions). However, consumers need to understand that implementing more ‘natural’ production systems with higher animal welfare standards can incur extra costs for producers, leading to higher output prices and also higher emissions per unit of product, which will require a reduction in consumption to reduce overall emissions.
    Keywords animal performance ; animal welfare ; ethics ; farms ; feedlots ; food quality ; livestock ; methane ; ruminants ; environmental trade-offs ; farm productivity ; Five Domains model ; Five Freedoms ; silvopastoral ; societal needs ; sustainable intensification ; welfare assessment
    Language English
    Size p. 1739-1748.
    Publishing place CSIRO Publishing
    Document type Article ; Online
    ZDB-ID 2472524-9
    ISSN 1836-5787 ; 1836-0939
    ISSN (online) 1836-5787
    ISSN 1836-0939
    DOI 10.1071/AN21516
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  5. Article ; Online: Discussion: The deviated nose and asymmetric eyebrows: an important trap to avoid.

    Lee, Michael R

    Plastic and reconstructive surgery

    2014  Volume 133, Issue 3, Page(s) 524–525

    MeSH term(s) Eyebrows ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Nose/abnormalities ; Nose/surgery ; Rhinoplasty/methods
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-02-21
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 208012-6
    ISSN 1529-4242 ; 0032-1052 ; 0096-8501
    ISSN (online) 1529-4242
    ISSN 0032-1052 ; 0096-8501
    DOI 10.1097/PRS.0000000000000048
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  6. Article ; Online: Three poisonous plants (Oenanthe, Cicuta and Anamirta) that antagonise the effect of γ-aminobutyric acid in human brain.

    Lee, Michael R / Dukan, Estela / Milne, Iain

    The journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

    2020  Volume 50, Issue 1, Page(s) 80–86

    Abstract: Although we are familiar with common British plants that are poisonous, such as Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade) and Aconitum napellus (monkshood), the two most poisonous plants in the British Flora are Oenanthe crocata (dead man's fingers) and ... ...

    Abstract Although we are familiar with common British plants that are poisonous, such as Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade) and Aconitum napellus (monkshood), the two most poisonous plants in the British Flora are Oenanthe crocata (dead man's fingers) and Cicuta virosa (cowbane). In recent years their poisons have been shown to be polyacetylenes (n-C2H2). The plants closely resemble two of the most common plants in the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), celery and parsley. Unwittingly, they are ingested by naive foragers and death occurs very rapidly. The third plant Anamirta derives from South-East Asia and contains a powerful convulsant, picrotoxin, which has been used from time immemorial to catch fish, and more recently to poison Birds of Paradise. All three poisons have been shown to block the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) system in the human brain that normally has a powerful inhibitory neuronal action. It has also been established that two groups of sedative drugs, barbiturates and benzodiazepines, exert their inhibitory action by stimulating the GABA system. These drugs are the treatments of choice for poisoning by the three vicious plants.
    MeSH term(s) Aminobutyrates ; Animals ; Brain ; Cicuta ; Humans ; Male ; Oenanthe ; Plants, Toxic
    Chemical Substances Aminobutyrates
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-15
    Publishing country Scotland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2866363-9
    ISSN 2042-8189 ; 0953-0932
    ISSN (online) 2042-8189
    ISSN 0953-0932
    DOI 10.4997/JRCPE.2020.121
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  7. Article ; Online: Discussion: Anatomical study of the medial crura and the effect on nasal tip projection in open rhinoplasty.

    Lee, Michael R

    Plastic and reconstructive surgery

    2013  Volume 132, Issue 4, Page(s) 794–795

    MeSH term(s) Cartilage/anatomy & histology ; Cartilage/surgery ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Nose/anatomy & histology ; Nose/surgery ; Rhinoplasty
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-11-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 208012-6
    ISSN 1529-4242 ; 0032-1052 ; 0096-8501
    ISSN (online) 1529-4242
    ISSN 0032-1052 ; 0096-8501
    DOI 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182a01550
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  8. Article: The uptake of selenium by perennial ryegrass in soils of different organic matter contents receiving sheep excreta.

    Kao, Pei-Tzu / Buss, Heather L / McGrath, Steve P / Darch, Tegan / Warren, Helen E / Lee, Michael R F

    Plant and soil

    2023  Volume 486, Issue 1-2, Page(s) 639–659

    Abstract: Background and aims: The intake of selenium, an essential element for animals and humans, in ruminants is largely determined by selenium concentration in ingested forages, which take up selenium mainly from soil. Ruminant excreta is a common source of ... ...

    Abstract Background and aims: The intake of selenium, an essential element for animals and humans, in ruminants is largely determined by selenium concentration in ingested forages, which take up selenium mainly from soil. Ruminant excreta is a common source of organic fertilizer, which provides both nutrients and organic matter. This study aims to unentangle the unclear effect of applying different types of ruminant excreta in soils of different organic matter contents on selenium uptake by forage.
    Methods: Perennial ryegrass (
    Results: The application of urine and/or feces resulted in either the same or lower selenium concentrations in perennial ryegrass. The excreta type did not affect total selenium accumulation in grass grown in low organic matter soil, whereas in high organic matter soil, feces resulted in significantly lower total selenium accumulation than urine, which was attributed to a possible interaction of selenium sorption in soil and microbial reduction of Se.
    Conclusion: This one-time excreta application did not increase, but further decrease in some treatments, selenium concentration and accumulation in the perennial ryegrass. Consequently, to increase ruminant selenium intake, supplementing selenium directly to animals is more recommended than applying animal manure to soil, which might drive selenium reduction and decrease selenium uptake by grass.
    Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11104-023-05898-8.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-02
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 208908-7
    ISSN 1573-5036 ; 0032-079X
    ISSN (online) 1573-5036
    ISSN 0032-079X
    DOI 10.1007/s11104-023-05898-8
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  9. Article: Comparisons of commercially available NIRS-based analyte predictions of haylage quality for equid nutrition

    Le Cocq, Kate / Harris, Paul / Bell, Nikki / Burden, Faith A. / Lee, Michael R.F. / Davies, David R.

    Animal feed science and technology. 2022 Jan., v. 283

    2022  

    Abstract: Maintaining animal health and performance relies on the availability of an appropriate diet. For herbivores, accurate assessment of forage nutrient quality is critical for appropriate diet formulation and rationing, including potential supplementation. ... ...

    Abstract Maintaining animal health and performance relies on the availability of an appropriate diet. For herbivores, accurate assessment of forage nutrient quality is critical for appropriate diet formulation and rationing, including potential supplementation. Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) is a rapid method that is used in place of traditional chemical methodologies (wet chemistry) to predict analyte contents in forage samples. The method relies on scanning a sample with near-infrared light and predicting the analyte content by comparing the reflected spectra to a model which has been developed with samples of known analyte content measured by wet chemistry. The purpose of this study was to examine the accuracy of four NIRS-based methods on haylage from seven farm holdings compared with wet chemistry (the control). We analysed 64 samples for a range of analytes (dry matter (DM), pH, ash, acid detergent fibre expressed inclusive of residual ash (ADF), neutral detergent fibre assayed with a heat stable amylase and expressed inclusive of residual ash (aNDF), crude protein and water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC)) commonly assessed for haylage quality in equid nutrition. We compared results obtained by wet chemistry to corresponding NIRS-based predictions from four commercially available NIRS services. The results revealed large discrepancies amongst all five methods. For DM, average bias (mean±SD) for three reported methods was − 15.5 ± 188.4, − 10.1 ± 50.4, 12.9 ± 33.8 g/kg respectively and for WSC reporting positive bias from four methods of 26.9 ± 51.3, 24.8 ± 38.2, 26.2 ± 50.1 and 14.5 ± 45.2, g/Kg respectively. The extent of these discrepancies from the wet chemistry also varied by analyte where for example, predictions for DM were more reliable than those for WSC and results demonstrated that predictions obtained by NIRS could result in feeding forage outside of target nutritional values.
    Keywords acid detergent fiber ; amylases ; animal health ; carbohydrates ; chemical species ; crude protein ; diet ; farms ; haylage ; heat stability ; models ; near-infrared spectroscopy ; neutral detergent fiber ; pH ; rapid methods ; technology ; water solubility
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-01
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 196563-3
    ISSN 0377-8401
    ISSN 0377-8401
    DOI 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2021.115158
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  10. Article: Forage polyphenol oxidase and ruminant livestock nutrition.

    Lee, Michael R F

    Frontiers in plant science

    2014  Volume 5, Page(s) 694

    Abstract: Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) is predominately associated with the detrimental effect of browning fruit and vegetables, however, interest within PPO containing forage crops (crops to be fed to animals) has grown since the browning reaction was associated with ...

    Abstract Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) is predominately associated with the detrimental effect of browning fruit and vegetables, however, interest within PPO containing forage crops (crops to be fed to animals) has grown since the browning reaction was associated with reduced nitrogen (N) losses in silo and the rumen. The reduction in protein breakdown in silo of red clover (high PPO forage) increased the quality of protein, improving N-use efficiency [feed N into product N (e.g., Milk): NUE] when fed to ruminants. A further benefit of red clover silage feeding is a significant reduction in lipolysis (cleaving of glycerol-based lipid) in silo and an increase in the deposition of beneficial C18 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) in animal products, which has also been linked to PPO activity. PPOs protection of plant protein and glycerol based-PUFA in silo is related to the deactivation of plant proteases and lipases. This deactivation occurs through PPO catalyzing the conversion of diphenols to quinones which bind with cellular nucleophiles such as protein reforming a protein-bound phenol (PBP). If the protein is an enzyme (e.g., protease or lipase) the complexing denatures the enzyme. However, PPO is inactive in the anaerobic rumen and therefore any subsequent protection of plant protein and glycerol based-PUFA in the rumen must be as a result of events that occurred to the forage pre-ingestion. Reduced activity of plant proteases and lipases would have little effect on NUE and glycerol based-PUFA in the rumen due to the greater concentration of rumen microbial proteases and lipases. The mechanism for PPOs protection of plant protein in the rumen is a consequence of complexing plant protein, rather than protease deactivation per se. These complexed proteins reduce protein digestibility in the rumen and subsequently increase undegraded dietary protein flow to the small intestine. The mechanism for protecting glycerol-based PUFA has yet to be fully elucidated but may be associated with entrapment within PBP reducing access to microbial lipases or differences in rumen digestion kinetics of the forage and therefore not related to PPO activity.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-12-08
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2711035-7
    ISSN 1664-462X
    ISSN 1664-462X
    DOI 10.3389/fpls.2014.00694
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