... recording and financial analysis; and household suggestions Part two was used for the collection of information on clam culture by tidal households involving seven subsections which include: site selection; ... variables of mean, min., max., percentage were calculated to describe the clam farming systems and assesses technical adoption rate of trained clam households III RESULT AND DISCUSION This section is ... seed stocking size and stocking density in different clam culture systems within the study area There is a significant difference of seed stocking size between tidal and pond culture systems Seed...
... Expenditures in Gambian Dalasis – mean costs (range) Admissions fee Standard charges Transfused cases only HPD cases only Transfused/HPD cases Not Transfused or Treated for HPD All cases Drugs and/ Blood ... of transfusion blood in Gambian hospitals still persists In our opinion this situation is self-reinforcing and driven by a combination of factors including the general fear of testing positive ... qualitative study of women survivors of SAMM treated at Gambia 's main referral hospital The study explored the process of seeking and obtaining obstetric care services with the aim to assessing round...
... oranges Skin Staining is a Preharvest Disorder Rind Staining Following Skin Abrasions Detection of Wounds on Lemons Oil Spotting on Lemons Oil Spotting on Limes Preharvest Factors Affecting Susceptibility ... Breeding for resistance of fruits to decay Clippers Used For Harvesting Citrus Fruits Delivering Bins of Citrus Fruits to Packinghouse Citrus Degreening Rooms Inside Citrus Degreening Rooms Degreening ... Measuring Soluble Solids Content of Orange Juice Relationship Between Sugar/Acid Ratio And Panelist s Response To The Question About Willingness To Buy Navel Oranges Number of responses Sampling...
... excursion and sea vacation in particular Results and discussions The results of classification andassessmentof bioclimatic conditions are shown in tables and Based on analysis of the results of ... daylight in lowland area in term ofassessment for development of tourism activities as well as existence of fog during the daylight in highland in term ofassessment for health resort and some weather ... process of sweat evaporation from skin easy However, strong wind in winter makes human body colder, strong and cold wind makes children and old people to get some respiratory disease, heart disease;...
... concentrations in soil Sources may include mining and smelting of ores, electroplating operations, fungicides and pesticides, sewage and sludge from treatment plants, and the burning of fossil fuels (John ... for use by EPA contractors, state agencies, federal agencies, and individuals conducting human health risk assessments It contains information on the human health risk assessment process used in ... groups by the estimated standard deviation of a single observation Risk assessments should be made based on all available studies concerning the particular focus of the risk assessment Meta-analysis...
... processing time Using remote sensing technologies allows for a quick assessmentand mapping of the dynamics in a region, easing decisions on policy measures Conflicts within areas of other use ... plantations Crop suitability assessments and considerations on other use functions help increasing diversification, dispersing dependencies and minimizing environmental degradation In the study at hand, ... decisions It is thus essential to provide early warning of emerging issues.” 11 Rubber in Laos 12 Approaches and methods Approaches and methods 2.1 Approaches to assess the rubber dynamics In...
... gastrointestinal specialists in specific clinical situations) Do not use self-tests and/ or point of care tests for coeliac disease as a substitute for laboratory-based testing Use serological testing for ... test Signs, symptoms and conditions associated with coeliac disease Box A Offer serological testing to children and adults with any of the following signs, symptoms and conditions Signs and symptoms ... (AGA) tests in the diagnosis of coeliac disease 1.1.14 Do not use of self-tests and/ or point -of- care tests for coeliac disease as a substitute for laboratory-based testing 1.1.15 When clinicians request...
... replacing GSH in the glyoxalase pathway in L infantum, as occurs in other enzymatic systems in trypanosomatids Substrate dependence of the glyoxalase enzymes was then evaluated in this parasite ... Glyoxalase II activity assay was performed using the commercially available SDL-GSH and SDL-TSH prepared from T(SH)2 and MG using yeast glyoxalase I, as previously described Concentrations of SDL-GSH ... courses So far, this analysis of the glyoxalase pathway has only been performed in yeast [20] The glyoxalase pathway enzymes catalyse irreversible reactions and can be considered as single substrate...
... Adsorption processes Oxidation processes Air stripping processes Membrane processes Biological processes Each of these categories of processes is discussed in the following sections of this chapter ... potential options for addressing these contaminants in NJ drinking waters, and is seeking information on the effectiveness of various treatment technologies to assist in their evaluations Treatability ... Processes and Operations Used for EDCs and PPCPs Removal PhACs PCPs Classification Pesticides Industrial Chemicals Steroids Metals Inorganics Organometallics Antibiotics AC E BAC E O3 /AOPs L-E...
... developing tables on themes emerging from the discussions Notes taken during the discussions as well as the transcripts were consulted for developing these tables to ensure as much rigor as possible ... response of the majority of the supervisors was similar to that of the workers The respondents suggested refresher training sessions that include role plays on common difficult scenarios as a way ... convincing TB suspects to make use of diagnostic facilities; and talking about taboo subjects such as HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) were reported as health issues on which...
... will try to analyze the use of HMD to assess serially the improvement of patients with USN In conclusion, the results showed that the assessmentof USN using an HMD system may clarify the left ... this article as: Tanaka et al., A case study of new assessmentand training of unilateral spatial neglect in stroke patients: effect of visual image transformation and visual stimulation by using ... and two special tests; special test andand Patient B performed the common clinical test and four special tests; special test 3, 4, and Results In this study, the score of FIM-M and FIM-C of Patient...
... only amino acid being significantly depleted This fact may emphasize the presumed role of this essential amino acid as a stimulator of protein synthesis Alanine was the most striking amino acid ... of standardization in terms of halo scoring, since they either pooled all variations of haloes (e.g., concentric haloes and polar ones) or excluded certain subtypes from analysis Despite this ... follow a fixed schedule Since direct ooplasmic placement of a viable spermatozoon is performed in ICSI, thus bypassing most steps of fertilization (including acrosome reaction and zona binding), the...
... processed and assayed as described above for the first passage A second attempt at a second animal passage was made using pooled tissue homogenates obtained from all pigs during the first viral ... consecutive days At days PI, nasal swabs were collected from randomly selected pigs that were then necropsied Once again, the same tissues were harvested, processed and assayed as described above ... Blood samples collected during the study were processed to serum and stored frozen ( -20℃) until tested Sera were assayed for antibodies to PRV and PRRSV using a virus neutralizing (VN) test and/ or...
... Scots pine seedlings This study confirms the results of earlier inoculation studies using larger trees [30, 31, 33, 34, 51, 52] and seedlings [44, 45], which demonstrated that O minus and L wingfieldii ... piniperda were investigated In addition, the pathogenicity of several blue-stain fungi associated with T piniperda was investigated by inoculating Scots pine seedlings MATERIALS AND METHODS In ... blue-stain fungi in Norway spruce It seems that for obtaining similar results of fungal virulence in the case of seedlings and large trees inoculations comparable inoculation loads should be used...
... [39] Moreover, decreased activity of the HPAaxis was reported in some stress-related states such as CFS and atypical and seasonal depression [40] Forms of depressive illness dominated by reduced ... cortisol in patients with CFS and the lack of abnormalities of hormones of the HPG axisin this study This is the first study comparing levels both of hormones of the HPG axisandof cortisol, which ... CFS than in healthy controls Some studies of the HPAaxisin CFS show a mild hypocortisolism of central origin, in contrast to hypercortisolism of major depression [21,22] In an early study of...
... purposes) World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008, 6:69 http://www.wjso.com/content/6/1/69 Results and Statistical analysis The results of the immediate, intraoperative FS assessmentof the SLN ... grading of hematoxylin and eosin-stained specimens) of the invasive component of the primary tumor, as well as its estrogen (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) status Pathological examination of ... section analysis of sentinel nodes according to Results Table 1: Relationship between intraoperative frozen section (FS) of sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) and formal final histological analysis available...
... can suggest that there are such a variety of different SRT plans using same CT images Several limitations should be considered in our study At first, BED assessment is not validated in hypofractionated ... conformity of their plans to an agreed upon benchmark These results underline the importance of QA assessment for reproducible outcomes, not only in contouring and the setting of dose constraints, but ... study in which participating radiation oncologists delineated tumors and organs at risk (OARs) and created treatment plans using inverse planning software for the CyberKnife System (Accuray, Sunnyvale...
... what is known about neuroma histology, the increased nerve cross-sectional areas of the distal nerve endings in our study are mostly due to increased amounts of connective tissue stroma and inflammation ... ongoing spontaneous activity that may be responsible for sensations of pain [61] In a study assessing neuromas of the superficial radial nerve in baboons, Meyer et al found that spontaneously ... noxious stimuli–as in the case of an acutely injured peripheral nerve, in addition to spontaneous discharges from neuromas and sprouting axons–lead to decreased activation thresholds, and responses...
... evidence scale consists of four subscales The first subscale is comprised of two items that assess the discrepancy between the respondent 's opinion of the strength of evidence base and the opinion of ... between baseline Organizational Readiness to Change Assessment subscale scores and implementation of hepatitis prevention services in substance use disorders treatment clinics: a case study Implementation ... subscales: two assess aspects of organizational culture (leadership culture and staff culture); one represents leadership practices; one assesses measurement (e.g., leadership feedback); one assesses...
... independently assessed the data extracted and conclusions drawn Assessmentof risk of bias in included studies We used The Cochrane Collaboration s tool for assessing risk of bias on six standard criteria: ... reliability and validity, type of interventions, sample size, statistical power, primary and secondary study findings, statistical tests used, and associated statistical and clinical significance MPE independently ... PCPs assuming the prime responsibility for addressing osteoporosis over recent years, this is an ideal setting in which to implement change The aim of this review is to assess within randomised...