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ABSTRACT This paper highlighted the factors affecting market participation by rural smallholder farmers in Alfred Nzo District Municipality. To date, there was no clear assessment done on the horticultural projects within the district to identify contributing factors to poor market participation by smallholder farmers.... |
Objective: To report lid-wiper epitheliopathy (LWE)-like staining at the lower eyelid margin (lower-LWE) and to determine the prevalence of LWE (upper-LWE) and lower-LWE in contact lens (CL) wearers and non-CL wearers. Methods: Four hundred forty-three eyes of 229 non-CL wearers, 405 eyes of 208 soft CL wearers, and 13... |
BGP, the Internet’s interdomain routing protocol, is highly vulnerable to routing failures that result from unintentional misconfigurations or deliberate attacks. To defend against these failures, recent years have seen the adoption of the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI), which currently authorizes 4% of the ... |
This paper presents a methodology for modeling photovoltaic based power stations using state duration sampling technique and Monte Carlo Simulation. To consider the stochastic variations of the output power, a multi-state model is proposed to simulate system behavior. Transition of states is achieved employing Markov C... |
AIM |
To measure glucose penetration and fluid transport through coronal root structure and compare it with leakage along the coronal region of root fillings. |
METHODOLOGY |
A total of 50 single-rooted teeth were selected and divided into three groups. Ten roots were sectioned longitudinally and the apical portion was removed leaving a total length of 9 mm. These 20 half-roots served as group 1: root structure (n = 20). The canals of the remaining 40 roots were prepared to size 50 and fill... |
RESULTS |
The three groups presented significantly different glucose penetration (P < 0.05). The two groups of filled canals showed significant glucose leakage whilst the root structure group did not show any leakage. In the fluid transport model, the root structure group also did not show any leakage. No significant difference ... |
CONCLUSION |
Under the conditions of this study, in both models used, no leakage was observed through root structure. Filled canals were associated with penetration of glucose regardless of the material used.Progesterone and luteinizing hormone secretion following stress-induced interruption of constant estrus in aged rats. |
Concentrations of progesterone and luteinizing hormone (LH) were measured during the first diestrus and subsequent proestrus after constant estrous was interrupted by restraint stress. Stress stimulated an acute increase in serum progesterone. Although stress resulted in changes in vaginal cytology characteristic of no... |
Plant cell wall‐degrading enzymes produced by microorganisms possess important biotechnological applications, including biofuel production. Some anaerobic bacteria are able to produce multienzymatic complexes called cellulosomes while filamentous fungi normally secrete individual hydrolytic enzymes that act synergistic... |
Recent years have witnessed the expeditious development of crowdsourced livecast, also referred to as crowdcast, breeding such industry upstarts as Youtube Live, Twitch Tv, Mixer, Douyu, and so on. Unlike traditional TV-based livecast that provides uniform services, in crowd-cast, service providers are racking their br... |
Intrapartum uterine rupture is a well-documented complication of labor that fortunately is a rare event. The majority of these cases arise in women with scarred uteri secondary to some event such as previous cesarean section myomectomy deep cornual resection metroplasty tubo-cornual anastomosis iatrogenic or traumatic ... |
Ferrites of (Mn+Zn)/sub 1-x/Fe/sub 2+x/O/sub 4+/spl delta// type can be used in space, aeronautical, telecommunication and medical fields, due to their high magnetic permeability and low magnetic losses. This work intends to correlate the Mn/Zn and Fe/(Mn+Zn) ratios of these ferrites with the absorption of energy in th... |
Purpose:the treatment of concomitant gallstones and common bile duct (CBD) stones by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) following laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). The analysis of single-step or separated-step characteristics. Object: during the three years (2015-2017), 68 patients having CBD stones... |
The simple relation between the substrates and products of site-specific recombination raises questions about the control of directionality often observed in this class of DNA transactions. For bacteriophage lambda, viral integration and excision proceed by discrete pathways, and DNA substrates with the intrinsic prope... |
Over the past decade, organic solar cells (OSCs) have received wild attention in scientific community and have been considered one of the most important sources of low-cost electricity production. Recently, OSCs based on star-shaped small molecular (SM) non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) have developed rapidly, and the hig... |
Intestinal ischemia is a common clinical event and reperfusion results in further tissue damage exceeding that of ischemia alone. The present study was designed to test this and to assess the role of pentoxifylline, (administered intravenously as a bolus dose of 25 mg/kg in 1 ml normal saline, followed by continuous in... |
exc:lusioll: In lhe age of globalization. both underdeveloped and overdeveloped cou ntrie s fa ce se rious socio-political problems. Of course. the !>pccific features of those problems differ among reg ions and countri es. but common trends characterize the troubles and '\It/feT ing [hal many people face under runaway ... |
The antitumor activity of porcine cartilage polysaccharide was evaluated by vivo animal models. The Ca761 tumor-bearing mice were treated with daily intraperitoneal injections of normal saline (control group) or cartilage polysaccharide (1500, 3000 or 4500mg/kg CPS group) for 14 days. The results demonstrated that CPS ... |
Together with cultural and social tasks collective management organizations (CMOs) fulfil important economic functions: They ensure the economic participation resulting from the use of works for the sake of authors and right holders when the latter cannot individually manage their rights for practical reasons or becaus... |
A graph is well-covered if every maximal independent set is maximum. This concept, introduced by Plummer in 1970 (J. Combin. Theory 8 (1970)), is the focal point of much interest and current research. We consider well-covered 2-degenerate graphs and supply a structural (and polynomial time algorithm) characterization o... |
The main purpose of the study is to show the importance of retention schedule and recordkeeping in the organization processes and performance. Furthermore, it will focus on the efficiency and effectiveness of record management. Besides, it can lead to decision making process. On these day, some private sector do not aw... |
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Motivation plays an important role in the treatment process of chronic diseases, as treatment requires behavioural change and lifelong adherence to medical recommendations. Periodontitis is a good example of such health condition as to maintain good periodontal health patients have to adhere to a strict oral hygiene re... |
OBJECTIVE |
To examine whether the motivation of patients suffering from chronic periodontitis influences their clinical periodontal condition. |
BASIC RESEARCH DESIGN |
Cross sectional study. |
CLINICAL SETTING |
Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Dental University Clinic, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. |
PARTICIPANTS |
199 adult periodontal patients, aged 20-78 years. |
INTERVENTIONS |
Questionnaire concerning patients' medical and dental history, modified Zychlińscy motivation assessment questionnaire, clinical periodontal examination. |
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES |
The extent of motivation. Periodontal status evaluated with the use of periodontal indices (API, BOP, CPITN). |
RESULTS |
The mean motivation score was 57.4. The mean API and BOP values were 55.7% and 46.4%, respectively. For most of the patients the recorded CPITN value was 3. Correlations were observed between motivation and both API and BOP, and between API and BOP. |
CONCLUSION |
Periodontal patients with greater motivation having better oral health (lower API and BOP) suggests an influence on the quality of their self-management of the disease (i.e. adherence to their oral hygiene regimen).Image-Based Visual Servo Control Of Robots |
Visual servo control offers advantages for flexibility and interactive performance of robotic systems. Design of such systems requires formal analysis of both the image processing requirements and the control strategy for multi-degree-of-freedom systems. Image features may be extracted and interpreted to provide estima... |
Babesiosis is endemic in Pakistan and is one of the most important bovine diseases that cause huge economic losses and high mortality in young animals. A hematobiochemical study was conducted to unveil the difference between diseased and healthy animals in specific districts i.e., Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh and Jhang o... |
With the advent of 1992 European building services engineers will be looking at the possibilities of 'spreading their wings' and working in other countries. Calculation methods will come under close scrutiny. This paper shows how the heat losses for a reference room are calculated in four European countries. The basis ... |
BACKGROUND |
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a clinical syndrome manifested by signs and symptoms of irritation of the median nerve at the level of the carpal tunnel in the wrist. Local corticosteroid injection for carpal tunnel syndrome has been studied but its effectiveness and duration of benefit of local corticosteroid injection for ... |
OBJECTIVES |
To evaluate the effectiveness of local steroid injection for carpal tunnel syndrome versus placebo injection or other non-surgical interventions in improving clinical outcome and to determine the length of symptom relief. |
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