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(1) Using Hypothesis Testing in Medical Packaging Validation  Article

Software programs can simplify sample-size determination for validation protocols.

(2) New Fossil Cercopithecoids from the Late Miocene of As Sahabi, Libya  Article

Source: Garyounis Scientific Bulletin, 2008, Special Issue, No. 5

Authors: Brenda R. Benefit, Monte McCrossin, Noel T. Boaz, and Paris Pavlakis

From the Introduction
The discovery of two new well-preserved Old World monkey specimens at As Sahabi by the East Libya Neogene Research project during 2007 adds significantly to our knowledge of early stages in cercopithecoid evolution.

(3) The Effects of Time and Habitat Differences on the Dentition of VICTORIAPITHECUS MACINNESI from Middle Miocene Deposits at Maboko  Poster

Authors: Brenda Benefit and Elizabeth Lynch, New Mexico State University

Introduction
In this study we compare molar size and shape in 15 mya samples of Victoriapithecus from three stratigraphic levels at Maboko Island.  Our goal is to determine whether differences exist between samples from these three levels and whether observed size or shape differences reflect differences in habitat or time.

(4) Calibration of an FTIR Spectrometer for Measuring Carbon  Book preview

Author: Peter C. Pancratz

Source: Statistical Case Studies for Process Improvement edited by Veronica Czitrom and Patrick D. Spagon, ASA–SIAM Series on Statistics and Applied Probability

Introduction
The following case study shows how design of experiments, statistical process control, and ordinary least squares regression each play a role in the calibration of a Digilab SQ-200 FTIR apparatus...

(5) A Case Study of Teaching Statistics in Environmental Science Studies  Article

Authors: Carmen Capilla and Amparo Montesinos, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

Abstract
...This work considers the current situation of environmental science studies in Spain and discusses the role of statistics in them. A course organization and its teaching methodology, in which theory and practice has been integrated, is presented.

(6) Statistical Multivariate Analysis of Melon Shape: A Case Study using Near Isogenic Lines  Article

Authors: J.P. Fernández-Trujillo, J. Obando, J.A. Martínez, A. Alarcón, I. Eduardo, A.J. Monforte, P. Arús

Source: ISHS Acta Horticulturae 674: III International Symposium on Applications of Modelling as an Innovative Technology in the Agri-Food Chain; MODEL-IT

Abstract
...The aim of our melon project is to increase the knowledge on the genetics of fruit market and fruit quality traits...

(7) Reliability Analysis of a Mine Production System - A Case Study  Article

Authors: Kumar, U.; Huang, Y.

Source: Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1993

Summary
At the LKAB Kiruna Iron Ore Mine in Sweden, reliability and maintainability analysis techniques have been gradually accepted as standard tools for planning and operation of automatic and complex mining systems since the mid-1980s. The reliability analysis and modeling of the production system at the Kiruna mine are discussed...

(8) Does elision account for molecular saturation: Case study based on mitochondrial ribosomal DNA among Characiform fishes (Teleostei: Ostariophysii)  Article

Authors: Nicolas Hubert, Céline Bonillo, Didier Paugy

Source: Molecular Phylogenics and Evolution, 2005

(9) Computer-Assisted Discrepancy Management - A Case Study in Research Transfer to Industry  Article

Authors: Javier Andrade, Juan Ares, Santiago Rodrigues, Francsico J. López

Summary
This paper reports on the "repackaging" and transfer to industry of research results in Viewpoint-Based Requirements Engineering (VBRE)...

(10) Probabilistic assessment of forest biomass storage times and its effect on cost: a beech biomass case study  Article

Source: Forest Products Journal

Abstract
The storage time of beech forest biomass units in northern Greece were recorded through time studies in different stands, at the roadside, and at the mill yard. Probability distribution of each recorded storage time was assessed...

(11) Teaching Statistics to Engineers: An Innovative Pedagogical Experience  Article

Authors: R. Romero, A. Ferrer, C. Capilla, L. Zunica, S. Balasch, V. Serra, and R. Alcover,Polytechnic University of Valencia

Source: Journal of Statistics Education v.3, n.1

Abstract
In recent years, the growing consciousness of the importance of statistics in the training of engineers has been accompanied in the western world by an increasing dissatisfaction with the teaching of statistics in universities...

(12) Bioavailability of Cadmium in Food and Water: A Case Study on the Derivation of Relative Bioavailability Factors for Organics and Their Relevance to the Reference Dose  Article

Authors: William L. Ruoff, Gary L. Diamond, Susan F. Velazquez, William M. Stiteler, Daniea J. Gefell

Source: Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 20, 139-160

Abstract
Published studies in which rats were exposed to CdCl2 in standard chow or drinking water were analyzed to compare the relative bioavailability of cadmium from the two media. Relative bioavailability was assessed from estimates of the rate of accumulation of cadmium in kidney cortex or liver...

(13) Fault and cause diagnosis of casting defects: A case study  Article

Authors: F. B. J. Sweeting, W. R. Thorpe, A. N. Pettitt

Source: Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Volume 8 Issue 2, pages 79-91, 2007

Abstract
The product selected for detailed study was a cored grey iron disc, cast in a five cavity mould, subject to rejection at a highly variable rate. The behaviour of process variables in the sub-systems of green sand, core making, metal pouring and metallurgical composition was analysed to detect any statistically significant correlations with the incidence of blisters, which was the predominant cause of rejection...

(14) The Comparative Effectiveness of Teaching English Grammar with the Help of Textbook and by Using Group Work Activities  Full document

Author: Aisha Bibi

Source: Pakistan Research Repository

Abstract
The problem under study was to investigate the comparative effectiveness of teaching English grammar with the help of textbook (deductive method) and by using group work activities (inductive teaching model)...

(15) Long-term Fluctuations of the Ice Cover of the Baltic Sea

Authors: Ago Jaani, Igor Libin, Mykolas Mikalajūnas, Jorge Pérez-Peraza

Source: Geografijos metraštis, 1999

Introduction
...In this paper an attempt for defining the evolution trends of the variation of the ice cover of the Baltic Sea is made.

Article

(16) Demand Forecasting and Production Planning for Highly Seasonal Demand Situations: Case Study of a Pressure Container Factory  Article

Authors: Pisal Yenradee, Anulark Pinnoi, Amnaj Charoenthavomying

Source: ScienceAsia 27 (2001): 271-278

Abstract
This paper addresses demand forecasting and production planning for a pressure container factory in Thailand, where the demand patterns of individual product groups are highly seasonal...

(17) An application of design of experiments for optimization of plastic injection molding processes  Article

Author: Shad Dowlatshahi

Source: Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Abstract
Making improvements in products or in processes can be one of the most challenging tasks confronting an organization. This paper uses design of experiment (DOE) to identify causes of defects associated with plastic injection molding processes at the early phases of designing processes and operations... 

(18) Hydrochemical Aspects of the Flooding of the Mine Königstein - A Water Mixing Model for Recognizing the Influence of Groundwater by Contaminated Water  Document

Authors: Karl-Otto Zeißler, Kerstin Nindel and Thomas Hertwig

Source: Uranium in the Environment: Mining Impact and Consequences Springer, 2006

Abstract
A water mixing model has been developed which supports the decision for evaluating the influence of groundwater by contaminated water...The model has been implemented in a software program and tested on the basis of the flooding data of the mine Königstein.

(19) Bringing Sterilization Inside  Article

Author: David B. Vogel

Source: Medical Design Technology

Abstract
...The selection of a sterilization method, the cycle development, and the process validation performed by the company’s microbiology and research teams provide a practical case study for manufacturers contemplating upgrading or bringing their own sterilization processes in-house.

(20) Production yield analysis in the poultry processing industry  Article

Authors: Derk Somsen, Anthony Capelle and Johannes Tramper

Source: Journal of Food Engineering, 2004

Abstract
The paper outlines a case study where the PYA-method (production yield analysis) was implemented at a poultry-slaughtering line, processing 9000 broiler chicks per hour. It was shown that the average live weight of a flock of broilers could be used to predict the maximum production yield of the parts (fillet, legs, wings, etc.)...

(21) Hydration Kinetics of Rice Kernels under Vacuum and Pressure  Article

Authors : Marcelo O. Bello, Marcela P. Tolaba, Constantino Suárez, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Source: International Journal of Food Engineering, 2008

Abstract
Hydration of rough rice under vacuum (0.01, 0.03, 0.06, 0.08 MPa) and pressure (0.25, 0.4, 0.55 and 0.7 MPa) was conducted at 15°, 35° and 55°C. As a reference, hydration tests at each temperature and atmospheric pressure were also conducted...

(22) Investigations on indoor radon in Austria, Part 1: Seasonality of indoor radon concentration  Article

Authors: Peter Bossew and Herbert Lettner

Source: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Volume 98, Issue 3, December 2007, Pages 329-345

Abstract
In general, indoor radon concentration is subject to seasonal variability. The reasons are to be found (1) in meteorological influence on the transport properties of soil, e.g. through temperature, frozen soil layers and soil water saturation; and (2) in living habits, e.g. the tendency to open windows in summer and keep them closed in winter, which in general leads to higher accumulation of geogenic Rn in closed rooms in winter...

(23) Forecasting malaria incidence based on monthly case reports and environmental factors in Karuzi, Burundi, 1997–2003  Article

Authors: Alberto Gomez-Elipe, Angel Otero, Michel van Herp, and Armando Aguirre-Jaime

Source: Malaria Journal, V. 6, 2007

Background
The objective of this work was to develop a model to predict malaria incidence in an area of unstable transmission by studying the association between environmental variables and disease dynamics.

(24) Safety and accessibility effects of code modifications and traffic calming of an arterial road  Article

Authors: Lars Leden, Per-Erik Wikström, Per Gårder, and Peter Rosander

Source: Accident Analysis and Prevention, Volume 38, Issue 3, May 2006, Pages 455-461

Abstract

The European Road E12 through the community center of Storuman, Sweden was reconstructed in 1999 and 2000. Pedestrian walkways, traffic islands, chicanes of a type referred to as “Danish buns”, a roundabout and a two-directional cycle track along the E12 were installed...

(25) Using two multivariate methods for line congestion study in transmission systems under uncertainty  Article

Authors: S. Deladreue, F. Brouaye, P. Bastard, L. Peligry

Source: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems,Volume 18, Issue 1, Feb 2003 Page(s): 353 - 358

Summary
Two multivariate methods (correlation analysis and principal components analysis) are used to forecast which lines may be simultaneously congested...

(26) Modeling the spatio-temporal diffusion of health technology: the case of MRI in Spain.  Article

Author: Monteagudo JL, Lazaro P

Source: International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care. Meeting.

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To develop and test a mathematical model describing the dynamic of early stages of technology diffusion processes by considering spatial propagation on geographical domains with different local growth characteristics. This tool would be useful for health technology management applications such as forecasting the adoption of new techniques, analysis of influential factors, and the evaluation of policy measures...

(27) Evaluation of respiratory gases and acid-base gradients in human fetal fluids and uteroplacental tissue between 7 and 16 weeks' gestation.  Article

Authors: Jauniaux, Eric MD, PhD; Watson, Adrian PhD; Burton, Graham MD

Source: American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Abstract
Objective: Our purpose was to evaluate the changes in intrauterine gases and acid-base gradients inside the human fetoplacental unit at 7 to 16 weeks' gestation...

(28) Influence of long-term spaceflight on neuromechanical properties of muscles in humans  Article

Authors: Daniel Lambertz, Francis Goubel, Rustem Kaspranski, and Chantal Pérot

Source: Journal of Applied Physiology

Abstract
Reflex and elastic properties of the triceps surae (TS) were measured on 12 male cosmonauts 28-40 days before a 3- to 6-mo spaceflight, 2 or 3 days after return (R+2/+3) and a few days later (R+5/+6). H reflexes to electrical stimulations and T reflexes to tendon taps gave the reflex excitability at rest...

(29) Business process redesign in healthcare: Facing the technical challenge  Article

Author: Rob J.B. Vanwersch

Source: Master's thesis: Eindhoven

Abstract
...This research aims at developing and validating a set of process redesign heuristics for application in those situations where patient participation is intensive throughout the healthcare process...A case study at the Catharina-hospital Eindhoven evaluates whether the extended set of redesign heuristics can be successfully applied.

(30) Effect of crosslinking method on collagen fiber-fibroblast interactions  Article

Authors: Lisa D. Bellincampi, Michael G. Dunn

Source: Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Abstract
...In this study, we evaluated the effects of crosslinking on collagen fiber-fibroblast interactions in vitro...

(31) Changes in Water Chemistry Along the Course of Two Rivers with Different Hydrological Regimes  Article

Authors: P. Zieliński, A. Górniak, T. Suchowolee

Source: Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Abstract
Chemical composition of water and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) levels were investigated over two large rivers in NE Poland, with different hydrological regimes...

(32) The Role of Credit Rationing in Czech Agriculture - The Case of Large Agricultural Enterprises  Article

Author: L. Čechura, Czech University of Agriculture

Abstract
This article is concerned with the analysis of the role of credit rationing in Czech agriculture on the case of large agricultural enterprises...

(33) Statistical Development of Quality in Medicine  Textbook

Authors: Per Winkel and Nien Fan Zhang

Source: John Wiley and Sons, 2007

Abstract
statistical Development of Quality in Medicine presents the statistical concepts behind the application of industrial quality control methods. Filled with numerous case studies and worked examples, the text enables the reader to choose the relevant control chart, to critically apply it, improve it if necessary, and monitor its stability...

(34) Detection of Internal Cracks in Manchego Cheese Using the Acoustic Impulse-Response Technique and Ultrasounds  Article

Authors: T. Conde, A. Mulet, G. Clemente and J. Benedito

Source: Journal of Dairy Science

Abstract
Nowadays, due to the more global nature of markets, the commercialization of cheese relies on the high quality of the product. Internal defects such as cracks or flaws may affect quality. Two different nondestructive inspection techniques (ultrasonic and acoustic experiments) were used to detect cracks in Manchego cheese...

(35) Effect of acute exercise on low molecular weight thiols in plasma  Article

Authors: A. Zinellu, S. Sotgia, M. A. Caria, F. Tangianu, G. Casu, L. Deiana, C. Carru

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Abstract
An important defense against free radicals is represented by plasma low molecular weight (LMW) thiols that compose a dynamic system of reduced and oxidized forms able to act as a buffer redox system. This study examined the effect of an acute graded exercise bout on LMW thiols in 16 young subjects (six sedentaries and 10 athletes)...

(36) The Velocity of Soccer Kicking and the Laterality of the Lower Extremities  Article

Authors: F. Vaverka, M. Janura, and M. Elfmark

Source: Biomechanics, ACTA Press

Abstract
The laterality of the lower extremities is a very important factor influencing the efficiency of soccer players . The main purpose of this research is to focus on the study of differences in the maximum velocity of the soccer ball kicked with the preferred and non-preferred leg and the kinematic variables of the kick...

(37) Influence Stress on the Training Process of the Horses  Article

Authors: Halo, M., Strapák, P., Hollý, A., Mylneková, E., Kovalčík, E., Horný, M.

Source: Slovak University of Agriculture, Department of Animal Husbandry

Abstract
Etological and physiological tests were realized on 48 horses. They were observed following activities: spontaneous kinetic activity, voice display, the elimination behavior (excretion and urination), and motionless standing. The horses were observed in 40 minute periods during the morning hours...

(38) A study of the discomfort associated with tennis shoes   Article

Authors: S. Llana;  G. Brizuela;  J. V. Dura; A. C. Garcia

Source: Journal of Sports Sciences

Abstract
Subjective tests based on information gathered using 'discomfort questionnaires' have been used widely in ergonomics. In this study, we used a similar method to examine the discomfort associated with the footwear worn in tennis matches. A sample of 146 tennis players from a population of approximately 4000 completed the questionnaire...

(39) Guide to Methods and Tools for Safety Analysis in Air Traffic Management  Article

Authors: GAIN Working Group B: Analytical Methods and Tools

Source: Flight Safety Foundation

Forward
This guide to methods and tools is intended for air traffic control/management service providers, air traffic system developers, air traffic rules and procedures specialists, or air traffic safety managers...

(40) Case Study on French, Greek and Romanian Hotel Websites - A Comparative Approach  Article

Authors: Liciniu-Alexandru Kovács, Veronica Rozalia Rus, Cristian-Ioan Chifu

Source: Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Business, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Abstract
Tourism develops rapidly and, in some countries, it is a priority for the Government. As a consequence, hotel companies develop too. The Internet and Internet technologies have become affordable and have deeply transformed the hotel industry...

(41) Influence of Foliar Dust Deposition on Ficus Benjamina Variegata Stomatal Conductance  Article

Authors: H. Abo-Rizq, M. Albaho, A. Christopher, B. Thomas, Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research

Source: European Journal of Scientific Research, 2008

Abstract
Kuwait is frequently subjected to severe dust storms that may last many days at times in addition to the fact that suspended dust particles is a common problem almost all year round in this part of the world. Indoor plant leaves attract suspended dust and consequently dust deposition and accumulation on leaves may have negative effect on photosynthetic activities and thus growth and development of ornamental indoor plants are effected as a consequence...

(42) SARS Transmission Pattern in Singapore Reassessed by Viral Sequence Variation Analysis  Article

Authors: Jianjun Liu, Siew Lan Lim, Yijun Ruan, Ai Ee Ling, Lisa F. P Ng, Christian Drosten, Edison T Liu, Lawrence W Stanton, and Martin L Hibberd

Source: PLoS Medicine

Background
...We present here a novel application of mass spectrometry (MS)–based technology in characterizing viral sequence variations that overcomes these problems, and we apply it retrospectively to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Singapore.

(43) Multicriteria Evaluation in Coastal Management  Article

Authors: Amalia Moriki, Harry Coccossis, Michael Karydis

Source: Journal of Coastal Research

Abstract
The driving forces of the development of the coastal area of the island of Rhodes (Greece) are examined in relation to the quality of the marine environment. The integrated variables of the system were analyzed by four multidimensional techniques: Multicriteria Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Multidimensional Scaling and Principal Components Analysis...

(44) Forest externalities, demography and rural development in inland Spain  Article

Authors: Sigfredo F. Ortuño Pérez and Angel J. Martín Fernández

Source: Forest Policy and Economics, 2006

Abstract
The maintenance of the rural population, culture and landscape and the conservation of natural resources are the priority objectives of the new European agricultural policy as defined in Agenda 2000 fundamentally through rural development actions aimed at encouraging the diversification of economic activities in the rural environment and the valorisation of existing natural resources and farms...

(45) The place of cultural tourism for Cluj-Napoca, Romania as a tourist destination  Article

Authors: Smaranda Cosma, Adina Negrusa

Source: WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics, 2008

Abstract
Tourism industry represents the sector with the highest development at global level. Cultural tourism became an important trend at international level; 60% of the European tourists are interested in cultural discovery...

(46) The development of coastal dunes and their vegetation in Finland  Article

Author: Pirjo Hellemaa

Source: University of Helsinki Department of Geography

Abstract
The area of open coastal dune landscapes and their vegetation is only about 1300 ha and is continuously diminishing. The development of coastal dune fields in the area from Virolahti to Hailuoto is studied here from the literature, maps, aerial photographs and vegetation transect analysis...

(47) On the evolution of blue Cuckoo eggs in Europe  Article

Authors: A. Moksnes, E. Roskaft, T. Tysse

Source: Journal of Avian Biology

Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the question of whether blue Cuckoo Cuculus canorus eggs have evolved as an adaptation for successful parasitism of host species which themselves lay blue eggs...

(48) Determining Traffic Stream Impacts of Radar Detectors Using Microscopic Simulation  Article

Authors:  Marcelo G. Simas de Oliveira, Billy Williams, John D. Leonard II

Source: Journal of Transportation Engineering

Abstract
 ...The case study shows that the efficacy of using radar as a speed reduction strategy is a function of congestion and radar detector density, with the strategy being most effective for volumes levels between 200 and 1,400 vehicles per hour per lane.

(49) Thermal and Temporal Stability of Swimming Performance in the European Sea Bass  Article

Authors: Guy Claireaux, Corey Handelsman, Emily Standen, Jay A. Nelson

Source: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 2007

Abstract
...The objective of this study was to broaden our understanding of the relevance of fish swimming performance studies by testing the hypothesis that swimming performance (endurance and sprint) is ontogenetically and temporally stable across fluctuating environmental conditions...

(50) Breeding Biology of the Barn Swallow (Hirundo Ristica) in the Surroundings of Bratislava (Slovakia)  Article

Authors: Zlatica Országhová, Vanda Benická, Karolína Sobeková

Source: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, 2007

Abstract
The breeding biology of the barn swallow has been studied in the south-eastern part of Brastislava on the right bank of the Danube river during 1993-1995...

(51) Six Sigma for Medical Device Design  Book

Authors: Jose Justiniano, Venky Gopalaswamy

Source: CRC Press, 2004

Summary
For designers of medical devices, the FDA and ISO requirements are extremely stringent. Designers and researchers feel pressure from management to quickly develop new devices, while they are simultaneously hampered by strict guidelines...

(52) Feasibility Study of a New Sternal Closure Device using Tubular Braided Superelastic Nitinol Structures  Article

Authors: Y. Baril, V. Branovski, P. Terriault, R. Cartier

Source: Proceedings of the Materials & Processes for Medical Devices Conference, Boston, 2005

Abstract
To reduce the risk of sternal dehiscence among patients subjected to median steonotomy, a new sternal closure device is developed. This device prevents cuts in and through the sternum bones during aggressive psot-surgery physiological activities such as coughing, deep breathing, and sudden movement...

(53) Integrated Duck-cum-Fish Farming in Bangladesh  Article

Authors: Muhammad A. Latif, Mohammad J. Alam, Mohammad A. Rahman

Source: Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 2007

Abstract
An experiment on integrated duck-cum-fish farming was conducted in 11 ponds of 0.1 ha each at the Fisheries Research Institute, Mymensingh, Bangladesh...

(54) Small-scale dairy farming in the highlands of central Mexico: technical, economic and social aspects and their impact on poverty  Article

Authors: A. Espinoza-Ortega, E. Espinosa-Ayala, J. Bastida-López, T. Castañeda-Martínez and C. M. Arriaga-Jordán

Source: Experimental Agriculture, 2007

Abstract
...The objective of this paper is to analyse the social, productive and economic characteristics of small-scale dairy production systems in the central highlands in the northwest of the State of Mexico...

(55) Increased plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) levels in retinal venous occlusive disease  Article

Authors: Zinellu, Angelo; Pinna, Antonio; Sotgia, Salvatore; Zinellu, Elisabetta; Usai, Maria Franca; Carta, Francesco; Gaspa, Leonardo; Deiana, Luca; Carru, Ciriaco

Source: Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine, 2008.

Abstract
We investigated the levels of the endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitor asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), as well as homocysteine and cysteine thiols, in a cohort of subjects affected by retinal vein occlusion (RVO) disease...

(56) Control of Musth in an Asian Elephant Bull (Elephas Maximus) Using Leuprolide Acetate  Article

Authors: Claudio A. de Oliveira, D.V.M., Ph.D., Gary D. West, D.V.M., Richard Houck, D.V.M., and Michelle Leblanc, D.V.M.

Source: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 2003

Abstract
The results of long-term administration of leuprolide acetate (LA) depot in a 52-yr-old Asian elephant bull (Elephas maximus) for control of musth are presented...

(57) Effect of Nitrate and Ammonium Ions on the Pigment Content (Xanthophylls, Carotenes and Chilorophylls) of Ramalina Capitata  Article

Authors: M. A. Sanchez-Hoyos and E. Manrique

Source: The Lichenologist (1995), 27 : 155-160 Cambridge University Press

Abstract
Thalli of Ramalina capitata were sprayed with deionized water, 10 mM solutions of KNO3 or NH4Cl, or maintained without any water supply, for 10 days under controlled conditions...

(58) Modelling Wheat Growth and Yield Losses from Late Epidemics of Foliar Diseases using Loss of Green Leaf Area per Layer and Pre-anthesis Reserves  Article

Authors:

Source: Annals of Botany, 2008

Abstract
Crop protection strategies, based on preventing quantitative crop losses rather than pest outbreaks, are being developed as a promising way to reduce fungicide use. The Bastiaans' model was applied to winter wheat crops (Triticum aestivum) affected by leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) and Septoria tritici blotch (STB; Mycosphaerella graminicola) under a range of crop management conditions...

(59) Development of volatile compounds of cava (Spanish sparkling wine) during long ageing time in contact with lees  Article

Authors: M. Riu-Aumatell, J. Bosch-Fusté, E. López-Tamames and S. Buxaderas

Source: Food Chemistry, 2006

Abstract
In order to study the evolution of volatile compounds during long ageing times in contact with lees (more than 2 years), Headspace–solid phase microextraction (HS/SPME) method was applied to different cavas (Spanish Sparkling wine)...

(60) Beer identity in Denmark  Article

Authors: O. Mejlholm and M. Martens

Source: Food Quality and Preference, 2006

Abstract
In this study a sensory profiling and a consumer test including 10 commercially Danish beers were conducted...

(61) Table-Games Revenue Management 

Article

Author: Clayton Peister

Source: Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, 2007

Abstract
The application of survival analysis to create a revenue management scheme for a casino’s table games is illustrated...

(62) Effective Risk Management: Keys to Success  Book

Author: Edmund H. Conrow

Preface
The purpose of this book is two-fold: first, to provide key lessons learned that I have documented from performing risk management on a wide variety of programs, and second, to assist you, the reader, in developing and implementing an effective risk management process on your program...

(63) Correlation study using saturated hydrocarbons as a model, of the retention time in GLC and different physico-chemical parameters  Article

Author: E. Cornwell

Source: Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, 2005

Summary
Using a model of 27 saturated hydrocarbons, the logarithm retention times relative to n-hexane were correlated with 11 physico-chemical properties...

(64) Getting Students to Account for Variation in their Analysis of Real ChE Processes  Article

Author: Milo D. Koretsky, Oregon State University

Source: Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition

Abstract
...This paper describes efforts to infuse statistics into the curriculum at Oregon State University...

(65) Changes in the Relative Abundance and Distribution of Gray Whales (Eschrichtius Robustus) in Magdelena Bay, Mexico during an El Niño Event  Article

Authors: S. C. Gardner, S. Chávez-Rosales

Source: Marine Mammal Science, 2006

Abstract
The oceanographic changes during the El Niño and La Niña of 1998–1999 have provided an opportunity to document the effects of these events on the migratory patterns of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus)...

(66) Satellite-Monitored Movements and Dive Behavior of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus) In Tampa Bya, Florida  Article

Authors: SBruce R. Mate, Kelly A. Rossbach, Sharon L. Nieukirk, Randall S. Wells, A. Blair Irvine, Michael D. Scott, Andrew J. Read

Source: Marine Mammal Science, 2006

Abstract
An adult, female bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops trucncatus) was radio tagged and monitored via satellite-based Argos receivers for 25 d from 28 June to 23 July 1990, in Tampa Bay, Florida. A total of 794 transmissions were obtained during 106 satellite passes...

(67) Forecasting Agricultural Commodity Prices using Hybrid Neural Networks  Article

Authors: Tamer Shahwan and Martin Odening

Source: Computational Intelligence in Economics and Finance Volume II, SpringerLink, 2007

Abstract
...In this paper, a hybrid model that combines a seasonal ARIMA model and an Elman neural network (ENN) is used to forecast agricultural commodity prices...

(68) Long-term central venous catheters: size and location do matter  Article

Authors: R. Onders, R. Shenk, T. Stellato

Source: The American Journal of Surgery

Abstract
The records of 502 consecutive long-term central venous catheters places in patients while in the operating room over a 1-year period were reviewed and 230 subclavian vein tunneled catheters were analyzed...

(69) The importance of nutrient hot-spots in the conservation and management of large wild mammalian herbivores in semi-arid savannas  Article

Authors: C.C. Grant and M.C. Scholes

Source: Biological Conservation, 2006

Abstract
...The purpose of this study was to examine to what extent favoured forage patches in the Lowveld of South Africa are determined by forage quality and how important these are as forage resources...

(70) DNA technology application procedures in forensic practice: social and ethical conditioning I   Article

Authors: J. J. Gamero, J. L. Romero, J. L. Peralta, F. Corte-Real and M. C. Vide

Source: Progress in Forensic Genetics 10, 2004

Abstract
In the study carried out it is intended, in accordance with the preliminary draft of the International Declaration on Human Genetic Data, that information be gathered concerning the diverse questions regarding DNA analysis and its application in the identification of individuals (sample extraction, laboratory treatment, sample analysis and storage, information from the obtained results, etc.) that different social groups in our country may have...

(71) Follow-Up on Diagnostic Proficiency of Laboratories Equipped To Perform Orthopoxvirus Detection and Quantification by PCR: the Second International External Quality Assurance Study  Article

Authors: Matthias Niedrig, Hermann Meyer, Marcus Panning, and Christian Drosten

Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2006

Abstract
Two years after the first external quality assurance study on bioterrorism-relevant viruses, we have conducted a follow-up study on orthopoxvirus detection by PCR. Thirty-three laboratories (27 European, 4 Austral-Asian, and 2 American) participated. Samples contained 0 to 40,000,000 DNA copies of lyophilized monkeypox, cowpox, and vaccinia virus per ml...

(72) Rapid Detection and Differentiation of Human Pathogenic Orthopox Viruses by a Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Real-Time PCR Assay    Article

Authors: Marcus Panning, Marcel Asper, Stefanie Kramme, Herbert Schmitz and Christian Drosten

Source: Clinical Chemistry, 2004

Abstract
...PCR is a powerful tool to detect and differentiate orthopox viruses, and real-time PCR has the further advantages of rapid turnaround time, low risk of contamination, capability of strain differentiation, and use of multiplexed probes...

(73) Comparison of saccadic eye movements and facility of ocular accommodation in female volleyball players and non-players  Article

Authors: Jafarzadehpur, E.; Aazami, N.; Bolouri, B.

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2007

Abstract
...
Eighty-three normal females were categorized in four groups; non-players (NP), beginner volleyball players, intermediate and advanced players. Facility of accommodation and far saccade for optotypes at three distances were measured...

(74) Comparison of Surgically Repaired Achilles Tendon Tears Using Platelet-Rich Fibrin Matrices  Article

Authors: Mikel Sánchez, MD, Eduardo Anitua, MD, DDS, Juan Azofra, MD, Isabel Andía, PhD, Sabino Padilla, MD, PhD and Iñigo Mujika, PhD

Source: The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2007

Abstract
...Open suture repair in conjunction with a preparation rich in growth factors (PRGF) was performed in 6 athletes and retrospectively compared with a matched group that followed conventional surgical procedure...

(75) Effect of temperature on the respiration rate of forest soil organic layer along an elevation gradient in the Polish Carpathians  Article

Authors: Maria Niklińska and Beata Klime

Source: Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2007

Abstract
The aim of our studies was to determine the relation between temperature and the respiration rate of the forest soil organic layer along an altitudinal gradient while controlling the effects of the soil characteristics... T

(76) In vitro chromium availability in breakfast cereals  Article

Authors: Carmen José Mateos, María Victorina Aguilar and María Carmen Martínez Para

Source: European Food Research and Technology, 2008

Abstract
Chromium (Cr) availability (expressed as percentage dialysed Cr) in breakfast cereals (n = 93) was evaluated by an in vitro method of simulated human gastrointestinal digestion followed by GFAAS measurement of dialysed Cr...

(77) Mapping of ice cream formulation using front-face fluorescence spectroscopy  Article

Authors: C. Granger, J.P. Da Costa, J. Toutain, P. Barey and M. Cansell

Source: International Dairy Journal, 2005

Abstract
Front-face fluorescence spectroscopy was used to characterize 16 ice cream formulations (four fats, two mono-/diglyceride mixtures, and two protein mixtures). Tryptophan fluorescence spectra were recorded directly from the ice cream samples. The discriminant ability of the data was investigated by principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least square (PLS) discriminant analysis...

(78) Tomato purèe quality from transgenic processing tomatoes  Article

Authors: Sebastiano Porretta, Giovanna Poli

Source: International Journal of Science and Food Technology, 2008

Summary 
The quality of tomato purèe prepared from transgenic fruits (Lycopersicon esculentum) which had reduced amounts of polygalacturonase (PG) activity, were evaluated...

(79) Modeling and analysis of the growth of copper dendrites in saturated conditions using a multilevel factorial design analysis    Article

Authors: Wayne Lawson, R.D. Pilkington, A.E. Hill

Source: Microelectronics International, 2007

Abstract
Tracks, pads and vias on printed circuit boards can suffer from a variety of problems, if the surfaces are contaminated with electrically-conducting substances. Aims to model a multilevel full-factorial design to study the effects of temperature, voltage and electrode gap on dendritic growth under saturated conditions, i.e. water droplet contamination...

(80) Mechanics of machining of face-milling operation performed using a self-propelled round insert milling cutter  Article

Authors: Kaushikkumar M. Patel and Suhas S. Joshi

Source: Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2006

Abstract
...This paper presents an investigation into the application of rotary tools in a face-milling operation. The work involved analysis of cutting forces and chip characteristics, and the development of analytical as well as conceptual models to predict the cutting forces. It was evident that the proposed model predicts cutting force magnitude with a fair accuracy.

(81) An amylase gene polymorphism is associated with growth differences in the Pacific cupped oyster Crassostrea gigas  Article

Authors: M. Prudence, J. Moal, P. Boudry, J. Y. Daniel, C. Quéré, F. Jeffroy, C. Mingant, M. Ropert, E. Bédier, A. Van Wormhoudt, J. F. Samain and A. Huvet

Source: Animal Genetics, 2006

Abstract
This study investigated the non-neutrality of genetic polymorphism in two alpha-amylase genes (AMYA and AMYB) in the oyster Crassostrea gigas. Bi-parental oyster families, bred to be polymorphic for markers in these genes, were monitored for growth and survival for 1 year under standard culture conditions in two French production sites...

(82) Understanding population history for conservation purposes: population genetics of Saxifraga aizoides (Saxifragaceae) in the lowlands and lower mountains north of the Alps  Article

Authors: Eva Lutz, J. Jakob Schneller and Rolf Holderegger

Source: American Journal of Botany, 2000

Abstract
Several alpine species have outlying populations in the lowlands and lower mountains north of the Alps...A floristic survey of the historic and present distributions and an allozyme investigation were performed on one of these relic species, Saxifraga aizoides...

(83) Genetic Diversity of Eurycoma longifolia Inferred from Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms  Article

Authors: Asiah Osman, Barbara Jordan, Philip A. Lessard, Norwati Muhammad, M. Rosli Haron, Norifiza Mat Riffin, Anthony J. Sinskey, ChoKyun Rha, and David E. Housman

Source: Plant Physiology, 2003

Abstract
...Suitable genetic markers would be very useful for propagation and breeding programs to support conservation of this species, although no such markers currently exist. To meet this need, we have applied a genome complexity reduction strategy to identify a series of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the genomes of several E. longifolia accessions...

(84) A study of 82 extended HLA haplotypes in HFE-C282Y homozygous hemochromatosis subjects: relationship to the genetic control of CD8+ T-lymphocyte numbers and severity of iron overload  Article

Authors: Eugénia Cruz, Jorge Vieira, Susana Almeida, Rosa Lacerda, Andrea Gartner, Carla S. Cardoso, Helena Alves, Graça Porto

Source: BMC Medical Genetics, 2006

Abstract
...The present study was designed with the objective of narrowing the region associated with the setting of CD8+ T-lymphocyte numbers in a population of C282Y homozygous hemochromatosis  subjects, in whom a high prevalence of abnormally low CD8+ T-lymphocyte counts has been described.

(85) Water quality assessment using SVD-based principal component analysis of hydrological data  Article

Author: Petr Praus

Source: VSB-Technical University Ostrava

Abstract
Principal component analysis (PCA) based on singular value decomposition (SVD) of hydrological data was tested for water quality assessment...

(86) Robust and non-parametric statistics in the evaluation of figures of merit of analytical methods  Article

Authors: M. Cruz Ortiz, Ana Herrero, Silvia Sanllorente and Celia Reguera

Source: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2005

Abstract
A set of laboratory practices is proposed in which evaluation of the quality of the analytical measurements is incorporated explicitly by applying systematically suitable methodology for extracting the useful information contained in chemical data. Non-parametric and robust techniques useful for detecting outliers have been used to evaluate different figures of merit in the validation and optimization of analytical methods...

(87) Performance characteristics according to Commission Decision 2002/657/EC in the fluorimetric determination of tetracycline in the absence and in the presence of magnesium  Article

Authors: Noelia Rodríguez, M. Cruz Ortiz, Ana Herrero, Luis A. Sarabia

Source: Luminescence, 2007

Abstract
...In this work, the univariate and multivariate fluorescence determination of tetracycline is performed in the presence and absence of Mg2+, comparing the quality of the analyses through some performance characteristics that, according to Commission Decision 2002/657/EC define the functional qualities of analytical methods...

(88) Time Series Forecasts of Poison Center Call Volume  Article

Authors: Dan Tandberg, Leslie Jones Easom, Clifford Qualls

Source: Clinical Toxicology

Abstract
We tested the hypothesis that time series analysis can provide accurate predictions of future poison center telephone call volume by a prospective stochastic time series modeling of calk to a university-based regional poison center...

(89)  Cleaning for Improved Indoor Air Quality: an Initial Assessment of Effectiveness  Article

Authors: Deborah L. Franke, Eugene C. Cole, Keith E. Leese, Karin K. Foarde and Michael A. Berry

Source: International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health, 2004

Abstract
A study was conducted to characterize the indoor environment of a multifloor, multiuse, nonproblem, noncompliant building through long-term monitoring for biological, chemical, and particulate pollutants. The study also assessed the effects of cleaning on indoor air quality by providing a program to monitor baseline levels, providing a rigorous (deep) cleaning of the building, and then continuing to monitor after implementation of a standardized, improved, cleaning program...

(90) Production of Rhodotorula glutinis: a yeast that secretes α-L-arabinofuranosidase  Article

Authors: Claudio Martínez, Cecilia Gertosio, Angelica Labbe, Rafael Pérez, Maria Angélica Ganga

Source:
Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, 2006

Abstract
...To determine improved culture conditions of this organism, different factors of the culture media were evaluated such as the use of peptone as nitrogen source, salts composition, pH and growth temperature. Likewise, beet molasses and beet cosette were tested as industrial carbon sources to induce the production of the enzyme and how they influence the yeast growth...

(91) The use of an 'electronic nose' device to monitor the ripening process of anchovies  Article

Authors: M. J. Vázquez , R. A. Lorenzo & R. Cela

Source: International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2003

Summary
Qualitative changes in flavour profiles that are associated with the ripening of anchovies were investigated. Samples, either commercially processed or ripened on a laboratory scale, were analysed by a device known as an electronic nose, which is based on conductive polymers...

(92) Strategically designed sample composition for fastest screening of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in water samples  Article

Authors: E. Martinez, P. Landin, A. M. Carro, M. P. Llompart and R. Cela

Source: Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 2002

Abstract
A new strategy for preparing composite samples of special interest and applicability in environmental screening studies is presented. The use of supersaturated experimental design matrices to conduct the sample composition of water sample specimens in screening studies is demonstrated...

(93) On the Performance of Workflow Processes with Distributed Actors: Does Place Matter?    Article

Authors: Hajo A. Reijers, Minseok Song and Byungduk Jeong

Source: Business Process Management, SpringerLink, 2007

Abstract
...In this paper, we evaluate the effects on the performance of a workflow process in an organizational setting where actors are geographically distributed...

(94) Root cause analysis based maintenance policy  Article

Authors: Cher Ming Tan, Nagarajan Raghavan

Source: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 2007

Abstract
The paper seeks to ease the implementation of predictive maintenance policy in industry using the root cause analysis technique, and to compare the reliability and cost effectiveness of root cause based maintenance (RCBM) relative to conventional corrective maintenance (CM).

(95) DNA fingerprinting using AFLP markers to search for markers associated with yield attributes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori  Article

Authors: Duverney A. Gaviria, Enrique Aguilar, Herman J. Serrano and Alvaro H. Alegria

Source: Journal of Insect Science, 2006

Abstract
This study was carried out on 11 Chinese and 12 Japanese silkworm strains maintained by the Center for the Technological Development of Sericulture (CDTS) germplasm bank, located in Pereira, Colombia. The goals were to determine the genetic population structure of the two groups and the association between molecular markers (AFLPs) and important productivity characters...

(96) How Does Roasting Process Influence the Retention of Coffee Aroma Compounds by Lyophilized Coffee Extract?  Article

Authors: López-Galilea, I. Andriot, I. de Peña, M. P. Cid, C. Guichard, E.

Source: Journal of Food Science, 2008

Abstract
The aims of this study were (1) to study the effect of lyophilized coffee extract on the retention of aroma compounds and (2) to study if aroma compounds selected are differently affected by the lyophilized coffee extracts obtained from conventional and Torrefacto coffee brews prepared by filter coffeemaker and by espresso coffee machine...

(97) Inspection Frequency Optimization Model for Degrading Flowlines on an Offshore Platform  Article

Authors: Saurabh Kumar, Rajiv Dandotiya, Rajesh Kumar, Uday Kumar   

Source: International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, 2008

Abstract
...In this paper, an inspection frequency optimization model has been developed which can be used effectively by the inspection and maintenance personnel in the industry to estimate the number of inspections/optimum preventive maintenance time required for a degrading component at any age or interval in its lifecycle at a minimum total maintenance cost...

(98) Central Composite Design in a Refinery's Wastewater Treatment by Air Flotation  Article

Authors: F. Rigas, P. Panteleos, C. Laoudis

Source: Global Nest, The Int. Journal, 2000

Abstract
Water resulting from the dewatering process of petroleum storage tanks was treated in a pilot separator to investigate the effectiveness of the combined action of a coagulant (aluminum sulfide) and a cationic flocculant (NALCO 71403). Central composite design of experiments was used to construct second order response surfaces for the turbidity, suspended solids and oil content as optimization parameters...

(99) Assessment of hearing loss in elderly people: the feasibility of a nurse administered screening test  Article

Author: Deborah Newman MSc BSc RGN

Source: Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2006

Abstract
This paper examines the findings and implications of an exploratory study which was designed to determine the feasibility of a nurse administered hearing screen test for elderly patients Theoretical and practical considerations which influenced the design of the hearing assessment test (HAT) and the method of the study are discussed A sample of 27 elderly hospital inpatients, with a mean age of 81 years, participated in the study...

(100) Preferential flow in simulated greenhouse golf putting green profiles as affected by aeration and two soil moisture regimes  Article

Authors: Nektarios, Panayiotis A.; Petrovic, A. Marty; Steenhuis, Tammo S.

Source: Soil Science, 2007

Abstract
...Forty-eight lysimeters located in a greenhouse were established to simulate greens constructed of sand or existing sandy clay soil. The movement of blue dye was observed under two moisture regimes for three aeration practices (shallow hollow tines, deep drill, and high-pressure water injection) and a nonaerated control...

(101) Metabolic reaction after concentric and eccentric endurance-exercise of the knee and ankle  Article

Authors: Horstmann, Thomas; Mayer, Frank; Maschmann, Jens; Niess, Andreas; Roecker, Kai; Dickhuth, Hans-Herrmann

Source: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2001.

Abstract
Power training plays an essential part in many sport disciplines. The importance of eccentric power training remains a matter of controversial discussion. The objective of this study was therefore to investigate the difference in metabolic reaction between eccentric and concentric stress in comparable work...

(102) Backpacks on! Schoolchildren's Perceptions of Load, Associations With Back Pain and Factors Determining the Load.  Article

Authors: Negrini, Stefano MD; Carabalona, Roberta DIPEng

Source: Spine, 2002

Abstract
A cross-sectional study was conducted...to investigate schoolchildren's subjective perceptions of their daily backpack loads, to ascertain whether an association exists between these sensations or the load itself and back pain, and to identify the school, family, and personal factors that determine the backpack load, and that might, with a view to primary prevention, be addressed with specific interventions...

(103) Characterization and mapping of dwelling types for forest fire prevention  Article

Authors: Corinne Lampin-Maillet, Marielle Jappiot, Marlène Long, Denis Morge and Jean-Paul Ferrier

Source: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2008

Abstract
In a context of risk of forest fire, the development of actions concerning wildfire prevention and land management is necessary and essential particularly in wildland–urban interfaces (WUI). The term ‘WUI’ always includes components such as human presence and wildland vegetation...

(104) Temperature Limit Values For Touching Cold Surfaces with the Fingertip  Article

Authors: Geng, Q.; Holmer, I.; Hartog, Den E. A.; Havenith, G.; Jay, O.; Malchaire, J.; Piette, A. 5; Rintamaki, H.; Rissanen, S.

Source: Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2006

Abstract
At the request of the European Commission and in the framework of the European Machinery Directive, research was performed in five different laboratories to develop specifications for surface temperature limit values for the short-term accidental touching of the fingertip with cold surfaces. Data were collected in four laboratories with a total of 20 males and 20 females performing a grand total of 1655 exposures...

(105) Staphylococcus epidermidis: A differential trait of the fecal microbiota of breast-fed infants  Article

Authors: Esther Jiménez, Susana Delgado, Antonio Maldonado, Rebeca Arroyo, Mar Albújar, Natalia García, Manel Jariod, Leonides Fernández, Adolfo Gómez, and Juan M Rodríguez

Source: BMC Microbiology, 2008

Abstract
Breast milk is an important source of staphylococci and other bacterial groups to the infant gut. The objective of this work was to analyze the bacterial diversity in feces of breast-fed infants and to compare it with that of formula-fed ones...

(106) Neurosteroids: Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels for Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia Diagnostics

Authors: Sae-Bom Kim, Martin Hill, Yonk-Tae Kwak, Richard Hampl, Do-Hyun Jo, Robert Morfin

Source: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2003

Abstract
A neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with significantly higher dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)...

Article

(107) Using human activity data in exposure models: Analysis of discriminating factors

Authors: Thomas Mccurdy and Stephen E Graham

Source: Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 2003

Abstract
This paper tests factors thought to be important in explaining the choices people make in where they spend time. Three aggregate locations are analyzed: outdoors, indoors, and in-vehicles for two different sample groups: a year-long (longitudinal) sample of one individual and a cross-sectional sample of 169 individuals from the US Environmental Protection Agency's Consolidated Human Activity Database (CHAD)...

Article

(108) Comparison of visual acuity in reduced lumination and facility of ocular accommodation in table tennis champions and non-players

Authors: Ebrahim Jafarzadehpur and Mohammad R. Yarigholio

Source: Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 2004

Abstract
A table tennis player should fixate at different distances: track the objects with different speed, and in different visual environment... Twenty-nine young table tennis champions and 29 normal matched non-players (did not take part in any racket sports game) were evaluated...

Article

(109) Influence of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in patients who undergo assisted reproduction therapy

Authors: Wolfgang E. Paulus, M.D., Mingmin Zhang, M.D., Erwin Strehler, M.D., Imam El-Danasouri, Ph.D., and Karl Sterzik, M.D.

Source: Fertility and Sterility, 2002

Objective
To evaluate the effect of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in assisted reproduction therapy (ART) by comparing a group of patients receiving acupuncture treatment shortly before and after embryo transfer with a control group receiving no acupunture.

Article

(110) Phosphorus Analysis at Archaeological Sites: An Optimization of the Method and Interpretation of the Results  Article

Authors: A. Sánchez, M. L. Cañabate, R. Lizcano

Source: Archaeometry, 2007

Abstract
The application of phosphorus analysis to archaeological contexts can be considerably improved through ultrasonic extraction and the statistical evaluation of results through an analysis of variance...This paper describes the features of these tools and provides a practical case: the Late Neolithic—Early Copper phase of the site 'Polideportivo'in Martos, southern Spain.

(111) Geostatistical analysis of the spatial structure of acidity and organic carbon in zonal soils of the Russian plain  Article

Authors: P. Krasilnikov & V. Sidorova

Source: Soil Geography and Geostatistics, 2008

Abstract
This chapter considers geostatistical parameters of variation in pH values (in the aqueous and saline extracts) and organic carbon content in the zonal series of the Russian plain soils...

(112) Analysis of the temporal and spatial disease progress of Bemisia tabaci-transmitted Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus and Cucumber vein yellowing virus in cucumber  Article

Authors: Ruiz, L.; Janssen, D.; Martin, G.; Velasco, L.; Segundo, E.; Cuadrado, I. M.

Source: Plant Pathology, 2006

Abstract
The
temporal and spatial spread of disease symptoms were monitored in experimental plastic-covered greenhouses during six consecutive cucumber plantings from 2000 to 2002. Using linear regression analysis of 46 disease-progress curves, the Gompertz model best described the CYSDV epidemics in 2000, whereas the logistic model best described the development of CYSDV and CVYV epidemics in 2001 and 2002...

(113) Optimization of a Long-Term Monitoring Program at an Arizona Superfund Site  Presentation

Authors: Catherine Schladweiler and Malcolm Pirnie, 2004

Goal
Determine the most efficient frequency and distribution of sampling points that will allow evaluation of the extraction and containment system.

(114) Response of clonal growth in Phyllostachys praecox f. prevernalis to changing light intensity  Article

Authors: Chunlei Yue, Jie Chang, Kuihong Wang and Yinmei Zhu

Source: Australian Journal of Botany, 2004

Abstract
The morphological plasticity and biomass allocation pattern of clones of Phyllostachys praecox f. prevernalis were studied at four light intensities of 100, 70, 50 and 30% of sunlight. The results showed that ramet number and total biomass of clones were positively linearly correlated with light intensity...

(115) Ellagic acid content in strawberries  Article

Authors: Williner M.R.; Pirovani M.E.; Güemes D.R.

Source: Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2003

Abstract
...The objective of this study was to determine the ellagic acid content in strawberries compared with that in other common fruits and to evaluate its variability, the effects of ripening stage, and the tissue and seasonal variability in selected cultivars widely grown in Argentina...

(116) Nitrogen Oxide and Methane Emissions under Varying Tillage and Fertilizer Management  Article

Authors: Rodney T. Venterea, Martin Burger and Kurt A. Spokas

Source: Journal of Environmental Quality, 2005

Abstract
...This study demonstrates that N2O emissions can represent a substantial component of the total GHG budget of reduced tillage systems, and that interactions between fertilizer and tillage practices can be important in controlling non-CO2 GHG emissions.

(117) Comparison of Potassium Fertilizer Products and Amounts on DPL555BR Cotton, 2003  Article

Authors: Michael D. Rethwisch, Mark Reay, Aron Quist, Tim Cox, Jessica Grudovich, Jessica Wellman

Source: Arizona Cotton Report, 2004

Abstract
This experiment was initiated to compare differing potassium levels applied at planting and at first bloom to help ascertain the effects of potassium on cotton yields and quality under local conditions.

(118) Biological variability of the minutiae in the fingerprints of a sample of the Spanish population  Article

Authors: Esperanza Gutiérrez, Virginia Galera, Jose Manuel Martínez and Concepción Alonso

Source: Forensic Science International, 2007

Abstract
...Using the adhesive paper and graphite method, the fingerprints of 200 students, 100 males and 100 females, with ages ranging between 20 and 35, have been taken at the University of Alcala (Madrid). From this sample, the distal phalanx of the index finger of the right hand has been studied...

(119) Discriminant function sexing of fragmentary and complete femora: standards for contemporary Croatia  Article

Authors: Šlaus, M; Strinovic, D; Škavic, J; Petrovecki, V

Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2003

Abstract
...This paper establishes standards for determining sex from fragmentary and complete femurs in a modern Croatian population...

(120) Patterns of variation across primates in jaw-muscle electromyography during mastication  Article

Authors: Christopher J. Vinyard, Christine E. Wall, Susan H. Williams and William L. Hylander

Source: Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2008

Abstract
....We combine data on jaw-muscle electromyography (EMG) collected during mastication from 14 species of primates and one of treeshrews to assess patterns of neuromuscular variation in primates...

(121) Chemical characterization of majolica from 14th–18th century production centers on the Iberian Peninsula: a preliminary neutron activation study   Article

Authors: Javier Garcia Iñañez, Robert J. Speakman, Jaume Buxeda i Garrigós and Michael D. Glascock

Source: Journal of Archaeological Science, 2008

Abstract
...A preliminary study of Spanish-produced majolica was conducted on a set of 246 samples from the 12 primary majolica production centers on the Iberian Peninsula...

(122) The ancient Minoans of Crete: A biodistance study  Article

Author: Manolis S. K. 

Source: Human Evolution, 2001

Abstract

...Cranial samples from the prehistoric population of Crete were studied to try to answer an archaeological problem (the hypothesis of the Mycenean invasion in the island during Late Bronze Age period)...

(123) Population ecology of the endangered fan mussel Pinna nobilis in a marine lake  Article

Author: Stelios Katsanevakis

Source: Endangered Species Research, 2006

Abstract
...The population density of P. nobilis was estimated in the lake with line transect sampling...

(124) Propogation of Errors in Spatial Modeling with GIS  Article

Authors: Gerard B.M. Heuvelink, Peter A. Burrough, and Alfred Stein

Source: Classics from IJGIS: Twenty Years of the International Journal of Geographical Information Science and Systems by Peter F. Fisher

Abstract
...This paper demonstrates how the standard stochastic theory of error propagation can be extended can applied to continuously differentiable arithmetic operations (quantitative models) for manipulating gridded map data...

(125) Consumer testing with children on food combinations for school lunch  Article

Authors: Ela Pagliarini, Nicola Gabbiadini and Sabrina Ratti

Source: Food Quality and Preference, 2005

Abstract
Awareness of how important food and food culture are to the quality of children's life is a presupposition that promotes research in the sector of school lunch. The aim of this work was to evaluate liking for meals supplied to primary school refectories of the Municipality of Milan...

(126) How does landscape context contribute to effects of habitat fragmentation on diversity and population density of butterflies?  Article

Authors: Jochen Krauss, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter and Teja Tscharntke

Source: Journal of Biogeography, 2003

Abstract
...In our study, on habitat fragmentation and the importance of landscape context, we expected that habitat specialists are more affected by area and isolation, and habitat generalists more by landscape context...

(127) Biology and ecology of Nezumia liolepis and N. stelgidolepis from the west coast of North America  Article

Authors: G. R. Hoff, T. W. Buckley, J. C. Drazen, K. M. Duncan

Source: Journal of Fish Biology, 2005

Abstract
Nezumia liolepis and Nezumia stelgidolepis were collected during a National Marine Fisheries Service 1997 groundfish survey along the Pacific coast of North America...

(128) Relationships between joint apparent separation, Schmidt hammer rebound value, and distance to faults, in rocky outcrops, Calabria, Southern Italy  Article

Authors: R. Greco and M. Sorriso-Valvo

Source: Engineering Geology, 2005

Abstract
In order to investigate how the apparent separation of jointing varies according to the distance from faults, and how the mechanical properties of rock masses depend on this distance and jointing density, a number of regression analysis were performed on the variables s (apparent joint separation), d (distance from major fault), and sh (rebound value of Schmidt hammer)...

(129) Geo-ecology of the Lake Urema / Central Mozambique  Article

Author: Beate Böhme

Source: Freiberg Online Geology, 2005

Abstract
Lame Urema is one of the most important ecological features of the Gorongosa National Park, Central Mozambique... The understanding of the geo-ecology of the lake and its tributaries is particularly important for the conservation of its floodplain habitats...

(130) Classification of remotely sensed images for superficial geological mapping in Canada's North  Article

Authors: Jeff Harris, Eric Grunsky, Ian McMartin

Source: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, 2007

Abstract
Mapping in the North is an expensive proposition due to remoteness, lack of infrastructure, logistical problems, and the generally short mapping season...
 

(131) Water quality trend analysis for the Karoon River in Iran  Article

Authors: K. Naddafi, H. Honari and M. Ahmadi

Source: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2007

Abstract
...In this paper the time series of monthly values of water quality parameters and the discharge were analyzed using statistical methods and the existence of trends and the evaluation of the best fitted models were performed...

(132) Employment of Halophylous Compost in Coastal Aquaculture and Its Relation to Water Quality  Article

Authors: De La Lanza-Espino G.; Garcia-Calderón J.L; Pulido S.H; Díaz P.R.

Source: Environmental Technology, 2000

Abstract
Detritus and nutrients derived from compost (NH4+, PO43-, COD) were obtained experimentally after a 90 day decomposition pretreatment of coastal halophytes (Sesuvium sp. Cressa sp. Suaeda sp. and Salicornia sp.)...

(133) Material removal rate and electrode wear study on the EDM of silicon carbide  Article

Authors: C.J. Luis, I. Puertas, and G. Villa

Source: Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2005

Abstract
In this work, a material removal rate (MRR) and electrode wear (EW) study on the die-sinking electrical discharge machining (EDM) of siliconised or reaction-bonded silicon carbide (SiSiC) has been carried out...

(134) The funnel experiment: The Markov-based SPC approach  Article

Authors: Gonen Singer, Irad Ben-Gal

Source: Quality and Reliability International, 2008

Abstract
The classical funnel experiment was used by Deming to promote the idea of statistical process control (SPC)...

(135) SPC for Particle Counts  Article

Authors: William A. Levinson, Frank Stensney, Ray Webb and Ronald Glahn

Source: Semiconductor International, 2001

Abstract
Traditional statistical process control (SPC) relies on the assumption that data follow a normal distribution. As undesirable random arrivals, particle counts in semiconductor process equipment are more likely to follow the Poisson distribution...

(136) Monitoring the Quality of Ultra-Pure Water in the Semiconductor Industry by Online Ion Chromatography  Article

Authors: Thomas Ehmann, Claus Mantler, Detlef Jensen and Ralf Neufang

Source: Microchimica Acta, 2006

Abstract
To manufacture 300 mm wafers, large quantities of ultra-pure water are required, which makes water the most important chemical used in this process...

(137) Short-term Perceptions, Corporate Governance and the Management of R & D in Italian Companies  Article

Author: Franco Cescon

Source: Journal of Management and Governance, 2002

Abstract
The aim of this paper was to measure the short-term perceptions of Finance Directors and how managers react to pressures from the financial and corporate governance systems in the management of R and D expenditure and innovation...

(138) Assessment of ozone variations and meteorological effects in an urban area in the Mediterranean Coast  Article

Authors: C. Dueñas, M. C. Fernández, S. Cañete, J. Carretero and E. Liger

Source: The Science of the Total Environment, 2002

Abstract
Ozone concentrations are valuable indicators of possible health and environmental impacts. However, they are also used to monitor changes and trends in the sources of both ozone and its precursors...

(139) Predictability of Zimbabwe summer rainfall  Article

Authors: Amos Makarau, Mark R. Jury

Source: International Journal of Climatology, 1998

Abstract
Predictors of Zimbabwe summer rainfall are investigated with a view to improved long-range forecasts...

(140) Time-series analysis and forecasting of daily averaged surface pressure on Mars (VL1 and VL2 sites)  Article

Author: V. Badescu

Source: Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2001

Abstract
Stationarity of daily averaged surface pressure time series on Mars can be obtained (by differencing) for short time intervals only...

(141) The Lateral Distal Femoral DEXA Scan in Children: A Chronology of Growing Bone?  Article

Author: Elyce Tryon, BA; Elizabeth A. Szalay, MD

Source: Orthopedics, 2008

Abstract
...The lateral distal femoral scans of 40 children whose bone growth was tainted by distant chemotherapy (chemotherapy group) were compared to the lateral distal femoral scans of 40 children whose bone environment had remained relatively stable over time (control group).

(142) Hospital Factors Associated With Emergency Center Patients Leaving Without Being Seen  Article

Authors: Hobbs, Douglas MD; Kunzman, Sandra C. PA-C; Tandberg, Dan MD; Sklar, David MD

Source: American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2000

Abstract
We developed a statistical model that would identify and quantify the relative contributions of different factors hypothesized to impact the frequency of emergency center (EC) patients who leave without being seen (LWBS)...

(143) Indications for female mate choice in grey-cheeked mangabeys Lophocebus albigena johnstoni in Kibale National Park, Uganda   Article

Authors: Arlet, Małgorzata; Molleman, Freerk; Chapman, Colin

Source: Acta Ethologica, 2007

Abstract
...We investigated female sexual behaviour within five groups of grey-cheeked mangabeys in Kibale National Park, Uganda, and tested the hypothesis that females exhibit mate choice using as indications the prevalence of (1) females soliciting matings by presenting to males and (2) females refusing to mate with approaching males...

(144) Using human activity data in exposure models: Analysis of discriminating factors  Article

Authors: Thomas Mccurdy and Stephen E Graham

Source: Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 2003

Abstract
This paper tests factors thought to be important in explaining the choices people make in where they spend time...

(145) Cholesterol Starvation Induces Differentiation of Human Leukemia HL-60 Cells  Article

Authors: Carolina C. Sánchez-Martín, Alberto Dávalos, Covadonga Martín-Sánchez, Gema de la Peña, Carlos Fernández-Hernando and Miguel A. Lasunción

Source: Cancer Research, 2007

Abstract
...In the present work, we explored whether cholesterol starvation by culture in cholesterol-free medium and treatment with different distal cholesterol biosynthesis inhibitors induces differentiation of HL-60 cells...

(146) The Econometric Models of the Forecasting of the Transport Flows  Article

Authors: A. Baublys

Source: Computer Modelling and New Technologies, 2006

Abstract
The importance of forecasting the economic characteristics of transportation (i.e. the amount of freight and passengers carried, the turnover rate of freight and passengers, etc. in transportation as a whole and in particular areas using various transport facilities) is demonstrated...

(147) Statistical and trend analysis of water quality and quantity data for the Strymon River in Greece  Article

Authors: Vassilis Z. Antonopoulos, Dimitris M. Papamichail and Konstantina A. Mitsiou

Source: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2001

Abstract
...In this paper a) the time series of monthly values of water quality parameters and the discharge were analyzed using statistical methods, b) the existence of trends and the evaluation of the best fitted models were performed and c) the relationships between concentration and loads of constituents both with the discharge were also examined...

(148) The Promise and Performance of Privatization: The Knoxville Experience  Article

Authors: Michael R. Fitzgerald

Source: Review of Policy Research, 2005

Abstract
The promoters of privatization promise a lot, most especially cost savings. Upon what are these promises based and to what degree is actual performance consonant with them?

(149) Electoral promises and minority governments: An empirical study  Article

Authors: Joaquín Artés and Antonio Bustos

Source: European Journal of Political Research, 2008

Abstract
This article studies the relationship between electoral policy proposals and subsequent government actions in the case of minority governments...

(150) An approach to the satisfaction of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS): analysis and empirical contrast  Article

Authors: Jose Sanchez and Mariano Aguayo

Source: International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, 2007

Abstract
This study attempts to place and to consolidate the figure of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) firmly in the context of business management, particularly in the so-called strategic human resource management...

(151) Transformational versus transactional styles of cabinet leadership in Australian politics  Article

Authors: Andrew Hede; Rae Wear

Source: Australian Journal of Political Science, 1995

Abstract
...This paper examines the cabinet leadership styles of four Australian political leaders: Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, John Cain and Joh Bjelke-Petersen...

(152) Characterization of municipal solid waste from the main landfills of Havana city  Article

Authors: Ma. del C. Espinosa Lloréns, Matilde López Torres, Haydee Álvarez, Alexis Pellón Arrechea, Jorge Alejandro García, Susana Díaz Aguirre and Alejandro Fernández

Source: Waste Management, 2007

Abstract
...The present study characterizes MSW in Havana city during 2004...

(153) Data Mining Applied to the Instrumentation Data Analysis of a Large Dam  Article

Authors: Villwock, R.; Steiner, M.T.A.; Dyminski, A.S.

Source: Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, 2007

Abstract
...
With this work we intend to confirm the choice of the instruments that shall be automated focusing on one type of them, namely extensometers, located at the dam's section F...

(154) Modeling of nitro group in explosives: spectroscopic measurements and theoretical calculations  Article

Authors: Pacheco-Londono, L.; Primera-Pedrozo, O.M.; Castro, W.O.M.; Hernandez-Rivera, S.

Source: Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE

Abstract
...
A statistical description, based on discriminant analysis, of explosive substances allows a characterization and classification of the spectroscopic properties of the effect of nitro group in accordance with the molecular structure...

(155) Central venous pressure in humans during microgravity  Article

Authors: N. Foldager, T. A. Andersen, F. B. Jessen, P. Ellegaard, C. Stadeager, R. Videbaek and P. Norsk

Source: Journal of Applied Physiology, 1996

Abstract
Based on the results of head-down simulation studies and the results of parabolic flights, the hypothesis was tested that central venous pressure (CVP) in humans increases during microgravity (weightlessness) compared with during the ground-based supine position.

(156) Induction of chromatid-type aberrations in peripheral lymphocytes of hospital workers exposed to very low doses of radiation  Article

Authors: Michela Ballardin, Alessandro Antonelli, Monica Cipollini, Poupak Fallahi, Roberto Scarpato, Antonio Tomei, Claudio Traino and Roberto Barale

Source: Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, 2007

Abstract
...We aimed to explore the extent of chromosomal damage in circulating lymphocytes of hospital workers (technicians, nurses and physicians) chronically exposed to a very low level of radiation using conventional and molecular cytogenetic analyses (chromosome painting with chromosomes #2, #3 and #10 as probe cocktail)...

(157) Top Performer Survey: Computerized Psychological Assessment in Aircrew  Article

Authors: Armstrong Lab Brooks AFB TX Aerospace Medicine Directorate

Source: Storming Media Pentagon Reports

(158) Text data mining applied to clustering with cost effective tools  Article

Author: Moebes, T.A.

Source: Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2005 IEEE International Conference on

Abstract
Classification by reading of corrective action reports at NASA can be a lengthy and labor intensive process. This paper shows that a process requiring several weeks of engineer labor can be reduced to a few hours of analyst labor using commercial and in-house data mining applications...

(159) Peculiar transient phenomena observed by HF Doppler sounding on infrasound time scales  Article

Authors: J. Chum, J. Laštovička, T. Šindelářová, D. Burešová and F. Hruška

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2008

Abstract
...Here we present some recent results on peculiar transient phenomena occurring at infrasound timescales, as observed by HF Doppler sounding in the Czech Republic...

(160) Continuous Fabrication of Silicon Carbide Fiber Tows by Chemical Vapor Deposition  Article

Authors: W. Jack Lackey, John A. Hanigofsky, Garth B. Freeman, Regina D. Hardin, Ajit Prasad

Source: Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2005

Abstract
The feasibility of preparing small-diameter, high-strength, thermally stable silicon carbide fiber tows by the continuous chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of SiC onto carbon fiber tows was experimentally evaluated...

(161) Chlorophyll, bacteria and picophytoplankton in ecological provinces of the North Atlantic  Article

Authors: W. K. W. Li and W. G. Harrison

Source: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 2001

Abstract
A comparative ecology of chlorophyll, bacteria and picophytoplankton is presented for seven ecological provinces in the North Atlantic...

(162) Ocean Dead Zones May Be Worse Than Thought  Article

Author: Brandon Keim

Source: Wired Blog Network, 2008

Abstract
Oxygen-starved ocean dead zones may be more widespread than thought...

(163) Effect of the rotation matrix factorization on the quality of images rotation  Article

Authors: Bitjoka Laurent and Boukar Ousman

Source: International Journal of the Physical Sciences, 2007

Abstract
....Statistical analysis of experimental results showed that the computational complexity of images rotation does not depend significantly (p>0.05) on the factorization ULU of LUL, whereas the precision depends on it significantly (p<0.05)....

(164) Mobility of important toxic analytes in urban dust and simulated air filters determined by sequential extraction and GFAAS/ICP-OES methods  Article

Authors: J. Sysalová and J. Száková

Source: Chemical Papers, 2007

Abstract
The modified BCR three-step sequential extraction procedure has been applied to homogenized urban dust samples and to simulated air filters loaded with the prepared urban dust via the wet deposition procedure...

(165) Abandoned farmlands as components of rural landscapes: An analysis of perceptions and representations  Article

Authors: Karyne Benjamin, André Bouchard and Gérald Domon

Source: Landscape and Urban Planning, 2007

Abstract
...Using photographs, the perceptions of abandoned farmland (herbaceous and shrub dominated) and 5 other land uses (hay fields, corn fields, pastures, woodlots and plantations) were measured from a sample of 33 abandoned farmland owners in order to compare and rank the perceptions of abandoned farmland to that of other types of land use...

(166) The impact of agroforestry networks on scenic beauty estimation: The role of a landscape ecological network on a socio-cultural process  Article

Authors:

Source: Landscape and Urban Planning, 2003

Abstract
The reintroduction of agroforestry networks (via a GIS-supported design procedure) is one of a number of strategies that some authorities of the lagoon of Venice drainage basin (in Italy) are planning to use in order to control lagoon pollution and to achieve landscape amelioration.

(167) Determination of factors that influence public transport  Article

Authors: R. Uspalyte-Vitkuniene & M. Burinskiene

Source: Transactions of the Wessex Institute, 2008

Abstract
This paper proves that modeling of the public transport route network in Lithuanian towns is very important.

(168) Analysis of the dynamics of walking distances to public transport routes and its influence on housing prices  Article

Authors: Rasa Uspalyte-Vitkuniene,  Marija Burinskiene

Source: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2006

Abstract
...For the purpose of identifying public transport service levels and its influence on housing prices, an analysis of indicators by applying Statgraphics software was done, and which describes social and public transport in Vilnius' districts...

(169) A Comparison of Snow Quality in Two Swedish Municipalities – Luleå and Sundsvall  Article

Authors: Karin Reinosdotter and Maria Viklander

Source: Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 2005

Abstract
In municipal planning of locations of snow deposits and investigations of the environmental effects of snow dumping, the partitioning of contaminants between particulate and dissolved matter is of great importance...

(170) First International Quality Assurance Study on the Rapid Detection of Viral Agents of Bioterrorism  Article

Authors: Matthias Niedrig, Herbert Schmitz, Stephan Becker, Stephan Günther, Jan ter Meulen, Herman Meyer, Heinz ellerbrok, Andreas Nitsche, Hans R. Gelderblom, Christian Drosten

Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2004

Abstract
We have conducted an international quality assurance study of filovirus, Lassa virus, and orthopox virus PCR with 24 participants...

(171) High throughput screening for spores and vegetative forms of pathogenic B. anthracis by an internally controlled real-time PCR assay with automated DNA preparation  Article

Authors: Marcus Panning, Stefanie Kramme, Nadine Petersen and Christian Drosten

Source: Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 2007

Abstract
Human infections with Bacillus anthracis have become rare but in cases of intentional release, masses of samples would have to be expected...

(172) The Incidence, Prevalence, and Severity of Sarcoidosis in New York City Firefighters  Article

Authors: David J. Prezant, MD, FCCP; Atheya Dhala, MD; Andrew Goldstein, MD, FCCP; Denise Janus, MD; Felipe Ortiz, MD; Thomas K. Aldrich, MD, FCCP and Kelly J. Kelly, MD

Source: Chest, 1999

Abstract
The etiology of sarcoidosis is unknown, but epidemiology suggests that environmental agents are a factor. Because firefighters are exposed to numerous toxins, we questioned whether sarcoidosis was increased in this cohort...

(173) Using bomb radiocarbon analyses to validate age and growth estimates for the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, in the western North Atlantic  Article

Authors: Kneebone, Jeff; Natanson, Lisa; Andrews, Allen; Howell, W.

Source: Marine Biology, 2008

Abstract
...Two- and three-parameter von Bertalanffy and Gompertz growth functions fit to length at age data demonstrated that growth rates were similar for males and females up to around 200 cm fork length (FL) after which male growth slowed. Both sexes appear to reach maturity at age 10...

(174) Microwave-integrated extraction of total fats and oils  Article

Authors: Matthieu Virot, Valérie Tomao, Christian Ginies, Franco Visinoni and Farid Chemat

Source: Journal of Chromatography, 2008

Abstract
An improved process of Soxhlet extraction assisted by microwave, called microwave-integrated Soxhlet (MIS) is proposed for the extraction of oils and fats from different food matrixes such as oleaginous seeds, meat and bakery products...

(175) Identification and mapping of AFLP markers linked to peanut ( Arachis hypogaea L.) resistance to the aphid vector of groundnut rosette disease  Article

Authors: L. Herselman, R. Thwaites, F. M. Kimmins, B. Courtois, P. J. A. van der Merwe and S. E. Seal

Source: TAG Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2004

Abstract
Groundnut rosette disease is the most destructive viral disease of peanut in Africa and can cause serious yield losses under favourable conditions.,,

(176) Porosity and Hydrological Changes in Surface Mine Soils  Article

Authors: A.R.A. Marashi and J. Scullion

Source: 13th International Soil Conservation Organisation Conference, 2004

Abstract
...Results from studies into long-term changes in soil pore and moisture characteristics on land restored after surface mining in the UK will be presented...

(177) Soil microbial activity in opencast coal mine restorations  Article

Authors: J.A. Harris, P. Birch

Source: Soil Use and Management, 2007

Abstract
A number of restored areas, a soil store and undisturbed areas on opencast coal mine sites, all of similar soil type, were sampled...

(178) Acid mine drainage and acid rock drainage processes in the environment of Herrerías Mine (Iberian Pyrite Belt, Huelva-Spain) and impact on the Andevalo Dam  Article

Authors: J. A. Grande, R. Beltrán, A. Sáinz, J.C. Santos, M. L. de la Torre and J. Borrego

Source: Environmental Geology, 2005

Abstract
The present work describes the process of acid water discharge into the Andévalo Dam (Iberian Pyrite Belt, Huelva-Spain) starting from the interpretation of rainfall data and chemical analyses regarding pH, conductivity, metal and sulphate content in water, from a time series corresponding to the sampling of two confluent channels that discharge water into the referred dam...

(179) Effect of old mining activities on nutrient and toxic elements concentration in the biomass of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.) and European Birch (Betula pendula L.)  Article

Authors: Milan Bussinow, Borivoj Sarapatka, Pavel Dlapa

Source: International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2008

Abstract
...This article characterises the contaminated site and the effects of acidification and heavy metal pollution on two plant species: European birch and Norway spruce...

(180) Audit of the management of victims of sexual assualt in a city centre genitourinary medicine clinic  Article

Author:

Source: International Journal of STD and AIDS, 2005

Abstract
A total of 113 individuals (101 women, 12 men) who had experiencedc sexual assualt (SA) attended the genitourinary medicine clinic...

(181) Concentrations of calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium and zinc in adult female hair with different body mass indexes in Taiwan  Article

Authors: Wang, Chin-Thin; Chang, Wei-Tun; Zeng, Weng-Feng; Lin, Chang-Hua

Source: Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine, 2005

Abstract
We investigated concentrations of calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium and zinc using atomic absorption spectroscopy in the hair of four groups of adult females (n = 392), ranging in age from 20 to 50 years, with different body mass index (BMI): BMI <18, slim group; BMI 18-25, normal group; BMI 26-35, overweight or obese group; and BMI > 35, morbidly obese group...

(182) The hybrid queuing and bi-objective integer programming model for scheduling frontline employees in a retail organisation  Article

Authors: Emanuel Melachrinoudis and Hokey Min

Source: International Journal of Services Technology and Management, 2008

Abstract
This paper presents a computerised system for scheduling frontline employees of a retail store...

(183) Creativity and its intrapsychic bounds  Article

Author: Thomáš Kováč

Source: Psychology Science, 2004

Abstract
This study deals with some theoretic issues as a result of investigations on talent and creativity development in Slovakia...

(184) MRI and Muscle Signal Intensities in Alcoholics Compared With Control Subjects  Article

Authors: Bigliocchi, Marco; Lo Mele, Luigi; Stasolla, Alessandro; Kharrub, Zaher; Riley, Edward P.; Ceccanti, Mauro; Attilia, Maria L.; Giacomelli, Stefano; Masciangelo, Raffaele; Marini, Mario

Source: Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 2004

Abstract
Objective: To evaluate by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) the difference in muscle signal intensities between alcoholics and control subjects...

(185) Brain Mediation of Anolis Social Dominance Displays  Article

Authors: Lewis R. Baxter, Jr., Robert F. Ackermann, Edward C. Clark, John E.G. Baxter

Source: Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 2001

Abstract
Ritualistic displays of aggressive intent are important social signals, often obviating physically dangerous engagement...

(186) The efficacy of high and low volume spray applications of Mimic® (tebufenozide) for managing autumn gum moth larvae Mnesampela privata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in eucalypt plantations  Article

Authors: Jane A. Elek, Martin J. Steinbauer, Natasha Beveridge and Peter Ebner

Source: Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 2003

Abstract
The autumn gum moth Mnesampela privata (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae) is a native moth that can outbreak, resulting in significant defoliation of plantation eucalypts in southern Australia...

(187) Agroforestry: Participative Education in Statistics  Article

Authors: E. Ayuga Téllez, C. Gonzalez García, J. Moral Medina, A. Martín Fernández

Source: Current Developments in Technology-Assisted Education, 2006

Abstract
Applied statistics may be regarded as a basic as well as technical subject in engineering, and therefore play a central role in the agro-forestry engineer professional curriculum.

(188) An extreme-value approach to detect clumping and an application to tropical forest gap-mosaic dynamics  Article

Authors: Douglas Sheil and Mark Ducey 

Source: Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2002

Abstract
Although forest tree pattern-dynamics has long been a focus for ecological theory, many aspects of basic analysis remain problematic. This paper describes, examines and illustrates an ‘extreme-value’ approach to clump detection...

(189) Toxicity of thiamethoxam against Philippine subterranean termites  Article

Author: Menandro N. Acda

Source: Journal of Insect Science, 2007

Abstract
Thiamethoxam (ACTARA® 25WG) was evaluated for its termiticidal properties against three species of economically important subterranean termites (Isoptera: Termitidae) in the Philippines: Nasutitermes luzonicus Oshima, Macrotermes gilvus Hagen, and Microcerotermes losbanosensis Oshima...

(190) Ligninolytic enzyme ability and potential biotechnology applications of the white-rot fungus Grammothele subargentea LPSC no. 436 strain  Article

Authors: Mario C.N. Saparrat, Paulina Mocchiutti, Constanza S. Liggieri, Mónica B. Aulicino, Néstor O. Caffini, Pedro A. Ballatti, María Jesús Martínez

Source: Process Biochemistry, 2008

Abstract
To get a better insight into the ligninolytic system of Grammothele subargenta, extracellular ligninolytic enzyme activities and ability to degrade synthetic dyes as well as Eucalyptus globulus wood were assayed in cultures on an agar medium with Cu2+ or dyes and on E. Globulus wood chips.

(191) Effect of Independent Variables on Mechanical Properties and Maximization of Aspen—Polypropylene Composites  Article

Author: Ruijun Gu

Source: Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, 2008

Abstract
Study on the effect of concentration of maleated polypropylene (MAPP), dicumyl peroxide (DCP), nanoclay (NC), and aspen fiber loading on the mechanical properties of Aspen—PP composites has been undertaken with the objective to protect or increase the impact strength without losing or weakening the tensile strength...

(192) Papermaking Potential of Acacia Dealbata and Acacia Melanoxylon  Article

Authors: Santos, Antonio JA; Anjos, Ofelia MS; Simoes, Rogerio MS

Source: Appita Journal: Journal of the Technical Association of the Australian and New Zealand Pulp and Paper Industry, 2008

Abstract
The pulping and papermaking potential of Acacia dealbata and Acacia melanoxylon were studied using Eucalyptus globulus as a reference...

(193) The visual grading system for Scots pine logs in relation to the quality of sideboards produced  Article

Author: Sorin Chiorescu

Source: Forest Products Journal, 2003

Abstract
Presorting logs in the sawmill's log yard is one of the strategies used by the Swedish sawmilling industry in order to maximize profits. Almost 96 percent of Swedish sawmills perform the presorting of logs according to their dimension, most commonly by the top diameter...

(194) Application of Response Surface Methodology to laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: Influences of hardware configuration  Article

Authors: J.S. Cowpe, J.S. Astin, R.D. Pilkington and A.E. Hill

Source: Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2007

Abstract
Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was employed to optimize LIBS analysis of single crystal silicon at atmospheric pressure and under vacuum conditions (pressure not, vert, similar 10− 6 mbar)...

(195) Usefulness of geological, mineralogical, chemical and chemometric analytical techniques in exploitation and profitability studies of iron mines and their associated elements  Article

Authors: M. Dolores Petit-Dominguez, M. Isabel Rucandio, Almudena Galan-Saulnier and Rosario Garcia-Gimenez

Source: Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2008

Abstract
...The aim of this work was to demonstrate the utility of these disciplines to carry out optimization studies of iron mines...

(196) Living macromolluscs from a paleo-reef region on the northeastern Venezuelan continental shelf  Article

Authors: Joaquín Buitrago, Juan Capelo, Javier Gutiérrez, Martín Rada, Ricardo Hernández and Sylvia Grune

Source: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2007

Abstract
Drowned reefs, fossil reefs or paleo-reefs, are important ecologically as areas of high biodiversity, foraging, shelter environment, and as areas supporting the spawning aggregations of economically important reef fish species...

(197) Recommendations for an educational programme to improve consumer knowledge of and attitudes towards nutritional information on food labels  Article

Authors: D J Anderson, MDipTech; D J Coertze, DSc, MBL

Source: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2001

Abstract
The needs and objectives of the various groups affected by nutritional labelling illustrate the complex and controversial nature of nutritional labelling and the problems in formulating a simple and easily understood system...

(198) A comparison of three xylanases on the nutritive value of two wheats for broiler chickens  Article

Authors: Choct, M.; Kocher, A. 1; Waters, D. L. E.; Pettersson, D.; Ross, G.

Source: British Journal of Nutrition, 2004

Abstract
Three xylanase products, xylanase A derived from Thermomyces lanuginosus, xylanase B from Humicola insolens and xylanase C from Aspergillus aculeatus, were examined for their effects on the nutritive value of wheat.

(199) Randomized, Multicenter Trial of Two Different Formulas for Very Early Enteral Feeding Advancement in Extremely-Low-Birth-Weight Infants  Article

Authors: Mihatsch, Walter Alexander; von Schoenaich, Patrik; Fahnenstich, Hubert; Dehne, Norma; Ebbecke, Hartmut; Plath, Christian; von Stockhausen, Hans-Burkhardt; Gaus, Wilhelm; Pohlandt, Frank

Source: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 2001

Abstract
...
In a randomized multicenter trial, 99 ELBW infants were fed according to a standardized protocol beginning at 48 hours of age with 12 ml/kg daily increments...

(200) Adapting the contents of computer-based instruction based on knowledge tests maintains effectiveness of nutrition education  Article

Authors: Martin Kohlmeier, Walter J McConathy, Karen Cooksey Lindell and Steven H Zeisel

Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2003

Abstract
...Multiple-choice questions were used to determine knowledge of 117 second-year medical students in each of the main knowledge areas covered by our Nutrition and Cancer instructional module...

(201) Nitrogen Contents In Food: A Comparison Between The Kjeldahl And Hach Methods  Article

Authors: Rossi, A.M.; Villarreal, M.; Juárez, M.D.; Sammán, N.C.

Source: Journal of the Argentine Chemical Society, 2004

Abstract
The objective of the present work is to compare the nitrogen contents measured by  the fast method of Hach and  the traditional Kjeldahl method, allowing for the influence of the variation in structure and macronutrient in the food content.

(202) Correlation between Anthropometric Measures and Birthweight of Infants: Value in Measuring Actual Birthweight  Article

Authors: Elshibly, Eltahir M. F.R.C.P.C.H., M.D., M.P.H.; Schmalisch, Gerd Ph.D.

Source: American Journal of Perinatology, 2008

Abstract
Birthweight (BW) is an important predictor of newborn morbidity and mortality. In Africa, infant mortality is very high mainly due to low birthweight (LBW)...
 

(203) Human Bocavirus Infection in Children With Respiratory Tract Disease  Article

Authors: Brieu, Nathalie MSc; Guyon, Gael MD; Rodiere, Michel MD; Segondy, Michel PhD; Foulongne, Vincent PhD

Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2008

Abstract
...
A prospective 1-year study was conducted in children <5 years of age hospitalized with RTD and in asymptomatic control children...

(204) Development and Validation of the Random Walk Algorithm: Application to the Classification of Diffuse Heterogeneity in Brain SPECT Perfusion Images  Article

Authors: Modzelewski, Romain PhD; de la Rue, Thierry PhD; Janvresse, Elise PhD; Hitzel, Anne MD; Menard, Jean Francois PhD ; Manrique, Alain MD, PhD ; Gardin, Isabelle PhD ; Gerardin, Emmanuel MD, PhD; Hannequin, Didier MD, PhD; Vera, Pierre MD, PhD

Source: Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, 2008

Abstract
Heterogeneity analysis has been studied for radiological imaging, but few methods have been developed for functional images...

(205) A 48% Ni–Fe alloy of low coercivity and improved corrosion resistance in a cyclic damp heat test  Article

Author: H. Hattendorf

Source: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2001

Abstract
...In a cyclic damp heat test the melts with Ce show better corrosion behaviour...

(206) Risk factors influencing the probability of browsing by hoofed game on forest trees  Article

Authors: Malík V., Stuchlý J.

Source: Journal of Forestry Science, 2007

Abstract
In this paper we analyze how selected risk factors determine the probability of browsing by hoofed game on forest trees...

(207) Dietary Fiber in Brewed Coffee  Article

Authors: M. Elena Díaz-Rubio and Fulgencio Saura-Calixto

Source: Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2007

Abstract
Coffee beans are rich in nondigestible polysaccharides (dietary fiber), which may partially pass into brewed coffee; however, to the authors' knowledge, there is not enough literature on dietary fiber in brewed coffee...

(208) Nutritional Utilization in Malagueña Dairy Goats Differing in Genotypes for the Content of alpha-S1 Casein in Milk  Article

Authors: G. De la Torre, J. M. Serradilla, F. Gil Extremera and M. R. Sanz Sampelayo

Source: Journal of Dairy Science, 2008

Abstract
A study was carried out with 20 goats of the Malagueña breed, half with a high (HG) and half with a low (LG) genetic capability for {alpha}S1-casein (AS1-CN) synthesis, to determine whether the 2 different genotypes (that cause differences in goat milk composition) are related to differences in nutritional feed utilization...

(209) Supplementing Young Women with Both Zinc and Iron Protects Zinc-Related Antioxidant Indicators Previously Impaired by Iron Supplementation   Article

Authors: Fernanda Kamp and Carmen Marino Donangelo

Source: Journal of Nutrition, 2008

Abstract
...We investigated the effect of supplementing both zinc and iron on iron, zinc, and antioxidant status in 18 women (22–31 y) studied during 2 sequential 8-wk periods...

(210) Influence of neutralization and fatliquoring processes on the characteristics of goatskins  Article

Authors: Palop R. ; Manich A. M ; Marsal A. ;

Source: Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association, 2007

Abstract
The effect of neutralization at three different pH values (4, 5, 6) and that of the fatliquoring agent applied at three different offers (0, 5 and 10 %) on the physical properties of skins was assessed...

(211) Effect of the air-jet and the false-twist texturing processes on the thermomechanical behaviour of polyamide 6.6 yarns  Article

Authors: A. M. Manich, J. Maíllo, D. Cayuela, J. Carilla, M. Ussman, J. Gacén

Source: Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2008

Abstract
Polyamide 6.6 multifilament yarns are converted to crimped fibres by texturing in order to simulate the properties of natural staple fibre yarns for textile applications...

(212) Ceramides Extracted from Wool: Pilot Plant Solvent Extraction  Article

Authors: Ramírez, Raquel,  Martí, Meritxell,  Manich, Albert,  Parra, Jose Luis,  Coderch, Luisa

Source: Textile Research Journal, 2008

Abstract
...This work sought to obtain internal wool lipid extract enriched in ceramides at pilot plant level without causing significant damage to the wool fiber...

(213) Viscoelastic modeling of natural and synthetic textile yarns  Article

Authors: A. M. Manich, P. N. Marino, M. D. de Castellar, M. Saldivia, R. M. Saurí

Source: Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2000

Abstract
Viscoelastic models were employed to analyze the stress-strain behavior of cotton, acrylic, and polyester yarns.

(214) Antifungal Protection and Sizing of Paper with Chitosan Salts and Cellulose Ethers  Article

Authors: Maria del Pilar Ponce-Jiménez, Fernando A. López-Ddellamary Toral, & Humberto Gutierrez-Pulido

Source: Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, 2002

Abstract
In search of alternatives for the professional conservator to use in the struggle against fungi that deteriorate paper documents, we decided to research chitosan, given its antimolding and strengthening properties...

(215) Correlation Between the Ultraviolet Protection Factor and the Weight and Thickness of Undyed Cellulosic Woven Fabrics  Article

Authors: Inés M. Algaba, Montserrat Pepió, Ascensión Riva

Source: Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe, 2008

Abstract
...In the present paper, the UPF is correlated with the structural parameters of fabrics which are widely used in their technical description such as weight per surface unit and thickness...

(216) Thermal protective uniforms and hoods: impact of design modifications and water content on burn prevention in New York City firefighters: laboratory and field results  Article

Authors: D J Prezant, K S Malley, R L Barker, C Guerth, K J Kelly

Source: Injury Prevention, 2001

Abstract
...Laboratory tests (fully dressed manikin) evaluated the different uniform and water conditions when exposed to an average 24 cal/cm2 heat flux, approximately 2250°F air temperature...

(217) Reversibly labile, sclerotization-induced elastic properties in a keratin analog from marine snails: whelk egg capsule biopolymer (WECB)  Article

Authors: H. Scott Rapoport and Robert E. Shadwick

Source: Journal of Experimental Biology, 2007

Abstract
Egg capsules from two caenogastropod whelks, Busycon canaliculatum and Kelletia kelletii, were studied to investigate the genesis of mechanical properties of nascent capsules and to formulate a biomechanical model of this material...

(218) The Contribution of Tropical Secondary Forest Fragments to the Conservation of Fruit-feeding Butterflies: Effects of Isolation and Age  Article

Authors: Dorthe Veddeler, Christian H. Schulze, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Damayanti Buchori and Teja Tscharntke

Source: Biodiversity and Conservation, 2005

Abstract
Concomitant with the rapid loss of tropical mature forests, the relative abundance of secondary forests is increasing steadily and the latter are therefore of growing interest for conservation...

(219) Native grass seeding and forb planting establishment in a degraded oak savanna plant community in the Coast Range foothills of western Oregon  Article

Authors: Nan Vance, Andrew Neill, Frank Morton

Source: Native Plants Journal, 2006

Abstract
After a dense stand of conifers encroaching on an oak savanna/meadow was removed, exotic forbs and grasses quickly populated the newly disturbed area...

(220) Effect of Several Factors on the Mechanical Properties of Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives Used in Transdermal Therapeutic Systems  Article

Authors: Dimas DA, Dallas PP, Rekkas DM, Choulis NH.

Source: AAPS PharmSciTech., 2000

Abstract
The effects of coating thickness, type of adhesive, and type and concentration of enhancer on the mechanical properties of two acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) were investigated using a 24 factorial design and an optimization technique...

(221) Synthesis and Acid Digestion of Biomorphic Ceramics: Determination of Alkaline and Alkaline Earth Ions  Article

Authors: Catalina Bosch Ojeda, Fuensanta Sánchez Rojas, José Manuel Cano Pavón

Source: Annali di Chimica, 2007

Abstract
Ceramic and glass are some of the more recent engineering materials and those that are most resistant to environmental conditions.

(222) Experimental design of plasma spraying and laser treatment of hydroxyapatite coatings  Article

Authors: S. Dyshlovenko, C. Pierlot, L. Pawlowski, R. Tomaszek and P. Chagnon

Source: Surface and Coatings Technology, 2006

Abstract
Plasma spray process of hydroxyapatite (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2, HA) followed by laser treatment of obtained coatings were optimized by an advanced statistical planning of experiments...

(223) Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Microstructure of Laser Chemical Vapor Deposition of SiC  Article

Authors: Jian Mi, Ryan Johnson and W. Jack Lackey

Source: Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2005

Abstract
Thermodynamic and kinetic analyses as well as extensive experimentation were used to better understand the laser chemical vapor deposition of silicon carbide (SiC)...

(224) Modelling the manufacturing parameters in electrical discharge machining of siliconized silicon carbide  Article

Authors: Puertas I.; Perez C.J.L.

Source: Proceedings of the I MECH E Part B Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2003

Abstract
The correct selection of production conditions is one of the most important aspects to take into consideration in processes related to the electrical discharge machining (EDM) of conductive ceramic materials, as it is these conditions that determine such important characteristics as surface roughness, material removal rate and the wear on the electrode...

(225) A forecasting methodology for academic manpower requirements in a small sized technical university  Article

Author: Aldosary A.S.

Source: Higher Education Policy, 1999

Abstract
The operation of any organization depends on the supply of its manpower, and forecasting manpower needs is an essential part of the future strategic planning...

(226) Effect of autocorrelated data on composite panel production monitoring and control: A comparison of SPC techniques  Article

Authors: Noffsinger, John R. ; Anderson, R. Bruce

Source: Forest Products Journal, 2002

Abstract
Traditional statistical process control (SPC) methodology is based on a fundamental assumption that the process data are independent...

(227) A Crop Loss-Related Forecasting Model for Sclerotinia Stem Rot in Winter Oilseed Rape  Article

Authors: S. Koch, S. Dunker, B. Kleinhenz, M. Röhrig, and A. von Tiedemann

Source: Phytopathology, 2007

Abstract
Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR) is an increasing threat to winter oilseed rape (OSR) in Germany and other European countries due to the growing area of OSR cultivation...

(228) Real Estate Appraisal: A Double Perspective Data Envelopment Analysis Approach  Article

Authors: Marcos Pereira Estellita Lins, Luiz Fernando de Lyra Novaes and Luiz Fernando Loureiro Legey

Source: Annals of Operations Research, 2005

Abstract
This paper proposes a new methodology for the assessment of the value range for real estate units...

(229) On the Applicability of Credit Scoring Model in Egyptian banks  Article

Authors: Abdou, Hussein,  El-Masry, Ahmed,  Pointon, John

Source: Banks and Bank Systems, 2007  

Abstract
Credit scoring is regarded as a core competence of commercial banks during the last few decades...

(230) Distribution of crushing strength of tablets  Article

Author: Jørn M. Sonnergaard

Source: European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 2002

Abstract
The distribution of a given set of data is important since most parametric statistical tests are based on the assumption that the studied data are normal distributed...

(231) Analysis and interpretation of the plumbing materials file of the NYS combustion toxicity data bank  Article

Author: Deborah Wallace

Source: Fire and Materials, 2004

Abstract
New York State's Building and Fire Prevention Code includes a requirement that combustible materials used in electrical, plumbing and finishing systems be tested by the University of Pittsburgh protocol and that particular data from that testing be reported on standard forms to the Office of Fire Prevention and Control.

(232) Cultural Responsiveness of School Curriculum and Students' Failure in Turkey  Article

Authors: Ismet Şahin

Source: Interchange, 2003

Abstract
Education should develop the common values needed to enhance the unity and progress of a multi-ethnic, multicultural society...

(233) Short-term Perceptions, Corporate Governance and the Management of R & D in Italian Companies  Article

Authors: S.-Y. Edna Chan, Jeff Ohlmann, Steven Dunbar, Charlene Dunbar, Sarah Ryan and Paul Savory

Source: Health Care Management Science, 2002

Abstract
...This paper describes quantitative models incorporating available data to represent transcription activities of a medical records department...

(234) Multivariate statistical projection methods to perform robust feature extraction and classification in surface grading  Article

Authors: José Manuel Prats-Montalbán, Fernando López and José M. Valiente, Alberto Ferrer

Source: Journal of Electronic Imaging, 2008

Abstract
We present an innovative way to simultaneously perform feature extraction and classification for the quality-control issue of surface grading by applying two multivariate statistical projection methods: SIMCA and PLS-DA...

(235) Correlation based models for the simulation of energy performance of screw chillers  Article

Authors: Babak Solati, Radu Zmeureanu and Fariborz Haghighat

Source: Energy Conversion and Management, 2003

Abstract
This paper presents several correlation based models to be used for estimation of the energy performance of vapor compression screw chillers.

(236) Model for Electric Energy Consumption in Eastern Saudi Arabia  Article

Author: Ahmed Z. Al-Garni

Source: Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effect, 1997

Abstract
Electrical energy consumption in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia is modeled as a function of weather data, global solar radiation, population, and gross domestic product per capita...

(237) Portfolio theory based approach to risk management in electricity markets: Colombian case study  Article

Authors: Martinez, Y.C.C.; Valencia, L.B.

Source: Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, 2003 IEEE

Abstract
Since 1994, the Colombian electricity market has been operating under a new structure...

(238) Computer modelling of rubber-toughened plastics  Article

Author: R. A. Hall

Source: Journal of Materials Science, 1992

Abstract
Coarse models of high-impact polystyrene (HIPS) have been created by computer simulation of the rubber particle spacing in the resin...

(239) Effects of molecular structure on the rheology and processability of blow-molding high-density polyethylene resins  Article

Authors: Alfonsius B. Ariawan, Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos, Shivendra K. Goyal, Henry Hay

Source: Advances in Polymer Technology, 2001

Abstract
The influence of molecular structure on the rheology and processability of blow-molding grade high-density polyethylene (HDPE) resins is studied using capillary and extensional rheometers, a melt indexer, and a blow-molder unit...

(240) Improvement of the Moulding Process in an Automotive Company by Robust Design Application  Article

Authors: D. Falcone, F. De Felice, G. Di Bona, and A. Silvestri

Source: Modelling and Simulation, 2003

Abstract
...
The present work involves the design and the realization of experimental tests to improve an injection moulding productive process...

(241) Staged versus Simultaneous Bilateral Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release: An Outcome Study  Article

Authors: Nesbitt, Kristin S. M.D.; Innis, Peter C. M.D.; Dubin, Norman H. Ph.D.; Wilgis, E F. Shaw M.D.

Source: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2006

Abstract
This study compared outcomes of bilateral simultaneous endoscopic carpal tunnel release to staged release using the Levine-Katz outcome instrument and physical measurements...

(242) Experimental Design of Fire-Retarded Formulations. Low Viscosity Polyester Resins  Article

Authors: A. Hernangil, M. Rodriguez, L.M. Leon, J. Ballestero, J.R. Alonso

Source: Journal of Fire Sciences, 1999

Abstract
Fire formation and development can be defined as a specific number of combustion reactions which take place in situ depending on several factors...

(243) Raspberry Variety Performance in Southern Michigan  Article

Authors: Eric Hanson, Steven Berkheimer, Annemiek Schilder, Rufus Isaacs, Sasha Kravchenko

Source: HortTechnology, 2005

Abstract
Seven primocane-fruiting and 15 floricane-fruiting raspberry varieties (Rubus idacus) were compared for three fruiting seasons on a loamy sand soil in southwest Michigan...

(244) The influence of extrusion variables on the interfacial adhesion and mechanical properties of recycled PET composites  Article

Authors: A.L.F. de Moura Giraldi, R. Cardoso de Jesus and L.H. Innocentini Mei

Source: Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2005

Abstract
The interfacial adhesion and mechanical properties of injection-molded recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) with glass fibre has been studied as a function of two variables involved in the extrusion process: screw speed and screw torque...

(245) Effects of additives on molecular weight correlations to dynamic viscosity of polypropylenes  Article

Authors: Norris M. Tollefson, Suresh Roy, Thomas A. Shepard, William J. Long

Source: Polymer Engineering and Science, 2004

Abstract
The relationship between weight averaged molecular weight and zero-shear viscosity (commonly known as the Mark-Houwink equation) as determined by dynamic oscillatory rheometry was found to depend upon the absence or presence of viscosity-modifying additives such as a plasticizing oil...

(246) Application of Image Analysis for Classification of Ripening Bananas  Article

Authors: F. Mendoza, J.M. Aguilera

Source: Journal of Food Science, 2006

Abstract
A computer vision system was implemented to identify the ripening stages of bananas based on color, development of brown spots, and image texture information...

(247) Formulation of insoluble drugs. Study of pharmaceutical suspensions by response surface methodology  Article

Authors: F. Nielloud, G. Marti-Mestres, R. Fortuné, J.P. Mestres and H. Maillols

Source: Analusis, 1998

Abstract
The preformulation of insoluble drugs, sulfadiazine and aluminium hydroxyde, were studied in order to achieve a suspension with desirable requirements...

(248) Determination of Lamotrigine in Pharmaceutical Preparations by Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry Using Screen Printed Electrodes  Article

Authors: Olga Domínguez-Renedo, M. Encarnación Burgoa Calvo, M. Julia Arcos-Martínez

Source: Sensors, 2008

Abstract
This paper describes a procedure that has been optimized for the determination of lamotrigine by Differential Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry (DPAdSV) using carbon screen-printed electrodes (CSPE) and mercury coated carbon screen-printed electrodes.

(249) Rapid determination of salbutamol in pharmaceutical preparations by chiral capillary electrophoresis  Article

Authors: Ela Ekiert, Carmen García-Ruiz, Maria A. García, Maria L. Marina

Source: ELECTROPHORESIS, 2003

Abstract
A fast and simple method of chiral capillary electrophoresis (CE) has been applied to the analysis of salbutamol in different pharmaceutical preparations.

(250) An LC method for the simultaneous screening of some common counterfeit and sub-standard antibiotics: Validation and uncertainty estimation  Article

Authors: M.C. Gaudiano, A. Di Maggio, E. Antoniella, L. Valvo, P. Bertocchi, L. Manna, M. Bartolomei, S. Alimonti and A.L. Rodomonte

Source: Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 2008

Abstract
Pharmaceutical counterfeiting is a worldwide public health problem, often under-recognised, especially in developing countries where the percentage of counterfeit and sub-standard medicines is dramatically high...

(251) Characterization of an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient by Its Dissolution Properties: Amoxicillin Trihydrate as a Model Drug  Article

Author: Stefan Horkovics-Kovats

Source: Pharmacology, 2004

Abstract
To characterize the dissolution of particles, a dissolution rate coefficient α, consisting of a geometric factor γ and material constant μ, was introduced...

(252) Longitudinal Assessment of Critical Thinking in Pharmacy Students  Article

Author: Donald R. Miller

Source: American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education,  2003  

Abstract
Data were collected yearly for all doctor of pharmacy students who started the curriculum from 1997 to 2001...

(253) The drying kinetics of kale (Brassica oleracea) in a convective hot air dryer  Article

Authors: Gikuru Mwithiga and Joseph Ochieng Olwal

Source: Journal of Food Engineering, 2005

Abstract
The effect of air temperature and sample thickness on the drying kinetics of kale was investigated using a convective air dryer at a fixed airflow rate of 1 m/s and drying air temperatures of 30, 40, 50 and 60 °C...

(254) Hydration kinetics of dried apple as affected by drying conditions  Article

Authors: Cristina Bilbao-Sáinz, Ana Andrés and Pedro Fito

Source: Journal of Food Engineering, 2005

Abstract
Weight gain during soaking of apple cylinders dried at different levels of microwave incident power and different air temperatures was modeled according to two different approaches...

(255) The Role of Operating Conditions in Osmotic Distillation and Direct Contact Membrane Distillation – A Comparative Study  Article

Authors: V. A. Bui, M. H. Nguyen

Source: International Journal of Food Engineering, 2006

Abstract
This paper presents a comparative study on the role of operating conditions in osmotic distillation (OD) and direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD)...

(256) Aroma compounds as markers of the changes in sherry wines subjected to biological ageing  Article

Authors: Jose A. Moreno, Luis Zea, Lourdes Moyano and Manuel Medina

Source: Food Control, 2005

Abstract 
Capillary-column gas chromatography was used to determine 63 aroma compounds in 9 very pale sherry wines, fino type, subjected to biological ageing under industrial conditions for 1, 3 and 5 years...

(257) Chemical and sensory characteristics of Galotyri-type cheese made using different procedures  Article

Authors: E. Kondyli, M.C. Katsiari and L.P. Voutsinas

Source: Food Control, 2008

Abstract
The objective of this study was to determine the effects of different manufacturing processes of Galotyri-type cheese on its chemical and sensory characteristics, with the aim to help cheesemakers to produce cheese of more consistent and high quality...

(258) Response Surface Methodology in the Development of Rice Flour Yeast Breads: Sensory Evaluation  Article

Authors: G. Ylimaki Z.J. Hawrysh R.T. Hardin A.B.R. Thomson

Source: Journal of Food Science, 2006

Abstract
...Using sensory measurement from a trained panel, response surface methodology (RSM) was applied to find carboxymethylcel-lulose (CMC), hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC), and water level combinations for gluten-free breads from three different rice flours...

(259) Effects of elevated CO2 and cutting frequency on plant community structure in a temperate grassland  Article

Authors: Florence Teyssonneyre , Catherine Picon-cochard , Robert Falcimagne and Jean-François Soussana

Source: Global Change Biology, 2002

Abstract
Monoliths of a fertile, N limited, C3 grassland community were subjected (or not) to an atmospheric CO2 enrichment (600 µmol mol--1) using a Mini-FACE system, from August 1998 to June 2001 and were subjected to two contrasting cutting frequencies (3 and 6 cuts per year)...

(260) Toxicity and compositional analysis of aromatic hydrocarbon fractions of two pairs of undegraded and biodegraded crude oils from the Santa Maria (California) and Vienna basins  Article

Authors: Verena Reineke, Jürgen Rullkötter, Emma L. Smith and Steven J. Rowland

Source: Organic Geochemistry, 2006

Abstract
The monoaromatic and total aromatic hydrocarbon fractions of two pairs of undegraded and moderately biodegraded crude oils from the Santa Maria basin (California) and the Vienna basin (Austria), all dominated by unresolved complex mixtures, were studied regarding their composition and toxicity towards the feeding rate of the marine mussel Mytilus edulis...

(261) The Prestige oil spill: bacterial community dynamics during a field biostimulation assay  Article

Authors: Núria Jiménez, Marc Viñas, Josep M. Bayona, Joan Albaiges and Anna M. Solanas

Source: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2007

Abstract
A field bioremediation assay using the oleophilic fertilizer S200 was carried out 12 months after the Prestige heavy fuel-oil spill on a beach on the Cantabrian coast (north Spain)...

(262) Chemical fingerprinting applied to the evaluation of marine oil pollution in the coasts of Canary Islands (Spain)  Article

Authors: E. Ma. Peña-Méndez, Ma. S. Astorga-España and F. J. García-Montelongo

Source: Environmental Pollution, 2001

Abstract
Chemical fingerprinting approach to environmental assessment is illustrated in the evaluation of marine oil pollution in the coasts using two limpet species as bioindicator organisms, and based on profiles and concentrations of n-alkanes and aromatic hydrocarbons in their tissues...

(263) A comparative assessment of Boise, Idaho, ambient air fine particle samples using the plate and microsuspension Salmonella mutagenicity assays  Article

Authors: Larry D. Claxton, Sarah Warren, Roy Zweidinger and John Creason

Source: The Science of the Total Environment, 2001

Abstract
The primary objective of this study is to characterize the genotoxic potential of the ambient air aerosols collected within an air shed impacted primarily by wood smoke and automotive emissions...

(264) Snow depth manipulation and its influence on soil frost and water dynamics in a northern hardwood forest  Article

Authors: Janet P. Hardy, Peter M. Grossman, Ross D. Fitzhugh, Karen S. Henry, Adam T. Welman, Jason D. Demers, Timothy J. Fahey, Charles T. Driscoll, Geraldine L. Tierney, Scott Nolan

Source: Biogeochemistry, 2001

Abstract
...In this study, we manipulated snow depth by removing snow for two winters, simulating the late development of the snowpack as may occur with global warming, to explore the relationships between snow depth, soil freezing, soil moisture, and infiltration...

(265) Spatial study of juvenile corals in the Northern region of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System  Article

Authors: M. A. Ruiz-Zárate and J. E. Arias-González

Source: Corral Reefs, 2004

Abstract
Juvenile coral abundance and community composition depend on the spatial scale studied...

(266) Global spatial patterns and temporal trends of burned area between 1981 and 2000 using NOAA-NASA Pathfinder  Article

Authors: Riaño, D.; Moreno Ruiz, J. A.; Isidoro, D.; Ustin, S. L.

Source: Global Change Biology, 2007

Abstract
An analysis of the spatial and temporal patterns of global burned area with the Daily Tile US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer Pathfinder 8 km Land dataset between 1981 and 2000 is presented...

(267) Multiple varied index of the severe hailstorm in Mendoza (Argentina) using on the ground meteorology & C band radar data: DCPIM (Deep Convection Process Identification Model)  Article

Authors: Dr. Raúl Perez

Source: Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2007

Abstract
The more complete and popular meteorological data source is the one arises from the registers of the forest service bases...

(268) Vernalization requirement of wild beet Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima: among population variation and its adaptive significance  Article

Authors: Pierre Boudry, Helen Mccombie and Henk Van Dijk

Source: Journal of Ecology, 2002

Abstract
Seven populations of Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima (wild beet) situated along a latitudinal cline were studied for their vernalization requirement and its consequences for fitness...

(269) Foraging ranges of solitary bees  Article

Authors: Achim Gathmann and Teja Tscharntke

Source: Journal of Animal Ecology, 2002

Abstract
Habitat requirements of solitary bees include nesting sites, food resources and nesting material...

(270) Monitoring Diel Variations of Physiological Status and Bacterial Diversity in an Estuarine Microbial Mat: An Integrated Biomarker Analysis  Article

Authors: Laura Villanueva, Antoni Navarrete, Jordi Urmeneta, Roland Geyer, David C. White and Ricardo Guerrero

Source: Microbial Ecology, 2007

Abstract
Microbial mats are highly productive microbial systems and a source of not-yet characterized microorganisms and metabolic strategies...

(271) The dynamic course of musculoskeletal disorders in an assembly line factory  Article

Authors: Agnès Aublet-Cuvelier, Michel Aptel and Huguette Weber

Source: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2006

Abstract
Objectives: To describe the course of employee-individual clinical status with respect to upper limb musculoskeletal disorders (UL-MSDs), epidemiological surveillance of UL-MSDs was implemented for three consecutive years at a household appliance assembly company...

(272) Analysis of foreign investment impact on the dynamics of national capitalization structure: A computational intelligence approach  Article

Authors: Darius Plikynas, Leonidas Sakalauskas and Alina Poliakova

Source: Research in International Business and Finance, 2005

Abstract
Central and Eastern Europe countries are in the political and economic transitional process of merging with the European Union...

(273) Principal opium alkaloids as possible biochemical markers for the source identification of Indian opium  Article

Authors: Mudiam Mohana, Krishna Reddy, Gurumurthy Jayshanker, Velayudhan Suresh, Rajendra Kumar Sarin, R. B. Sashidhar

Source: Journal of Separation Science, 2005

Abstract
A total of 124 opium samples originating from different licit opium growing divisions of India were analyzed for their principal alkaloid (thebaine, codeine, morphine, papaverine, and narcotine) content by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) without derivatization or purification...

(274) Heat transfer during thermal processing of a temperature dependent non-Newtonian fluid in a tubular heat exchanger  Article

Authors: C. Ditchfield, C.C. Tadini, R.K. Singh and R.T. Toledo

Source: Chemical Engineering and Processing, 2007

Abstract
Heat transfer is highly dependent upon fluid properties and operating conditions for a particular heat exchanger...

(275) High-gravity brewing utilizing factorial design  Article

Authors: R. B. Almeida, J. B. Almeida e Silva, U. A. Lima and A. N. Assis

Source: Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2000

Abstract
A number of factors can influence the behavior of yeast during fermentation...

(276) Influence of altitude on the height of blue cone in a premixed flame  Article

Author: Andrés A. Amell

Source: Applied Thermal Engineering, 2007

Abstract
For economic and environmental reasons natural gas begins to take an important participation as an energy source in the residential sector of Latin American cities placed at high altitudes: La Paz (3719 m), Santa Fe de Bogotá (2600 m), Mexico City (2240 m), Manizales (2150 m), Medellín (1550 m), Cali (1000 m) and others...

(277) The distribution and sources of heavy metals in Izmit Bay surface sediments affected by a polluted stream  Article

Author: Hakan Pekey

Source: Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2006

Abstract
...In this research, surface sediments in the <63-μm fraction collected from 34 sites at western part of Izmit Bay, Northeastern Marmara Sea, Turkey were analyzed by ICP-AES for Al, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sn and Zn...

(278) Evaluating the geomechanical properties of Misis fault breccia (Turkey)  Article

Authors: S. Kahraman, M. Alber, M. Fener and O. Gunaydin

Source: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 2008

Abstract
This study investigated the correlations between the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS), elastic modulus (E) or the differential stress (Δσ) and density, P- and S-wave velocity, volumetric block proportion (VBP), average block diameter View the MathML source, average block diameter factor (ABDF), aspect ratio and roundness...

(279) Sex differences in adult cell proliferation within the zebrafish (Danio rerio) cerebellum  Article

Authors: Konstantinos Ampatzis and Catherine R. Dermon

Source: European Journal of Neuroscience, 2007

Abstract
...The present study questioned whether cell proliferation and survival in the adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) cerebellum, the most mitotically active area of adult teleost brain, is sexually differentiated...

(280) Central corticotropin-releasing hormone receptors modulate hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical and sympathoadrenal activity during stress  Article

Authors: D. Jezova, T. Ochedalski, M. Glickman, A. Kiss and G. Aguilera

Source: Neuroscience, 1999

Abstract
The role of brain corticotropin-releasing hormone receptors in modulating hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal and sympathoadrenal responses to acute immobilization stress was studied in conscious rats under central corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor blockade by intracerebroventicular injection of a peptide corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor antagonist...

(281) Chronic Alcohol Consumption and Cerebral Indices of Oxidative Stress: Is There a Link? Alcohol Effects on the Fetus, Brain, Liver, and Other Organ Systems  Article

Authors: Gotz, M. E.; Janetzky, B.; Pohli, S.; Gottschalk, A.; Gsell, W.; Tatschner, T.; Ransmayr, G.; Leblhuber, F.; Gerlach, M.; Reichmann, H.; Riederer, P.; Boning, J.

Source: Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 2001

Abstract
...To evaluate the extent of cerebral alcohol-induced oxidative stress ex vivo, we investigated the levels of glutathione (GSH), its oxidation product glutathione disulfide (GSSG, produced by GSH-peroxidases), and the activities of catalase and superoxide dismutases (SOD)...

(282) Human leukocyte antigen-DQB1 alleles are not associated with schizophrenia in Kuwaiti Arabs  Article

Authors: Haider, Mohammad Z. MD, PhD; Zahid, Mphammad A. MRCPsych

Source: Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, 2004

Abstract
Schizophrenia is among the most severe and debilitating of psychiatric disorders and has a complex mode of inheritance...

(283) Postural finger tremor exhibited by Parkinson patients and age-matched subjects  Article

Authors: Dr. Suzanne S. Palmer, J. Thomas Hutton

Source: Movement Disorders, 2004

Abstract
...A significant correlation between the spectral peak of acceleration and the spectral peak of rectified electromyographic activity from the muscle responsible for finger extension was found in Parkinson's disease patients...

(284) Impaired Fasting Glucose Tolerance in First-Episode, Drug-Naive Patients With Schizophrenia  Article

Authors: Martina C.M. Ryan, M.B., M.R.C.Psych., Patrick Collins, M.Sc., Ph.D., and Jogin H. Thakore, M.B., Ph.D., M.R.C.Psych., M.R.C.P.I.

Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry, 2003

Abstract
This study examined the prevalence of impaired fasting glucose tolerance in first-episode, drug-naive patients with schizophrenia...

(285) Diving down the reefs? Intensive diving tourism threatens the reefs of the northern Red Sea  Article

Authors: Harald Hasler, and Jörg A. Ott

Source: Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2008

Abstract
Intensive recreational SCUBA diving threatens coral reef ecosystems...

(286) An integrated simulation model for effective planning of maintenance operations for Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA)  Article

Authors: S. O. Duffuaa; A. A. Andijani

Source: Production Planning and Control, 1999

Abstract
An effective maintenance system is essential for SAUDIA in order to meet its set objectives...

(287) The effect of the hot air levelling process on skip solder defects in the wave soldering process  Article

Authors: Teo Kiat Choon

Source: Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, 2003

Abstract
It was observed that “no solder” or “skipped solder” defects occurred on a particular printed circuit board assembly product during wave soldering...

(288) A Multiple-Site Comparison of Woodpecker Communities in Bornean Lowland and Hill Forests  Article

Author: Martjan Lammertink

Source: Conservation Biology, 2004

Abstract
Logging in the Sunda region of Southeast Asia has affected nearly all lowland forests...

(289) Distribution, Taxonomy, and Conservation Status of the Perote Mouse Peromyscus bullatus (Rodentia: Muridae) in México  Article

Authors: Noé González-Ruíz, Sergio Ticul Álvarez-CastaÑeda and Ticul Álvarez

Source: Biodiversity and Conservation, 2005

Abstract
The Perote deer mouse Peromyscus bullatus is a rare species known only from a few specimens...

(290) 'Overlooked' units of comparative and conservation biology: a case study of a small African bustard, the Black Korhaan Eupodotis afra  Article

Authors: T. M. Crowe , M. F. Essop, D. G. Aallan, R. K. Brooke, J. Komen

Source: The International Journal of Avian Science, 2008

Abstract
Two small southern African bustards, the Black-winged Korhaan Eupodotis afra afra and the White-winged Korhaan E. a. afraoides, have long been treated as conspecific...

(291) Decline and regional extirpation of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) in a small river system invaded by Dreissena polymorpha: the Rideau River, 1993–2000  Article

Authors: André L. Martel, Diane A. Pathy, Jacqueline B. Madill, Claude B. Renaud, Stuart L. Dean, and Steven J. Kerr

Source: Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2001

Abstract
Data pertaining to the ecological impact of the exotic zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, on benthic fauna in small river systems are scarce...

(292) Using chemical markers to detect root disease in stressed ponderosa pine stands with a low incidence of disease in eastern Oregon  Article

Authors: Rick G. Kelsey, Walter G. Thies and Craig L. Schmitt

Source: Forest Ecology and Management, 2006

Abstract
A total of 284 ponderosa pine growing near the southern edge of the Blue Mountains in eastern Oregon were categorized into one of three crown classes based on the degree of “tufted”, or “lion's tail” appearance of their branches, a potential symptom of black-stain root disease, then pushed over and their root systems examined for visual symptoms of disease...

(293) Impact of heavy metals on the oil products biodegradation process  Article

Authors: Viktorija Jakubauskaite, Olga Belous, Dalia Ambrazaitiene, Zaneta Stasiskiene

Source: Waste Management & Research, 2008

Abstract
...The analysis performed and results obtained address the following areas: impact of metal on a population of hydrocarbon degrading micro-organisms, impact of metals on residual concentrations of oil products, influence of metals on the growth of micro-organisms, inter-relation of metal concentrations with degradation rates...

(294) Meals with similar energy densities but rich in protein, fat, carbohydrate, or alcohol have different effects on energy expenditure and substrate metabolism but not on appetite and energy intake  Article

Authors: Anne Raben, Lisa Agerholm-Larsen, Anne Flint, Jens J Holst and Arne Astrup

Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2003

Abstract
...The goal was to investigate the effects on appetite, energy intake and expenditure, and substrate metabolism of meals rich in 1 of the 4 macronutrients...

(295) Spectrophotometric methods to differentiate beers and evaluate beer ageing  Article

Authors: A. Oñate-jaén, D. Bellido-milla and M.P. Hernández-artiga

Source: Food Chemistry, 2006

Abstract
The methodology most widely used to detect the antioxidant capacity (indirectly by ABTSradical dot+ discoloration) has been modified to be applied to beer samples due to signal instabilities...

(296) Antioxidant capacity of the Spanish Mediterranean diet  Article

Authors: Fulgencio Saura-Calixto, and Isabel Goñi

Source: Food Chemistry, 2006

Abstract
The objective of this work was to determine the total dietary antioxidant capacity (TDAC) of the Spanish Mediterranean diet...

(297) Contribution of beverages to the intake of lipophilic and hydrophilic antioxidants in the Spanish diet  Article

Authors: R Pulido, M Hernández-García and F Saura-Calixto

Source: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2003

Abstract
Objective: To investigate the contribution of beverages to the intake of lipophilic and hydrophilic antioxidants in the Spanish diet...

(298) Production and preventive maintenance rates control for a manufacturing system: An experimental design approach  Article

Authors: A. Gharbi, and J. P. Kenne

Source: International Journal of Production Economics, 2000

Abstract
In this paper, a multiple-identical-machine manufacturing system with random breakdowns, repairs and preventive maintenance activities is considered...

(299) Strategic Business Forecasting: The Complete Guide to Forecasting Real World Company Performance  Book

Author: Jae K. Shim

Source: CRC Press, 2000

Abstract
A book on practical business forecasting belongs in the library of everyone interested in business...

(300) Science and Skiing: First International Congress on Skiing and Science  Article

Authors: Erich Müller, H. Schwameder, E. Kornexl, C. Raschner

Source: Taylor and Francis, 1997

Abstract
The first International Congress on Science and Skiing was held in Austria in January 1996. The main aim of the conference was to bring together original key research in this area and provid an essential update for those in the field...

(301) Textural properties of raw Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) at three points along the fillet, determined by different methods  Article

Authors: C. Casas, O. Martinez, M.D. Guillen, C. Pin and J. Salmeron

Source: Food Control, 2006

Abstract
The textural properties of raw Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) were measured at three different points along the fillet using different instrumental methods employing blade, sphere and cylinder probes...

(302) Optimization of a derivatization–solid-phase microextraction method for the analysis of thirty phenolic pollutants in water samples  Article

Authors: María Llompart, Mercedes Lourido, Pedro Landín, Carmen García-Jares, and Rafael Cela

Source: Journal of Chromatography, 2002

Abstract
Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled to gas chromatography–mass spectrometry has been applied to the extraction of 30 phenol derivatives from water samples...

(303) Manufacturing of par-fried French-fries: Part 1: Production yield as a function of number of tubers per kilogram  Article

Authors: Derk Somsen, Anthony Capelle and Johannes Tramper

Source: Journal of Food Engineering, 2004

Abstract
Mass losses during peeling and size sorting of cut strips in French-fries production are heavily influenced by potato size and shape. In this study the number of tubers per kilogram (N) is used as a raw material parameter to estimate the average principal dimensions, volume, surface area and specific surface area of potato tubers...

(304) A simulation optimization approach in production planning of failure prone manufacturing systems  Article

Authors: Kenne J.P; Gharbi A

Source: Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2001

Abstract
In this paper, the implementation of a new method to control the production rate of manufacturing systems, based on the combination of stochastic optimal control theory, discrete event simulation, experimental design and response surface methodology is outlined...

(305) Focused ultrasound and molecularly imprinted polymers: A new approach to organotin analysis in environmental samples  Article

Authors: Mercedes Gallego-Gallegos, María Liva, Riansares Muñoz Olivas and Carmen Cámara

Source: Journal of Chromatography A, 2006

Abstract
There is a high interest in speciation of organotin compounds (OTCs) in biota and marine sediment samples, due to their influence in the transmission of the contamination in the trophic chain...

(306) Changes in mitochondrial oxidative capacities during thermal acclimation of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss: roles of membrane proteins, phospholipids and their fatty acid  Article

Authors: Edouard Kraffe, Yanic Marty and Helga Guderley

Source: Journal of Experimental Biology, 2007

Abstract
Changes in the properties of mitochondria from oxidative muscle of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss were examined during warm (5°C to 15°C) acclimation...

(307) CO2 measurements during transcranial Doppler examinations in headache patients: methodological considerations  Article

Authors: LL Thomsen, HK Iversen

Source: Cephalalgia, 2002

Abstract
Transcranial Doppler (TCD) examinations are increasingly being used in studies of headache pathophysiology...

(308) Colour calibration of a laboratory computer vision system for quality evaluation of pre-sliced hams  Article

Authors: Nektarios A. Valous, Fernando Mendoza, Da-Wen Sun and Paul Allen

Source: Meat Science, 2009

Abstract
Due to the high variability and complex colour distribution in meats and meat products, the colour signal calibration of any computer vision system used for colour quality evaluations, represents an essential condition for objective and consistent analyses...

(309) Analysis of foreign investment impact on the dynamics of national capitalization structure: A computational intelligence approach  Article

Authors: Darius Plikynas, Leonidas Sakalauskas and Alina Poliakova

Source: Research in International Business and Finance, 2005

Abstract
Central and Eastern Europe countries are in the political and economic transitional process of merging with the European Union...

(310) Neural networks and the mathematics of chaos-an investigation of these methodologies as accurate predictors of corporate bankruptcy  Article

Author: Cadden, D.T.

Source: Proceedings, First International Conference on Artificial Intelligence on Wall Street, 1991

Abstract
Research is given which investigates the use of neural networks as a classification tool to predict corporate bankruptcy...

(311) Using GIS to measure changes in the temporal and spatial dynamics of forestland: experiences from north-west Spain  Article

Authors: MF Marey Pérez, V Rodríguez Vicente and R Crecente Maseda

Source: Forestry, 2006

Abstract
...To understand a region's forestry dynamics, and especially to predict its future tendencies, we must include all the necessary variables in a single database, calculated for spatial units that are stable over time and adequate for planning purposes...

(312) Meteorological Preprocessing for Air Pollution Impact Assessment  Article

Authors: Anna Tzenkova, Julia Ivancheva, Dimiter Syrakov

Source: 8th Int. Conf. on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling for Regulatory Purposes

Abstract
In many East-European countries the wind measurements are still made using out-of-date Wild anonometers...

(313) Multivariate Analysis of Selected Metal Ion Transport through a Hollow-Fiber Supported Liquid Membrane Device used for Passive Sampling Monitoring  Article

Authors: Eduardo Rodríguez de San Miguel;  Jing-fu Liu ;  Philipp Mayer; Jan Ǻke Jönsson

Source: Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, 2008

Abstract
A hollow fiber supported liquid membrane module using one single fiber impregnated with a mixture of 1,10-dibenzyl-1,10-diaza-18-crown-6 and bis(2-ethylhexyl)phosphate dissolved in hexylbenzene was used for passive sampling of ppb levels of Pb(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Mn(II), Ni(II), and Cd(II) in water...

(314) Effects of host diversity and the community composition of hard ticks (Ixodidae) on Babesia microti infection  Article

Authors: Renata Welc-Falęciak, Anna Bajer, Jerzy M. Behnke and Edward Siński

Source: International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2008

Abstract
Babesia microti (Apicomplexa, Piroplasmida) is one of the aetiological agents of human babesiosis, maintained in nature by complex zoonotic transmission cycles, involving small wild mammals as hosts and hard ticks (Ixodidae) as vectors...

(315) Rabbit reproductive performance after insemination with buserelin acetate extender  Article

Authors: J.S. Vicente, R. Lavara, F. Lavara, F. Marco-Jiménez and M.P. Viudes-de-Castro

Source: Livestock Science, 2008

Abstract
Rabbit farmers and insemination centres have established new requirements relating to males (genetic, nutritional and environmental factors) and rabbit insemination techniques...

(316) Adolescents With Idiopathic Scoliosis Are Not Osteoporotic  Article

Authors: Szalay, Elizabeth A. MD; Bosch, Patrick MD; Schwend, Richard M. MD; Buggie, Brian BS; Tandberg, Dan MD; Sherman, Frederick MD

Source: Spine, 2008

Abstract
Objective:
To explore the relative effects of body mass index (BMI) and the presence or absence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) on bone mineral density (BMD) as evidenced by Z-scores in adolescents...

(317) ICP MS analysis and classification of potable, spring, and mineral waters  Article

Authors: Filip Kraic, Ján Mocák, Željka Fiket and Goran Kniewald

Source: Chemical Papers, 2008

Abstract
Ninety-three water samples were categorized into five classes as the tap, mineral, mineral carbonated, spring, and spring carbonated water, or, alternatively, into four or three categories — with all spring water samples together or as tap, mineral, and spring water, respectively...

(318) November Estimate: Local Assistance for Regional Centers: 2008-09 Governor's Budget  Document

Source: Department of Development Services, State of California

Contents
Includes use of STATGRAPHICS ARIMA forecasting models for forecasting number of births.

(319) Isotopic Discrimination as a Tool for Organic Farming Certification in Sweet Pepper  Article

Authors: Francisco M. del Amor, Joaquín Navarro and Pedro M. Aparicio

Source: Journal of Environmental Quality, 2008

Abstract
Organic farming is a form of agriculture that excludes the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and genetically modified organisms...

(320) Gibberellin Homeostasis in Tobacco is Regulated by Gibberellin Metabolism Genes with Different Gibberellin Sensitivity  Article

Authors: Gallego-Giraldo, Lina; Ubeda-Tomas, Susana; Gisbert, Carmina; Garcia-Martinez, Jose L.; Moritz, Thomas; Lopez-Diaz, Isabel

Source: Plant and Cell Physiology, 2008

Abstract
Gibberellins are phytohormones that regulate growth and development of plants. Gibberellin homeostasis is maintained by feedback regulation of gibberellin metabolism genes...

(321) Impact of dummy metal filling strategy dedicated to inductors integrated in advanced thick copper RF BEOL  Article

Authors: C. Pastore, F. Gianesello, D. Gloria, E. Serret and Ph. Benech

Source: Microelectronic Engineering, 2008

Abstract
A complete strategy to manage dummy fills inside a large spectrum of integrated RF inductors realized in an advanced thick copper RF back end of line (BEOL) is presented here...

(322) The influence of ethanol concentration on content of total and individual phenolics in walnut alcoholic drink  Article

Authors: J. Jakopic, A. Solar, M. Colaric, M. Hudina, R. Veberic, F. Stampar

Source: Acta Alimentaria, 2008

Abstract
The influence of the ethanol concentrations on the phenolic content was analysed in walnut liqueur, which is traditionally prepared from green walnut fruits...

(323) Relationship between the incidence of latent infections caused by Monilinia spp . and the incidence of brown rot of peach fruit: factors affecting latent infection   Article

Authors: Iray Gell1, Antonieta De Cal, Rosario Torres, Josep Usall and Paloma Melgarejo

Source: European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2008

Abstract
Five field experiments were performed in commercial orchards located in Lleida (Spain) over three growing seasons, 2000–2002, in order to estimate the relationship between the incidence of latent infection caused by Monilinia spp. in peaches and the incidence of post-harvest brown rot...

(324) The Role of Statistical Graphics in Six Sigma  Article

Source: Business Management, 2008

Abstract
Statistical methods have long been regarded by engineers and scientists as important tools for helping improve the quality of goods and services...

(325) Influence of the on the ground and 500 mb. level winds on the storm convective process in Mendoza (Argentina)  Article

Author: R. C. Perez

Source: Hydraulics Lab, Technology National University, 2008

Abstract
From our research work to find the DCPIM (Deep Convection Process Identification Model) index, we had begun a new research in order to explain why the index does not forecast correctly the 5% of the case that we had worked...

(326) How does a fur seal mother recognize the voice of her pup? An experimental study of Arctocephalus tropicalis  Article

Authors: Isabelle Charrier, Nicolas Mathevon and Pierre Jouventin

Source: The Journal of Experimental Biology, 2002

Abstract
In the subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis, mothers leave their pups during the rearing period to make long and frequent feeding trips to sea...

(327) Organotins in marine mammals and seabirds from Norwegian territory  Article

Authors: John Arthur Berge, Einar M. Brevik, Arne Bjørge, Norunn Følsvik, Geir Wing Gabrielsen and Hans Wolkers

Source: Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 2004

Abstract
An increasing number of studies indicate that marine mammals and some seabirds are exposed to organotins...

(328) Surface degradation of composite resins by acidic medicines and ph-cycling  Article

Authors: Ana Carolina Valinoti; Beatriz Gonçalves Neves; Eduardo Moreira da Silva; Lucianne Cople Maia

Source: Journal of Applied Oral Science, 2008

Abstract
This study evaluated the effects of acidic medicines (Dimetapp® and Claritin®), under pH-cycling conditions, on the surface degradation of four composite resins (microhybrid: TPH, Concept, Opallis and Nanofilled: Supreme)...

(329) Preliminary Study of the Effects of Commercial Lactobacilli Preparations on Digestive Metabolism of Juvenile Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)  Article

Authors: S. Frouël, E. Le Bihan, A. Serpentini, J.M. Lebel, N. Koueta, J.L. Nicolas

Source: Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 2008

Abstract
Two forms of the same commercial product (SORBIAL, Allonnes, France), one with live bacteria (PSA) and the other with heat-inactivated bacteria (PSI), containing a mixture of 2 strains of lactobacilli and their growth medium were tested as a diet complement for juvenile sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) during a 103-day experiment...

(330) Chikungunya Fever in Travelers Returning to Europe from the Indian Ocean Region, 2006  Article

Authors: Marcus Panning, Klaus Grywna, Marjan van Esbroeck, Petra Emmerich, and Christian Drosten

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008

Abstract
Chikungunya fever has spread through several Indian Ocean islands and India, including popular travel destinations...

(331) Metallothionein coding sequence identification and seasonal mRNA expression of detoxification genes in the bivalve Corbicula fluminea  Article

Authors: Aurélie Bigot, Périne Doyen, Paule Vasseur and François Rodius

Source: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2009

Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify a metallothionein (MT) coding sequence from the freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea and to measure the seasonal transcriptional pattern of MT in parallel with several detoxification genes: superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione S-transferases (GST) and glutathione peroxidases (GPx), in the digestive gland and the gills of this bivalve during a 1-year period...

(332) Friction Coefficient Definition in Compression-fit Couplings Applying the DOE Method  Article

Authors: D. Croccolo, R. Cuppini and N. Vincenzi

Source: Strain, 2007

Abstract
This work aims at defining a general-purpose method of calculating the starting friction coefficient μll of the fork-pin compression fit couplings of motorbike front suspensions.

(333) Comparative Reproduction Aspects of the Deep-water Shrimps Aristaeomorpha foliacea and Aristeus antennatus (Decapoda, Aristeidae) in the Greek Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)  Article

Authors: K. Kapiris and M. Thessalou-Legaki

Source: International Journal of Zoology, 2009

Abstract
In the eastern Ionian Sea, the deep-water shrimps Aristaeomorpha foliacea and Aristeus antennatus constitute a virgin fishing resource, since their maximum abundance depth exceeds commercial exploitation depths...

(334) Anaerobic digestion of the vinasses from the fermentation of Agave tequilana Weber to tequila: The effect of pH, temperature and hydraulic retention time on the production of hydrogen and methane  Article

Authors: Froylán M. Espinoza-Escalante, Carlos Pelayo-Ortíz, José Navarro-Corona, Yolanda González-García, André Bories and Humberto Gutiérrez-Pulido

Source: Biomass and Bioenergy, 2009

Abstract
The objective of this work was to study the effect of three operational parameters (pH, hydraulic retention time (HRT) and growing temperature) on a semi-continuous bioreactor treating Tequila's vinasses by anaerobic digestion (AD)...

(335) Erectile Dysfunction after Therapy with Metoprolol: The Hawthorne Effect  Article

Authors: G. Cocco

Source: Cardiology, 2009

Abstract
It is often assumed that β-blockers, e.g. metoprolol (METO), induce erectile dysfunction (ED) in men...

(336) Conifer embryogenic tissue initiation: improvements by supplementation of medium with D-xylose and D-chiro-inositol  Article

Authors: Gerald S. Pullman, Kelly-Marie Chase, Anna Skryabina and Kylie Bucalo

Source: Tree Physiology, 2008

Abstract
A major barrier to the commercialization of somatic embryogenesis technology in loblolly pine (LP, Pinus taeda L.) is recalcitrance of some high-value crosses to initiate embryogenic tissue and to continue early-stage somatic embryo growth...

(337) Individuality in the Voice of Fur Seal Females: An Analysis Study of the Pup Attraction Call in Arctocephalus Tropicalis  Article

Authors: Isabelle Charrier, Nicolas Mathevon, Pierre Jouventin

Source: Marine Mammal Science, 2006

Abstract
Like most otariids species, the Subantarctic fur seal breeds on land in large, dense colonies...

(338) Effects of chloramphenicol on brain energy metabolism using 31P spectroscopy: influences on sleep-wake states in rat  Article

Authors: Halima Chahboune, Rachid Mahdjoub, Pierre Desgoutte, Colette Rousset, André Briguet and Raymond Cespuglio

Source: Journal of Neurochemistry, 2008

Abstract
Effects of chloramphenicol (antibiotic inhibiting complex-1 of respiratory chain) and thioamphenicol (TAP, a structural analog of CAP inactive on complex-1) were examined on cerebral energy metabolites and sleep-wake cycle architecture in rat...

(339) Physical Characteristics and Acceptability of Extruded African Breadfruit-Based Snacks  Article

Authors: Titus U. Nwabueze, MaduebibisiI O. Iwe and Enoch N.T. Akobundu

Source: Journal of Food Quality, 2008

Abstract
Five-level combinations of African breadfruit, corn and soybean, in the ratios 40:5:55; 55:5:40; 70:5:25; 85:5:10 and 100:0:0%, respectively, were hydrated to 15, 18, 21, 24 and 27% and extruded into snacks at screw speeds of 100, 120, 140, 160 and 180 rpm...

(340) Turning Hardened Steel Using Coated carbide at High Cutting Speeds  Article

Authors: Federico M. Aneiro, Reginaldo T. Coelho, Lincoln C. Brandão

Source: ABCM, 2008

Abstract
The present work studies some aspects of the turning process applied on hardened steel using multilayer coated carbide tools at high cutting speeds...

(341) Relationship between rheological, textural and melting properties of dark chocolate as influenced by particle size distribution and composition  Article

Authors: Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa, Alistair Paterson, Mark Fowler and Joselio Vieira

Source: European Food Research and Technology, 2008

Abstract
In dark chocolate, rheological properties during processing are influenced by particle size distribution (PSD), fat and lecithin contents with consequential effects on finished texture and melting characteristics...

(342) Preliminary Physical Chemical Characterization of River Waters and Sediments affected by Copper Mining Activity in Central Chile. Application of Multivariate Analysis  Article

Authors: Jessica Narváez, Pablo Richter, and M. Inés Toral

Source: Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, 2007

Abstract
The concentration of trace elements and other analytes of environmental interest was determined in waters and sediments of the Coya and Cachapoal rivers (VI Region, Central Chile), which corresponds to a location highly polluted by copper mining activity...

(343) Competitive intelligence and patent analysis in drug discovery: Mining the competitive knowledge bases and patents  Article

Authors: Nicolas Grandjean, Brigitte Charpiot, Carlos Andres Pena and Manuel C. Peitsch

Source: Drug Discovery Today: Technologies, 2005

Abstract
Patents are a major source of information in drug discovery and, when properly processed and analyzed, can yield a wealth of information on competitors activities, R&D trends, emerging fields, collaborations, among others...

(344) Metals affect Soil Bacterial and Fungal Functional Diversity Differently  Article

Authors: Anna M. Stefanowicz, Maria Niklińska, and Ryszard Laskowski

Source: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2008

Abstract
Heavy metals can cause a decrease in the taxonomic diversity of soil communities...

(345) Maintainability and reliability analysis of a fleet of shovels  Article

Authors: Roy, S.K.; Bhattacharyya, M.M.; Naikan, V.N.A.

Source: Mining Technology, 2001

Abstract
...The failure and repair patterns of a fleet of four 10-m3 electric rope shovels were analysed statistically to ascertain their reliability and maintainability characteristics...

(346) Time Evolution of an AMD-Affected River Chemical Makeup  Article

Authors: M. L. de la Torre, J. A. Grande, A. Jiménez, J. Borrego and J. M. Díaz Curiel

Source: Water Resources Management, 2008

Abstract
Acid mine drainage is the main problem encountered by sulphide mining operations, not only because of its ecological aspects, but also because, once it appears, it is very difficult to remediate both technologically and economically...

(347) Assessing nutritional quality of milk-based sport supplements as determined by furosine  Article

Authors: José A. Rufián-Henares, Cristina Delgado-Andrade, Salvio Jiménez-Pérez and Francisco J. Morales

Source: Food Chemistry, 2007

Abstract
Milk proteins have a strong position in the sport nutrition markets, such as sport supplements for highly trained athletes, apart from bodybuilders...

(348) Mechanical behavior of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate copolymer (EVA) used for fabrication of mouthguards and interocclusal splints  Article

Authors: Neide Pena Coto; Reinaldo Brito e Dias; Ricardo Aurélio Costa; Tatiana Fioresi Antoniazzi; Eduardo Pena Coto de Carvalho

Source: Brazilian Dental Journal, 2007

Abstract
In the present investigation, an experimental dental arch model fabricated in epoxy was assayed in Kratos universal testing machine to study the mechanical behavior of ethylene and vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) in the form of mouthguard for sports and flat plate...

(349) Depth of cure of dental composites submitted to different light-curing modes  Article

Authors: Raphael Vieira Monte Alto; José Guilherme Antunes Guimarães; Laiza Tatiana Poskus; Eduardo Moreira da Silva

Source: Journal of Applied Oral Science, 2006

Abstract
This study evaluated the depth of cure of five dental composites submitted to different light-curing modes...

(350) Optical power outputs, spectra and dental composite depths of cure, obtained with blue light emitting diode (LED) and halogen light curing units (LCUs)  Article

Authors: R W Mills, A Uhl & K D Jandt

Source: British Dental Journal, 2002

Abstract
...Curing of dental composites with blue light was introduced in the 1970s...

(351) Effect of storage media upon the surface micromorphology of resin-based restorative materials  Article

Authors: Turssi, C. P.; Hara, A. T.; Serra, M. C.; Rodrigues, A. L. JR

Source: Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2002

Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different storage media upon the surface micromorphology of resin-based restoratives...

(352) Wear and fatigue behavior of nano-structured dental resin composites  Article

Authors: Cecilia P. Turssi, Jack L. Ferracane, Lucas L. Ferracane

Source: Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 2006

Abstract
Theoretically, nano-structured dental resin composites are purported to have increased wear and fatigue resistance compared with microfill composites and may favor the achievement of restoratives with better long-term performance...

(353) High-resolution CT of transplanted teeth: imaging technique and measurement accuracy  Article

Authors: André Gahleitner, Ulrike Kuchler, Peter Homolka, Janina Heschl, Georg Watzek and Herwig Imhof

Source: European Radiology, 2008

Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of crown diameter measurements by dental CT as a tool for preoperative diagnosis before tooth transplantations...

(354) Factors affecting detectability of prey DNA in the gut contents of invertebrate predators: a polymerase chain reaction-based method  Article

Authors: Hosseini, Reza; Schmidt, Otto; Keller, Michael A.

Source: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 2008

Abstract
This study aimed to determine factors that influence the detection of DNA of Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) in the gut contents of arthropod predators when the polymerase chain reaction is used to amplify a diagnostic fragment of the gene coding for cytochrome oxidase subunit I...

(355) Prevalence of Markers for Hepatitis B Virus and Vaccination Compliance Among Medical School Students in Italy  Article

Authors: Andrea Trevisan, MD; Alberto Bruno, MD; Michele Mongillo, MD; Marta Morandin; Anna Pantaleoni; Matteo Borella-Venturini, MD; Monica Giraldo, MD

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2008

Abstract
The prevalence of markers for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the rate of compliance with HBV vaccination laws were investigated in a study at Padua University Medical School (Italy)...

(356) Influence of light polymerization modes on degree of conversion and crosslink density of dental composites  Article

Authors: Eduardo Moreira da Silva, Laiza Tatiana Poskus, José Guilherme Antunes Guimarães, Alexandre de Araújo Lima Barcellos and Carlos Eduardo Fellows

Source: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 2008

Abstract
This study analyzed the influence of light polymerization modes on crosslink density (CD) and the degree of conversion (DC) of dental composites...

(357) Physiological and oenological traits of different Dekkera/Brettanomyces bruxellensis strains under wine-model conditions  Article

Authors: Ileana Vigentini, Andrea Romano, Concetta Compagno, Annamaria Merico, Francesco Molinari, Antonio Tirelli, Roberto Foschino & Gaspare Volonterio

Source: FEMS Yeast Research, 2008

Abstract
Contamination of wine by Dekkera/Brettanomyces bruxellensis is mostly due to the production of off-flavours identified as vinyl- and especially ethyl-phenols, but these yeasts can also produce several other spoiling metabolites, such as acetic acid and biogenic amines...

(358) Determination of Drying Characteristics of Timber by Using Artificial Neural Networks and Mathematical Models  Article

Author: Ilhan Ceylan

Source: Drying Technology, 2008

Abstract
In this research, poplar and pine timbers have been dried in heat pump dryer functioning on the basis of 24-h operation...

(359) Association among growth, food consumption-related traits and amylase gene polymorphism in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas  Article

Authors: Huvet, A.; Jeffroy, F.; Fabioux, C.; Daniel, J. Y.; Quillien, V.; Van Wormhoudt, A.; Moal, J.; Samain, J. F.; Boudry, P.; Pouvreau, S.

Source: Animal Genetics, 2008

Abstract
To examine further a previously reported association between amylase gene polymorphism and growth in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, ecophysiological parameters and biochemical and molecular expression levels of [alpha]-amylase were studied in Pacific oysters of different amylase genotypes...

(360) Application of the Doehlert Design to Optimize the Signal Obtained in Photochemically Induced Fluorescence for the Determination of Eight Phenylureas  Article

Authors: M. D. Gil-García, M. Martínez-Galera, P. Parrilla-Vázquez, A. R. Mughari and I. M. Ortiz-Rodríguez

Source: Journal of Fluorescence, 2008

Abstract
This work describes the optimization of a photochemically induced method for the detection of eight phenylureas has been developed by response surface methodology (RSM)...

(361) Antioxidant potential of single-variety red wines aged in the barrel and in the bottle  Article

Authors: M. Dolores Rivero-Pérez, M. Luisa González-Sanjosé, Miriam Ortega-Herás and Pilar Muñiz

Source: Food Chemistry, 2008

Abstract
Wine constitutes a dynamic system in continuous evolution, in which numerous reactions involving polymerization and condensation take place between its phenolic compounds during the ageing process, which undoubtedly affect its structure and, very probably, its antioxidant effect...

(362) Estimation of the Effective Number of Founders That Initiate an Infection after Aphid Transmission of a Multipartite Plant Virus  Article

Authors: Mónica Betancourt, Alberto Fereres, Aurora Fraile, and Fernando García-Arenal

Source: Journal of Virology, 2008

Abstract
The fecundity of RNA viruses can be very high...

(363) History of Spanish Mathematics Education Focusing on PhD Theses  Article

Authors: Mónica Vallejo-Ruiz, Antonio Fernández-Cano, Manuel Torralbo, Alexander Maz and Luis Rico

Source: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2008

Abstract
This article offers an overview of mathematics education in Spain, analyzing the production of PhD theses over the last 30 years...

(364) Late Foliar Diseases in Wheat Crops Decrease Nitrogen Yield Through N Uptake Rather than Through Variations in N Remobilization  Article

Authors: Bancal, Marie-Odile; Roche, Romain; Bancal, Pierre

Source: Annals of Botany, 2008

Asbtract
French wheat grains may be of little value on world markets because they have low and highly variable grain protein concentrations (GPC)...

(365) Feeding ecology of the shortnose greeneye Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte, 1840 (Pisces: Chlorophthalmidae) in the eastern Ionian Sea (eastern Mediterranean)  Article

Authors: A. Anastasopoulou and K. Kapiris

Source: Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2008

Abstract
The feeding ecology of Chlorophthalmus agassizi from the North Ionian Sea was examined in specimens caught during daylight hours on a seasonal basis from December 1996 to November 1997, at depths between 250 and 800 m (92 stations, total)...

(366) High throughput detection of Coxiella burnetii by real-time PCR with internal control system and automated DNA preparation  Article

Authors: Marcus Panning, Jochen Kilwinski, Susanne Greiner-Fischer, Martin Peters, Stefanie Kramme, Dimitrios Frangoulidis, Hermann Meyer, Klaus Henning, and Christian Drosten

Source: BMC Microbiology, 2008

Abstract
Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q-fever, a widespread zoonosis...

(367) Photo-Fenton removal of water-soluble polymers  Article

Authors: J.A. Giroto, A.C.S.C. Teixeira, C.A.O. Nascimento and R. Guardani

Source: Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 2008

Abstract
This paper presents the results of experiments carried out in a laboratory-scale photochemical reactor on the photodegradation of different polymers in aqueous solutions by the photo-Fenton process...

(368) Evidence for soil water control on carbon and water dynamics in European forests during the extremely dry year: 2003  Article

Authors: A. Granier, M. Reichstein, N. Bréda, I.A. Janssens, E. Falge, P. Ciais, T. Grünwald, M. Aubinet, P. Berbigier, C. Bernhofer, N. Buchmann, O. Facini, G. Grassi, B. Heinesch, H. Ilvesniemi, P. Keronen, A. Knohl, B. Köstner, F. Lagergren, A. Lindroth, B. Longdoz, D. Loustau, J. Mateus, L. Montagnani, C. Nys, E. Moors, D. Papale, M. Peiffer, K. Pilegaard, G. Pita, J. Pumpanen, S. Rambal, C. Rebmann, A. Rodrigues, G. Seufert, J. Tenhunen, T. Vesala and Q. Wang

Source: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2007

Abstract
...We used continuous carbon and water flux measurements at 12 European monitoring sites covering various forest ecosystem types and a large climatic range in order to characterise the consequences of this drought on ecosystems functioning....

(369) Polyelectrolyte-Drug Complexes of Lambda Carrageenan and Basic Drugs: Relevance of Particle Size and Moisture Content on Compaction and Drug Release Behavior  Article

Authors: M. C. Bonferoni;  G. Sandri;  S. Rossi;  F. Ferrari;  C. Caramella;  C. Aguzzi; C. Viseras

Source: Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 2008

Abstract
The interaction between polyelectrolytes (PE) and oppositely charged drugs (D) results in complexes (PE-D) that can be exploited in controlled release drug delivery systems...

(370) Uncertainty estimation in railway track life cycle cost: a case study from Swedish National Rail Administration  Article

Authors: AA P Patra, P Söderholm, and U Kumar

Source: Proc. IMechE, 2008

Abstract
Life cycle cost (LCC) is uses as a cost-effective decision support for maintenance of railway track infrastructure...

(371) Microwave-assisted extraction of decabromodiphenylether from polymers  Article

Authors: Andreas Ranz, Eveline Maier, Christian Trampitsch and Ernst Lankmayr

Source: Talanta, 2008

Abstract
Contrary to its lower brominated congeners, the flame retardant decabromodiphenylether (DecaBDE) is not banned by the decision 2005/717/EG of the European Union...

(372) Ceramides Extracted from Wool: Pilot Plant Solvent Extraction  Article

Authors: Ramírez, Raquel,Martí, Meritxell,Manich, Albert,Parra, Jose Luis,Coderch, Luisa

Source: Textile Research Journal, 2008

Abstract
Abstract Ceramides extracted from wool fibers have proved to be beneficial in pharmaceutical and cosmetic formulations in the treatment and care of skin and human hair...

(373) The Impact of Protective Hoods and Their Water Content on the Prevention of Head Burns in New York City Firefighters: Laboratory Tests and Field Results  Article

Authors: Prezant, David J. MD; Barker, Roger L. PhD; Stull, Jeffrey O. MS; King, Stephen J. BA; Rotanz, Richard A. M; Malley, Kevin S. MA; Bender, Malcom BA; Guerth, Cordula MS; Kelly, Kerry J. MD

Source: Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation, 2001

Abstract
The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) is the largest fire department in the United States...

(374) In vitro evaluation of the oxidative stress and genotoxic potentials of anthracene on mycorrhizal chicory roots  Article

Authors: Djouher Debiane, Guillaume Garçon, Anthony Verdin, Joël Fontaine, Roger Durand, Anne Grandmougin-Ferjani, Pirouz Shirali and Anissa Lounès-Hadj Sahraoui

Source: Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2008

Abstract
Most polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous natural and/or anthropogenic pollutants that have adverse effects on the human health and the environment...

(375) Rapid magnetic resonance elastography of muscle using one-dimensional projection  Article

Authors: Sabine F. Bensamoun, PhD, Kevin J. Glaser, PhD, Stacie I. Ringleb, PhD, Qingshan Chen, MS, Richard L. Ehman, MD, Kai-Nan An, PhD

Source: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2008

Abstract
Purpose: To demonstrate the feasibility of 1D MR elastography (MRE) to rapidly assess skeletal muscle stiffness in vivo...

(376) Dynamic Effects of a 9 mm Missile on Cadaveric Skull Protected by Aramid, Polyethylene or Aluminum Plate: An Experimental Study  Article

Authors: Sarron, Jean-Claude MD, PhD; Dannawi, Marwan Eng; Faure, Alexis MD; Caillou, Jean-Paul Eng; Da Cunha, Joseph Eng; Robert, Roger MD

Source: Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection &Critical Care, 2004

Abstract
...
Two experimental designs were undertaken to characterize the extend of injuries imparted by composite panels using in protective helmets...

(377) Short Term Analysis of Long Term Patterns of Heart Rate Variability in Subjects under Mental Stress  Article

Authors: Desok Kim; Yunhwan Seo; Sook-hyun Kim; Suntae Jung

Source: International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, 2008

Abstract
Long term patterns of heart rate variability (HRV) features were decreased in subjects with higher self reporting stress scores...

(378) New developments in chemical modification of fire-safe rigid polyurethane foams  Article

Authors: Wojciech Zatorski, Zbigniew K. Brzozowski and Andrzej Kolbrecki

Source: Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2008

Abstract
This work reports the preparation of polyurethane–polyisocyanurate (PUR–PIR) foams containing different amounts of flame retardants (FRs) and a layered silicate nanoclay...

(379) Effect of package light transmittance on the vitamin content of milk, part 3: Fortified UHT low-fat milk  Article

Authors: Alexander Saffert, Gabriele Pieper, Jan Jetten

Source: Packaging Technology and Science, 2008

Abstract
This work is the third and last part of a milk study evaluating the effect of package light transmittance on the vitamin content of milk, in this case on fortified UHT low-fat milk...

(380) Are multi-authorship and visibility related? Study of ten research areas at Carlos III University of Madrid  Article

Authors: Isabel Iribarren-Maestro, María Luisa Lascurain-Sánchez, Elías Sanz-Casado

Source: Scientometrics, 2008

Abstract
Opinions in the literature on the possible relationship between co-authorship and number of citations vary...

(381) Signal Identification by Nonlinear Optimization  Article

Authors: Pavel Popela, Jaroslav Sklenar

Source: IEEE Xplore, 2001

Abstract
This paper deals with the use of nonlinear optimization techniques to solve the problem of signal identification...

(382) Autoregressive Models and its Possibilities for Modelling of Stochastic Longitudinal Unevenness of Road Surfaces  Article

Authors: Bohuš Leitner, Jaromír Máca

Source: Ročnik 3., Čislo 2., 2008

Abstract
The aim of this paper is to mention possibilities of effective utilization of an autoregressive modelling theoretical apparatus by generation courses of stochastic longitudinal unevenness of various qualitative categories of road surfaces and terrain surface...

(383) Time trends in minimum mortality temperatures in Castile-La Mancha (Central Spain): 1975–2003  Article

Authors: Isidro J. Miron, Juan José Criado-Alvarez, Julio Diaz, Cristina Linares, Sheila Mayoral and Juan Carlos Montero

Source: International Journal of Biometeorology, 2008

Abstract
The relationship between air temperature and human mortality is described as non-linear, with mortality tending to rise in response to increasingly hot or cold ambient temperatures from a given minimum mortality or optimal comfort temperature, which varies from some areas to others according to their climatic and socio-demographic characteristics...

(384) Evaluation of international roughness index for asphalt overlays placed over cracked and seated concrete pavements  Article

Authors: A. M. Rahim;  Gregg Fiegel;  Khalid Ghuzlan; Dan Khumann

Source: International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 2008

Abstract
Crack, seat and overlay (CS&O) is a rehabilitation technique that has been used on jointed plain concrete pavements...

(385) PM10 air quality variations in an urbanized and industrialized harbor  Article

Authors: Juliette Rimetz-Planchon, Esperanza Perdrix, Sophie Sobanska and Claude Brémard

Source: Atmospheric Environment, 2008

Abstract
In this paper we investigate the PM10 pollution episodes associated with meteorological situations in an urban and industrialized coastal site of the southern part of the North Sea, representative of a typical harbor for trade...

(386) rice trends in greenhouse tomato and pepper and choice of adoptable technology  Article

Authors: M. C. García-Martínez, P. Caballero and M. A. Fernández-Zamudio

Source: Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2008

Abstract
Currently, intensive horticultural production in the Spanish Mediterranean region is strongly influenced by the liberalization of markets, which means farms must become more competitive and focus on consumer demands, such as product quality and health.

(387) The effect of maternal anthropometric characteristics and social factors on gestational age and birth weight in Sudanese newborn infants  Article

Authors: Eltahir M Elshibly and Gerd Schmalisch

Source: BMC Public Health, 2008

Abstract
In Africa low birth weight (LBW) (<2500 g), is the strongest determinant of infant morbidity and mortality...

(388) Meeting the ecological, social and economic needs of sustainable forest management at a regional scale  Article

Authors: Kati Vierikko;  Seppo Vehkamäki;  Jari Niemelä;  Jani Pellikka; Harto Lindén

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 2008

Abstract
Sustainable forest management (SFM) has a long tradition in Finland, and modern sustainability concepts link economic, ecological and social aspects...

(389) Optimization of an artificial neural network for thermal/pressure food processing: Evaluation of training algorithms  Article

Authors: J.S. Torrecilla, L. Otero and P.D. Sanz

Source: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2007

Abstract
The aim of the current paper is to obtain, through a proper selection of the training algorithm, an optimized artificial neural network (ANN) able to predict two parameters of interest for high-pressure (HP) food processing: the maximum or minimum temperature reached in the sample after pressurization and the time needed for thermal re-equilibration in the high-pressure process...

(390) Production of branched-chain aroma compounds by Propionibacterium freudenreichii: links with the biosynthesis of membrane fatty acids  Article

Authors: J. Dherbécourt, M.-B. Maillard, D. Catheline and A. Thierry

Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2008

Abstract
Short branched-chain fatty acids (BCFAs) are cheese flavour compounds, which result from the conversion of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs)...

(391) Effectiveness of Restored wetlands for the Treatment of Agricultural Runoff  Article

Authors: Mark A. Biddle, Robin M. Tyler, Thomas G. Barthelmeh

Source: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2008

Abstract
Current water management and drainage activities in Delaware afford opportunities to implement site-specific, ecologically beneficial projects which can be incorporated into comprehensive watershed management plans...

(392) Evaluation of clinical, laboratory and morphologic prognostic factors in colon cancer  Article

Authors: Michele Grande, Giovanni Milito, Grazia Maria Attinà, Federica Cadeddu, Marco Gallinella Muzi, Casimiro Nigro, Francesco Rulli, and Attilio Maria Farinon

Source: World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2008

Abstract
The long-term prognosis of patients with colon cancer is dependent on many factors...

(393) CYP450 biosensors based on gold chips for antiepileptic drugs determination  Article

Authors: M.A. Alonso-Lomillo, J. Gonzalo-Ruiz, O. Domínguez-Renedo, F.J. Muñoz and M.J. Arcos-Martínez

Source: Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2008

Abstract
Three-electrode configuration chips containing a Pt, Au and a screen-printed Ag/AgCl as counter, working and reference electrode, respectively, have been developed...

(394) Evaluation of Escherichia coli Host Strain CB390 for Simultaneous Detection of Somatic and F-Specific Coliphgaes  Article

Authors: Carolina Guzmán, Laura Mocé-Llivina, Francisco Lucena, and Juan Jofre

Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2008

Abstract
Escherichia coli WG5, the strain recommended by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to detect somatic coliphages, was transformed to F+ by introducing the plasmid Famp, which rendered it capable of simultaneously detecting both somatic and F-specific coliphages.

(395) Quality Assurance for Interventional Pain Management Procedures in Private Practice  Article

Authors: YiLi Zhuo, MD, PhD, and Sally Thompson, PA-C

Source: Pain Physician, 2008

Abstract
A recent study has indicated that quality assurance for interventional pain management procedures (IPMPs) can be achieved in university pain clinics...

(396) Characterization of municipal solid waste from the main landfills of Havana city  Article

Authors: Ma. del C. Espinosa Lloréns, Matilde López Torres, Haydee Álvarez, Alexis Pellón Arrechea, Jorge Alejandro García, Susana Díaz Aguirre and Alejandro Fernández

Source: Waste Management, 2008

Abstract
The city of Havana, the political, administrative and cultural centre of Cuba, is also the centre of many of the economic activities of the nation: industries, services, scientific research and tourism...

(397) Experimental analysis of dimensional error vs. cycle time in high-speed milling of aluminium alloy  Article

Authors: M. Albertí, J. Ciurana and C.A. Rodriguez

Source: International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 2007

Abstract
Manufacturers of machined aluminium parts are among the principal users of high-speed milling...

(398) A Thermomechanical Preprocessing for Pectin Isolation from Orange Peel with Optimisation by Response Surface Methodology  Article

Authors: Sid-Ahmed Rezzoug, Zoulikha Maache-Rezzoug, Frédéric Sannier, Karim Allaf

Source: International Journal of Food Engineering, 2008

Abstract
The instantaneous controlled pressure drop process (or D.I.C process: ``Détente Instantanée Contrôlée") was used as a pre-treatment prior to pectin acid extraction from orange peel...

(399) Impedance cardiography: a useful and reliable tool in optimization of cardiac resynchronization devices  Article

Authors: Konstantin M. Heinroth, Marcel Elster, Sebastian Nuding, Frithjof Schlegel, Arnd Christoph, Justin Carter, Michael Buerke and Karl Werdan

Source: Europace, 2007

Abstract
Optimizing cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices has become more complex since modification of both atrioventricular (AV) and interventricular (VV) stimulation intervals has become possible...

(400) Application of surface response methodology to optimize hydrolysis of wheat gluten and characterization of selected hydrolysate fractions  Article

Authors: Silvina R Drago, Rolando J González, María C Añón

Source: Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2008

Abstract
The aim of this work was to optimize the hydrolysis experimental conditions to obtain wheat gluten hydrolysates and to characterize fractions from hydrolysates with different hydrolysis degrees in order to develop protein functional ingredients...

(401) Simultaneous Optimization of Cisplatin-Loaded PLGA-mPEG Nanoparticles with Regard to their Size and Drug Encapsulation  Article

Authors: Beletsi, A.; Klepetsanis, P.; Ithakissios, D. S.; Kounias, S.; Stavropoulos, A.; Avgoustakis, K.

Source: Current Nanoscience, 2008

Abstract
A central composite experimental design was applied to investigate the effect of five preparative variables on the size and cisplatin encapsulation efficiency of poly(lactide-co-glycolide)-methoxy poly(ethylene glycol) (PLGA-mPEG) nanoparticles...

(402) Optimization of Iontophoretic Parameters for the Transdermal Delivery of Methotrexate  Article

Authors: Viswatej Vemulapalli;  Ajay K. Banga; Phillip M. Friden

Source: Drug Delivery, 2008

Abstract
The aim of this work was to study the in vitro factors affecting transdermal iontophoretic delivery of methotrexate across hairless rat skin. Initial screening studies evaluated the effect of ionic strength and donor concentration...

(403) Rapid Development and Optimization of Tablet Manufacturing Using Statistical Tools  Article

Authors: Eutimio Gustavo Fernández, Silvia Cordero, Malvina Benítez, Iraelio Perdomo, Yohandro Morón, Ada Esther Morales, Milagros Gaudencia Arce, Ernesto Cuesta, Juan Lugones, Maritza Fernández, Arturo Gil, Rodolfo Valdés and Mirna Fernández

Source: AAPS PharmSciTech, 2008

Abstract
The purpose of this paper was to develop a statistical methodology to optimize tablet manufacturing considering drug chemical and physical properties applying a crossed experimental design...

(404) Gas Chromatography: Extraction and derivatization of polar herbicides for GC-MS analyses  Article

Authors: Andreas Ranz, Eveline Maier, Herbert Motter, Ernst Lankmayr

Source: Journal of Separation Science, 2008

Abstract
A sample preparation procedure including a simultaneous microwave-assisted (MA) extraction and derivatization for the determination of chlorophenoxy acids in soil samples is presented...

(405) Positioning evaluation of online terminological information systems  Article

Author: Mari-Carmen Marcos et al.

Source: Hipertext.net

Abstract
Today, the majority of websites are accessed through search engines...

(406) Optimized derivatization of acidic herbicides with trimethylsilyldiazomethane for GC analysis  Article

Authors: Andreas Ranz, Justyna Korpecka, Ernst Lankmayr

Source: Journal of High Resolution Chromatography, 2008

Abstract
In the present study, the preparation of methyl esters of chlorophenoxy acids with trimethylsilyldiazomethane (TMSD) is reported...

(407) Influence of drip and furrow irrigation systems on nitrogen oxide emissions from a horticultural crop  Article

Authors: Laura Sánchez-Martín, Augusto Arce, Alejandro Benito, Lourdes Garcia-Torres and Antonio Vallejo

Source: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2008

Abstract
Irrigation management has an important influence on emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) and nitric oxide (NO) from irrigated agricultural soils...

(408) Characterization of fine aerosol and its inorganic components at two rural locations in New York State  Article

Authors: Ramya Sunder Raman, Philip K. Hopke and Thomas M. Holsen

Source: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2008

Abstract
Samples of PM2.5 were collected to measure the concentrations of its chemical constituents at two rural locations, Potsdam and Stockton, NY from November 2002 to August 2005...

(409) Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography in peripheral arterial disease: Improving image quality by automated image registration  Article

Author: Jan Menke

Source: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2008

Abstract
 In peripheral arterial disease, contrast-enhanced MR angiography (MRA) is a noninvasive imaging alternative for catheter-based digital subtraction angiography (DSA)...

(410) Characterization of interactions between polyphenolic compounds and human serum proteins by capillary electrophoresis  Article

Authors: Andréa Diniz, Laura Escuder-Gilabert, Norberto P. Lopes, Rosa María Villanueva-Camañas, Salvador Sagrad and María José Medina-Hernández

Source: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2008

Abstract
The interaction of ten natural polyphenolic compounds (chlorogenic acid, apigenin, catechin, epicatechin, flavanone, flavone, quercetin, rutin, vicenin-2 and vitexin) with human serum albumin and mixtures of human serum albumin and α1-acid glycoprotein under near physiological conditions is studied by capillary electrophoresis–frontal analysis...

(411) Response Surface Designed Experiment for Door Closing Effort  Article

Authors: Robert E. Chapman; Kathleen Masinda

Source: Quality Engineering, 2003

Abstract
This study employed a Draper-Lin small-composite response surface design to determine the optimal dimensional-factor levels to minimize the door-closing effort for a new automobile project.

(412) Comparative Reproduction Aspects of the Deep-water Shrimps Aristaeomorpha foliacea and Aristeus antennatus (Decapoda, Aristeidae) in the Greek Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)  Article

Authors: K. Kapiris and M. Thessalou-Legaki

Source: International Journal of Zoology, 2009

Abstract
In the eastern Ionian Sea, the deep-water shrimps Aristaeomorpha foliaceaand Aristeus antennatus constitute a virgin fishing resource, since their maximum abundance depth exceeds commercial exploration depths...

(413) Determination of factors that influence public transport  Article

Authors: R. Uspalyte-Vitkuniene & M. Burinskiene

Source: Transactions of the Wessex Institute, 2009

Abstract
This paper proves that modelling of the public transport route network in Lithuanian towns is very important...

(414) Determination and Classification of Pollutants in Waste Water  Article

Authors: Zuzana Királyová, Katja Šnuderl, Filip Kraic, Jan Mocak

Source: Acta Chimica Slovaca, 2008

Abstract
This paper deals with waste waters produced by industrial producers during three recent years...

(415) Deducing in Vivo Toxicity of Combustion-Derived Nanoparticles from a Cell-Free Oxidative Potency Assay and Metabolic Activation of Organic Compounds  Article

Authors: Tobias Stoeger, Shinji Takenaka, Birgit Frankenberger, Baerbel Ritter, Erwin Karg, Konrad Maier, Holger Schulz, and Otmar Schmid

Source: Environmental Health Perspectives, 2009

Abstract
The inhalation of combustion-derived nanoparticles (CDNPs) is believed to cause an oxidative stress response, which in turn may lead to pulmonary or even systemic inflammation...

(416) Identifying Canadian Freshwater Fishes through DNA Barcodes  Article

Authors: Nicolas Hubert, Robert Hanner, Erling Holm, Nicholas E. Mandrak, Eric Taylor, Mary Burridge, Douglas Watkinson, Pierre Dumont, Allen Curry, Paul Bentzen, Junbin Zhang, Julien April, Louis Bernatchez

Source: PloS ONE, 2008

Abstract
DNA barcoding aims to provide an efficient method for species-level identifications using an array of species specific molecular tags derived from the 5′ region of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene...

(417) Efficacy of a new combined larvicidal-adulticidal ultralow volume formulation against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae), vector of dengue  Article

Authors: Alejandro Lucia, Laura Harburguer, Susana Licastro, Eduardo Zerba and Hector Masuh

Source: Parasitology Research, 2008

Abstract
A new ultralow volume formulation (ULV) containing permethrin as an adulticidal active ingredient and the insect growth regulator (IGR) pyriproxyfen as a larvicide was developed and its efficacy evaluated in a field trial in Wanda, Misiones (Argentina)...

(418) Association of maternal polymorphisms in folate metabolizing genes with chromosome damage and risk of Down syndrome offspring  Article

Authors: Fabio Coppedè, Francesca Migheli, Stefania Bargagna, Gabriele Siciliano, Ivana Antonucci, Liborio Stuppia, Giandomenico Palka and Lucia Migliore

Source: Neuroscience Letters, 2009

Abstract
We analyzed the role of six common polymorphisms in folate metabolizing genes as possible risk factors for having a child with Down syndrome (DS) in 94 Italian mothers of a DS child (MDS) and 113 matched control mothers, both aged less than 35 years at conception...

(419) Antioxidant capacity and polyphenolic content of high-protein lupin products  Article

Authors: Cristina Martínez-Villaluenga, Henryk Zieliński, Juana Frias, Mariusz K. Piskuła, Halina Kozłowska and Concepción Vidal-Valverde

Source: Food Chemistry, 2009

Abstract
In order to produce high protein lupin products, α-galactoside extraction from Lupinus angustifolius cv. Troll and cv. Emir and Lupinus albus cv. Multolupa, and protein isolation from L. albus cv. Multolupa were carried out...

(420) Effect of Phototherapy on Neonatal Heart Rate Variability and Complexity  Article

Authors: Amir Weissman, Elad Berkowitz, Tatiana Smolkin, Shraga Blazer

Source: Neonatology, 2009

Abstract
...The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of phototherapy on the autonomic nervous system modulation of heart rate in healthy full-term jaundiced neonates...

(421) Improvement of the Moulding Process in an Automotive Company by Robust Design Application  Article

Authors: D. Falcone, F. De Felice, G. Di Bona, and A. Silvestri

Source: Modeling and Simulation, 2003

Abstract
...
The present work involves the design and the realization of experimental tests to improve an injection moulding productive process...

(422) Experimental design optimization of the separation of the aromatic compounds in petroleum cuts by supercritical fluid chromatography  Article

Authors: Rebeca Fraile, Vicente Sánchez

Source: Journal of High Resolution Chromatography, 2005

Abstract
A experimental design optimization method is demonstrated for evaluation of the resolution of the performance mixture used in the proposed ASTM test to determine the aromatic content of aviation fuels...

(423) Analysis of factors affecting the high-speed side milling of hardened die steels  Article

Authors: J. Vivancos, C.J. Luis, J.A. Ortiz and H.A. González

Source: Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2005

Abstract
This paper presents a study of the surface roughness obtained in high-speed side milling of hardened die steels...

(424) Poly(propylene)/aspen/liquid polybutadiene composites: maximization of impact strength, tensile and modulus by statistical experimental design  Article

Authors: B. V. Kokta, D. Michalkova, I. Fortelny, Z. Krulis

Source: Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 2005

Abstract
A systematic study of the effect of concentration of maleated poly(propylene) (MAPP), dicumyl peroxide (DCP), polyisobutadiene isocyanate (PBNCO) and fiber content on the mechanical properties of aspen-poly(propylene)(PP) composite was undertaken with the objective to maintain or increase the impact strength without losing tensile strength reinforcement...

(425) Nanofiltration as a final step toward textile wastewater reclamation  Article

Authors: M.I. Alcaina-Miranda, S. Barredo-Damas, A. Bes-Piá, M.I. Iborra-Clar, A. Iborra-Clar, J.A. Mendoza-Roca

Source: Desalination, 2009

Abstract
Water scarcity makes industrial wastewater reuse necessary, especially in those industries characterized by both high water consumptions and extremely polluted effluents as textile industries...

(426) Anaerobic digestion of the vinasses from the fermentation of Agave tequilana Weber to tequila: The effect of pH, temperature and hydraulic retention time on the production of hydrogen and methane  Article

Authors: Froylán M. Espinoza-Escalante, Carlos Pelayo-Ortíz, José Navarro-Corona, Yolanda González-García, André Bories and Humberto Gutiérrez-Pulido

Source: Biomass and Bioenergy, 2009

Abstract
The objective of this work was to study the effect of three operational parameters (pH, hydraulic retention time (HRT) and growing temperature) on a semi-continuous bioreactor treating Tequila's vinasses by anaerobic digestion (AD)...

(427) Differentiation of barrel-aged wines according to their origin, variety, storage time and enological parameters using fermentation products  Article

Authors: T. Garde-Cerdán, C. Lorenzo, J.M. Carot, M.D. Esteve, M.D. Climent and M.R. Salinas

Source: Food Control, 2009

Abstract
The aim of this paper was to study the presence of fermentation products in quality Spanish wines aged in oak barrels...

(428) Public preferences for landscape features: The case of agricultural landscape in mountainous Mediterranean areas  Article

Authors: Samir Sayadi, M. Carmen González-Roa and Javier Calatrava-Requena

Source: Land Use Policy, 2009

Abstract
Provision of landscape amenities produced by farmers, in addition to their economic function of producing food and fibre, has contributed to a reassessment of the role of agriculture in society...

(429) Space and motion discomfort and abnormal balance control in patients with anxiety disorders  Article

Authors: Jacob, R G; Redfern, M S; Furman, J M

Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery &Psychiatry, 2009

Abstract
Previous research suggested that panic disorder with agoraphobia is associated with abnormalities on vestibular and balance function tests...

(430) Age-related increase in the immunoproteasome content in rat hippocampus: molecular and functional aspects  Article

Authors: Gavilan, M. Paz; Castano, Angelica; Torres, Manuel; Portavella, Manuel; Caballero, Cristina; Jimenez, Sebastian; Garcia-Martinez, Ana; Parrado, Juan; Vitorica, Javier; Ruano, Diego

Source: Journal of Neurochemistry, 2009

Abstract
Alterations in the proteasome activity in the CNS have been described during aging...

(431) Respiratory potential of maize (Zea mays L.) roots exposed to hypoxia  Article

Authors: D. Vodnik, P. Strajnar, S. Jemc and I. Maček

Source: Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2009

Abstract
When hypoxia is not too severe, root aerobic metabolism can be partly supported by oxygen delivery via aerenchymateous tissues...

(432) Differential Effects of Bifidobacterium pseudolongum Strain Patronus and Metronidazole in the Rat Gut  Article

Authors: Nadia Vasquez, Antonia Suau, Fabien Magne, Philippe Pochart, and Marie-Agnès Pélissier

Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2009

Abstract
In the luminal contents of metronidazole-treated rats, there was a dominant Bifidobacterium species...

(433) Abnormalities of masseter inhibitory reflex in patients with episodic tension-type headache  Article

Authors: Plamen Tzvetanov, Rossen Todoroff Rousseff, and Zdravka Radionova

Source: Journal of Zhejiang University Science, 2009

Abstract
Objective: To investigate the masseter inhibitory reflex (MIR) and its eventual changes in patients with episodic tension-type headache (TTH)...

(434) Neutrase Immobilization on Alginate−Glutaraldehyde Beads by Covalent Attachment  Article

Authors: Natividad Ortega, Manuel Perez-Mateos, María C. Pilar and María D. Busto

Source: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2009

Abstract
Neutrase, a commercial preparation of Bacillus subtilis, was covalently immobilized on alginate−glutaraldehyde beads...

(435) Environmental risk index: A tool to assess the safety of dams for leachate  Article

Authors: Francisco J. Colomer Mendoza,  and Antonio Gallardo Izquierdo

Source: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2009

Abstract
Dams for leachate store very toxic substances that contain a large amount of organic material and, probably, heavy metals; they therefore constitute an important threat to the environment...

(436) Isolation and Characterization of Intestinal Escherichia coli Clones from Wild Boars in Germany  Article

Authors: Peter Schierack, Antje Römer, Jörg Jores, Heike Kaspar, Sebastian Guenther, Matthias Filter, Jürgen Eichberg, and Lothar H. Wieler

Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2009

Abstract
Our understanding of the composition of Escherichia coli populations in wild boars is very limited...

(437) Population dynamics of Epicoccum nigrum, a biocontrol agent against brown rot in stone fruit  Article

Authors: A. De Cal, I. Larena, M. Liñán, R. Torres, N. Lamarca, J. Usall, P. Domenichini, A. Bellini, X.O. de Eribe and P. Melgarejo

Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2009

Abstract
Aims: To study the population dynamics of Epicoccum nigrum on peaches and nectarines and to enhance its colonization on fruit surfaces to improve its biocontrol efficacy against brown rot...

(438) Effect of Independent Variables on Mechanical Properties and Maximization of Aspen—Polypropylene Composites  Article

Authors: Ruijun Gu,  Bohuslav V. Kokta

Source: Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, 2008

Abstract
...The central composite design of Statgraphics Plus is used to determine the optimum concentration of additives and to maximize both the impact as well as tensile strength properties to be superior to that of pure PP...

(439) Erectile dysfunction after transurethral prostatectomy for lower urinary tract symptoms: results from a center with over 500 patients  Article

Authors: Vassilis Poulakis, Nikolaos Ferakis, Ulrich Witzsch, Rachelle de Vries and Eduard Becht

Source: Asian Journal of Andrology, 2006

Abstract
Aim: To identify possible risk factors for erectile dysfunction (ED) after transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)...

(440) Seedling population size and microhabitat association in Lupinus oreganos A. Heller var. kincaidii C.P. Sm. (Fabaceae) a threatened plant of western Oregon grasslands  Article

Author: Paul M Severns

Source: Native Plants Journal, 2008

Abstract
Lupinus oreganus A. Heller var. kincaidii C.P. Sm. (Fabaceae) is a federally listed Threatened, endemic, perennial species of western Oregon grasslands and is the primary host plant for the Endangered Fender’s blue butterfly (Plebejus icarioides fenderi Macy [Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae])...

(441) Effects of Hot Oil Treatment on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Three Species of Philippine Bamboo  Article

Authors: RD Manalo and MN Acda

Source: Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 2009

Abstract
The effects of hot oil treatment on physical and mechanical properties of three species of Philippine bamboo, viz. Bambusa blumeana, B. vulgaris, and Dendrocalamus asper were investigated after exposure to virgin coconut oil at 160 to 200 °C for 30 to 120 min.

(442) Clinical Heterogeneity of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD): Definition of Sub-Phenotypes and Predictive Criteria by Long-Term Follow-Up  Article

Authors: Isabelle Desguerre, Christo Christov, Michele Mayer, Reinhard Zeller, Henri-Marc Becane, Sylvie Bastuji-Garin, France Leturcq, Catherine Chiron, Jamel Chelly, and Romain K. Gherardi

Source: PLoS ONE, 2009

Abstract
Background: To explore clinical heterogeneity of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), viewed as a major obstacle to the interpretation of therapeutic trials...

(443) Impact of pulse oximetry screening on the detection of duct dependent congenital heart disease: a Swedish prospective screening study in 39,821 newborns  Article

Authors: Anne de-Wahl Granelli, Margareta Wennergren, Kenneth Sandberg, Mats Mellander, Carina Bejlum, Leif Inganäs, Monica Eriksson, Niklas Segerdahl, Annelie Ågren, Britt-Marie Ekman-Joelsson, Jan Sunnegårdh, Mario Verdicchio, Ingegerd Östman-Smith

Source: BMJ, 2009

Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the use of pulse oximetry to screen for early detection of life threatening congenital heart disease...

(444) Physicochemical Study of the Sorption of Pesticides by Wood Components  Article

Authors: M. Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz, Marta Valderrábano, Carmen del Hoyo and M. Jesús Sánchez-Martín

Source: Journal of Environmental Quality, 2009

Abstract
The sorption–desorption and interaction mechanisms of three non-ionic (linuron, alachlor, and metalaxyl) and two ionic (paraquat and dicamba) pesticides by three commercial lignins (hydrophobic macromolecule) and cellulose (hydrophilic macromolecule) as wood components were studied...

(445) Ejaculate collection efficiency and post-thaw semen quality in wild-caught Griffon vultures from the Sardinian population  Article

Authors: Manuela Madeddu, Fiammetta Berlinguer, Massimo Ledda, Giovanni G Leoni, Valentina Satta, Sara Succu, Andrea Rotta, Valeria Pasciu, Angelo Zinellu, Marco Muzzeddu, Ciriaco Carru, and Salvatore Naitana

Source: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2009

Abstract
This study aimed to test the feasibility of a programme of semen collection and cryopreservation in Griffon vultures...

(446) Influence of different plant species on water repellency in Mediterranean heathland soils  Article

Authors: Lorena Martínez-Zavala and Antonio Jordán-López

Source: Catena, 2009

Abstract
It is established that soil hydrophobicity reduces soil infiltration rates, and enhances runoff flow and soil erosion...

(447) Determination of drying characteristics of apples in a heat pump and solar dryer  Article

Authors: Mustafa Aktaş, İlhan Ceylan and Sezayi Yilmaz

Source: Desalination, 2009

Abstract
Both a heat pump and solar dryer were designed and manufactured. They were experimentally analyzed by drying apples, and a comparison was made between the two...

(???) Surveillance of Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns among Shigella sonnei Strains Isolated in Belgium during the 18-Year Period 1990 to 2007 Article

Authors: M. Vrints, E. Mairiaux, E. Van Meervenne, J.-M. Collard, and S. Bertrand

Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May, 2009

Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the frequency and pattern of antimicrobial susceptibility of Shigella sonnei, the predominant species causing shigellosis in Belgium...

(???) When is year-class strength determined in western Baltic herring?  Article

Authors: Rainer Oeberst, Birgitt Klenz, Tomas Gröhsler, Mark Dickey-Collas, Richard D. M. Nash and Christopher Zimmermann

Source: ICES Journal of Marine Science, May, 2009

Abstract
Weekly surveys of larvae in the Strelasund and the Greifswalder Bodden were used to investigate when year-class strength is determined in western Baltic spring-spawning (WBSS) herring...

(???) Improvement of the antimicrobial activity of edible mushroom extracts by inhibition of oxidative enzymes  Article

Authors: Pilar Salazwr, Maria Luisa Garcia and Maria Dolores Selgas

Source: International Journal of Food and Science Technology, May, 2009

Abstract
The antimicrobial properties of water and methanol extracts from edible mushroom species were evaluated against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans...

(???) Short-chain fructooligosaccharides as potential functional ingredient in dry fermented sausages with different fat levels  Article

Authors: Pilar Salazwr, Maria Luisa Garcia and Maria Dolores Selgas

Source: International Journal of Food and Science Technology, June, 2009

Abstract
The effects of short-chain fructooligosaccharides (sc-FOS) on colour, textural and sensory properties in dry fermented sausages have been studied...

 

 

 

 

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