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 AU Taniguchi, S
    Kuroda, K
    Doi, KI
    Inada, K
    Yoshikado, N
    Yoneda, Y
    Tanabe, M
    Shibata, T
    Yoshida, T
    Hatano, T
 AF Taniguchi, Shoko
    Kuroda, Kayo
    Doi, Kou-Ichi
    Inada, Kazutoshi
    Yoshikado, Naomi
    Yoneda, Yuji
    Tanabe, Masahiro
    Shibata, Takashi
    Yoshida, Takashi
    Hatano, Tsutomu
 TI Evaluation of gambir quality based on quantitative analysis of
    polyphenolic constituents
 SO YAKUGAKU ZASSHI-JOURNAL OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
 LA Japanese
 DT Article
 DE gambir; Uncaria gambir; catechin; polyphenol; quantitative analysis
 ID CONDENSED TANNINS; FLAVAN DIMERS; PROCYANIDIN
 AB Gambir (asen'yaku in Japanese), an aqueous extract of leaves and young
    twigs of Uncaria gambir Roxb., has traditionally been used as a
    treatment for diarrhea and dysentery as an internal medicine and for
    sore throat as a gargle. Although it is a pharmacopoeic medicine in
    Japan, the quantitative evaluation of its constituents has not yet been
    adopted in the Japanese pharmacopoeia. We analyzed polyphenolic
    constituents in 31 gambir and related products to establish evaluation
    methods, since gambir contains large amounts of polyphenolic
    constituents. The total flavan contents in the samples revealed using
    the vanillin-HCl estimation method ranged from 24-79%. Reversed-phase
    high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) analysis indicated
    that catechin was the most abundant constituent in each sample, with
    contents in the range of 7-76%. The catechin contents in the gambir
    products between the first and third quartiles were 28-54%. Thus, the
    lower limit of the catechin content in gambir products can be set at
    around 20% for quality management. Fifteen tested samples were
    subjected to HPLC analysis to show the presence of epicatechin (1.5% on
    average) and the dimeric compounds procyanidin B1, procyanidin B3, and
    gambiriin A1 (ca. 1 % each). The molecular weight distributions of
    polymeric flavans in the gambir products were analyzed by gel
    permeation chromatography (GPC) and showed that the average degree of
    polymerization for each sample was 3 to 7. These results indicate that
    the combination of the vanillin-HCl method, RP-HPLC analysis, and GPC
    analysis gives valuable information for evaluating the polyphenolic
    profiles of gambir products.
 C1 Okayama Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dent & Pharmaceut Sci, Okayama 7008530, Japan.
    Taiko Pharmaceut Co Ltd, Suita, Osaka 564, Japan.
    Matsuyama Univ, Coll Pharmaceut Sci, Matsuyama, Ehime 7908577, Japan.
 RP Hatano, T, Okayama Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dent & Pharmaceut Sci, 1-1-1
    Tsushima-naka, Okayama 7008530, Japan.
 EM hatano@pharm.okayama-u.ac.jp
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 NR 17
 TC 0
 PU PHARMACEUTICAL SOC JAPAN
 PI TOKYO
 PA 2-12-15-201 SHIBUYA, SHIBUYA-KU, TOKYO, 150, JAPAN
 SN 0031-6903
 J9 YAKUGAKU ZASSHI-J PHARM SOC J
 JI Yakugaku Zasshi-J. Pharm. Soc. Jpn.
 PY 2007
 VL 127
 IS 8
 BP 1291
 EP 1300
 PG 10
 SC Pharmacology & Pharmacy
 GA 209AI
 UT ISI:000249360100015
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Edwards, JA
    Guppy, A
    Cockerton, T
 AF Edwards, Julian A.
    Guppy, Andrew
    Cockerton, Tracey
 TI A longitudinal study exploring the relationships between occupational
    stressors, non-work stressors, and work performance
 SO WORK AND STRESS
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE stressors; non-work stressors; performance; structural equation
    modelling; longitudinal; work-related stress
 ID JOB-PERFORMANCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; METHOD VARIANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL
    RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT STANDARDS; ROLE AMBIGUITY; MENTAL-HEALTH;
    META-ANALYSIS; FIT INDEXES; SATISFACTION
 AB There is a lack of intricate research into the relationships between
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    workplace. This study has important implications for theory,
    methodology and statistical analysis, and practice in the field of
    work-related stressors and performance.
 C1 Univ Portsmouth, Dept Psychol, Portsmouth PO1 2DY, Hants, England.
    Univ Coll Chester, Chester, Cheshire, England.
    Middlesex Univ, Sch Hlth & Social Sci, London N17 8HR, England.
 RP Edwards, JA, Univ Portsmouth, Dept Psychol, Kenry Henry Bldg,King Henry
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 PI ABINGDON
 PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXON, ENGLAND
 SN 0267-8373
 J9 WORK STRESS
 JI Work Stress
 PD APR-JUN
 PY 2007
 VL 21
 IS 2
 BP 99
 EP 116
 PG 18
 SC Psychology, Applied
 GA 195JW
 UT ISI:000248409500001
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 PT J
 AU Spector, PE
    Coulter, ML
    Stockwell, HG
    Matz, MW
 AF Spector, Paul E.
    Coulter, Martha L.
    Stockwell, Heather G.
    Matz, Mary W.
 TI Perceived violence climate: A new construct and its relationship to
    workplace physical violence and verbal aggression, and their potential
    consequences
 SO WORK AND STRESS
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE violence climate; verbal aggression; healthcare; perceived violence;
    work-related stress
 ID SAFETY CLIMATE; NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL-SAFETY; JOB
    STRESSORS; WORK; MODEL; BEHAVIOR; STRAINS; ORGANIZATION; PERFORMANCE
 AB Workplace accidents and violence are both potential sources of employee
    injuries that have been dealt with in entirely separate literatures. In
    this study we adapted the concept of safety climate from the
    accident/injury literature to violence in developing the concept of
    perceived. violence climate. A scale was developed to assess perceived
    violence climate, including items about management attention, concern,
    and policies designed to keep employees safe from violence. Data were
    collected from a sample of 198 nurses from a US Hospital. Perceived
    violence climate was found to correlate significantly with both
    physical violence and verbal aggression experienced by the nurses,
    injury from violence, and perceptions of workplace danger. Furthermore,
    regression analyses showed that climate explained additional variance
    in psychological strain and perceptions of danger over experienced
    violence. These results have implications for interventions aimed at
    producing a good perceived violence climate in order to reduce the
    incidence of violence and aggression within an organization.
 C1 Univ S Florida, Dept Psychol, PCD4118, Tampa, FL 33620 USA.
    Univ S Florida, Dept Community & Family Hlth, Tampa, FL 33620 USA.
    Univ S Florida, Dept Epidemiol & Biostat, Tampa, FL 33620 USA.
    VISN 8 Patient Safety Ctr Inquiry, Dept Vet Affairs Med Ctr, Tampa, FL USA.
 RP Spector, PE, Univ S Florida, Dept Psychol, PCD4118, Tampa, FL 33620 USA.
 EM spector@shell.cas.usf.edu
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 PI ABINGDON
 PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXON, ENGLAND
 SN 0267-8373
 J9 WORK STRESS
 JI Work Stress
 PD APR-JUN
 PY 2007
 VL 21
 IS 2
 BP 117
 EP 130
 PG 14
 SC Psychology, Applied
 GA 195JW
 UT ISI:000248409500002
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 PT J
 AU Burger, CM
    Bayer, P
    Finkel, M
 AF Buerger, Claudius M.
    Bayer, Peter
    Finkel, Michael
 TI Algorithmic funnel-and-gate system design optimization
 SO WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; OUTER APPROXIMATION METHOD;
    GROUNDWATER-REMEDIATION; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; HYDRAULIC DESIGN;
    SIMULATION; ADAPTATION; MANAGEMENT; PLUMES
 AB Funnel-and-gate systems ( FGSs), which constitute a common variant of
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    comparison of three different encodings reveals their significance
    concerning the search progress and its success. Among the found optimal
    and near-optimal design solutions, mutual patterns were recognized. In
    particular, a large central barrier seems to be a superior feature.
 C1 Univ Tubingen, Ctr Appl Geosci, Tubingen, Germany.
 RP Burger, CM, Univ Tubingen, Ctr Appl Geosci, Tubingen, Germany.
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 PU AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
 PI WASHINGTON
 PA 2000 FLORIDA AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20009 USA
 SN 0043-1397
 J9 WATER RESOUR RES
 JI Water Resour. Res.
 PD AUG 24
 PY 2007
 VL 43
 IS 8
 AR W08426
 DI ARTN W08426
 PG 19
 SC Environmental Sciences; Limnology; Water Resources
 GA 204IR
 UT ISI:000249037700001
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Duff, GC
 AF Duff, Glenn C.
 TI Integrating lifetime nutrition: From cow/calf to stocker to feedlot
 SO VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-FOOD ANIMAL PRACTICE
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID WINTER-WHEAT PASTURE; EARLY-WEANED STEERS; CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS;
    BEEF STEERS; RUMINAL FERMENTATION; DIGESTA KINETICS; CALF PERFORMANCE;
    BODY-COMPOSITION; TALL FESCUE; GROWTH
 AB Given the diversity of nutritional background of beef cattle, the more
    information the nutritionist can acquire, the better the nutritional
    management programs during the finishing period can be developed. Some
    factors that should be accounted for include weaning status and
    previous growing treatments. Working cattle up on feed and bunk
    management continue to be a challenge for nutritional consultants. Use
    of anabolic implants continues to be one of the most effective
    management programs; however carcass quality may be affected with some
    implants.
 C1 Univ Arizona, Dept Anim Sci, Coll Agr & Life Sci, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA.
 RP Duff, GC, Univ Arizona, Dept Anim Sci, Coll Agr & Life Sci, 217 Shantz
    Bldg,POB 210038, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA.
 EM gduff@ag.arizona.edu
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    Lechtenberg, KF
 AF Nagaraja, T. G.
    Lechtenberg, Kelly F.
 TI Acidosis in feedlot cattle
 SO VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-FOOD ANIMAL PRACTICE
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID SUBACUTE RUMINAL ACIDOSIS; INDUCED LACTIC-ACIDOSIS; DISTILLERS
    BY-PRODUCTS; HIGH CONCENTRATE DIETS; HIGH MOISTURE CORN;
    STREPTOCOCCUS-BOVIS; FINISHING PERFORMANCE; MEGASPHAERA-ELSDENII;
    FEEDING COMBINATIONS; CILIATED PROTOZOA
 AB Mortality from digestive diseases in feedlot cattle is second only to
    that from respiratory diseases. Acidosis is a major digestive disorder
    and is likely to continue because of ongoing attempts to improve the
    efficiency of beef production by feeding more grain and less roughage.
    Subacute acidosis is the most prevalent form of acidosis in feedlots
    but is difficult to diagnose because of the absence of overt clinical
    signs. Control of acidosis is achieved largely by sound nutritional
    management. No single strategy or solution exists; however, an
    effective management strategy should factor in dietary formulation, a
    consistent feeding program, prudent bunk management, use of nonstarch
    by-products, and feed additives to minimize pen-to-pen and
    animal-to-animal variations in feed intake.
 C1 Kansas State Univ, Coll Vet Med, Dept Diagnost Med Pathobiol, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA.
    Midwest Vet Serv Inc, Oakland, NE 68405 USA.
 RP Nagaraja, TG, Kansas State Univ, Coll Vet Med, Dept Diagnost Med
    Pathobiol, 305 Coles Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA.
 EM tnagaraj@vet.k-state.edu
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 AU Nagaraja, TG
    Lechtenberg, KF
 AF Nagaraja, T. G.
    Lechtenberg, Kelly F.
 TI Liver abscesses in feedlot cattle
 SO VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-FOOD ANIMAL PRACTICE
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID BOVINE HEPATIC-ABSCESSES; FUSOBACTERIUM-NECROPHORUM LEUKOTOXIN;
    NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY-RESPONSE; ALL-CONCENTRATE RATIONS; IMPROVED
    WEIGHT GAINS; ACTINOMYCES-PYOGENES; CORYNEBACTERIUM PYOGENES;
    FUSIFORMIS NECROPHORUS; EXPERIMENTAL-INFECTION; PATHOGENIC SYNERGY
 AB Liver abscesses in feedlot cattle result from aggressive grain-feeding
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    that are less fermentable may aide in the quest for cattle production
    techniques that lead to lower usage of antimicrobials. A vaccine is
    also commercially available.
 C1 Kansas State Univ, Coll Vet Med, Dept Diagnost Med Pathobiol, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA.
    Midwest Vet Serv Inc, Oakland, NE 68045 USA.
 RP Nagaraja, TG, Kansas State Univ, Coll Vet Med, Dept Diagnost Med
    Pathobiol, 305 Coles Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA.
 EM tnagaraj@vet.k-state.edu
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 AU Lobago, F
    Bekana, M
    Gustafsson, H
    Kindahl, H
 AF Lobago, Fikre
    Bekana, Merga
    Gustafsson, Hans
    Kindahl, Hans
 TI Longitudinal observation on reproductive and lactation performances of
    smallholder crossbred dairy cattle in Fitche, Oromia region, central
    Ethiopia
 SO TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE crossbred cattle; Ethiopia; lactation; reproductive performance;
    smallholder
 ID COASTAL TANZANIA; COWS; PRODUCTIVITY; HIGHLANDS; CROSSES; GROWTH;
    SYSTEM; FARMS
 AB A two-year longitudinal study was conducted to assess the reproductive
    and lactation performances of smallholder crossbred dairy cattle in
    Fitche, central Ethiopia. Twenty-four smallholder dairy farms were
    monitored and data on reproductive, breeding, lactation and management
    aspects of crossbred dairy cows (n=69) were collected and analysed.
    Moreover, milk samples were collected and analysed for progesterone.
    The overall Least-squares means for calving interval (CI), calving to
    conception interval (CCI) and first observed oestrus after calving were
    516, 253 and 141 days, respectively. Suckling significantly prolonged
    these intervals. The mean first onset of luteal activity (OLA) after
    calving was 52 days, while 67.4% (n=43) had a delayed (> 55 days)
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    the estimated daily milk yield. In conclusion, the present study
    indicated that the smallholder crossbred dairy cows in the study area
    had prolonged intervals to first oestrus after calving, to conception
    and to the next calving, and thus their reproductive performance is
    unsatisfactory. Delayed first onset of luteal activity (postpartum
    anoestrus) contributed to these extended intervals. Further detailed
    investigation is suggested to examine the effects of other relevant
    factors on the reproductive and lactation performances of smallholder
    crossbred dairy cows for appropriate intervention.
 C1 Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Clin Sci, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden.
    Addis Ababa Univ, Fac Med Vet, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia.
    Swedish Dairy Assoc, SE-63184 Uppsala, Sweden.
 RP Lobago, F, Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Clin Sci, Box 7054, SE-75007
    Uppsala, Sweden.
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 AU Radil, K
    Dellacorte, C
    Zeszotek, M
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    Dellacorte, Chris
    Zeszotek, Michelle
 TI Thermal management techniques for oil-free turbomachinery systems
 SO TRIBOLOGY TRANSACTIONS
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 DT Article
 DE foil air bearing; gas bearing; turbomachinery
 ID FOIL AIR BEARINGS; JOURNAL BEARINGS; PERFORMANCE
 AB Tests were performed to evaluate three different methods of utilizing
    air to provide thermal management control for compliant journal foil
    air bearings. The effectiveness of the methods was based on bearing
    bulk temperature and axial thermal gradient reductions during air
    delivery. The first method utilized direct impingement of air on the
    inner surface of a hollow test journal during operation. The second,
    less indirect method achieved heat removal by blowing air inside the
    test journal parallel to the shaft axis to simulate air flowing axially
    through a hollow shaft. The third method emulated the most common
    approach to removing heat by forcing air axially through the bearing's
    support structure. Internal bearing temperatures were measured with
    three type K thermocouples embedded in the bearing that measured
    general internal temperatures and axial thermal gradients. Testing was
    performed in a 1 atm, 260 degrees C ambient environment with the
    bearing operating at 60 krpm, and supporting a load of 222 N. Air
    volumetric flows of 0.06, 0.11, and 0.17 m(3)/min at approximately 150
    to 200 degrees C were used. The tests indicate that all three methods
    provide thermal management but at different levels of effectiveness.
    Axial cooling of the bearing support strucure had a greater effect on
    the bulk temperature for each air flow and demonstrated that the
    thermal gradients could be influenced by the directionality of the
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 AF Ismail, Tariq H.
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    practices
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 DE balanced scorecard; medium enterprises; management accounting;
    performance evaluation; Egyptian private sector
 ID BALANCED SCORECARD
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    sector companies in an Egyptian context and pinpoints obstacles that
    may limit the adoption of the balanced scorecard (BSC). The analysis of
    survey results reveals that companies rely on both financial and
    non-financial measures of performance evaluation. The profit margin, as
    a financial measure, is the most commonly used performance measure.
    Customer satisfaction is the most commonly used non-financial measure
    of performance evaluation. The BSC has wide-spread use in Egyptian
    companies but the level of use of multi-dimensional indicators is
    significantly low. The survey provides considerable insight into
    obstacles inhibiting the adoption of the balanced scorecard. The most
    significant obstacle is the inadequacy of implemented information
    systems.
 C1 Cairo Univ, Fac Commerce, Giza, Egypt.
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    Broekhuis, M
    Emans, B
    Molleman, E
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    Broekhuis, Manda
    Emans, Ben
    Molleman, Eric
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    systems
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 LA English
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    system; belief in the system
 ID PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; ORGANIZATIONS; EMPOWERMENT;
    BEHAVIOR; MODEL; WORK; RULE
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    Management System ( QMS) procedures and rules, and two of the most
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    the workers. The effectiveness of a QMS may therefore benefit from
    management tools aimed at promoting desired behaviour. The result could
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    social support and personalized responsibility. Data were obtained by
    conducting a survey and by interviewing employees of a large gas
    company. We found positive relationships between all three
    accountability factors and belief in the QMS as well as use of the QMS.
    Personalized responsibility and social support appeared to strengthen
    the relationship between system clarity and belief in the QMS, whereas
    the same factors appeared to weaken the relationship between system
    clarity and use of the QMS. Apart from being motivators in themselves,
    the three accountability factors thus seem to form a system of
    interrelated factors.
 C1 Univ Groningen, Fac Management & Org, NL-9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands.
 RP Turusbekova, N, Univ Groningen, Fac Management & Org, POB 800, NL-9700
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 AF Chang, Hsin Hsin
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    relationship management
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 DE customer relationship management; business process reengineering;
    organizational learning; relationship quality; organizational
    performance
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    SERVICES; MODEL
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    relationship between Business Process Reengineering ( BPR),
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    of CRM. BPR involves staff reward and training, organizational
    structure, and information technology tools. Organizational learning
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    Relationship Quality involves trust, satisfaction and commitment, which
    are intended to be increased by the implementation. The Balanced
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    growth, customer, and financial performance perspectives. Overall, the
    study supports the proposition relationship between the four
    perspectives. The actual implementation of CRM is believed by the
    respondents to contribute to an improvement in relationship quality and
    organizational performance, and the consensus is that implementation of
    a CRM system should be preceded by BPR and organizational learning.
 C1 Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Dept Business Adm, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
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    Dan, G
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    Dan, Guo
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    and without TQM; the other is among TQM companies. The findings provide
    evidence that TQM can positively impact firm performance depending on
    the degree of implementation.
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 AF Yu, Sui-Hua
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 LA English
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    banking industry
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    received growing attention in the customer satisfaction literature.
    However, there has been limited work linking customer satisfaction to
    customer profitability. Specifically, most empirical studies conduct
    firm- wide or business- level tests, but few investigate if individual
    customers' satisfaction with products or services drives their purchase
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    most tests. At RBANK, individual- level customer revenue and costs both
    increase as customer satisfaction improves, but no significant relation
    exists between customer satisfaction and customer profitability. These
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    segmentation, customer retention, and the implementation of a balanced
    scorecard. Furthermore, this study highlights a way for managers to
    analyze customer value, which is beneficial for long- term customer
    relationship management.
 C1 Natl Chung Cheng Univ, Dept Accounting & Informat Sci, Chiayi 621, Taiwan.
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 AU Ghanima, W
    Sandset, PM
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    Sandset, P. M.
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    D-Dimer) in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE)
 SO THROMBOSIS RESEARCH
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE D-dimer; pulmonary embolism; sensitivity; specificity; ROC curve
 ID LIATEST D-DIMER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY;
    OUTPATIENTS; EXCLUSION; DIAGNOSIS; MANAGEMENT; ASSAY; THROMBOSIS;
    PERFORMANCE
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    for D-dimer testing (AxSYM D-Dimer) based on microparticle
    enzyme-immunoassay technology by comparing it with three well
    established D-dimer assays.
    Patients and methods: The performance of the new assay was evaluated in
    280 plasma samples that were collected prospectively from out-patients
    included in a management study evaluating a decision based algorithm.
    Results: 58/280 patients (21%) had PE diagnosed by CT Median values of
    AxSYM D-dimer in patients with PE were 3689 ng/mL (range 775-9000).
    Comparison analysis displayed excellent agreement with VIDAS
    (kappa=0.84) and Asserachrom (kappa=0.81) D-dimer assays. A strong
    correlation was found between AxSYM and the VIDAS (r=0.96) and
    Asserachrom (r=0.89) D-dimer assays. The highest cut-off value for
    AxSYM that yielded a sensitivity of 100% was 765 ng/mL with a
    specificity of 50%. At the cut-off level < 500 ng/mL, the sensitivity
    and specificity of AxSYM D-dimer were 100% and 34%; VIDAS 100% and 42%;
    Asserachrom 100% and 40%; and STALiatest 100% and 37%, respectively.
    AxSYM D-dimer was negative in 75 patients (33.8%). None of these had PE
    at the initial work-up or VTE during the 3-month follow-up.
    Conclusions: AxSYM D-dimer seems to be safe and effective in ruling out
    PE in outpatients. The cut-off level can be set at 500 to 750 ng/mL, at
    which the assay displays a performance that is comparable to that of
    the ELISA based assays. However, further studies are needed to confirm
    the safety of the assay and to determine the most optimal cut-off level
    in patients with venous thromboembolism. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier
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 C1 Ostfold Hosp Trust Fredrikstad, Dept Med, N-1603 Fredrikstad, Norway.
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 AU Dempfle, CE
    Suvajac, N
    Elmas, E
    Borggrefe, M
 AF Dempfle, Carl-Erik
    Suvajac, Nenad
    Elmas, Elif
    Borggrefe, Martin
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    measurement of D-dimer in plasma and whole blood: PATHFAST(TM) D-dimer
 SO THROMBOSIS RESEARCH
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID DIAGNOSTIC WORK-UP; SUSPECTED PULMONARY-EMBOLISM; DEEP-VEIN THROMBOSIS;
    LINEAR-REGRESSION PROCEDURES; CARDIAC D-DIMER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;
    CLINICAL-ASSESSMENT; MANAGEMENT; EXCLUSION; IMMUNOASSAY
 AB D-dimer is an indicator for in vivo fibrin formation, reflecting the
    formation of fibrin crosslinked by factor XIIIa. D-dimer assays are
    frequently used in emergency situations, such as diagnosis of venous
    thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, or disseminated intravascular
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    D-dimer both in the high range, as well as in the normal range.
    Intra-assay and inter-assay coefficients of variation (CV) were below
    10%. The upper limit of normal (ULN=mean value measured in 100 samples
    from healthy blood donors+2xS.D.) was approximately 1 mu g/ml FEU,
    using the assay-specific calibration. The maximal value measured in 20
    replicates of calibrator 1 containing no D-dimer antigen was 0.00052 mu
    g/ml FEU, and this 10-fold lower than the declared detection limit of
    0.005 mu g/ml FEU. In conclusion, the PATHFAST D-dimer assay is the
    first automated fully quantitative D-dimer assay, which can use plasma
    and whole blood as sample materials in parallel. (c) 2006 Published by
    Elsevier Ltd.
 C1 Univ Hosp Mannheim, Dept Med 1, D-68167 Mannheim, Germany.
 RP Dempfle, CE, Univ Hosp Mannheim, Dept Med 1, Theodor Kutzer Ufer 1-3,
    D-68167 Mannheim, Germany.
 EM cart-erik.dempfle@med.ma.uni-heidelberg.de
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 AU Mercado, E
    Alman, B
    Wright, JG
 AF Mercado, Eyal
    Alman, Benjamin
    Wright, James G.
 TI Does spinal fusion influence quality of life in neuromuscular scoliosis?
 SO SPINE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE quality of life; spinal fusion; neuromuscular scoliosis; spina bifida;
    cerebral palsy; duchene muscular dystrophy
 ID DUCHENNE MUSCULAR-DYSTROPHY; SEVERE CEREBRAL-PALSY; POSTERIOR
    INSTRUMENTATION; SURGICAL-MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL-DISABILITY; UNIT ROD;
    CHILDREN; SURGERY; BIFIDA; MYELOMENINGOCELE
 AB Study Design. Systematic literature review of articles pertaining to
    quality of life (QOL) in neuromuscular scoliosis patients that
    underwent spinal fusion.
    Objective. To determine if QOL is improved by scoliosis surgery in
    neuromuscular patients.
    Summary of Background Data. The primary focus of most prior on
    neuromuscular scoliosis has been on the technical correction of spinal
    deformities, and not the child's postoperative performance and function
    in activities of daily living.
    Methods. Computer-based English literature search of Google and PubMed
    databases.
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    recommendation).
 C1 Hosp Sick Children, Div Orthopaed Surg, Toronto, ON M5A 1X8, Canada.
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 AU Minhas, PS
    Dubey, SK
    Sharma, DR
 AF Minhas, P. S.
    Dubey, S. K.
    Sharma, D. R.
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 SO SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE irrigation water quality; monsoon climate; paddy-wheat system; residual
    alkalinity; saline soils; sodic soils
 ID SODIC IRRIGATIONS; YIELDS; SALINITY; INDIA; MANAGEMENT; ROTATION;
    BUILDUP; GYPSUM; SAR
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    exchangeable sodium per cent (ESP) 1.0-1.8 times SARiw. Yields of paddy
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    56-74% during the period 2000-2004 compared with 81-88% for wheat,
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    Elevated levels of sulphate rather than chloride in the irrigation
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    functions showed that the sodicity (ESP) did not solely explain the
    variation in crop yields because the salinity stress simultaneously
    inhibited growth. None of the sodicity indices (RSC, SAR and adj.R-Na)
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    The monsoon rains played an important role in alleviating the effects
    of residual alkalinity. Data presented here should support the
    development of more reliable criteria for the assessment of
    sodicity/salinity hazards from AW in semi-arid regions.
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 AU Khoury, V
    Harris, PG
    Cardinal, E
 AF Khoury, Viviane
    Harris, Patrick G.
    Cardinal, Etienne
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 SO SEMINARS IN MUSCULOSKELETAL RADIOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE magnetic resonance imaging; wrist arthroscopy; wrist ligaments;
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 ID TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE COMPLEX; SCAPHOLUNATE INTEROSSEOUS LIGAMENT;
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 PY 2007
 VL 11
 IS 1
 BP 36
 EP 47
 PG 12
 SC Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
 GA 195OS
 UT ISI:000248422100005
 ER
 
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 AU Je, CH
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 AF Je, Chung-hwan
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 SO SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
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    All rights reserved.
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 PA PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
 SN 0048-9697
 J9 SCI TOTAL ENVIR
 JI Sci. Total Environ.
 PD SEP 1
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 VL 382
 IS 2-3
 BP 364
 EP 374
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 SC Environmental Sciences
 GA 195OO
 UT ISI:000248421700018
 ER
 
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    de Oliveira Silva, Francisco Carlos
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 LA Portuguese
 DT Article
 DE alternative feedstuff; feeding management; post weaning; initial phase
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 SC Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science; Veterinary Sciences
 GA 205FV
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 SN 0936-6768
 J9 REPROD DOMEST ANIM
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 PD SEP
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 VL 42
 SU Suppl. 2
 BP 17
 EP 23
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 SC Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science; Reproductive Biology; Veterinary
    Sciences
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 AF Hermes, R.
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 SO REPRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS
 LA English
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 AU Huang, K
    Provan, KG
 AF Huang, Kun
    Provan, Keith G.
 TI Structural embeddedness and organizational social outcomes in a
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 SO PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REVIEW
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE collaboration; embeddedness; mental health services; public networks;
    social outcomes
 ID INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONS; LAW FIRMS; PERFORMANCE; EXCHANGE;
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 AB This article is an examination of the effects of network involvement,
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    network members. Results from a network survey of a publicly funded
    health and human service network generally confirm our hypotheses and
    suggest additional work on the topic,
 C1 New Mexico State Univ, Dept Govt, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA.
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 RP Huang, K, New Mexico State Univ, Dept Govt, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA.
 EM kunhuang@nmsu.edu
    kprovan@email.arizona.edu
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    Foon, LM
 AF McCourt, Willy
    Foon, Lee Meng
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 SO PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REVIEW
 LA English
 DT Article
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    policy transfer; public management
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 AB This article uses a case study of public human resource management
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    requires an understanding of those roots, especially when there is a
    significant distance in cultural, political, economic or linguistic
    terms between the countries transferred from and to.
 C1 Univ Manchester, Inst Dev Policy & Management, Manchester M13 9QS, Lancs, England.
 RP McCourt, W, Univ Manchester, Inst Dev Policy & Management, Harold
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 EM willy.mccourt@man.ac.uk
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 AU Guthrie, J
    Neumann, R
 AF Guthrie, James
    Neumann, Ruth
 TI Economic and non-financial performance indicators in universities - The
    establishment of a performance-driven system for Australian higher
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 SO PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REVIEW
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE accounting change; Australian higher education policy; knowledge
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 AB This article presents the findings of a project investigating the
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    at system and institutional levels are described. Several key issues
    are identified as arising from contemporary government policies. These
    issues, which form the basis for the suggested future research agenda,
    touch the core of university purposes and operations and need thought
    and resolution to ensure the long-term success of Australian public
    universities.
 C1 Univ Sydney, Fac Econ & Business, Discipline Accounting & Business Law, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
    Macquarie Univ, Macquarie Grad Sch Management, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
 RP Guthrie, J, Univ Sydney, Fac Econ & Business, Discipline Accounting &
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 EM j.guthrie@econ.usyd.edu.au
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 AU Bearzi, C
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 AF Bearzi, Claudia
    Rota, Marcello
    Hosoda, Toru
    Tillmanns, Jochen
    Nascirnbene, Angelo
    De Angelis, Antonella
    Yasuzawa-Amano, Saori
    Trofimova, Irina
    Siggins, Robert W.
    LeCapitaine, Nicole
    Cascapera, Stefano
    Beltrami, Antonio P.
    D'Alessandro, David A.
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    Quaini, Federico
    Urbanek, Konrad
    Michler, Robert E.
    Bolli, Roberto
    Kajstura, Jan
    Leri, Annarosa
    Anversa, Piero
 TI Human cardiac stem cells
 SO PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF
    AMERICA
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE generation of human myocardium; progenitor cells; stem cell niches
 ID ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS; MYOCARDIAL REGENERATION; BONE-MARROW;
    POLYARTERITIS-NODOSA; TELOMERE LENGTH; HEART-FAILURE; MULTIPOTENT;
    SUBPOPULATIONS; INFARCTION
 AB The identification of cardiac progenitor cells in mammals raises the
    possibility that the human heart contains a population of stem cells
    capable of generating cardiomyocytes and coronary vessels. The
    characterization of human cardiac stem cells (hCSCs) would have
    important clinical implications for the management of the failing
    heart. We have established the conditions for the isolation and
    expansion of c-kit-positive hCSCs from small samples of myocardium.
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    form functionally competent human myocardium after infarction in
    immunocompromised animals. Here, we report the identification in vitro
    of a class of human c-kit-positive cardiac cells that possess the
    fundamental properties of stem cells: they are self-renewing,
    clonogenic, and multipotent. hCSCs differentiate predominantly into
    cardiomyocytes and, to a lesser extent, into smooth muscle cells and
    endothelial cells. When locally injected in the infarcted myocardium of
    immunodeficient mice and immuno-suppressed rats, hCSCs generate a
    chimeric heart, which contains human myocardium composed of myocytes,
    coronary resistance arterioles, and capillaries. The human myocardium
    is structurally and functionally integrated with the rodent myocardium
    and contributes to the performance of the infarcted heart.
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    confirmed by the Cre-lox strategy. Thus, hCSCs can be isolated and
    expanded in vitro for subsequent autologous regeneration of dead
    myocardium in patients affected by heart failure of ischemic and
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 C1 New York Med Coll, Cardiovasc Res Inst, Dept Med, Valhalla, NY 10595 USA.
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 RP Anversa, P, New York Med Coll, Cardiovasc Res Inst, Dept Med, Vosburgh
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 EM piero-anversa@nymc.edu
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 AU Katragadda, S
    Schubiner, H
 AF Katragadda, Sreenivas
    Schubiner, Howard
 TI ADHD in children, adolescents, and adults
 SO PRIMARY CARE
 LA English
 DT Review
 ID DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY
    DISORDER; COMORBIDITY SURVEY REPLICATION; TERM ATOMOXETINE TREATMENT;
    RANDOMIZED CLINICAL-TRIAL; FILM-COATED TABLETS; DOUBLE-BLIND; ILLICIT
    USE; LONG-TERM; PRESCRIPTION STIMULANTS
 AB Attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a commonly
    occurring, heritable neurobehavioral disorder distributed worldwide
    that does not typically resolve after childhood. The significant impact
    of ADHD on an individual's family, relationships, educational
    performance, and performance at work is now well established. Medical
    treatment of ADHD is effective, not only alleviating symptoms but also
    improving overall functioning. It is imperative that primary care
    physicians be well versed in this disorder and its clinical features
    across the age groups. The primary care physician should be able to
    screen, diagnose, educate, and initiate medication management in
    patients with uncomplicated ADHD.
 C1 Wayne State Univ, Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Detroit, MI 48201 USA.
    Dartmouth Hitchcock Med Ctr, Dept Psychiat, Lebanon, NH 03766 USA.
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 AU Rieta, JJ
    Hornero, F
 AF Rieta, Jose Joaquin
    Hornero, Fernando
 TI Comparative study of methods for ventricular activity cancellation in
    atrial electrograms of atrial fibrillation
 SO PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE atrial fibrillation; electrogram; signal processing; independent
    component analysis
 ID FREQUENCY-ANALYSIS; SURFACE ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS; EXTRACTION;
    TACHYARRHYTHMIAS; ACTIVATION; PRINCIPLES; MANAGEMENT; SEPARATION;
    SURGERY; NOISE
 AB Atrial fibrillation is a very common cardiovascular disease in clinical
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    ( AVC) on a database of 20 patients. A performance comparative analysis
    was carried out by evaluating epicardial atrial waveform similarity (
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    atrial rhythm regularity on a beat-by-beat basis. Results indicate
    that, when the epicardial atrial rhythm is quite organized, ICA is able
    to preserve the atrial waveform very precisely and better than the
    other methods ( median S = 99.64% +/- 0.31% in contrast to 95.18% +/-
    2.71% for TMS and 94.76% +/- 4.12% for AVC). Moreover, ventricular
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    the other hand, when the atrial activity is disorganized, TMS notably
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    in waveform preservation ( S = 98.22% +/- 1.53%) whereas AVC remains
    similar ( S = 93.74% +/- 4.38%). In conclusion, ICA can be considered
    as notably the best approach to reduce ventricular activity from
    unipolar atrial electrograms in organized atrial arrhythmias. On the
    other hand, both TMS and ICA give quite similar results when the atrial
    arrhythmia is disorganized.
 C1 Valencia Univ Technol, Biomed Synergy, Gandia 46730, Spain.
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 RP Rieta, JJ, Valencia Univ Technol, Biomed Synergy, Campus Gandia, Gandia
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    slightly enriched uranium fuel into the Embalse CANDU reactor
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 DT Article
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    areas: reactor physics and fuel management, fuel performance, and
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    thermalhydraulics analyses of three accident scenarios for a full core
    of SEU fuel bundles: (i) slow loss-of-reactivity control (LORC) event,
    (ii) large-break loss-of-coolant accident (LBLOCA) with emergency core
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    accident scenarios possibly encountered during the demonstration
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    concluded that introducing SEU fuel into the Embalse CANDU reactor is
    feasible. Clear advantages (e.g., fuel cost saving, increase in fuel
    exit burnup, and reduction in spent fuel volume) have been identified.
    The reduction in maximum bundle powers and the shift of the maximum
    bundle-power location to the inlet of the channel for the SEU fuel
    improve operating and safety margins. These margins are higher with the
    CANFLEX SEU fuel than the 37-element SEU fuel, due to lower linear
    powers and improved thermalhydraulic design. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All
    fights reserved.
 C1 Atom Energy Canada Ltd, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, Canada.
    Nucleoelectr Argentina SA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina.
    Atom Energy Canada Ltd, Mississauga, ON L5K 1B2, Canada.
 RP Leung, LKH, Atom Energy Canada Ltd, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, Canada.
 EM leungl@aecl.ca
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 AU Wagner, CP
    Jennings, MJ
    Kampa, JM
    Wahl, DH
 AF Wagner, Curtis P.
    Jennings, Martin J.
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    Wahl, David H.
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    passive integrated transponders
 SO NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID SURGICAL IMPLANTATION; ESOX-MASQUINONGY; ATLANTIC SALMON; PIT TAGS;
    FISH; SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE; RECAPTURE; WISCONSIN; MORTALITY
 AB Mark-recapture studies are an important component of fisheries research
    and management. Underlying assumptions of such studies include minimal
    tag loss and negligible effects on the behavior, fitness, and survival
    of tagged individuals. Passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags are
    becoming increasingly commonplace, largely because of their small size,
    ease of implantation, longevity, and reportedly high rates of
    retention. We evaluated tag retention and survival and growth effects
    on age-0 muskellunge Esox masquinongy marked with PIT tags at two
    implantation sites, the peritoneal cavity and the dorsal musculature,
    during overwinter trials in Illinois and Wisconsin. For both trials, no
    significant differences in survival (88.0-89.8%), relative daily growth
    (0.0006-100062 mm.mm(-1).d(-1)), or tag retention (99.5-99.8%) were
    observed among the two implantation groups and a control group.
    Survival and tag retention were also similar between trials. Our
    findings suggest that PIT tags implanted either in the peritoneal
    cavity or the dorsal musculature are acceptable for use in marking
    age-0 muskellunge.
 C1 Illinois Nat Hist Survey, Kaskaskia Biol Stn, Sect Aquat Ecol & Conservat, Sullivan, IL 61951 USA.
    Wisconsin Dept Nat Resources, Bur Integrated Sci Serv, Spooner, WI 54801 USA.
 RP Wagner, CP, Illinois Nat Hist Survey, Kaskaskia Biol Stn, Sect Aquat
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 AU Giurco, D
    Petrie, JG
 AF Giurco, D.
    Petrie, J. G.
 TI Strategies for reducing the carbon footprint of copper: New
    technologies, more recycling or demand management?
 SO MINERALS ENGINEERING
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE environmental; modelling; mining; mineral processing; recycling
 ID SUSTAINABILITY; FOCUS
 AB Existing approaches to reducing environmental impacts along the metal
    production and consumption chain are focused largely at the plant scale
    for primary production, rather than considering the whole metal cycle.
    As such, many opportunities for systemic improvements are overlooked.
    This paper develops an approach to designing preferred futures for
    entire metal cycles that deliver reduced carbon footprints. Dynamic
    material flow models in Visual Basic((R)) are used to provide
    life-cycle-impact-assessment indicators, which help identify key
    intervention points along the metal cycle. This analysis also
    identifies which actors or agents along the value chain are responsible
    for, or can influence, behaviour which affects environmental
    performance. With this information, it is possible to evaluate
    different scenarios for transition paths to achieve reduced impact.
    These scenarios consider combinations of new technology, increased
    metal recycling and demand management strategies. A case study for the
    copper cycle in the USA shows that to meet a CO2 reduction target of
    60% by 2050, innovative technologies for primary processing of mined
    ore will play a limited role, due to their increasing impacts in the
    future associated with mining ever lower ore grades. To compensate for
    this whilst meeting demand projections, recycling of old scrap would be
    required to increase from 18% to 80%, requiring extensive collaboration
    between primary and secondary producers. An alternate scenario which
    focuses on demand reduction for copper by 1% per year, meets the CO2
    target whilst only requiring an increase in the recycling rate from 18%
    to 36%. Together, these suggest that there is merit in examining the
    'metal-in-use' stage of the metal value chain more closely in order to
    achieve targeted reductions in CO2. The approach also highlights the
    inherent trade-offs between different aspects of environmental
    performance which are required when pursuing CO2 reduction targets. (c)
    2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
 C1 Univ Technol Sydney, Inst Sustainable Futures, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia.
    Univ Sydney, Sch Chem & Biomol Engn, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
    Univ Cape Town, Dept Chem Engn, ZA-7925 Cape Town, South Africa.
 RP Giurco, D, Univ Technol Sydney, Inst Sustainable Futures, POB 123,
    Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia.
 EM Damien.Giurco@uts.edu.au
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 LA English
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    important to perceived team effectiveness than accessing information
    from repositories, regardless of remote work status or organizational
    tenure.
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 AU Stafford, KJ
    Kenyon, PR
    Morris, ST
 AF Stafford, K. J.
    Kenyon, P. R.
    Morris, S. T.
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    rank soon after birth
 SO LIVESTOCK SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE triplet; quadruplets; twin; lambs; rectal temperature; glucose;
    fructose; lactate; thyroxine; birthweight
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    SURVIVAL; WEIGHT; BREED; TWIN
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    mated over a 4-day period and 46 of them were observed continually from
    day 143 of pregnancy until they finished lambing. Blood samples, taken
    from all lambs within 5 min of birth, were placed on ice, centrifuged
    and the plasma harvested and subsequently analysed for glucose,
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    The rectal temperature of each lamb was recorded at birth and at 1, 2,
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    At birth, triplet lambs were significantly lighter (P<0.05) and had
    lower (P<0.05) plasma fructose and thyroxine than twin and single
    lambs, higher (P<0.05) lactate concentrations and a lower rectal
    temperature (P<0.05) than twin lambs. These observations suggest that
    they are subject to placental insufficiency. The packed cell volume was
    significantly (P<0.001) higher in twin than triplet lambs. The order at
    birth of twin or triplet lambs had no effect on birthweight or plasma
    metabolite concentrations. The smallest triplet was significantly
    lighter (P<0.05) and had higher plasma lactate (P<0.05) concentration
    than the largest triplet.
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    reserved.
 C1 Massey Univ, Inst Vet Anim & Biomed Sci, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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    Englund, JE
    Gustafsson, AH
 AF Nadeau, Elisabet
    Englund, Jan-Eric
    Gustafsson, Anders H.
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 SO LIVESTOCK SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE crude protein; feed intake; milk yield; nitrogen efficiency
 ID CRUDE PROTEIN-LEVEL; GRASS-SILAGE DIETS; MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES; AMMONIA;
    SUPPLEMENTATION; PERFORMANCE; LACTATION; UREA; DEGRADABILITY; EMISSION
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    factors affecting nitrogen utilisation of primiparous and multiparous
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    cows and no changes in average intake and milk yield by primiparous
    cows fed the low CP diet or the normal CP diet containing WCBS,
    compared to cows fed the normal CP diet, resulted in similar nitrogen
    efficiencies among the treatments. Hence, dietary CP concentrations of
    160 to 170 g/kg DM can be used for cows in early lactation in
    commercial herds to improve nitrogen utilisation without causing a
    simultaneous decrease in milk yield. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights
    reserved.
 C1 Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Anim Environm & Hlth, SE-53223 Skara, Sweden.
    Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Div Stat, Dept Landscape Management & Hort Technol, SE-23053 Alnarp, Sweden.
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 RP Nadeau, E, Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Anim Environm & Hlth, Box 234,
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 AU Evans, JR
    Sperow, M
    D'Souza, GE
    Rayburn, EB
 AF Evans, Jason R.
    Sperow, Mark
    D'Souza, Gerard E.
    Rayburn, Edward B.
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    implications for the Appalachian cow-calf sector
 SO JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
 LA English
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 ID FATTY-ACID-COMPOSITION; INTRAMUSCULAR FAT; LONGISSIMUS; QUALITY;
    HEIFERS; STEERS; MUSCLE
 AB Cow-calf enterprises provide significant opportunity for supplemental
    income to small-scale farmers in Appalachia, despite considerable
    production and economic uncertainty. To assess the viability of
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    suggest that the intensive pasture and animal management required for
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    than conventional strateoies.
 C1 W Virginia Univ, Davis Coll Agr Forestry & Consumer Sci, Div Resource Management, Morgantown, WV 26505 USA.
 RP Evans, JR, W Virginia Univ, Davis Coll Agr Forestry & Consumer Sci, Div
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    mark.spcrow@mail.wvu.edu
    gdsouza@wvu.edu
    eraybum@wvu.edu
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 AF Ghosh, A.
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    lowland situation
 SO JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
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    crop submergence; rice
 ID PERFORMANCE
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    higher biomass production, less tiller mortality, greater root
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    other treatments. These crops produced significantly higher grain yield
    (2.97 and 3.09 t ha(-1) in 2003 and 2004) compared with those with
    application of FYM (2.48 and 2.61 t ha-1), use of Sesbania (2.24 and
    2.35 t ha- 1) and chemical fertilizer N (1.98 and 2.07 t ha- 1) alone.
    In both the years, application of P also led to higher grain yields
    (2.40 and 2.52 t ha- 1) compared with no application of P (2.19 and
    2.29 t ha- 1). Interaction of INM with P showed that application of P
    with the combined organics increased grain yield by 13.1-13.7%,
    followed by that with FYM (10.16-12.2%), Sesbania (8.37-8.89%), and
    fertilizer N (7.338.04%). In both the years, greater nutrient
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    (35.0 and 41.5%) was attributed to the crops with combined organics. P
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    treatments with applied P. Thus the study revealed that application of
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    improved crop growth resulting in increased grain yield and nutrient
    utilization in flood-prone situations.,Therefore, it is recommended to
    follow INM that included FYM and Sesbania in combination with both
    fertilizers N and P in rice cultivation for increasing grain yield in
    flood-prone lowland situations.
 C1 Cent Rice Res Inst, Div Agron, Cuttack 753006, Orissa, India.
 RP Ghosh, A, Cent Rice Res Inst, Div Agron, Cuttack 753006, Orissa, India.
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 SO JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE bankfull; best management practice; drainage; floodplain; geomorphology
 ID STREAM; RESTORATION; POLLUTION; ILLINOIS; RIVERS; OHIO
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 C1 Ohio State Univ, Dept Food Agr & Biol Engn, Columbus, OH 43210 USA.
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 AU Salomo, S
    Weise, J
    Gemunden, HG
 AF Salomo, Soeren
    Weise, Joachim
    Gemuenden, Hans Georg
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 SO JOURNAL OF PRODUCT INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
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    DEVELOPMENT-PROJECTS; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; MARKET ORIENTATION;
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    Clarkson, PJ
    Probert, D
 AF Moultrie, James
    Clarkson, P. John
    Probert, David
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 SO JOURNAL OF PRODUCT INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
 LA English
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 AF Sorokin, Rachel
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 SO JOURNAL OF PARENTERAL AND ENTERAL NUTRITION
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 AB Background: An intervention to reduce complications from insertion of
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 VL 30
 IS 5
 BP 440
 EP 445
 PG 6
 SC Nutrition & Dietetics
 GA 195XB
 UT ISI:000248444600016
 ER
 
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 AF Gupta, Ananya
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    reserved.
 C1 Univ Cincinnati, Dept Comp Sci, OBR Ctr Distributed & Mobile Comp, Cincinnati, OH 45221 USA.
 RP Agrawal, DP, Univ Cincinnati, Dept Comp Sci, OBR Ctr Distributed &
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 EM guptaa0@ececs.uc.edu
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 PU ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
 PI SAN DIEGO
 PA 525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495 USA
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 VL 67
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 BP 981
 EP 991
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 GA 206GN
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 AF Tsouloupas, George
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 LA English
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    reserved.
 C1 Univ Cyprus, Dept Comp Sci, CY-1678 Nicosia, Cyprus.
 RP Tsouloupas, G, Univ Cyprus, Dept Comp Sci, 75 Kallopoleos St,POB 20537,
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 EM georget@ucy.ac.cy
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 UT ISI:000249172000006
 ER
 
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    Daley, J
 AF Grote, Kurt
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 BP 246
 EP 258
 PG 13
 SC Health Policy & Services
 GA 191MM
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    Felton, GW
    Hoover, K
 AF Plymale, Ruth C.
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 BP 1570
 EP 1581
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 GA 195ME
 UT ISI:000248415500008
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    Ravenscroft, SP
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 AF Kaplan, Steven E.
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 PY 2007
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 BP 149
 EP 164
 PG 16
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 GA 195MU
 UT ISI:000248417100004
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 PT J
 AU de Graaf, FJ
    Herkstroter, CAJ
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 SO JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
 LA English
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 BP 177
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 PT J
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    Shaikh, S.
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 SO JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL; NATURAL-CONVECTION; STORAGE MATERIAL; ENERGY
    STORAGE; POROUS-MEDIA; ION BATTERY; METAL FOAMS; HEAT; CONDUCTIVITY;
    MANAGEMENT
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    types of foam materials, namely, aluminum and carbon, were infiltrated
    with paraffin wax. The progress of melt interface and temperature
    distribution within the encapsulated composite was analyzed using
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    within the foam matrix was incorporated using an area ratio parameter.
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    for the foam material showed a different pattern as compared to the
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 NR 22
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 PI MELVILLE
 PA CIRCULATION & FULFILLMENT DIV, 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, STE 1 N O 1,
    MELVILLE, NY 11747-4501 USA
 SN 0021-8979
 J9 J APPL PHYS
 JI J. Appl. Phys.
 PD AUG 1
 PY 2007
 VL 102
 IS 3
 AR 033506
 DI ARTN 033506
 PG 8
 SC Physics, Applied
 GA 207GW
 UT ISI:000249240600023
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Wang, P
    Bar-Cohen, A
 AF Wang, Peng
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 TI On-chip hot spot cooling using silicon thermoelectric microcoolers
 SO JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID CONTACT RESISTANCE; OHMIC CONTACTS; DEVICES; POWER
 AB Thermal management of microprocessors has become an increasing
    challenge in recent years because of localized high flux hot spots
    which cannot be effectively removed by conventional cooling techniques.
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    thermoelectric cooler to suppress the hot spot temperature. A
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    conductive/convective cooling on the back of the silicon chip, is
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    parasitic Joule heating from electric contact resistance on the cooling
    of on-chip hot spots, are investigated in detail. (c) 2007 American
    Institute of Physics.
 C1 Univ Maryland, Dept Mech Engn, College Pk, MD 20742 USA.
 RP Bar-Cohen, A, Univ Maryland, Dept Mech Engn, College Pk, MD 20742 USA.
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 NR 29
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 PI MELVILLE
 PA CIRCULATION & FULFILLMENT DIV, 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, STE 1 N O 1,
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 SN 0021-8979
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 PD AUG 1
 PY 2007
 VL 102
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 AR 034503
 DI ARTN 034503
 PG 11
 SC Physics, Applied
 GA 207GW
 UT ISI:000249240600095
 ER
 
 PT J
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    nutrient runoff.
 SO JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Meeting Abstract
 DE small grain; tillage; nutrient runoff
 C1 Univ Arkansas, Div Agr, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA.
 NR 0
 TC 0
 PU AMER SOC ANIMAL SCIENCE
 PI SAVOY
 PA 1111 NORTH DUNLAP AVE, SAVOY, IL 61874 USA
 SN 0021-8812
 J9 J ANIM SCI
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 PY 2007
 VL 85
 SU Suppl. 2
 BP 18
 EP 19
 PG 2
 SC Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
 GA 207TC
 UT ISI:000249273000050
 ER
 
 PT J
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 AF Winterholler, S. J.
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    spring-born calves.
 SO JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Meeting Abstract
 DE economics; steers; systems
 C1 Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA.
 NR 0
 TC 0
 PU AMER SOC ANIMAL SCIENCE
 PI SAVOY
 PA 1111 NORTH DUNLAP AVE, SAVOY, IL 61874 USA
 SN 0021-8812
 J9 J ANIM SCI
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 PY 2007
 VL 85
 SU Suppl. 2
 BP 31
 EP 31
 PG 1
 SC Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
 GA 207TC
 UT ISI:000249273000087
 ER
 
 PT J
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    Certified Angus Beef (R) acceptance rate classes.
 SO JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Meeting Abstract
 DE carcass; feedlot; performance
 C1 Certified Angus Beef LLC, Manhattan, KS USA.
 NR 0
 TC 0
 PU AMER SOC ANIMAL SCIENCE
 PI SAVOY
 PA 1111 NORTH DUNLAP AVE, SAVOY, IL 61874 USA
 SN 0021-8812
 J9 J ANIM SCI
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 PY 2007
 VL 85
 SU Suppl. 2
 BP 55
 EP 56
 PG 2
 SC Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
 GA 207TC
 UT ISI:000249273000154
 ER
 
 PT J
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    nursery, grower, and finisher pigs.
 SO JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Meeting Abstract
 DE pigs; feed management; feed availability
 C1 Kansas State Univ, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA.
 NR 0
 TC 0
 PU AMER SOC ANIMAL SCIENCE
 PI SAVOY
 PA 1111 NORTH DUNLAP AVE, SAVOY, IL 61874 USA
 SN 0021-8812
 J9 J ANIM SCI
 JI J. Anim. Sci.
 PY 2007
 VL 85
 SU Suppl. 2
 BP 109
 EP 109
 PG 1
 SC Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
 GA 207TC
 UT ISI:000249273000310
 ER
 
 PT J
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    nitrogen mass balance.
 SO JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Meeting Abstract
 DE cattle; nitrogen; waste management
 C1 Univ Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583 USA.
 NR 0
 TC 0
 PU AMER SOC ANIMAL SCIENCE
 PI SAVOY
 PA 1111 NORTH DUNLAP AVE, SAVOY, IL 61874 USA
 SN 0021-8812
 J9 J ANIM SCI
 JI J. Anim. Sci.
 PY 2007
 VL 85
 SU Suppl. 2
 BP 130
 EP 131
 PG 2
 SC Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
 GA 207TC
 UT ISI:000249273000373
 ER
 
 PT J
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 SO JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Meeting Abstract
 DE feeding frequency; feedlot management; performance
 C1 Colorado State Univ, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA.
 NR 0
 TC 0
 PU AMER SOC ANIMAL SCIENCE
 PI SAVOY
 PA 1111 NORTH DUNLAP AVE, SAVOY, IL 61874 USA
 SN 0021-8812
 J9 J ANIM SCI
 JI J. Anim. Sci.
 PY 2007
 VL 85
 SU Suppl. 2
 BP 165
 EP 166
 PG 2
 SC Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
 GA 207TC
 UT ISI:000249273000476
 ER
 
 PT J
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    Ismael, Y
 AF Morse, S.
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    growing genetically modified varieties in developing countries: a Bt
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 SO JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID PINK-BOLLWORM; PERFORMANCE; MAHARASHTRA; RESISTANCE; CHINA
 AB The present paper explores the 'farmer' effect in economic advantages
    often claimed for Bt cotton varieties (those with the endotoxin gene
    from Bacillus thuringiensis conferring resistance to some insect pests)
    compared to non-Bt varieties. Critics claim that much of the yield
    advantage of Bt cotton could be due to the fact that farmers adopting
    the technology are in a better position to provide inputs and
    management and so much of any claimed Bt advantage is an artefact
    rather than reflecting a real advantage of the variety per se. The
    present paper provides an in-depth analysis of 63 non-adopting and 94
    adopting households of Bt cotton in Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India,
    spanning the seasons 2002 and 2003. Results suggest that Bt adopters
    are indeed different from non-adopters in a number of ways. Adopters
    appear to specialize more on cotton (at least in terms of the land area
    they devote to the crop), spend more money on irrigation and grow
    well-performing non-Bt varieties of cotton (Bunny). Taking gross margin
    as the basis for comparison, Bt plots had 2.5 times the gross margin of
    non-Bt plots in both seasons. If only adopters are considered then the
    gross margin advantage of Bt plots reduces to 1.6 times that of non-Bt
    plots. This is still a significant advantage and could well explain the
    popularity of Bt in Maharashtra. However, it is clear that great care
    needs to be taken with such comparative studies.
 C1 Univ Reading, Dept Geog, Reading RG6 6AB, Berks, England.
    Univ Reading, Dept Agr & Food Econ, Reading RG6 2AR, Berks, England.
 RP Morse, S, Univ Reading, Dept Geog, Reading RG6 6AB, Berks, England.
 EM s.morse@reading.ac.uk
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 VL 145
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 BP 491
 EP 500
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 GA 209KC
 UT ISI:000249386400007
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 PT J
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 TI Scalable asynchronous incoherent optical CDMA [invited]
 SO JOURNAL OF OPTICAL NETWORKING
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID DIVISION MULTIPLE-ACCESS; HOPPING PRIME CODES; LOCAL-AREA; NETWORKS;
    OCDMA; SYSTEMS; ROUTER; FAMILY
 AB We present and review several aspects of incoherent optical
    code-division multiple access (OCDMA), focusing on the flexible
    bandwidth allocation and its potential for future optical networks. We
    briefly present the various OCDMA approaches, coherent and incoherent,
    before focusing on the later and more specifically temporal 1D and 2D
    wavelength-hopping time spreading. We then concentrate on the
    properties specific to such schemes allowing for its increased
    scalability and flexibility. The main coding properties are reviewed,
    and the multicode property for increased performance and security is
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    of OCDMA on multihop networks where the properties of OCDMA would allow
    shifting some management functions down to the physical layer creating
    an optical layer with enhanced functionalities. (C) 2007 Optical
    Society of America.
 C1 Princeton Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA.
 RP Bres, CS, Princeton Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA.
 EM cbres@princeton.edu
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 PY 2007
 VL 6
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 EP 615
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    Information Systems; Optics; Telecommunications
 GA 204LH
 UT ISI:000249044800003
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Wang, PS
    Simon, GE
    Avorn, J
    Azocar, F
    Ludman, EJ
    McCulloch, J
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 TI Telephone screening, outreach, and care management for depressed
    workers and impact on clinical and work productivity outcomes - A
    randomized controlled trial
 SO JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID COMORBIDITY SURVEY REPLICATION; PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE HPQ;
    HEALTH-ORGANIZATION HEALTH; SERIOUS MENTAL-ILLNESS; COLLABORATIVE CARE;
    UNITED-STATES; COST-EFFECTIVENESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY
    IDS; ANXIETY DISORDERS
 AB Context Although guideline-concordant depression treatment is clearly
    effective, treatment often falls short of evidence-based
    recommendations. Organized depression care programs significantly
    improve treatment quality, but employer purchasers have been slow to
    adopt these programs based on lack of evidence for cost-effectiveness
    from their perspective.
    Objective To evaluate the effects of a depression outreach-treatment
    program on workplace outcomes, a concern to employers.
    Design, Setting, and Participants A randomized controlled trial
    involving 604 employees covered by a managed behavioral health plan
    were identified in a 2-stage screening process as having significant
    depression. Patient treatment allocation was concealed and assessment
    of depression severity and work performance at months 6 and 12 was
    blinded. Employees with lifetime bipolar disorder, substance disorder,
    recent mental health specialty care, or suicidality were excluded.
    Intervention A telephonic outreach and care management program
    encouraged workers to enter outpatient treatment (psychotherapy and/or
    antidepressant medication), monitored treatment quality continuity, and
    attempted to improve treatment by giving recommendations to providers.
    Participants reluctant to enter treatment were offered a structured
    telephone cognitive behavioral psychotherapy.
    Main Outcome Measures Depression severity (Quick Inventory of
    Depressive Symptomatology, QIDS) and work performance (World Health
    Organization Health and Productivity Questionnaire [HPQ], a validated
    self-report instrument assessing job retention, time missed from work,
    work performance, and critical workplace incidents).
    Results Combining data across 6- and 12-month assessments, the
    intervention group had significantly lower QIDS self-report scores
    (relative odds of recovery, 1.4; 95% confidence interval, 1.1-2.0; P =
    .009), significantly higher job retention (relative odds, 1.7; 95%
    confidence interval, 1.1-3.3; P = .02), and significantly more hours
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    annualized effect of 2 weeks of work) than the usual care groups that
    were employed.
    Conclusions A systematic program to identify depression and promote
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    but also workplace outcomes. The financial value of the latter to
    employers in terms of recovered hiring, training, and salary costs
    suggests that many employers would experience a positive return on
    investment from outreach and enhanced treatment of depressed workers.
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 LA English
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 SN 0020-7128
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 JI Int. J. Biometeorol.
 PD AUG
 PY 2007
 VL 51
 IS 6
 BP 541
 EP 551
 PG 11
 SC Biophysics; Environmental Sciences; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences;
    Physiology
 GA 195KT
 UT ISI:000248411800008
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 AU Harper, PL
    Theakston, E
    Ahmed, J
    Ockelford, P
 AF Harper, P. L.
    Theakston, E.
    Ahmed, J.
    Ockelford, P.
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 SO INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE D-dimer; venous thrombosis; pulmonary embolus; elderly
 ID DEEP-VEIN THROMBOSIS; SUSPECTED PULMONARY-EMBOLISM; PLASMA D-DIMER;
    VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WHOLE-BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC-TESTS; EXCLUSION;
    PROBABILITY; MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE
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    ng/mL; 40-60 years, 387 ng/mL; 60-80 years; 854 ng/mL; > 80 years, 1397
    ng/mL). To test the effect of age on the assay specificity, a cohort of
    1897 patients with suspected venous thromboembolic disease was analysed
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    years but could be improved by increasing the threshold value to 1000
    ng/mL. We believe that this should be tested in a prospective trial.
 C1 Palmerston N Hosp, Dept Haematol, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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 EM paul.harper@midcentral.co.nz
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 SN 1444-0903
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 EP 613
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 SC Medicine, General & Internal
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 AF Brand, C.
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 LA English
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 ID PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE; CHRONIC ILLNESS; PRIMARY-CARE; HEALTH-CARE;
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 SN 1444-0903
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 EP 659
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 SC Medicine, General & Internal
 GA 204JQ
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 AU Law, CCH
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 AF Law, Chuck C. H.
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 LA English
 DT Article
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    that organization-level benefits, BPI, and ERP success were closely
    related; and that these relationships were subject to the influence of
    the organizational variables. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights
    reserved.
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 PI AMSTERDAM
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 SN 0378-7206
 J9 INFORM MANAGEMENT
 JI Inf. Manage.
 PD JUN
 PY 2007
 VL 44
 IS 4
 BP 418
 EP 432
 PG 15
 SC Computer Science, Information Systems; Information Science & Library
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 GA 195SP
 UT ISI:000248432300006
 ER
 
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 AF Shitrit, Pnina
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    Chowers, Michal
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 SO INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT; LONG-TERM-CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; NASAL
    CARRIERS; INFECTION; RISK; COLONIZATION; CARRIAGE; MANAGEMENT; STRATEGY
 AB OBJECTIVES. To evaluate the influence of performance of active
    surveillance cultures for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (
    MRSA) on the incidence of nosocomial MRSA bacteremia in an endemic
    hospital.
    DESIGN. Before-after trial.
    SETTING. A 700-bed hospital.
    PATIENTS. All patients admitted to the hospital who were at high risk
    for MRSA bacteremia.
    INTERVENTION. Performance of surveillance cultures for detection of
    MRSA were recommended for all patients at high risk, and contact
    isolation was implemented for patients with positive results of
    culture. Each MRSA-positive patient received one course of eradication
    treatment. We compared the total number of surveillance cultures, the
    percentage of surveillance cultures with positive results, and the
    number of MRSA bacteremia cases before the intervention ( from January
    2002 through February 2003) after the start of the intervention ( from
    July 2003 through October 2004).
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    mean of 272.57 cultures/month before the intervention to 865.83
    cultures/month after the intervention. The percentage of surveillance
    cultures with positive results increased from 3.13% before to 5.22%
    after the intervention . The mean number of MRSA bacteremia cases per
    month decreased from 3.6 cases before the (P < .001) intervention to
    1.8 cases after the intervention ( P < 0.001).
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    hidden reservoirs of MRSA. Contact isolation can prevent new
    colonization and infection and lead to a significant reduction of
    morbidity and healthcare costs.
 C1 Meir Med Ctr, Infect Dis Unit, IL-44281 Kefar Sava, Israel.
    Meir Med Ctr, Microbiol Lab, Kefar Sava, Israel.
    Tel Aviv Univ, Sakler Fac Med, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
 RP Chowers, M, Meir Med Ctr, Infect Dis Unit, 59 Tsharnichovski, IL-44281
    Kefar Sava, Israel.
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 PI CHICAGO
 PA 1427 E 60TH ST, CHICAGO, IL 60637-2954 USA
 SN 0899-823X
 J9 INFECT CONTROL HOSP EPIDEMIOL
 JI Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol.
 PD OCT
 PY 2006
 VL 27
 IS 10
 BP 1004
 EP 1008
 PG 5
 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Infectious Diseases
 GA 205AF
 UT ISI:000249084400002
 ER
 
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 AU Daskalaki, I
    Hennessey, P
    Hubler, R
    Long, SS
 AF Daskalaki, Irini
    Hennessey, Patricia
    Hubler, Robin
    Long, Sarah S.
 TI Resource consumption in the infection control management of pertussis
    exposure among Healthcare workers in Pediatrics
 SO INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID NOSOCOMIAL PERTUSSIS; HOSPITAL STAFF; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS;
    BORDETELLA-PERTUSSIS; UNITED-STATES; OUTBREAK; VACCINE; CULTURE;
    INFANTS; ADULTS
 AB Objective. To assess consumption of resources in the infection control
    management of healthcare workers ( HCWs) exposed to pertussis and to
    assess avoidability of exposure.
    Setting. Tertiary care children's medical center.
    Methods. Analysis of the extent of and reasons for HCW exposure to
    pertussis during contact with children with the disease, whether
    exposures were avoidable ( because of the failure to recognize a case
    or to order or adhere to isolation precautions) or unavoidable (
    because the case was not recognizable or because another diagnosis was
    confirmed), and the cost of implementing exposure management.
    Interventions. Interventions consisted of an investigation of every HCW
    encounter with any patient who was confirmed later to have pertussis
    from the time of hospital admission of the patient, use of azithromycin
    as postexposure prophylaxis ( PEP) for exposed HCWs, performance of
    21-day surveillance for cough illness, testing of symptomatic exposed
    HCWs for Bordetella pertussis, and enhanced preexposure education of
    HCWs.
    Results. From September 2003 through April 2005, pertussis was
    confirmed in 28 patients ( median age, 62 days); 24 patients were
    admitted. For 11 patients, pertussis was suspected, appropriate
    precautions were taken, and no HCW was exposed. Inadequate precautions
    for 17 patients led to 355 HCW exposures. The median number of HCWs
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    mean, 2; fourth quartile mean, 61). Exposure was definitely avoidable
    for only 61 ( 17%) of 355 HCWs and was probably unavoidable for 294
    HCWs ( 83%). The cost of 20-month infection control management of HCWs
    exposed to pertussis was $69,770. The entire cohort of HCWs involved in
    direct patient care at the facility could be immunized for
    approximately $60,000.
    Conclusions. Exposure of HCWs to pertussis during contact with children
    who have the disease is largely unavoidable, and management of this
    exposure is resource intensive. Universal preexposure vaccination of
    HCWs is a better utilization of resources than is case-based
    postexposure management.
 C1 Drexel Univ, Coll Med, Dept Pediat, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA.
    St Christophers Hosp Children, Infect Control Program, Philadelphia, PA 19133 USA.
 RP Daskalaki, I, Drexel Univ, Coll Med, Dept Pediat, Philadelphia, PA
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 EM idaskala@drexelmed.edu
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 LA English
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 BP 2030
 EP 2044
 PG 15
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 LA English
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    yielded many useful insights about this important issue and
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 C1 Hanyang Univ, Dept Transportat Syst Engn, Ansan 426791, South Korea.
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 EM cheolo@hanyang.ac.kr
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 PI PISCATAWAY
 PA 445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855 USA
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 EP 469
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 GA 209QT
 UT ISI:000249403800009
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 PT J
 AU Mak, CL
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 SO IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
 LA English
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 C1 Duffill Watts Pte Ltd, Singapore 069541, Singapore.
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 PI PISCATAWAY
 PA 445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855 USA
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 PD SEP
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 EP 490
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 GA 209QT
 UT ISI:000249403800011
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 AF Mao, Zhi-Hong
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 LA English
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 C1 Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 USA.
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 PI PISCATAWAY
 PA 445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855 USA
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 VL 8
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 EP 527
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 GA 209QT
 UT ISI:000249403800013
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 TI A mobile care system with alert mechanism
 SO IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BIOMEDICINE
 LA English
 DT Article
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 ID HEALTH-CARE; TRANSMISSION
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    physiological signals without space limit, and to upload important or
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    analysis or transmit the information to physicians and healthcare
    providers for further processing. Thus, the physiological signal
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    the time intervals in system setting, according to the medical history
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 C1 Natl Taipei Inst Technol, Dept Elect Engn, Taipei 10643, Taiwan.
    Natl Taipei Inst Technol, Grad Inst Comp & Commun Engn, Taipei 10643, Taiwan.
    Lunghwa Univ Sci & Technol LHU, Tao Yuan 33306, Taiwan.
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 RP Lee, RG, Natl Taipei Inst Technol, Dept Elect Engn, Taipei 10643,
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 EM evans@ntut.edu.tw
    f10940@ntut.edu.tw
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 PI PISCATAWAY
 PA 445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855 USA
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 PD SEP
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 VL 11
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 BP 507
 EP 517
 PG 11
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 GA 208HH
 UT ISI:000249309900002
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 LA English
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 C1 IBM Corp, Thomas J Watson Res Ctr, Div Res, Yorktown Hts, NY 10598 USA.
    IBM Corp, Integrated Technol Div, Austin, TX 78758 USA.
    IBM Res Div, India Res Lab, New Delhi 110070, India.
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 AU Coskun, KO
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    El Arousy, M
    Parsa, MA
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    Tenderich, G
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 AF Coskun, K. O.
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 TI Cardiac surgery after heart transplantation: Coronary artery bypass
    grafting and heart valve replacement
 SO HEART SURGERY FORUM
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID SEVERE TRICUSPID REGURGITATION; RETRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE; EXPERIENCE;
    ALLOGRAFTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; MANAGEMENT; RECIPIENTS;
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 AB Introduction. Due to increasing need for and a shortage of donor
    organs, therapeutic procedures such as heart valve replacement for
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    function to avoid retransplantation.
    Methods. We performed a retrospective analysis of patients who
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    procedures. Valve replacement was necessary in 8 patients and CABG was
    necessary in 3 patients. Five patients received valve prostheses ( 3
    bioprostheses and 2 mechanical valves) at the tricuspid position. Three
    patients received a Hancock bioprosthesis at the mitral position. One
    of the 3 received the valve 3 years after heart transplantation while
    suffering from mitral regurgitation grade IV, and another patient
    received the valve 1 year following heart transplantation while
    suffering from mitral insufficiency grade III due to infective
    endocarditis. Three patients underwent coronary artery
    revascularization, 2 patients underwent the procedure 1 and 7 years
    after heart transplantation because of GVP, 1 patient underwent the
    procedure simultaneously with heart transplantation because of donor
    coronary artery disease. One patient received concomitant CABG with
    heart transplantation because of 75% left anterior descending stenoses
    in the donor organ, and one patient received CABG 1 year after heart
    transplantation because of rapidly progressive GVP in the left anterior
    descending artery. The third patient had 3-vessel disease with 95% left
    stem and 75% ramus circum. ex, ramus marginalis, and ramus diagonalis.
    Results. Two patients who underwent CABG and 4 patients who underwent
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    years after heart transplantation and 6 years after mitral valve
    replacement. Two patients with a graft at the tricuspid position died
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    Conclusion. Cardiac surgical procedures can be safely performed after
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    lead to an increase in the number of conventional procedures performed
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 SN 0909-8836
 J9 EUR J ORAL SCI
 JI Eur. J. Oral Sci.
 PD OCT
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 VL 115
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 BP 384
 EP 389
 PG 6
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 GA 210AF
 UT ISI:000249428400007
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Fugazzola, L
    Persani, L
    Vannucchi, G
    Carletto, M
    Mannavola, D
    Vigone, MC
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    Beccaria, L
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 AF Fugazzola, Laura
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    Weber, Giovanna
    Beck-Peccoz, Paolo
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    a new tool for the differential diagnosis of congenital hypothyroidism
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 SO EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE recombinant human TSH; congenital hypothyroidism; total iodide
    organification defect; thyroid scintigraphy; perchlorate test
 ID IODIDE ORGANIFICATION DEFECT; RECEPTOR GENE; MUTATIONS
 AB Purpose Prompt initiation of L-thyroxine therapy in neonates with
    congenital hypothyroidism (CH) often prevents the performance of
    functional studies. Aetiological diagnosis is thus postponed until
    after infancy, when the required investigations are performed after
    L-thyroxine withdrawal. The aim of this study was to verify the
    efficacy and safety of new protocols for rhTSH (Thyrogen) testing
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    Methods Ten CH patients (15-144 months old) were studied. Seven had
    neonatal evidence of gland in situ at the ultrasound examination
    performed at enrolment and received two rhTSH injections (4 mu g/kg
    daily, i.m.) with I-123 scintigraphy and perchlorate test on day 3.
    Three patients with an ultrasound diagnosis of thyroid dysgenesis
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    4. TSH and thyroglobulin (Tg) determinations were performed on days 1,
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    hypoplasia. Interestingly, in two cases the association of different
    developmental defects was demonstrated. Perchlorate test revealed a
    total iodide organification defect in two patients, including one with
    a neonatal diagnosis of Pendred's syndrome, who were subsequently found
    to harbour TPO mutations. rhTSH did not cause notable side-effects.
    Conclusion These new rhTSH protocols always resulted in accurate
    disease characterisation, allowing specific management and targeted
    genetic analyses. Thus, rhTSH represents a valid and safe alternative
    to L-thyroxine withdrawal in the differential diagnosis of CH in
    paediatric patients.
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 AF Saloranta, Tuomo M.
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 LA English
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 GA 209WH
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 PT J
 AU Voorsluys, W
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 AF Voorsluys, William
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 SO CONCURRENCY AND COMPUTATION-PRACTICE & EXPERIENCE
 LA English
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 EP 1620
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 PT J
 AU Cheuk, DKL
    Yeung, WF
    Chung, KF
    Wong, V
 AF Cheuk, D. K. L.
    Yeung, W. F.
    Chung, K. F.
    Wong, V
 TI Acupuncture for insomnia
 SO COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
 LA English
 DT Review
 ID QUALITY-OF-LIFE; STAGE RENAL-DISEASE; PRIMARY-CARE; COMPLEMENTARY
    MEDICINE; TREATMENT EFFICACY; AURICULAR THERAPY; SLEEP QUALITY;
    METAANALYSIS; STIMULATION; MANAGEMENT
 AB Background
    Although conventional non-pharmacological and pharmacological
    treatments for insomnia are effective in many people, alternative
    therapies such as acupuncture are still widely practiced. However, it
    remains unclear whether the existing evidence is rigorous enough to
    support its use.
    Objectives
    To determine the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in people with
    insomnia.
    Search strategy
    We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (
    CENTRAL), MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Dissertation Abstracts
    International, CINAHL, AMED ( the Allied and Complementary Medicine
    Database), TCMLARS ( Traditional Chinese Medical Literature Analysis
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    Alternative Medicine, the National Institute of Health Clinical Trials
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    retrieved articles, and contacted trial authors and experts in the
    field for information on ongoing/completed trials.
    Selection criteria
    Randomised controlled trials evaluating any form of acupuncture
    involving participants of any age with any type of insomnia were
    included. Included trials compared acupuncture with placebo or sham or
    no treatment, or acupuncture plus other treatments compared with the
    same other treatments. Trials that compared only acupuncture methods or
    compared acupuncture alone against other treatments alone were
    excluded, since they did not yield the net effect of acupuncture.
    Data collection and analysis
    Two review authors independently extracted data and assessed quality
    according to a set of criteria for risk of selection bias, performance
    bias, attrition bias and detection bias. Relative risk (RR) and
    standardised mean difference (SMD) with 95% confidence intervals were
    used for binary and continuous outcomes respectively. Data were
    combined in meta-analyses ( on an intention-to-treat basis), where more
    than one trial without significant clinical heterogeneity presented the
    same outcome.
    Main results
    Seven trials met the inclusion criteria. The studies included 590
    participants with insomnia, of whom 56 dropped out. Participant age
    ranged from 15 to 98 years, and the duration of insomnia varied from 6
    months to 19 years. Co-existingmedical conditions contributing to
    insomnia included stroke, end-stage renal disease and pregnancy. Apart
    from conventional needle acupuncture, different variants of acupuncture
    such as acupressure, auricular magnetic and seed therapy, and
    transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation ( TEAS) were evaluated.
    Meta-analysis was limited because of considerable heterogeneity between
    comparison groups and between outcome measures.
    Based on the findings from individual trials, the review suggested that
    acupuncture and acupressure may help to improve sleep quality scores
    when compared to placebo ( SMD = -1.08, 95% CI = -1.86 to -0.31,
    p=0.006) or no treatment ( SMD -0.55, 95% CI = 0.89 to -0.21, p=0.002).
    TEAS also resulted in better sleep quality score in one trial (SMD=
    -0.74, 95% CI = -1.22 to -0.26, p=0.003). However, the efficacy of
    acupuncture or its variants was inconsistent between studies for many
    sleep parameters, such as sleep onset latency, total sleep duration and
    wake after sleep onset. The combined result from three studies
    reporting subjective insomnia improvement showed that acupuncture or
    its variants was not more significantly effective than control (RR =
    1.66, 95% CI = 0.68 to -4.03) and significant statistical heterogeneity
    was observed. Only one study reported an adverse event, with one out of
    16 patients (6.3%) withdrawing from acupuncture because of pain.
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    The small number of randomised controlled trials, together with the
    poor methodological quality and significant clinical heterogeneity,
    means that the current evidence is not sufficiently extensive or
    rigorous to support the use of any form of acupuncture for the
    treatment of insomnia. Larger high quality clinical trials employing
    appropriate randomisation concealment and blinding with longer
    follow-up are needed to further investigate the efficacy and safety of
    acupuncture for the treatment of insomnia.
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 SN 1469-493X
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 SN 0936-6555
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 LA English
 DT Article
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 ID TROPONIN-I ASSAYS; CLINICAL-PERFORMANCE; UNSTABLE ANGINA; DEGRADATION;
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 EP 1073
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 PA 530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA
 SN 1538-2931
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 PD JUL-AUG
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 EP 197
 PG 9
 SC Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Medical Informatics;
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 GA 190ZP
 UT ISI:000248099800002
 ER
 
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 SN 1052-150X
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 PY 2007
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 EP 476
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 SC Business; Ethics
 GA 190NP
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 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Zhao, H
    Mainster, MA
 AF Zhao, Huawei
    Mainster, Martin A.
 TI The effect of chromatic dispersion on pseudophakic optical performance
 SO BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID YELLOW INTRAOCULAR-LENS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ABERRATION; VISION;
    LIGHT; EYES
 AB Aim: Monochromatic and chromatic aberrations limit the visual
    performance of pseudophakic eyes. Chromatic aberration is caused by the
    chromatic dispersion of optical materials which can be characterised by
    their Abbe numbers. This study examines how chromatic dispersion
    affects pseudophakic optical performance at different wavelengths and
    spatial frequencies.
    Methods: Abbe numbers were measured for acrylic and silicone
    intraocular lenses (IOLs). A schematic eye model based on cataract
    population data was used to compute monochromatic and photopic
    polychromatic modulation transfer functions (MTFs) for pseudophakic
    eyes with aspheric IOLs. IOL Abbe numbers were varied without changing
    other eye model parameters to determine how chromatic dispersion
    affects pseudophakic MTF and chromatic difference of refraction.
    Additional calculations were performed for ( 1) acrylic or silicone
    materials and ( 2) high-pass optical filters blocking either UV
    radiation or UV radiation and short wavelength visible light.
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    pseudophakic chromatic difference of refraction or longitudinal
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    than 1.5%.
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    of blue-blocking chromophores to improve photopic pseudophakic contrast
    sensitivity significantly and demonstrating the excellent mutual
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 RP Mainster, MA, Univ Kansas, Sch Med, 7400 State Line Rd,Prairie Village,
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 EM mmainste@kumc.edu
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 SN 0007-1161
 J9 BRIT J OPHTHALMOL
 JI Br. J. Ophthalmol.
 PD SEP
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 VL 91
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 BP 1225
 EP 1229
 PG 5
 SC Ophthalmology
 GA 202EN
 UT ISI:000248884900035
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 PT J
 AU Kharfan-Dabaja, MA
    Abou Mourad, YR
    Fernandez, HF
    Pasquini, MC
    Santos, ES
 AF Kharfan-Dabaja, Mohamed A.
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    Fernandez, Hugo F.
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 TI Hematopoietic cell transplantation in acute promyelocytic leukemia: A
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 SO BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION
 LA English
 DT Review
 DE acute promyelocytic leukemia; allogeneic hematopoietic cell
    transplantation; all-trans retinoic acid; arsenic trioxide; autologous
    hematopoietic cell transplantation
 ID TRANS-RETINOIC ACID; BONE-MARROW-TRANSPLANTATION; ACUTE MYELOGENOUS
    LEUKEMIA; POLYMERASE-CHAIN-REACTION; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE;
    MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; MOLECULAR REMISSION;
    SUCCESSFUL THERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY
 AB The past three decades have brought major therapeutic advances in the
    management of acute promyelocytic leukemia. The current
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    combination with anthracycline-based chemotherapy results in
    long-lasting remissions and cure in up to 70% of newly diagnosed
    patients. Unfortunately, treatment failure still occurs in one-third of
    patients. When disease relapses, patients can achieve subsequent
    remissions with arsenic trioxide, all-trans retinoic acid with or
    without chemotherapy, or other therapies. Patients achieving molecular
    remissions after salvage therapy are generally considered candidates
    for high-dose chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic cell
    transplantation as a postconsolidation strategy. On the other hand,
    patients with evidence of persistent hematologic or molecular disease
    after salvage therapy could be offered allogeneic hematopoietic
    transplantation if a suitable HLA-donor is identified and the patient's
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    provide a comprehensive review and analysis of published clinical
    trials that evaluate the role of hematopoietic cell transplantation
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    American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
 C1 Univ S Florida, H Lee Moffitt Canc Ctr, Res Inst, Dept Interdisciplinary Oncol,Div Blood & Marrow T, Tampa, FL 33620 USA.
    Vancouver Gen Hosp, Div Hematol, Leukemia & Bone Marrow Transplantat Program BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
    Med Coll Wisconsin, Div Neoplast Dis & Related Disorders, Milwaukee, WI 53226 USA.
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 RP Kharfan-Dabaja, MA, Univ S Florida, H Lee Moffitt Canc Ctr, Div Blood &
    Marrow Transplantat, 12902 Magnolia Dr, Tampa, FL 33612 USA.
 EM Karfama@moffitt.usf.edu
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 JI Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant.
 PD SEP
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 IS 9
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 EP 1004
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 SC Hematology; Immunology; Transplantation
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 PT J
 AU Bartolo, P
 AF Bartolo, Paulo
 TI Laser micromachining for mould manufacturing: II. Manufacture and
    testing of mould inserts
 SO ASSEMBLY AUTOMATION
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE process management; material-removal processes; lasers
 ID GENERATION
 AB Purpose - Laser milling is a non-conventional layer-by-layer material
    removal technology suitable for machining a wide range of materials.
    This technology is particularly suitable to produce microstructures
    inside cavities, also obtained by other conventional processes, though
    with larger material removal rates, or for the direct development of
    microcavities not requiring high removal rates. This paper seeks to
    evaluate the capacity of laser milling for manufacturing of mould
    inserts.
    Design/methodology/approach - The paper examined several specific
    features of laser milling, important for the manufacturing of mould
    inserts, such as walls verticality, unselected illuminating areas, due
    to an incorrect STL removal volume definition, aspiration process and
    orientation, to prevent welding of re-solidified particles on the
    surface. Two mould inserts were produced too, assembled on a metallic
    mould frame and tested with different injection conditions.
    Findings - The findings suggest that laser milling is a suitable
    technology to produce small mould insert for injection moulding, though
    injection conditions are different as one moves from macroscopic to
    microscopic injected parts. New design guidelines must be undertaken
    jointly with the assessment of laser milling performance to make mould
    microcavities. One of the major difficulties of this process is to keep
    the side walls vertical plus the generation of undesirable machined
    volumes, due to unselected illuminating areas below the STL volume,
    corresponding to the volume to be removed, whenever laser milling is
    used to operate with structures previously machined. To prevent welding
    of re-solidified particles on the surface a proper aspiration must also
    be considered.
    Originality/value - The paper describes the benefits of laser milling
    technology.
 RP Bartolo, P, Polytech Inst Leiria, Inst Polymer Composites, Leiria,
    Portugal.
 EM pbartolo@estg.ipleiria.pt
 CR ALVES NF, 2006, AUTOMATION CONSTRUCT, V15
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    CHEN YH, 1999, INT J ADV MANUF TECH, V15, P127
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    VASCO J, 2005, VIRTUAL MODELING RAP, P483
    VASCO J, 2006, ASSEMBLY AUTOMATON, V26, P227
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 SN 0144-5154
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 JI Assem. Autom.
 PY 2007
 VL 27
 IS 3
 BP 231
 EP 239
 PG 9
 SC Automation & Control Systems; Engineering, Manufacturing
 GA 205VY
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 PT J
 AU Song, L
    Li, XX
    Clarke, S
    Wang, T
    Bott, K
 AF Song, Liang
    Li, Xiaoxu
    Clarke, Steven
    Wang, Ting
    Bott, Kriston
 TI The effect of size on the response of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea
    gigas) to changes in water temperature and air exposure
 SO AQUACULTURE INTERNATIONAL
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE air exposure; Crassostrea gigas; lysosomal membrane stability; neutral
    red retention; size; temperature
 ID LYSOSOMAL MEMBRANE STABILITY; RED RETENTION ASSAY; MYTILUS-EDULIS L;
    THUNBERG; STRESS; HEMOCYTES; ABALONE
 AB To further improve the technology used in Pacific oyster farming,
    information is required on the response of different sized and aged
    oysters to various environmental changes. In this study a neutral red
    retention (NRR) assay was used to investigate the effects of size and
    age on the response of Pacific oysters to changes in water temperature
    and their recovery after exposure to different air temperatures.
    Results from moving oysters directly between water temperatures of 5
    degrees C and 15 degrees C, 10 degrees C and 20 degrees C and 15
    degrees C and 25 degrees C demonstrated that different water
    temperature change affect the lysosomal membrane integrity differently.
    The NRR times of large and small oysters transferred directly between
    10 degrees C and 20 degrees C initially decreased significantly, and
    then increased to levels corresponding to the new temperature. In
    addition, NRR times in large oysters responded at a significantly
    slower rate than small oysters when they were transferred from 5
    degrees C and 25 degrees C to 15 degrees C water and between 10 degrees
    C and 20 degrees C water. Results from the air exposure experiments
    showed that, after exposure to air temperatures of 5 degrees C, 15
    degrees C or 25 degrees C, the lysosomal membrane integrity of large
    oysters recovered at a slower rate in 15 degrees C water compared to
    small oysters. It therefore appears necessary to develop different
    management strategies for large (old) and small (young) oysters.
    Results from this and previous research also indicate that the NRR
    assay could potentially be used to develop a model to monitor and
    predict the performance of oysters on farms.
 C1 S Australian Res & Dev Inst, W Beach, SA 5024, Australia.
    Dalian Fisheries Univ, Dalian 116023, Peoples R China.
 RP Li, XX, S Australian Res & Dev Inst, 2 Hamra Ave, W Beach, SA 5024,
    Australia.
 EM li.xiaoxu@saugov.sa.gov.au
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 PA VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS
 SN 0967-6120
 J9 AQUACULT INT
 JI Aquac. Int.
 PD OCT
 PY 2007
 VL 15
 IS 5
 BP 351
 EP 362
 PG 12
 SC Fisheries
 GA 205MI
 UT ISI:000249117600002
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 PT J
 AU Waters, LJ
    Moyle, G
    Bonora, S
    D'Avolio, A
    Else, L
    Mandalia, S
    Pozniak, A
    Nelson, M
    Gazzard, B
    Back, D
    Boffito, M
 AF Waters, Laura J.
    Moyle, Graeme
    Bonora, Stefano
    D'Avolio, Antonio
    Else, Laura
    Mandalia, Sundhiya
    Pozniak, Anton
    Nelson, Mark
    Gazzard, Brian
    Back, David
    Boffito, Marta
 TI Abacavir plasma pharmacokinetics in the absence and presence of
    atazanavir/ritonavir or lopinavir/ritonavir and vice versa in
    HIV-infected patients
 SO ANTIVIRAL THERAPY
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID PERFORMANCE LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY; REVERSE-TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS;
    PROTEASE INHIBITORS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; CARBOVIR TRIPHOSPHATE;
    LAMIVUDINE; VOLUNTEERS; RITONAVIR; ADULTS; MANAGEMENT
 AB Background: Significant interactions between abacavir and other
    antiretrovirals have not been reported. This study investigated the
    steady-state plasma pharmacokinetics of abacavir when co-administered
    with atazanavir/ritonavir or lopinavir/ritonavir in HIV-infected
    individuals.
    Methods: HIV-infected subjects on abacavir (600 mg once daily) plus two
    nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) (excluding
    tenofovir) underwent a 24 In pharmacokinetic assessment for plasma
    abacavir concentrations. Atazanavir/ritonavir (300/100 mg once daily;
    arm 1) or lopinavir/ritonavir (400/100 mg twice daily; arm 2) were then
    added and the 24 h pharmacokinetic assessment repeated. Arm 3 included
    subjects stable on atazanavir/ritonavir or lopinavir/ritonavir and two
    NRTIs (excluding tenofovir or abacavir). These patients underwent a
    pharmacokinetic assessment for atazanavir/ritonavir or
    lopinavir/ritonavir concentrations on day 1, abacavir (600 mg once
    daily) was then added to the regimen and the pharmacokinetic assessment
    repeated. Within-subject changes in drug exposure were evaluated by
    geometric mean (GM) ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI).
    Results: Twenty-four patients completed the study. GM (95% CI) abacavir
    area under the curve (AUC) was 18,621 (15,900-21,807) and 15,136
    (13,339-17,174) ng.h/ml without and with atazanavir/ritonavir and
    15,136 (12,298-18,628) and 10,471 (9,270-11,828) ng.h/ml without and
    with lopinavir/ritonavir. OM (95% CI) atazanavir AUC without and with
    abacavir was 26,915 (13,252-54,666) and 28,840 (19,213-43,291) ng.h/ml;
    lopinavir AUC without and with abacavir was 60,253 (48,084-75,509) and
    63,096 (48,128-82,718) ng.h/ml.
    Conclusions: No changes in atazanavir or lopinavir exposures were
    observed following the addition of abacavir; however, decreases in
    abacavir plasma exposure of 17% and 32% were observed following the
    addition of atazanavir/ritonavir or lopinavir/ritonavir, respectively.
 C1 Chelsea & Westminster Hosp, St Stephens Ctr, London, England.
    Univ Turin, Turin, Italy.
    Univ Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, Merseyside, England.
 RP Boffito, M, Chelsea & Westminster Hosp, St Stephens Ctr, London,
    England.
 EM marta.boffito@chelwest.nhs.uk
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 AU Golisz, A
    Lata, B
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 AF Golisz, Anna
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    buckwheat
 SO WEED BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE allelopathic activity; Fagopyrum esculentum Moench; lettuce; phenolics;
    rutin; total activity
 ID PERFORMANCE LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY; WEED MANAGEMENT; ALLELOPATHY
 AB The various organs of the Polish cultivars of buckwheat were evaluated
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    (-)-epicatechin) and for their phenolic acid content (chlorogenic,
    caffeic, ferulic, and gallic acids) to test their contribution to
    buckwheat allelopathic activity. The main compound found in the
    above-ground organs of buckwheat was rutin, followed by chlorogenic
    acid, and then (-)-epicatechin. The allelopathic activity, based on the
    specific activity of the identified compounds on lettuce seedling
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    and quercetin had the lowest. The specific activity of rutin was at the
    medium level compared to the other examined compounds, but as a
    consequence of its high concentration, its total activity was very
    high. The growth inhibitory effects of the aqueous extracts of the
    buckwheat leaves and inflorescences were higher than that of the stems.
    The higher inhibitory activity of the extracts compared to the leaves
    and inflorescences was explained by the high presence of rutin in them.
    Therefore, based on the total activity, as calculated by its
    concentration and its growth inhibitory effect, it seems that rutin,
    among the other tested compounds, is the major allelochemical in Polish
    buckwheat.
 C1 Natl Inst Agroenvironm Sci, Biodivers Div, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058604, Japan.
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 AU Bezama, A
    Szarka, N
    Navia, R
    Konrad, O
    Lorber, KE
 AF Bezama, Alberto
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    Lorber, Karl E.
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    to South American countries in the fields of solid waste and
    contaminated sites management
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 DT Article
 DE municipal solid waste management; industrial waste management;
    contaminated sites; know-how transfer; technology transfer; developing
    countries; wmr 1033-9
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    conclusions derived from three know-how and technology transfer
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    collaborative study by European and South American universities to find
    sustainable solutions for Chilean and Ecuadorian leather tanneries
    which had underachieving process performances. The second project
    consisted of investigations carried out in a Brazilian municipality to
    enhance its municipal solid waste management system. The final
    collaborative programme dealt with the initial identification,
    evaluation and registration of suspected contaminated sites in an
    industrial region of Chile. The detailed objectives, methods and
    procedures applied as well as the results and conclusions obtained in
    each of the three mentioned projects are presented, giving special
    attention to the organizational aspects and to the practical approach
    of each programme, concluding with their main advantages and
    disadvantages for identifying a set of qualitative and quantitative
    suggestions, and to establish transferable methods for future
    applications.
 C1 Univ Concepcion, EULA Chile, Ctr Environm Sci, Concepcion, Chile.
    Univ Min & Met Leoben, Dept Tech Ecosyst Anal, A-8700 Leoben, Austria.
    Univ La Frontera, Dept Chem Engn, Temuco, Chile.
    Ctr Univ UNIVATES, BR-95900000 Lajeado, RS, Brazil.
    Univ Min & Met Leoben, Inst Sustainable Waste Management & Technol, A-8700 Leoben, Austria.
 RP Bezama, A, Univ Concepcion, EULA Chile, Ctr Environm Sci, PO Box 160-C,
    Concepcion, Chile.
 EM abezama@udec.cl
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 AU Muller, N
    Steele, M
    Balaji, KA
    Krishna, M
    Berman, AP
    Robertson, J
    Vail, J
 AF Muller, Nancy
    Steele, Matthew
    Balaji, K. A.
    Krishna, Maclhu
    Berman, Adriane P.
    Robertson, Joan
    Vail, Janet
 TI Evaluating the use and acceptability of a needle-remover device in India
 SO TROPICAL DOCTOR
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID HEALTH-CARE SETTINGS; INJECTIONS; INFECTION; SAFETY
 AB The objective of this study was to assess the effect of the use of a
    manually operated needle remover on sharps-waste management practices
    in clinical settings in India - specifically, evaluating its
    acceptability and performance.
    Thirty-one Balcan Mini-Destructor needle removers were introduced into
    seven health facilities in two cities in India - Delhi and Jaipur. One
    hundred and nineteen health workers, including auxiliary nurse
    midwives, nurses, and laboratory staff, used the device. Data were
    prospectively collected by observation and interview on device usage,
    malfunction and acceptability over a 23-week period. Focus group
    discussions on current practices were conducted prior to study
    initiation and, after completion, on device acceptability and
    performance.
    The manual needle remover was well accepted. Devices were seen as easy
    to use and durable. In total, 88,719 needles were removed.
    In conclusion, the needle-remover device was considered an acceptable
    method of preventing needle reuse and isolating infectious sharps waste
    in clinical settings.
 C1 PATH, Seattle, WA 98107 USA.
    Voxiva India Ltd, New Delhi, India.
 RP Muller, N, PATH, 1455 NW Leary Way, Seattle, WA 98107 USA.
 EM nmuller@path.org
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 SN 0049-4755
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 PY 2007
 VL 37
 IS 3
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 EP 135
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 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Tropical Medicine
 GA 205DV
 UT ISI:000249094700003
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 AU Asadu, CLA
    Dixon, AGO
 AF Asadu, C. L. A.
    Dixon, A. G. O.
 TI Soil nutrient and cassava yield variations under continuous cultivation
    of three crop mixtures in south-eastern Nigeria
 SO TROPICAL AGRICULTURE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE soil fertility; cassava yield variations; crop mixtures; regression;
    Nigeria
 ID YAM
 AB A research farm at University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria, which was
    under cultivation for > 25 years before it was fallowed for 8 years,
    was cleared in 1998 and grown to three common crop mixtures for 4
    years. The aim was to assess the performance of the cassava component
    in terms of root yield and harvest index under continuous cultivation
    relative to soil nutrient variations. The crop mixtures were cassava +
    pigeonpea, cassava + pigeonpea + maize, and cassava + pigeonpea + maize
    + yam. Incorporation of crop residues from each of the respective plots
    into the soils and the use of a legume (pigeonpea) served as means of
    restoring soil fertility. The experimental design was a randomized
    complete block design replicated thrice each year. Changes in eight
    selected soil fertility indicators, namely, pH, total N, organic
    matter, available P, and exchangeable Ca, Mg, K, and Na were monitored
    for the period. An analysis of the nutrient contents of the soils under
    the crop mixtures indicated narrow variations over the four years,
    except in the cases of exchangeable cations where coefficients of
    variations of >= 25% were obtained. Comparatively, year-to-year
    variations were more substantial though not consistent. This is because
    in some years some nutrients decreased while others increased relative
    to the values obtained in the preceding year. Except in 1999 when
    cassava root yields from all the crop mixtures decreased substantially
    (> 60%) relative to their 1998 respective values, the trends in other
    years were not consistent in all the crop mixtures. The mean yields
    obtained were generally below the expected mean yield for the same
    cassava variety in the area. The study also showed that all the soil
    parameters selected contributed to the variations in cassava yields,
    though they were not consistent in each year and in each crop mixture.
    However, regression analysis between the relative changes in soil
    nutrients and cassava yield variations showed significant contributions
    of total N (P = 0.05), exchangeable Ca. (P = 0.01), and Mg (P = 0.001).
    Thus, adequate management of these soil factors is required to enhance
    the performance of cassava in the crop mixtures.
 C1 Univ Nigeria, Dept Soil Sci, Nsukka, Nigeria.
    IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria.
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 AU Ndegwa, JM
    Mead, R
    Norrish, P
    Shephered, DD
    Kirnani, CW
    Wachira, AM
 AF Ndegwa, J. M.
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    Norrish, P.
    Shephered, D. D.
    Kirnani, C. W.
    Wachira, A. M.
 TI Growth characteristics of indigenous chicken lines and a cross with
    Rhode Island Red in Kenya
 SO TROPICAL AGRICULTURE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE indigenous chicken lines; growth characteristics; growth models;
    non-linear regression
 AB A study was conducted at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute's
    National Animal Husbandry Research Centre, Naivasha, Kenya, to
    characterize the growth pattern of three parental lines of local
    chicken, Nyeri, Kericho, Taita, and a cross of Rhode Island Red with
    Nyeri. A total of 468 straight-run day-old chicks was used. Feed and
    water were provided ad libitum and the birds weighed individually on a
    weekly basis for 20 weeks. A non-linear growth model (Gompertz) was
    used to analyze the collected data which was summarized in three
    parameters, A, B, and K for both male and female birds. A statistical
    analysis of residuals was carried out to determine the best-fitted
    model. The pattern of growth showed little difference between the sexes
    up to the age of about 10 weeks, before the male birds started to gain
    more weight than the females in subsequent weeks. The male birds
    attained higher final (asymptotic) weight A than their female
    counterparts, although they both had similar initial weight (log A-B).
    The female birds had higher values of K (constant of rate of growth)
    which resulted in earlier maturation. The Nyeri line was superior to
    other indigenous tines. The Taita males were slightly larger than those
    of Kericho, but the latter's females exhibited better values than the
    former. Crossing indigenous chicken with a dual-purpose exotic breed
    improved growth performance under station management. For both male and
    female birds, a fitted model with constant B and K and varying A was
    found to be acceptable.
 C1 Univ Reading, IRDD, Reading RG6 6AR, Berks, England.
    Sch Appl Stat, Reading RG6 6AR, Berks, England.
    Natl Anim Husb Res Ctr, Kenya Agr Res Inst, Naivasha, Kenya.
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    England.
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 AU Seto, Y
    Kanamori-Kataoka, M
    Tsuge, K
    Ohsawa, I
    Maruko, H
    Sekiguchi, H
    Sano, Y
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    Iura, K
 AF Seto, Yasuo
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    Tsuge, Kouichiro
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    Maruko, Hisashi
    Sekiguchi, Hiroshi
    Sano, Yasuhiro
    Yamashiro, Shigeharu
    Matsushita, Koji
    Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki
    Itoi, Teruo
    Iura, Kazumitsu
 TI Development of an on-site detection method for chemical and biological
    warfare agents
 SO TOXIN REVIEWS
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE chemical warfare agents; biological warfare agent; on-site; detection;
    detection performance
 ID INFECTIOUS-DISEASE; IDENTIFICATION; PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT
 AB We evaluated commercially available, portable, on-site equipment for
    chemical warfare agent detection (a gas detection tube, ion mobility
    spectrometer, surface acoustic wavelength detector flame photometric
    detector, photoionization detector Fourier-transformed infrared
    spectrometer and a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer) using
    authentic, vaporized chemical-warfare agents from the standpoint of
    their qualitative detection characteristics, detection limits, response
    times, frequency of false alarms and residubility on the devices. False
    alarms and the strong adsorption of agents by the devices are typical
    drawbacks of such equipment. As a screening method for biological
    warfare agents, on-site methods using flow cytometry, bioluminescence
    assay, and lateral flow immunoassay were developed.
 C1 Natl Res Inst Police Sci, Chiba 9770882, Japan.
 RP Seto, Y, Natl Res Inst Police Sci, Chiba 9770882, Japan.
 EM seto@nrips.gojp
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 AU De Nicola, R
    Katoen, JP
    Latella, D
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 AF De Nicola, Rocco
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 SO THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE stochastic process algebra; mobility; global computing; stochastic
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 ID PROCESS ALGEBRA; SYSTEMS; SPECIFICATION; PERFORMANCE
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    previous work by the authors for formulating properties of systems
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    of MOSL is to address key functional aspects of global computing such
    as distribution awareness, mobility, and security and their integration
    with performance and dependability guarantees. In this paper, we
    present MoSL+, an extension of MOSL, which incorporates some basic
    features of the Modal Logic for Mobility (MOMO), a logic specifically
    designed for dealing with resource management and mobility aspects of
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    Markov Reward Model Checker (MRMC), can be exploited by using a
    front-end for STOKLAIM that performs appropriate pre-processing of
    MOSL+ formulae. The proposed approach is illustrated by modelling and
    verifying a sample system. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
 C1 Univ Florence, Dipartimento Sistemi & Informat, I-50134 Florence, Italy.
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 RP Loreti, M, Univ Florence, Dipartimento Sistemi & Informat, Viale
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 LA English
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    searched bibliographies for prospective studies of outcomes (> 6 months
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    to mid-term prognosis in terms of self-reported knee function and
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    on average by 21% following injury.
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 PI AUCKLAND
 PA 41 CENTORIAN DR, PRIVATE BAG 65901, MAIRANGI BAY, AUCKLAND 1311, NEW
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 PY 2007
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 BP 703
 EP 716
 PG 14
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 GA 204IC
 UT ISI:000249036200004
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 PT J
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 LA English
 DT Article
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    year and the management, supply, use, and performance of every aliquot
    of chemical is imperative to see Miller through to its planned
    cessation of production.
    The Miller Field is a mature North Sea asset and produces a potential
    of 80,000 BWPD with its 16,000 BOPD. The unique challenge posed by
    Miller is that the produced water contains very high concentrations of
    scale-forming components combined with a very high corrosivity
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    developing and extensively testing the chemical in the laboratory. The
    new chemical is now deployed on more than 75% of the Miller wells. The
    longevity of scale-prevention treatments has been doubled on some wells
    when compared to the incumbent products.
    The second step change was the application of innovative relative
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    but actually shut off water production. Cross-linked polymer gels are
    pumped down wells and inflate in the presence of water. effectively
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 C1 Clariant Oil Serv N Amer, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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 NR 7
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 PU SOC PETROLEUM ENG
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 PA 222 PALISADES CREEK DR,, RICHARDSON, TX 75080 USA
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 PD AUG
 PY 2007
 VL 22
 IS 3
 BP 301
 EP 306
 PG 6
 SC Engineering, Petroleum
 GA 204JX
 UT ISI:000249041000004
 ER
 
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 AF Fleming, Niall
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    Oseberg Sor
 SO SPE PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS
 LA English
 DT Article
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    varying geological complexity. Within these units, the reservoir
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    risk to well performance and integrity was CaCO3 precipitation in the
    upper tubing with potential failure of the downhole safety valve. The
    risk varied from negligible to severe and reflected the variable
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    scale predictions provided the basis for a technical and economic
    evaluation to identify an appropriate scale-management strategy for
    Oseberg Sor. For those wells completed with downhole chemical injection
    lines, the option to use these for scale inhibition was considered cost
    effective. In other wells where this option was not available, scale
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    viscosified treatment was considered viable.
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 PY 2007
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 EP 317
 PG 11
 SC Engineering, Petroleum
 GA 204JX
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 PT J
 AU Snyman, MA
 AF Snyman, M. A.
 TI Body weight and growth rate of South African Angora goat kids under
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 SO SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
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 ID GENETIC-PARAMETERS; FLEECE TRAITS; PERFORMANCE; SUPPLEMENTATION; MOHAIR
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    2000 and 2004 in 12 different Angora goat studs representing different
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    investigated further, since it influences the reproductive ability of
    young ewes directly. This was evident from the poor reproductive
    performance of young ewes in some of the studs. On the other hand, the
    effect of different pre-weaning treatments did not seem to be carried
    over to body weight and reproductive performance at first kidding age.
 C1 Grootfontein Agr Dev Inst, ZA-5900 Middleburg, EC, South Africa.
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 NR 20
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 PI HATFIELD
 PA C/O ESTIE KOSTER, PO BOX 13884, HATFIELD 0028, SOUTH AFRICA
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 VL 37
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 BP 132
 EP 141
 PG 10
 SC Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
 GA 205SM
 UT ISI:000249134900008
 ER
 
 PT J
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    Volanis, M
    Zoiopoulos, P
    Hadjigeorgiou, I
 AF Stefanakis, A.
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    the semi-intensive dairy-sheep farms in Crete
 SO SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE sheep systems; low-input systems; Sustainability; extension service;
    Greece
 ID CALIFORNIA MASTITIS TEST; TEST DAY RECORDS; LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS; GOAT
    MILK; SUSTAINABILITY; GREECE
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    improved, whereas harvested milk and milk quality were also improved.
    It is expected that information obtained from this study will enrich
    our knowledge of the dairy sheep farming systems in the Mediterranean
    countries and elsewhere. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Univ Ioannina, Sch Management Nat Res Enterprises, Agrinion 30100, Greece.
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 PI AMSTERDAM
 PA PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
 SN 0921-4488
 J9 SMALL RUMINANT RES
 JI Small Ruminant Res.
 PD SEP
 PY 2007
 VL 72
 IS 1
 BP 66
 EP 72
 PG 7
 SC Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
 GA 205IB
 UT ISI:000249106100011
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Andreae, C
    Coady, Y
    Gibbs, C
    Noble, J
    Vitek, J
    Zhao, T
 AF Andreae, Chris
    Coady, Yvonne
    Gibbs, Celina
    Noble, James
    Vitek, Jan
    Zhao, Tian
 TI Scoped types and aspects for real-time Java memory management
 SO REAL-TIME SYSTEMS
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE real-time systems; Java virtual machine; memory management; ownership
    types
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    and, as many real-time problems are safety-critical, their solutions
    must be reliable as well as efficient and correct. While higher-level
    programming models (such as the Real-Time Specification for Java)
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    that bedevil the RTSJ. Adopting the integrated Scoped Types and Aspects
    approach can significantly improve both the quality and performance of
    a real-time Java systems, resulting in simpler systems that are
    reliable, efficient, and correct.
 C1 Purdue Univ, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA.
    Victoria Univ Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
    Univ Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA.
    Univ Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
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    outcomes in an inner-city primary care clinic
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 LA English
 DT Article
 ID UNITED-STATES; HEALTH-CARE; QUALITY; RISK; COMPLICATIONS; SETTINGS
 AB Background: Diabetes care in our inner-city primary care clinic was
    suboptimal, despite provider education and performance feedback
    targeting improved adherence to evidence-based clinical guidelines. A
    crew resource management (CRM) intervention (communication and
    teamwork, process and workflow organisation, and standardised
    information debriefings) was implemented to improve diabetes care and
    patient outcomes.
    Objective: To assess the effect of the CRM intervention on adherence to
    evidence-based diabetes care standards, work processes, standardised
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    delivery of standard diabetes services and patient outcomes among
    medically indigent adults (n = 619).
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    redesign and standardised care approaches. Significant improvements in
    microalbumin testing and associated patient outcome measures were
    attributed to the intervention.
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    the short term, enabled reorganisation and prevention of service
    omissions and, in the long term, can produce change in the
    organisational culture for continuous improvement.
 C1 Vanderbilt Univ, Sch Nursing, Nashville, TN 37240 USA.
    Univ Arizona, Coll Nursing, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA.
 RP Taylor, CR, Vanderbilt Univ, Sch Nursing, 461 21st Ave S,316 Godchaux
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    Chin, MH
    Huang, ES
 AF Brown, Sydney E. S.
    Chin, Marshall H.
    Huang, Elbert S.
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    organisations: A practical methodology
 SO QUALITY & SAFETY IN HEALTH CARE
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID IMPROVING PRIMARY-CARE; CHRONIC ILLNESS; PHYSICIAN-PAYMENT;
    PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICINE; CENTERS; ADULTS; PAY
 AB Background: Outpatient healthcare organisations worldwide participate
    in quality improvement (QI) programmes. Despite the importance of
    understanding the financial impact of such programmes, there are no
    established standard methods for empirically assessing QI programme
    costs and their consequences for small outpatient healthcare
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    for a diabetes QI programme implemented throughout the USA in federally
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    received, were evaluated using self- administered surveys. Cost/revenue
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    cost/revenue consequences if electronic billing data are not available
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    assessing the costs and revenues of QI programmes for outpatient
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 C1 Univ Chicago, Pritzker Sch Med, Sect Gen Internal Med, Chicago, IL 60637 USA.
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 AB In October 2002, under the auspices of Spanish Cooperation, a pilot
    electrification project put into operation two centralised PV-diesel
    hybrid systems in two different Moroccan villages. These systems
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    more than a hundred of families, six community buildings, street
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    a systematic evaluation of both the system performance and the energy
    consumption of users. Now, after 4 years of operation, this paper
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    lessons that can be useful for designing, managing and sizing this type
    of small village PV-hybrid system. Copyright (c) 2007 John Wiley &
    Sons, Ltd.
 C1 Univ Politecn Madrid, Escuela Univ Ingn Tecn Ind, Dept Elect Automat & Informat Ind, Inst Energia Solar, Madrid 28012, Spain.
 RP Munoz, J, Univ Politecn Madrid, Escuela Univ Ingn Tecn Ind, Dept Elect
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 EM javier@ies-def.upm.es
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 C1 Univ Paul Cezanne, LSIS, CNRS, UMR 6128, F-13397 Marseille 20, France.
 RP Ounnar, F, Univ Paul Cezanne, LSIS, CNRS, UMR 6128, Ave Escadrille
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    improving the supply chain. Coordination of ordering behaviours is
    necessary. Coordination processes to achieve greater performance
    between the toy manufacturer and two of its retailers are presented.
    Furthermore, the concept of 'coordinated responsiveness' is proposed,
    which combines the concepts of quick response, accurate response and
    coordination.
 C1 Cranfield Univ, Sch Management, Cranfield MK43 0AL, Beds, England.
    Univ Aalborg, Dept Prod, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark.
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    SC members can coordinate, e. g. contracts, information sharing,
    information technology and collaborative initiatives. To communicate
    frequently and effectively, the partners are required to have good
    information systems and capability to share information. To coordinate
    with each other the SC members are required to have capabilities to
    implement coordination mechanisms effectively. In this paper, a model
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    the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is proposed to evaluate the extent
    of coordination. The proposed methodology is demonstrated through a
    case study of an automotive parts manufacturer.
 C1 Indian Inst Technol, Dept Mech Engn, New Delhi 110016, India.
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    Saxena, A.
 TI Decision knowledge sharing: flexible supply chains in KM context
 SO PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE decision knowledge sharing; flexible supply chains; flexibility;
    information sharing; knowledge management
 ID LIFE PRODUCT RECOVERY; FLEXIBILITY; INFORMATION; MANAGEMENT
 AB Supply chain excellence has a real impact on business strategy.
    Building supply chains as flexible systems represents one of the most
    exciting opportunities to create value and one of the most challenging
    tasks for the policy makers. It requires integrated decision making
    amongst autonomous chain partners with effective decision knowledge
    sharing between them. The key to success lies in knowing which decision
    has more impact on the overall performance and this can be achieved by
    appropriate knowledge sharing. In this context, knowledge management (
    KM) can be used as an effective approach to achieve knowledge sharing
    and decision synchronisation in supply chains. Flexible supply chains
    (FSCs) are more complex and involve multiple autonomous players with
    varying technical cultures ( affects knowledge mindsets), managerial
    background ( affects decision knowledge) and supply chain management
    (SCM) exposures ( affects knowledge sharing attitudes). Thus there is a
    need to develop demo models that can encourage chain managers towards
    collaborative knowledge sharing in the supply chains. This paper
    presents the application of one such model based on decision knowledge
    sharing (DKS) for improved supply chain management. A simulation model
    of a flexible supply chain based on DKS framework is developed for demo
    purposes. The key results are highlighted along with industry
    implications. The cost based performance of DKS at different levels of
    flexibility is studied. Thus a careful analysis of the chain with a
    focus on collaborative decisions is useful to ensure success. This
    paper addresses this interesting and challenging domain.
 C1 Indian Inst Technol, Dept Mech Engn, New Delhi 110016, India.
 RP Saxena, A, Indian Inst Technol, Dept Mech Engn, New Delhi 110016, India.
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    Schonsleben, P
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    Schoensleben, P.
 TI The contribution and role of information management in supply chains: a
    decomposition-based approach
 SO PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL
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 DE supply chain management; information management; information
    technology; axiomatic design
 ID BALANCED SCORECARD; BUSINESS MODEL; INTEGRATION; FLEXIBILITY;
    TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEMS; IMPACT; PERFORMANCE; DISTORTION; COMPUTERS
 AB This paper investigates how information management ( IM) and
    information technology ( IT) can support supply chain management (
    SCM). The objective is to develop a methodology for the alignment of
    all activities, which relate to IM in supply chains with supply chain
    targets in order to optimally support SCM. Following the Axiomatic
    design method, supply chain design decomposition is developed that
    distinguishes objectives and means of SCM at different levels. Results
    show that IM has an impact on all target areas of SCM, i. e. quality,
    delivery reliability, delivery lead times, flexibility, assets, and
    costs. The methodology can be used to identify appropriate measures
    related to IM and IT for a specific target area as well as to assess
    their contribution to the corporate strategy of a company and the
    supply chain targets. Furthermore, interdependencies and prerequisites
    can be analysed. In particular, information quality must first be
    established. Two short case studies illustrate the application of the
    methodology.
 C1 ETH, Ctr Enterprise Sci BWI, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
 RP Schnetzler, MJ, ETH, Ctr Enterprise Sci BWI, CH-8092 Zurich,
    Switzerland.
 EM mschnetzler@ethz.ch
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    Wu, T
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    Wu, T.
    O'Grady, P.
 TI A network-based decision tool to model uncertainty in supply chain
    operations
 SO PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL
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 DT Article
 DE supply chain management; network model; uncertainty; industry
    application
 ID PETRI NETS; DESIGN
 AB Typical supply chains can be characterised by their complexity and by
    the inherent uncertainty in their operations. Modelling such supply
    chains would allow for analysis of the system; however, this is a
    difficult task both in practice and research. This paper proposes a
    generalisable network based methodology to model supply chain
    operations and the uncertainty of system attributes such as lead time
    and cost. The methodology represents the operation of a supply chain as
    a high- level network and allows for the inclusion of stochastic
    variables so that uncertainty in the operation of a supply chain can be
    modelled and analysed in order to implement changes to improve overall
    system performance. The use of the methodology is illustrated on an
    industry application.
 C1 Iowa State Univ, Coll Business, Logist Operat & MIS Dept, Ames, IA 50011 USA.
    Arizona State Univ, Dept Ind Engn, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA.
    Univ Iowa, Seamans Ctr, Dept Mech & Ind Engn, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA.
 RP Blackhurst, J, Iowa State Univ, Coll Business, Logist Operat & MIS
    Dept, 3131 Gerdin Business Bldg, Ames, IA 50011 USA.
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    Bekri, S
    Goizet, C
    Van Kien, AK
    Aractingi, S
    Knebelmann, B
    Choukroun, G
    Tsimaratos, M
    Redonnet-Vernhet, I
    Lacombe, D
    Jaussaud, R
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    Bekri, Soumeya
    Goizet, Cyril
    Van Kien, Aurelie Khau
    Aractingi, Selim
    Knebelmann, Bertrand
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    Jaussaud, Roland
 TI Fabry disease: proposed guidelines for its diagnosis, treatment and
    follow-up
 SO PRESSE MEDICALE
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 ID ENZYME REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TANDEM MASS-SPECTROMETRY; GALACTOSIDASE-A
    GENE; PERFORMANCE LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY; QUALITY-OF-LIFE;
    ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; CLINICAL-MANIFESTATIONS; AGALSIDASE-ALPHA; OUTCOME
    SURVEY; QUANTITATIVE-DETERMINATION
 AB Fabry disease is a rare and underrecognized disease associated with an
    altered X-linked gene controlling hydrolase alphagalactosidase A
    activity This mutation impairs the glycosphingolipid metabolism.
    A multisystemic disease with a highly variable clinical presentation,
    its principal symptom is acroparesthesia. Manifestations of Fabry
    disease occur mostly in hemizygous moles but also in heterozygous
    females.
    Before enzyme replacement therapy was available, lite expectancy was
    about So years in men and 70 years in women.
    Early diagnosis is essential to prevent irreversible organ damage.
    Diagnosis is based on on assay of alpha-galactosidase A activity in
    mole patients and on genetic analysis in female patients.
    Prognosis is related principally to three complications: involvement of
    the central nervous system, kidneys, and heart.
    Management of Fabry patients should in all cases combine symptomatic
    therapy and regular clinical, laboratory and morphological follow-up by
    specialists in genetic metabolic diseases.
    Enzyme replacement therapy should be considered in all adult mole
    patients and should probably begin early In adult heterozygous female
    patients and in children, this treatment should be considered only for
    patients with severe pain, argon damage, or central nervous system,
    kidney or heart involvement.
    After a proband is identified, a genealogical tree should be used to
    identify other affected members of the family.
 C1 Hop Bichat Claude Bernard, Serv Med Interne, F-75722 Paris 18, France.
    CHU Rouen, Hop Charles Nicolle, Lab Biochim Med, F-76031 Rouen, France.
    CHU Bordeaux, Hop Pellegrin, Federat Neurosci Clin, Bordeaux, France.
    CHU St Eloi, Serv Med Interne & Malad Vasc, Montpellier, France.
    Hop Tenon, Serv Dermatol, F-75970 Paris, France.
    Hop Necker Enfants Malad, Serv Nephrol, Paris, France.
    CHU Amiens, Serv Nephrol & Transplantat, Amiens, France.
    Hop Enfants La Timone, F-13385 Marseille, France.
    Hop Pellegrin, Biochim Lab, F-33076 Bordeaux, France.
    CHU Reims, Serv Med Interne & Mala Infect, Hop Robert Debre, Reims, France.
 RP Lidove, O, Hop Bichat Claude Bernard, Serv Med Interne, 46 Rue Henri
    Huchard, F-75722 Paris 18, France.
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    December to March. Survival was lowest in juvenile plants, higher in
    sterile adult plants and the highest in fertile adult plants. Because
    survival was the lowest on dry substrates under open canopy, our data
    suggest that forest fragmentation, by reducing shade and humidity, will
    increase mortality in Saintpaulia. Furthermore, since the mortality was
    highest in seedlings and juveniles, forest fragmentation is likely to
    impede the regeneration of the Saintpaulia populations.
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    mechanisms that could degrade the grout using data from an extensive
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    perhaps likely, but the rate of degradation will be at a slower rate
    than found in the literature reviewed. The calculations showed the
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    do not indicate any immediate problems with the use of WAXFIX for
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 PU LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
 PI PHILADELPHIA
 PA 530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA
 SN 0028-3878
 J9 NEUROLOGY
 JI Neurology
 PD AUG 21
 PY 2007
 VL 69
 IS 8
 BP 747
 EP 754
 PG 8
 SC Clinical Neurology
 GA 202GD
 UT ISI:000248889100007
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Kato, H
    Sugitani, C
 AF Kato, Hiroshi
    Sugitani, Chouei
 TI Wide gamut display using LED backlight - Technical developments and
    actual products
 SO NEC TECHNICAL JOURNAL
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE display; wide gamut; LED; backlight; color management; color calibration
 AB Color management is an efficient means of ensuring the quality of color
    reproduction and is regarded as being one of the major issues in the
    printing industry. It is a total technology that manages the color
    reproduction of input devices such as scanners and digital cameras and
    of output devices such as display monitors and printers. It also
    ensures that satisfactory controls are applied throughout the process
    as far as the final printing. In color management, the display monitors
    must be able to offer a display performance that confirms a stable and
    long term, quality color finish. For this purpose, an LCD panel with a
    wide field angle was developed that features a wider color reproduction
    gamut and more impressive luminance/chrominance stability than has been
    available with previous display monitors.
 NR 0
 TC 0
 PU NEC CORPORATION
 PI TOKYO
 PA EXTERNAL RELATIONS DIVISION, 7-1 SHIBA 5-CHOME, MINATO-KU, TOKYO,
    108-01, JAPAN
 SN 1880-5884
 J9 NEC TECH J
 JI NEC Tech J.
 PD JUL
 PY 2006
 VL 1
 IS 3
 BP 75
 EP 79
 PG 5
 GA 202GK
 UT ISI:000248889800014
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Norifusa, M
    Goto, J
    Morino, J
    Yanoo, K
    Sakaki, H
    Terasaki, H
 AF Norifusa, Masaya
    Goto, Jun
    Morino, Junichi
    Yanoo, Kazuo
    Sakaki, Hiroshi
    Terasaki, Hiroshi
 TI "Cooperative Security" breaks the limits of traditional security
    measures
 SO NEC TECHNICAL JOURNAL
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE cooperative security; coordination of security management; InfoCage
    series; linkages with partner vendor products
 AB Just as broadband networking, high-performance and light-weight laptops
    and useful applications have significantly improved enterprise IT
    environments, the targets and complexities of security management have
    also tended to increase significantly. Actions against security
    problems are now required to be performed in no delay. The resulting
    movement of information and its carrying devices have produced many
    security issues that cannot be dealt with by a single, static security
    countermesure. In order to deal effectively with this situation, this
    paper proposes the notion of "cooperative security." Cooperative
    security allows security countermeasure utilities with different target
    domains to be mutually linked, thus achieving double or triple security
    management of the information and its carrying devices as well as
    maintaining a high security level for the enterprise. The new InfoCage
    series is a suite of utilities for implementing such management
    policies. It is also planned that "cooperative security" will be
    extended to the partner vendor products in order to enhance security
    linkages to the applications of other business fields such as paper
    documents and floor entrance/exit management systems, etc.
 C1 NEC Corp Ltd, Internet Syst Res Labs, Cent Res Labs, Tokyo, Japan.
 NR 0
 TC 0
 PU NEC CORPORATION
 PI TOKYO
 PA EXTERNAL RELATIONS DIVISION, 7-1 SHIBA 5-CHOME, MINATO-KU, TOKYO,
    108-01, JAPAN
 SN 1880-5884
 J9 NEC TECH J
 JI NEC Tech J.
 PD MAR
 PY 2007
 VL 2
 IS 1
 BP 11
 EP 16
 PG 6
 GA 202GC
 UT ISI:000248889000001
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Kawamura, K
    Suzuki, K
    Horikawa, T
    Yamashita, T
    Sakaki, D
 AF Kawamura, Kantou
    Suzuki, Kazuaki
    Horikawa, Takashi
    Yamashita, Toshiaki
    Sakaki, Daiya
 TI Performance Measurement/Analysis tool "mevalet"
 SO NEC TECHNICAL JOURNAL
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE performance; performance measurement; analysis; embedding; development
    environment
 AB Recently embedded software development has noticeably been increasing
    in scale and complexity, and reductions in the delivery term and
    improvements in development efficiency have now become critical
    management issues. To deal with them, NEC has developed a performance
    measurement/analysis tool called "mevalet," which is compatible with
    Linux running on ARM CPU, and features an added data save function
    using a miniSD card instead of a data transfer function that uses the
    network. This tool has improved the development efficiency
    significantly, making it possible to solve a performance issue that has
    not previously been solvable however hard we tried. This paper is
    intended to introduce this tool together with a description of cases in
    which it was actually applied in in-house embedded software development.
 NR 0
 TC 0
 PU NEC CORPORATION
 PI TOKYO
 PA EXTERNAL RELATIONS DIVISION, 7-1 SHIBA 5-CHOME, MINATO-KU, TOKYO,
    108-01, JAPAN
 SN 1880-5884
 J9 NEC TECH J
 JI NEC Tech J.
 PD JUN
 PY 2007
 VL 2
 IS 2
 BP 31
 EP 33
 PG 3
 GA 202GJ
 UT ISI:000248889700006
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Nguyen, JM
    Six, P
    Chaussalet, T
    Antonioli, D
    Lombrail, P
    Le Beux, P
 AF Nguyen, J. M.
    Six, P.
    Chaussalet, T.
    Antonioli, D.
    Lombrail, P.
    Le Beux, P.
 TI An objective method for bed capacity planning in a hospital department
    - A comparison with target ratio methods
 SO METHODS OF INFORMATION IN MEDICINE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE capacity management; hospital beds; optimization; capacity planning;
    health core management
 ID INTENSIVE-CARE UNITS; SIMULATION-MODEL; REQUIREMENTS; DEPARTMENTS
 AB Objectives: To propose an objective approach in order to determine the
    number of beds required for a hospital department by considering how
    recruitment fluctuates over time. To compare this approach with
    classical bed capacity planning techniques.
    Methods. A simulated data-based evaluation of the impact that the
    variability in hospital department activity produces upon the
    performance of methods used for determining the number of beds
    required. The evaluation criteria included productive efficiency
    measured by the bed occupancy rate, accessibility measured by the
    transfer rate of patients due to lack of available beds and a proxy of
    clinical effectiveness, by the proportion of days during which there is
    no possibility for unscheduled admission.
    Results: When the variability of the number of daily patients
    increases, the Target Occupancy Rate favors productive efficiency at
    the expense of accessibility and proxy clinical effectiveness. On the
    contrary, when the variability of the department activity is marginal,
    the Target Activity Rate penalizes the proxy of clinical effectiveness,
    and the Target Occupancy Rate under-optimizes productive efficiency.
    The method we propose led to a superior performance in terms of
    accessibility and proxy of clinical effectiveness at the expense of
    productive efficiency. Such a situation is suitable for intensive care
    units. In the case of other departments, a weighting procedure should
    be used to improve productive efficiency.
    Conclusions. This approach could be considered as the first step of a
    family of methods for quantitative healthcare planning.
 C1 CHU Nantes, Hop St Jacques, PIMESP, F-44093 Nantes 1, France.
    CHU Angers, Dept Med Informat, Angers, France.
    Univ Westminster, Sch Informat, London W1R 8AL, England.
    CHU Rennes, Lab Informat Med, Rennes, France.
 RP Nguyen, JM, CHU Nantes, Hop St Jacques, PIMESP, Rue St Jacques, F-44093
    Nantes 1, France.
 EM jmnguyen@chu-nantes.fr
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 NR 22
 TC 0
 PU SCHATTAUER GMBH-VERLAG MEDIZIN NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN
 PI STUTTGART
 PA HOLDERLINSTRASSE 3, D-70174 STUTTGART, GERMANY
 SN 0026-1270
 J9 METHODS INFORM MED
 JI Methods Inf. Med.
 PY 2007
 VL 46
 IS 4
 BP 399
 EP 405
 PG 7
 SC Computer Science, Information Systems; Health Care Sciences & Services;
    Medical Informatics
 GA 205DP
 UT ISI:000249094000003
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Free, CM
    Ellis, M
    Beggs, L
    Beggs, D
    Morgan, SA
    Baldwin, DR
 AF Free, C. M.
    Ellis, M.
    Beggs, L.
    Beggs, D.
    Morgan, S. A.
    Baldwin, D. R.
 TI Lung cancer outcomes at a UK cancer unit between 1998-2001
 SO LUNG CANCER
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE lung cancer; NSCLC; survival; treatment; surgery
 ID CHEMOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL; TRIAL; RADIOTHERAPY; MANAGEMENT; CARE
 AB There are few data published on lung cancer survival in the UK.
    Survival rates for lung cancer at a UK Hospital between 1998-2001 are
    described.
    Methods: Analysis of data collected from multidisciplinary team (MDT)
    meetings, lung cancer registrations and hospital coding.
    Results: 835 new lung cancers were diagnosed comprising 597 non-small
    cell lung cancers (NSCLC) (71%), 133 small cell (SCLC) (16%), and 105
    clinical diagnoses (13%). Stage at diagnosis; stage I (25%), II (9%),
    IIIA (8%), IIIB (23%), IV (35%). Surgery was undertaken in 12%, radical
    radiotherapy (RT) in 4%, palliative RT in 32%, chemotherapy in 8% and
    best supportive care (BSC) in 36%. The 3-year cumulative survival for
    NSCLC was: stage I 39%, stage II 30%, stage III 6%, stage IV 0.5%. Only
    46% of patients with stage I-IIIA disease received radical treatment.
    Reasons included poor lung function (32%), unresectable (24%),
    co-morbidities (17%), performance status (8%), patient choice (8%),
    unclear (6%), advanced age (5%).
    Conclusions: Survival figures are similar to other UK studies but do
    not compare favourably with US and European data. This may be because a
    large proportion of patients with early stage disease receive
    palliative care only. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights
    reserved.
 C1 City Hosp Nottingham, Dept Resp Med, Nottingham NG5 1BP, England.
    City Hosp Nottingham, Dept Thorac Surg, Nottingham NG5 1BP, England.
    City Hosp Nottingham, Dept Oncol, Nottingham NG5 1BP, England.
 RP Free, CM, City Hosp Nottingham, Dept Resp Med, Nottingham NG5 1BP,
    England.
 EM catherinefree@btinternet.com
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    WALLER D, 2004, EUR J CARDIO-THORAC, V26, P173
 NR 15
 TC 0
 PU ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
 PI CLARE
 PA ELSEVIER HOUSE, BROOKVALE PLAZA, EAST PARK SHANNON, CO, CLARE, 00000,
    IRELAND
 SN 0169-5002
 J9 LUNG CANCER
 JI Lung Cancer
 PD AUG
 PY 2007
 VL 57
 IS 2
 BP 222
 EP 228
 PG 7
 SC Oncology; Respiratory System
 GA 205UB
 UT ISI:000249139000014
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU van der Walt, HS
    Pickworth, G
 AF van der Walt, H. S.
    Pickworth, Glynis
 TI Personality and academic performance of three cohorts of veterinary
    students in South Africa
 SO JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE personality and academic performance; 16 personality factor
    questionnaire; veterinary medical education
 ID SCHOOL ADMISSION INTERVIEWS
 AB To aid in selecting students for admission to undergraduate veterinary
    training, admissions procedures often take into account students'
    previous academic performance as well as the results of an interview.
    The study reported here investigated the relationship between
    personality and academic success. Students from three entry cohorts to
    the second year of study of a six-year BVSc program at the University
    of Pretoria completed the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire. A
    meta-analytic approach was used to estimate the relationship between
    academic performance in two major final-year subjects and academic
    performance on entry, an interview score, and the personality factors.
    The study confirmed the value of previous academic performance and the
    interview in selecting students for the veterinary degree program. The
    findings also indicate that the inclusion of a measure of intellectual
    ability could be of value. The value of various personality
    characteristics in predicting good study habits and examination
    performance is highlighted by the study results: students were more
    successful if they were conscientious, emotionally stable, socially
    adept, self-disciplined, practical rather than imaginative, and relaxed
    rather than anxious. It appears worthwhile to consider including an
    appropriate personality questionnaire in the selection process to
    improve the accuracy of predictions of students' success. A sound
    personality make-up will not only increase the likelihood of academic
    success but should also be beneficial in the successful management of a
    veterinary practice and in enjoying veterinary science as a career.
 C1 Independent Practice, ZA-0129 Pretoria, South Africa.
    Univ Pretoria, Fac Vet Sci, ZA-0110 Onderstepoort, South Africa.
 RP van der Walt, HS, Independent Practice, POB 15547, ZA-0129 Pretoria,
    South Africa.
 EM elynis.pickworth@up.ac.za
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 PI TORONTO
 PA JOURNALS DIVISION, 5201 DUFFERIN ST, DOWNSVIEW, TORONTO, ON M3H 5T8,
    CANADA
 SN 0748-321X
 J9 J VET MED EDUC
 JI J. Vet. Med. Educ.
 PD SUM
 PY 2007
 VL 34
 IS 3
 BP 356
 EP 365
 PG 10
 SC Veterinary Sciences
 GA 204VY
 UT ISI:000249073300023
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Ajayi, OC
 AF Ajayi, O. C.
 TI User acceptability of sustainable soil fertility technologies: Lessons
    from farmers' knowledge, attitude and practice in southern Africa
 SO JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE agroforestry; farmer perceptions; improved fallow; participatory
    research; sustainable agriculture; Zambia
 ID IMPROVED FALLOWS; EASTERN ZAMBIA; PLANTED-FALLOWS; ADOPTION;
    PERCEPTIONS; MODEL
 AB Low soil fertility is one of the greatest biophysical constraints to
    agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa. "Improved fallow," an
    agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment technology was
    developed in response to the depletion of soil fertility and increasing
    difficulty of small-scale farmers to afford mineral fertilizers. The
    biophysical performance of the technology to improve soil fertility and
    increase crop yield has been well demonstrated and efforts are being
    made to enhance the adoption its adoption by farmers. There is
    relatively little information and systematic feedback regarding
    farmers' perception and knowledge of the technology. Using data
    collected from a stratified sample of 302 farmers in Zambia, this study
    analyzed farmers' knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of soil
    fertility and food Security problems, highlighting implications for
    user acceptability and the development of sustainable soil fertility
    management technologies. Results show that farmers have good
    understanding of soil fertility issues, its linkage to food security
    and household welfare indicators. They appreciate improved fallow
    because it responds to the critical problems of low soil fertility and
    provides additional benefits to the household. However, there are some
    challenges to the widespread uptake of the technology including land
    constraints, property rights availability of seeds, and
    knowledge-intensive nature of the technology. Farmer acceptability and
    improved adoption of the technology will be influenced by the extent to
    which efforts are taken to meet these challenaes. Farmers' response on
    knowledge, attitude, and perception provides valuable inputs for
    further development and modification of the technology. Beyond
    technology development, an understanding of farmers' preference and
    other contextual issues-within which the technology is expected to be
    adopted-will enable researchers to develop appropriate sustainable
    technologies and enhance user acceptability of the same. The study
    shows that technical characteristics are important but not exclusive
    conditions for farmers' acceptability and adoption of good agricultural
    technologies by farmers.
 C1 Chitedze Agr Res Stn, Lilongwe 03, Malawi.
 RP Ajayi, OC, Chitedze Agr Res Stn, POB 30798, Lilongwe 03, Malawi.
 EM ajayi@gmx.net
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    FRANZEL S, 2001, AGR SYST, V69, P37
    FRANZEL S, 2002, TREES FARM ASSESSING, P37
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 PA 10 ALICE ST, BINGHAMTON, NY 13904-1580 USA
 SN 1044-0046
 J9 J SUSTAINABLE AGR
 JI J. Sustain. Agric.
 PY 2007
 VL 30
 IS 3
 BP 21
 EP 40
 PG 20
 SC Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
 GA 203PJ
 UT ISI:000248986200003
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 PT J
 AU Ghosh, A
 AF Ghosh, A.
 TI Sustainable impact of in situ leguminous green manuring on grain yield
    and n utilization patterns of rainfed lowland rice (Oryza sativa) grown
    under different cropping geometries
 SO JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE grain yield; green manure; green gram; N accumulation; N utilization;
    tainted lowland; rice
 ID NITROGEN; PERFORMANCE
 AB Rice needs adequate nitrogen, particularly under rainfed lowland
    situation, to ensure its growth for optimum grain yield. Traditional
    practice of applying entire dose of N fertilizer during sowing causes
    its low recovery. Nonetheless, it does not sustain over subsequent
    growth of rice, mainly due to uncontrolled waterlogged situation. Green
    manuring along with chemical N application was reported as advantageous
    ensuring sustained availability of adequate N over the period. A field
    study on green manuring, rice under rainfed lowland situation was
    conducted during wet seasons in 2001 to 2004 in the Central Rice
    Research Institute, Cuttack, India. The photosensitive, tall and
    long-duration rice variety, Durga was grown along with green gram
    (Phaseolus radiatus) for green manuring under three mixed cropping
    stands, that is, additive system, replacement system, and
    broadcast-sown stands. Green gram, also known as mung bean, is a widely
    grown pulse crop. As a leguminous crop, it is capable of contributing
    considerable amount of green matter and N into the soil. Thus it can be
    used for green manuring to facilitate N nutrition to the rice grown in
    its association. Rice was sown at 15 x 20 cm spacing (plant x row),
    except in broadcast-sown stands where rice and green gram seeds were
    mixed thoroughly before sowing and broadcasted evenly without
    maintaining any plant/row arrangement. In the additive system, one row
    of green gram was intercropped after emery two consecutive rice rows,
    when Usual row spacing was changed therein. Thus the adjacent rice rows
    were 10 cm apart from green gram row. In the replacement system, one
    rice row after every two consecutive rice rows was replaced with one
    row of green gram without changing usual row spacing, that is, the
    adjacent rice rows were 20 cm apart from green gram row. These
    green-manured mixed stands were compared with two pure stands of rice,
    that is, rice grown with usual dose of 40 kg N/ha and rice grown
    without N. Similar management practices were followed for both the
    crops altogether and no additional fertilizers were applied in green
    gram. Growth dynamics of green gram as evidenced from its plant height
    and dry matter recorded at regular intervval showed no variation over
    the years. It was incorporated into the soil at its flowering stage
    accumlating 7.00 to 25.60 kg N/ha over the years under different
    stands. Rice growth due to green manuring in the replacement system
    remained consistently better than other stands in all the years. As a
    consequence, rice under the replacement system significantly
    out-yielded other stands producing 2.41 to 2.52 t/ha over the years,
    which was at par with that treated with fertilizer N alone (2.48 and
    2.60 t/ha), while grain yield (2.12 to 2.20 t/ha) under the additive
    system was significantly higher than broadcast-sown crop (1.77 and 1.84
    t/ha). In addition,N utilization pattern revealed that crops under the
    replacement system derived higher Agronomic efficiency (43.50 to 53.50
    kg grain/kg N applied), N uptake (27.75 to 29.30 kg/ha), and N recovery
    (56.25 to 66.00%, respectively) over the years as compared with that in
    other cropping geometry.
 C1 Cent Rice Res Inst, Cuttack 753006, Orissa, India.
 RP Ghosh, A, Cent Rice Res Inst, Cuttack 753006, Orissa, India.
 EM riceghosh@yahoo.com
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 SN 1044-0046
 J9 J SUSTAINABLE AGR
 JI J. Sustain. Agric.
 PY 2007
 VL 30
 IS 3
 BP 71
 EP 86
 PG 16
 SC Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
 GA 203PJ
 UT ISI:000248986200005
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 PT J
 AU Fishbach, A
    Labroo, AA
 AF Fishbach, Ayelet
    Labroo, Aparna A.
 TI Be better or be merry: How mood affects self-control
 SO JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE self-control; self-regulation; mood; accessibility; goals
 ID BEHAVIORAL-APPROACH SYSTEM; POSITIVE AFFECT; AFFECTIVE STATES; FEELING
    GOOD; EMOTIONS; GRATIFICATION; PERFORMANCE; ACTIVATION; MOTIVATION;
    RESOURCE
 AB In 6 studies, the authors tested whether the effect of mood on
    self-control success depends on a person's accessible goal. We propose
    that positive mood signals a person to adopt an accessible goal,
    whereas negative mood signals a person to reject an accessible goal;
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 AU Davis, A
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 AF Davis, Amanda
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 SO JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE ADAMTS-13; hemolytic anemia; thrombotic thrombocyto-penic purpura
 ID VON-WILLEBRAND-FACTOR; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; FACTOR-CLEAVING
    PROTEASE; ADAMTS-13; CHILDREN; PLASMA; DIAGNOSIS; TTP
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 C1 Royal Childrens & Womens Hosp, Dept Haematol, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
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 EP 642
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 AU Was, GS
 AF Was, Gary S.
 TI Materials degradation in fission reactors: Lessons learned of relevance
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 SO JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
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 C1 Univ Michigan, Nucl Engn & Radiol Sci Dept, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
 RP Was, GS, Univ Michigan, Nucl Engn & Radiol Sci Dept, 2355 Bonisteel
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    Mining & Mineral Processing
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 AU Donoher, WJ
    Reed, R
    Storrud-Barnes, SF
 AF Donoher, William J.
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 LA English
 DT Review
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 AB The accounting scandals of recent years have raised concerns about the
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 AU Gaur, AS
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    Singh, K
 AF Gaur, Ajai S.
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 SO JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE regulative distance; normative distance; subsidiary staffing;
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 SO JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
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 ID CORPORATE SOCIAL-RESPONSIBILITY; US CHEMICAL-INDUSTRY; FINANCIAL
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 AU Fakhru'l-Razi, A
    Molla, AH
 AF Fakhru'l-Razi, Ahmadun
    Molla, Abul Hossain
 TI Enhancement of bioseparation and dewaterability of domestic wastewater
    sludge by fungal treated dewatered sludge
 SO JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE bioseparation; dewaterability; fungal entrapped biosoilds; domestic
    wastewater sludge
 ID STATE BIOCONVERSION PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; ACTIVATED-SLUDGE
 AB A promising biological, sustainable, non-hazardous, safe and
    environmental friendly management and disposal technique of domestic
    wastewater sludge is global expectation. Fungal entrapped biosolids as
    a result of prior fungal treated raw wastewater sludge was recycled to
    evaluate its performance as inoculum for bioseparation/bioconversion of
    supplemented sludge in view of continuous as well as scale up
    wastewater sludge treatment. Encouraging results were achieved in
    bioseparation of suspended solids and in dewaterability/filterability
    of treated domestic wastewater sludge. Fungal entrapped biosolids
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    sludge treatment at 6-day without nutrient (wheat flour, WF) supply.
    Consequently, 99% removal of turbidity and 87% removal of chemical
    oxygen demand (COD) were achieved in supernatant of treated sludge. The
    lowest value (1.75 x 10(12) m/kg) of specific resistance to filtration
    (SRF) was observed at 6-day after treatment, which was equivalent to
    the 70% decrease of SIZE The all results except SRF were not influenced
    further in treatments accompanied with WF supplementation. The present
    treatments offered significant (P <= 0.01) improvement in all results
    except SRF of treated wastewater sludge compared to the control.
    Furthermore, the present result is addressing a potential avenue of
    probable solution for expected management and disposal of domestic
    wastewater sludge in future. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
 C1 Bangabandhu Sheiku Mujibur Rahman Agr Univ, Dept Crop Bot, Gazipur 1706, Bangladesh.
    Univ Putra Malaysia, Fac Engn, Dept Environm Chem & Engn, Serdang 43400, Selangor DE, Malaysia.
 RP Molla, AH, Bangabandhu Sheiku Mujibur Rahman Agr Univ, Dept Crop Bot,
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 AU Gray, J
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    Saxena, S
    Netuveli, G
    Khunti, K
    Majeed, A
 AF Gray, Jeremy
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    Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan
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    Majeed, Azeem
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    universal coverage: Population-based cross-sectional survey in primary
    care
 SO JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
 LA English
 DT Article
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 ID PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE; INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES; FOLLOW-UP; OF-CARE; LONDON;
    DISPARITIES; MANAGEMENT; EUROPEANS; MORTALITY; UK
 AB Background: The UK has a universal health care system that is free at
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    2006.
    Patinents: Seven thousand six hundred five adults (>= 18 years) with
    diabetes registered with 32 primary care practices.
    Measurements: Percentage achievement by ethnic group (black, south
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    pay-for performance contract.
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    measures of care between ethnic groups, with no significant differences
    in recent measurement of blood pressure, HbA1c, cholesterol,
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    Blacks and south Asians were significantly less likely to meet all
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    Conclusions: Our findings suggest that substantial investment in
    quality improvement initiatives in the UK may have led to more
    systematic and equitable processes of care for diabetes but have not
    addressed ethnic disparities in intermediate clinical outcomes.
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 AU Rong, JH
    Tilton, R
    Shen, JG
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    Lau, ASY
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 AF Rong, Jianhui
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 SO JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE botanical drug products; traditional chinese medicine; quality control;
    biological response fingerprinting; DNA microarray; qRT-PCR
 ID COMPLEMENTARY-DNA MICROARRAY; HERBAL MEDICINE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC
    FINGERPRINT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAYS; EXPRESSION PROFILE; GINKGO-BILOBA;
    CELLS; AUTHENTICATION; CLASSIFICATION; IDENTIFICATION
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    responses of human cells to the chemical composition of the botanical
    drug that could serve as potential quality control of botanical drugs
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    Anderson, AB
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    model quality and model performance, and the appropriate structure of
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    Sarkis, J
    Lai, KH
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    Lai, Kee-Hung
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    jsarkis@clarku.edu
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    St-Hilaire, A
    Ouarda, TBMJ
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 AF Benyahya, Loubna
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    Ahmadi-Nedushan, Behrouz
 TI Modeling of water temperatures based on stochastic approaches: case
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 SO JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
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 ID STREAM TEMPERATURE; AIR TEMPERATURES; SOIL-TEMPERATURE; THERMAL
    REGIMES; FOREST CANOPY
 AB Water temperature is an important physical variable in aquatic
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 PT J
 AU Rull, J
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    Arredond, J
 AF Rull, Juan
    Diaz-Fleischer, Francisco
    Arredond, Jose
 TI Irradiation of Anastrepha luclens (Diptera : Tephritidae) revisited:
    Optimizing sterility induction
 SO JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE Anastrepha ludem; irradiation doses; sterile insect technique;
    sterility induction; mating competitiveness
 ID MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT-FLIES; INSECT TECHNIQUE PROGRAMS; FLY DIPTERA;
    GAMMA-RADIATION; MATING COMPETITIVENESS; SEXUAL COMPETITIVENESS; MALES;
    ERADICATION; BEHAVIOR; MANAGEMENT
 AB Irradiation doses currently applied to sterilize Mexican fruit flies,
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 AU Whitlock, R
    Grime, JP
    Booth, R
    Burke, T
 AF Whitlock, Raj
    Grime, J. Philip
    Booth, Rosemary
    Burke, Terry
 TI The role of genotypic diversity in determining grassland community
    structure under constant environmental conditions
 SO JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE community ecology; community genetics; competition and coexistence;
    genetic diversity; genotype-environment interactions; grasslands;
    species diversity
 ID GENETIC DIVERSITY; TRIFOLIUM-REPENS; SPECIES COEXISTENCE;
    NATURAL-POPULATION; PERENNIAL GRASSES; PLANT-POPULATIONS;
    LOLIUM-PERENNE; FESTUCA-OVINA; COMPETITION; RESISTANCE
 AB 1. A recent experiment varied the genetic diversity of model grassland
    communities under standardized soil and management conditions and at
    constant initial species diversity. After 5 years' growth, genetically
    diverse communities retained more species diversity and became more
    similar in species composition than genetically impoverished
    communities.
    2. Here we present the results of further investigation within this
    experimental system. We proposed that two mechanisms - the first
    invoking genetically determined and constant differences in plant
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    could each underpin these results. This mechanistic framework was used
    as a tool to interpret our findings.
    3. We used inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) DNA markers to confirm
    which of the individuals of six study species initially included in the
    model communities were unique genotypes. We then used the molecular
    markers to assess the survival and abundance of each genotype at the
    end of the 5-year experimental period.
    4. The DNA marker data were used to create, for the first time, a
    genotype abundance hierarchy describing the structure of a community at
    the level of genotypes. This abundance hierarchy revealed wide
    variation in the abundance of genotypes within species, and large
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 AU Li, YQ
    Zhou, PF
    Fei, Z
 AF Li, Yanqiu
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    ultraviolet mask and its impact on full field lithography performance
 SO JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF
    COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE EUVL; mask; optics; thermal deformation; next generation of lithography
 ID OPTICAL RETICLES; EXPOSURE
 AB Full field lithography performance of production extreme ultraviolet
    lithography (EUVL) toot has been studied when thermal deformation of
    mask and projection optics (PO) can not be neglected at 45 nm node. The
    thermal deformation of a philosophic design of EUV mask with certain
    local pattern density had been analyzed. The results show that thermal
    management is needed. The lithography performance of deformed EUVL
    system is degraded significantly due to the maximum pattern placement
    error of 5.9 nm on the wafer, consequently result in poor overlay
    accuracy. The results indicate that thermal deformation of system
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 C1 Beijing Inst Technol, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China.
    Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Elect Engn, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China.
    Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China.
 RP Li, YQ, Beijing Inst Technol, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China.
 EM yanqiuli@hotmail.com
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 AU Jun, EM
    Chang, S
    Kang, DH
    Kim, S
 AF Jun, Eun-Mi
    Chang, Soonbok
    Kang, Duck-Hee
    Kim, Sue
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    college students: A non-randomized controlled trial
 SO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE acupressure; dysmenorrhea; San Yin Jiao; acupoint
 ID ACUPUNCTURE; PAIN; MANAGEMENT; SYMPTOMS
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    nursing interventions to alleviate dysmenorrhea and improve
    productivity, creativity, work performance, and quality of life.
    Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of San Yin Jiao
    (SP6) acupressure as a non-pharmaco logic nursing intervention for
    dysmenorrhea and identify its effects on temperature changes in two
    related acupoints as an explanatory mechanism of Z circulation.
    Design: A non-equivalent control group pre and post-test design was
    employed to verify the effects of SP6 acupressure on skin temperature
    and dysmenorrhea. Setting and participants: Young college women with
    primary dysmenorrhea were recruited from classrooms at two universities
    in Korea and 58 eligible participants were allotted to either a SP6
    acupressure group or placebo group that received light touch on the SP6
    acupoint.
    Methods: The experimental group received acupressure treatment within
    the first 8 It of menstruation, and severity of dysmenorrhea and skin
    temperature changes in the Zhongwan (CV2) and Qugu (CV12) acupoints
    were assessed prior to and 30 min, 1, 2, and 3 It following treatment.
    Results: There was a significant difference in severity of dysmenorrhea
    between the two groups immediately after (F = 18.50, p = 0.000) and for
    up to 2 It (F = 8.04, p = 0.032) post treatment. Skin temperature was
    significantly elevated at 30 min after acupressure at the suprapubic
    CV2 acupoint in the experimental group compared to the control group.
    Temperature elevation was also noted at the epigastric CV12 acupoint
    post treatment but group differences were not significant, indicating
    that SP6 acupressure relieves dysmenorrhea primarily by temperature
    elevation in the CV2 pathway.
    Conclusions: Acupressure to the SP6 meridian can be an effective
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    dysmenorrhea, with effects lasting 2 h post treatment. (C) 2006
    Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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 AU Chen, SJ
 AF Chen, Shyh-Jer
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 LA English
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 PT J
 AU Acikalin, T
    Garimella, SV
    Raman, A
    Petrosk, J
 AF Acikalin, Tolga
    Garimella, Suresh V.
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    Petrosk, James
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    miniature piezoelectric fans
 SO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE electronics cooling; piezoelectric fans; miniature fans; low-noise
    fans; heat transfer enhancement
 ID LARGE-AMPLITUDE; BIMORPH; BEAMS; FLOW
 AB Piezoelectric fans have emerged as a viable cooling technology for the
    thermal management of electronic devices, owing to their lowpower
    consumption, minimal noise emission, and small and configurable
    dimensions. Piezoelectric fans are investigated for application in the
    cooling of low-power electronics. Different experimental configurations
    are considered, and the effect of varying the fan amplitude, the
    distance between the fan and the heat source, the fan length, its
    frequency offset from resonance, and the fan offset from the center of
    the heat source are studied to assess the cooling potential of the
    fans. A design of experiments (DOE) analysis revealed the fan frequency
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    Transfer functions are obtained from the DOE analysis for the
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    an enhancement in convective heat transfer coefficient exceeding 375%
    relative to natural convection was observed, resulting in a temperature
    drop at the heat source of more than 36.4 degrees C. A computational
    model for the flow field and heat transfer induced by the piezoelectric
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    with changes in the parameters. The computational results are validated
    against experimental measurements, with good agreement. (c) 2006
    Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
 C1 Purdue Univ, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA.
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 RP Garimella, SV, Purdue Univ, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA.
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 AU Zlopasa, G
    Skrablin, S
    Katafatic, D
    Banovic, V
    Lesin, J
 AF Zlopasa, G.
    Skrablin, S.
    Katafatic, D.
    Banovic, V.
    Lesin, J.
 TI Uterine anomalies and pregnancy outcome following resectoscope
    metroplasty
 SO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE pregnancy outcome; resectoscope metroplasty; uterine anomalies
 ID SEPTATE UTERUS; HYSTEROSCOPIC TREATMENT; REPRODUCTIVE-PERFORMANCE;
    MULLERIAN ANOMALIES; UNICORNUATE UTERUS; WOMEN; MALFORMATIONS;
    INFERTILITY; MANAGEMENT
 AB Objective: To compare reproductive outcome in women with uterine
    anomalies and women with a normat uterus, and evatuate the effect of
    resectoscope metroptasty. Methods: The pregnancy outcomes, past and
    present, of 105 women with congenital uterine anomalies were compared
    with those of 182 women with a normally shaped uterus. The outcomes of
    25 women with septate and bicornuate uteri before and after
    resectoscope metroplasty were also analyzed. 2 The x(2) and
    Mann-Whitney U test were used for statistical analysis, with P<0.05
    considered statistically significant. Results: Uterine anomalies were
    associated with higher rates of spontaneous abortion, preterm delivery,
    intrauterine growth retardation, breech presentation, and cesarean
    delivery (P<0.001). The highest incidence of early spontaneous abortion
    was noted among women with septate uteri, and the highest incidence of
    preterm labor was noted among women with arcuate or bicornuate uteri.
    Among women with arcuate uteri, significantly lower gestational age and
    birth-weight were observed compared with any other type of adverse
    outcome. Compared with their previous pregnancies, the abortion rates
    were tower and delivery rates were higher in women who conceived
    following hysteroscopic metroptasty (P<0.001). Conclusion:
    Resesctoscope metroptasty significantly improved pregnancy outcome in
    women with uterine anomalies. (c) 2007 International Federation of
    Gynecology and Obstetrics. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All,
    rights reserved.
 C1 Univ Zagreb, Sch Med, Dept Perinatal Med, Zagreb 41001, Croatia.
 RP Zlopasa, G, Univ Zagreb, Sch Med, Dept Perinatal Med, Zagreb 41001,
    Croatia.
 EM vladimir.banovic2@zg.t-com.hr
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 AU Parayitam, S
    Dooley, RS
 AF Parayitam, Satyanarayana
    Dooley, Robert S.
 TI The relationship between conflict and decision outcomes - Moderating
    effects of cognitive- and affect-based trust in strategic
    decision-making teams
 SO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE strategic management; cognition; organizational conflict; conflict
    management; decision making units; trust
 ID TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; DIALECTICAL INQUIRY;
    INTRAGROUP CONFLICT; DEVILS ADVOCACY; TASK CONFLICT; CONSENSUS; MODELS;
    IMPLEMENTATION; COMMITMENT
 AB Purpose - Research on strategic decision making has over-emphasized the
    importance of cognitive conflict because of its potential benefits.
    Recent research documented that, apart from the benefits, cognitive
    conflict leads to affective conflict. Taking information processing
    perspective, the present study seeks to argue that the benefits of
    cognitive conflict can be stimulated by the cognition-based trust,
    while the interplay between cognitive conflict and affective conflict
    can be influenced by affect-based trust. The present study therefore
    aims to demonstrate the divergent roles of the perceived
    trustworthiness as potential moderators in strategic decision-making
    teams.
    Design/methodology/approach - Using structured survey instrument,
    multi-informant data was collected from CEOs and senior executives of
    109 US hospitals. After performing confirmatory factor analysis of the
    measures used, the data was analyzed using hierarchical regression
    techniques to analyze divergent roles of cognition- and affect-based
    trust as moderators in the relationship between conflict and decision
    outcomes.
    Findings - Results showed that cognition-based trust is the key to
    fortify the benefits of cognitive conflict while affect-based trust is
    the panacea for the ills of cognitive conflict.
    Research limitations/implications - The sample consisted of hospitals
    in healthcare industry only. Self-report measures may have some
    inherent social desirability bias.
    Practical implications - This study contributes to both practicing
    managers as well as to strategic management literature. This study
    suggests that trust between the executives involved in strategic
    decision-making process plays an important role in enhancing decision
    quality. It is therefore suggested that CEOs and administrators engage
    the executives who have both cognition- and affect-based trust with
    each other to have successful decision outcomes.
    Originality/value - Though the sample in the present study focuses only
    on healthcare industry, to the extent strategic decision-making process
    is similar in other industries, the findings can be generalizable
    across other industries.
 C1 McNeese State Univ, Coll Business Adm, Dept Management, Lake Charles, LA 70605 USA.
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 RP Parayitam, S, McNeese State Univ, Coll Business Adm, Dept Management,
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 AU Wang, GF
    Jing, RT
    Klossek, A
 AF Wang, Guofeng
    Jing, Runtian
    Klossek, Andreas
 TI Antecedents and management of conflict - Resolution styles of Chinese
    top managers in multiple rounds of cognitive and affective conflict
 SO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE China; cognition; affective psychology; conflict management; stress;
    senior managers
 ID STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING; ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT; INTERPERSONAL
    CONFLICT; UNDERSTANDING CONFLICT; INTRAGROUP CONFLICT; PERFORMANCE;
    STRESS; TEAMS; NEGOTIATIONS; AVOIDANCE
 AB Purpose - The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship
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    affective conflict faced by Chinese top managers and how this conflict
    is resolved over multiple rounds of conflict situations.
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    submitted to Chinese top managers of firms located in Sichuan Province,
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    they will experience. In turn, the more cognitive conflict, the more
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    identify the conflict resolution styles Chinese top managers applied
    over multiple rounds of conflict situations, whereas findings
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    conflict.
 C1 Univ Elect Sci & Technol China, Sch Management, Chengdu 610054, Peoples R China.
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 RP Wang, GF, Univ Elect Sci & Technol China, Sch Management, Chengdu
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 AU Shahbazpour, M
    Seidel, R
 AF Shahbazpour, Mehdi
    Seidel, Rainer
 TI Strategic manufacturing system and process innovation through
    elimination of trade-offs
 SO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE innovation; manufacturing performance; trade-off; methodology
 ID RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; WORLD-CLASS; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; AGILE;
    PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT; TOC
 AB For many years, there has been a debate among researchers and
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    eliminate manufacturing trade-offers, in order to improve a company's
    competitiveness.
 C1 Univ Auckland, Dept Mech Engn, Auckland 1, New Zealand.
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 LA English
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 PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXON, ENGLAND
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 BP 557
 EP 566
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    Manufacturing; Operations Research & Management Science
 GA 194GZ
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 SO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
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 C1 Natl Inst Foundry & ForgeTechnol, Dept ForgeTechnol, Ranchi 834003, Bihar, India.
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 PU SPRINGER LONDON LTD
 PI ARTINGTON
 PA ASHBOURNE HOUSE, THE GUILDWAY, OLD PORTSMOUTH ROAD, ARTINGTON GU3 1LP,
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 BP 584
 EP 593
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 SC Automation & Control Systems; Engineering, Manufacturing
 GA 203OL
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 AF Rodriguez-Ponce, Emilio
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 LA Spanish
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    EXPERIENCE; CONFLICT; TEAMS
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    are a positive and significance relationship between the quality design
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    and politicization was explained by flexibility of the decision process
    and the values congruence of the top management team. The
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 C1 Univ Tarapaca, Arica, Chile.
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 PU INTERCIENCIA
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 PA APARTADO 51842, CARACAS 1050A, VENEZUELA
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 JI Interciencia
 PD AUG
 PY 2007
 VL 32
 IS 8
 BP 522
 EP 528
 PG 7
 SC Multidisciplinary Sciences
 GA 206RF
 UT ISI:000249199900005
 ER
 
 PT J
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    patients
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 LA English
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    pressure measurement; bladder pressure monitoring; intraobserver
    variability; interobserver variability
 ID INTRAABDOMINAL PRESSURE; AGREEMENT; TIME
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    nursing technique and performance were observed and collected for each
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 C1 Univ Utah, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Salt Lake City, UT 84132 USA.
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 TC 0
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 PI NEW YORK
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 PY 2007
 VL 33
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 BP 1195
 EP 1198
 PG 4
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 GA 189PW
 UT ISI:000248002000016
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 PT J
 AU Dass, G
 AF Dass, Gopal
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    home tract
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 PD AUG
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 VL 77
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 BP 763
 EP 766
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 GA 202XI
 UT ISI:000248937400030
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 PT J
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 C1 Tokyo Univ Agr & Technol, Div Syst & Informat Sci, Koganei, Tokyo 1848588, Japan.
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 BP 2070
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 PT J
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 TI Application of information system technologies to power control centers
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 RP Fukui, S, Mitsubishi Electr Corp, Transmiss & Distribut Syst Ctr,
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 PT J
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 LA English
 DT Article
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    network optimization applications such as location-assisted spectrum
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 C1 Univ S Florida, Tampa, FL 33620 USA.
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    Simulation results illustrate the performance of the algorithms, both
    in terms of their real-time capability and the resulting estimation
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 C1 McMaster Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.
    QinetiQ Ltd, Malvern Technol Ctr, Malvern WR14 3PS, Worcs, England.
 RP Tharmarasa, R, McMaster Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Hamilton, ON L8S
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 EM tharman@grads.ece.mcmaster.ca
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 GA 204DL
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    Parashar, M
 AF Li, Xiaolin
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    structured adaptive applications
 SO IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
 LA English
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    requirements, mechanisms for characterizing the partitioning
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    application-level out-of-core strategy (ALOC), trading time for space
    when resources are scarce in order to enhance the survivability of
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 C1 Oklahoma State Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA.
    Rutgers State Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA.
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 EM xiaolin@cs.okstate.edu
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 PA 10662 LOS VAQUEROS CIRCLE, PO BOX 3014, LOS ALAMITOS, CA 90720-1314 USA
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 LA English
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    a common drawback: They operate in a reactive manner, i.e., they
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    uses of this information. First, we can implement proactive disk power
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    of idle disk periods, which leads to better exploitation of available
    power-saving capabilities. We implemented both these approaches within
    an optimizing compiler and tested their effectiveness using a set of
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    for disk power achieves additional energy savings across all the
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    that can be obtained through an Integer Linear Programming (ILP)-based
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 C1 Penn State Univ, Dept Comp Sci & Engn, University Pk, PA 16802 USA.
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 EM sson@cse.psu.edu
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 PA 10662 LOS VAQUEROS CIRCLE, PO BOX 3014, LOS ALAMITOS, CA 90720-1314 USA
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 SO IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
 LA English
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    improvement for the well-behaving traffic classes in terms of bandwidth
    utilization and bandwidth blocking and preemption probability. We also
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 C1 Nortel Networks, Ottawa, ON K2H 8E9, Canada.
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 LA English
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 AB Cooling hot-spots with high heat flux (e.g., > 1000 W/cm(2)) is
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    investigated by using a 3-D numeric model. It is found that the cooling
    in the hot-spot (1250 W/cm(2) 400 mu m by 400 mu m) can be about 19
    degrees C better in the proposed package than that achieved in the
    conventional chip package without TEC. The effects of trench, die
    thickness, and TEC misalignment on the cooling of the hot-spot are also
    discussed.
 C1 Univ Maryland, Dept Mech Engn, College Pk, MD 20742 USA.
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 PI PISCATAWAY
 PA 445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855 USA
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 GA 206VA
 UT ISI:000249209800010
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Nakaoka, K
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 TI Optimization of process parameters for calcination in TFA-MOD method
 SO IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
 LA English
 DT Article
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 ID YBCO FILMS
 AB We have investigated the influence of the H2O vapour inlet temperature
    in the calcination on both the microstructure and superconducting
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    prepared by introducing the H2O vapour at temperatures less than 200
    degrees C. XRD measurements and cross-sectional TEM observations
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    the epitaxial growth of the YBCO phase grains. Consequently, it is
    necessary to introduce H2O vapour from temperatures higher than 250
    degrees C in calcination for fabrication of high performance YBCO
    tapes. In reel-to-reel system, it is important that the humidity
    management in a low temperature range in the furnace.
 C1 ISTEC, Superconduct Res Lab, Tokyo 1350062, Japan.
    ADEAKA Corp, Arakawa Ku, Tokyo 1168553, Japan.
    ISTEC, Supercond Res Lab, Nagoya Coated Conductor Ctr, Atsuta Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 4568597, Japan.
 RP Nakaoka, K, ISTEC, Superconduct Res Lab, Shinonome 1-10-13, Tokyo
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 PI PISCATAWAY
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 JI IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond.
 PD JUN
 PY 2007
 VL 17
 IS 2
 PN Part 3
 BP 3313
 EP 3316
 PG 4
 SC Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Physics, Applied
 GA 195WL
 UT ISI:000248442900196
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 PT J
 AU Gordon, IJ
 AF Gordon, Iain J.
 TI Linking land to ocean: feedbacks in the management of socio-ecological
    systems in the Great Barrier Reef catchments
 SO HYDROBIOLOGIA
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE sediment; nutrient; coral reef; grazing; marine; aquatic
 ID WATER-QUALITY; CORAL-REEFS; QUEENSLAND; RUNOFF
 AB The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) off Australia's northeast coast is one of
    the natural wonders of the world. As a consequence it has high value,
    not only for biodiversity, but also for tourists who come to see the
    GBR and the biodiversity associated with it, bringing in over A$3.5B
    per annum to the Australian economy. However, there are a number of
    natural and anthropogenic factors that are threatening the health of
    the reef ecosystems. One of the major anthropogenic factors is the
    impact of sediments and nutrients that run off the land, via the
    rivers, into the lagoon of the reef. Extensive beef production is one
    of the major land uses of the GBR catchment, and brings in over $1B to
    the national economy annually and employs nearly 9,000 people, many of
    them in rural communities. Over 70% of terrestrial sediments and
    nutrients deposited in the GBR lagoon affecting the health of
    vulnerable reef ecosystems originate from the extensive grazing lands
    of Queensland's interior. Recent research indicates that the quantity
    of sediments and nutrients lost from these grazing lands is strongly
    dependent upon grazing management practices; grazing leads to
    degradation of soil and vegetation resources, reduced infiltration and
    vegetation production. This has led to a growing concern amongst the
    Australian public about the environmental performance of the beef
    industry and increasing pressures on graziers to change their
    management practices to decrease the off-farm impacts. Given the
    constraints within the system improvements in water quality draining
    into the GBR lagoon can best be achieved by demonstrating the
    productivity and economic benefits of science-based improved grazing
    management practices for graziers, leading to "AllWin" outcomes for all
    concerned. In the longer term, only when the range of stakeholders
    involved approach catchments as linked biophysical, social and economic
    systems, will truly integrated adaptive catchment management be applied
    to the GBR.
 C1 CSIRO, Davies Lab, Aitkenvale, Qld 4814, Australia.
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 EM iain.gordon@csiro.au
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 AU Kishore, B
    Khare, P
    Gupta, RJ
    Bisht, S
    Majumdar, K
 AF Kishore, Bimal
    Khare, Pratima
    Gupta, Rashmi Jain
    Bisht, Sonali
    Majumdar, Kaushik
 TI Hemoglobin E disease in north Indian population: A report of 11 cases
 SO HEMATOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE HbE; red cell indices; HPLC; India
 ID E-MESSENGER-RNA; THALASSEMIA; VARIANTS
 AB Hemoglobin E ( beta 26Glu -> Lys) is the most common hemoglobin ( Hb)
    variant in Southeast Asia and the second most prevalent worldwide.
    However in India, it is prevalent in Bengal and the north- eastern
    region, but relatively rare in the rest of the country. Identification
    of this Hb variant is important, because the doubly heterozygous state
    for HbE and beta- thalassemia is characterized clinically by
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    that it can be included in the differential diagnosis of patients
    presenting clinically like thalassemia intermedia or thalassemia major.
    This awareness may also help in prenatal diagnosis, genetic counseling
    and clinical management. The clinical, hematological and laboratory
    features of this disorder are also discussed.
 C1 Lok Nayak Hosp, Dept Clin Pathol, New Delhi 110002, India.
 RP Bisht, S, Lok Nayak Hosp, Dept Clin Pathol, New Delhi 110002, India.
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 AU Keles, S
    Yolasigmaz, HA
    Baskent, EZ
 AF Keles, Sedat
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    Baskent, E. Zeki
 TI Long-term modelling and analyzing of some important forest ecosystem
    values with linear programming
 SO FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE forest management; forest ecosystem values; linear programming
 ID CARBON SEQUESTRATION; TIMBER HARVEST; MANAGING FOREST; WATER YIELD;
    MANAGEMENT; OBJECTIVES; BIODIVERSITY; PERSPECTIVE; SERVICES; STAND
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    forest management planning, model. All forest values were functionally
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    ecosystems played an important role on the amount of carbon
    sequestration, soil conservation and visual quality values. The
    integration of timber volume policy constraints into timber-based
    forest management planning caused losses in timber volumes. Increased
    net carbon sequestration and dereased soil losses were attained at a
    significant cost, in terms of forgone timber harvest. Soil losses and
    water productions of forest ecosystems decreased, when residual basal
    area of forest stands increased. Clear-cuttings of forest stands have
    negative effects on visual quality. Higher timber growth rates resulted
    in more oxygen production.
 C1 Karadeniz Tech Univ, Fac Forestry, TR-61080 Trabzon, Turkey.
 RP Keles, S, Karadeniz Tech Univ, Fac Forestry, TR-61080 Trabzon, Turkey.
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 AU Iguchi, K
    Mogi, M
 AF Iguchi, Kei'ichiro
    Mogi, Minoru
 TI Effect of introducing wild paternity on stock performance of
    hatchery-reared ayu
 SO FISHERIES SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE ayu; domestication; genetic variability; principal component analysis;
    pure-bred breeding; wild paternity
 ID SALMON ONCORHYNCHUS-KISUTCH; PLECOGLOSSUS-ALTIVELIS; RESOURCE
    ENHANCEMENT; INDIVIDUALS; DIVERGENCE; FISH
 AB The domestication of ayu Plecoglossus altivelis, in which breeding has
    been carried out for multiple generations without the introduction of
    exotic broodstock (purebred-styled cultivation), causes rapid loss of
    genetic variability, and is problematic for resource management
    programs. The introduction of wild paternity to enhance genetic
    variability was examined for its effects on the performance of the
    newly hybridized stock using the Gunma population (hatchery strain),
    which has been inbred for 29 generations since its origin. Principal
    component analysis showed that hybridization could modify the stock
    performance, moderately affecting behavior and morphometrics.
    Reinforcement of aggressiveness as well as transformation to a
    long-nosed shape in the hybrid population contributed revised
    performance that was acceptable to sports fishers as an artificial
    stock. To reduce genetic stress for native ayu populations, the
    introduction of wild paternity is proposed through sperm from wild
    caught specimens to hybridize with eggs from the pure-bred hatchery
    population.
 C1 Natl Res Inst Fisheries Sci, Ueda, Nagano 3860031, Japan.
    Gunma Prefectural Fisheries Expt Stn, Maebashi, Gumma 3710036, Japan.
 RP Iguchi, K, Natl Res Inst Fisheries Sci, Ueda, Nagano 3860031, Japan.
 EM keyichi@fra.affrc.go.jp
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 AU Coggins, LG
    Catalano, MJ
    Allen, MS
    Pine, WE
    Walters, CJ
 AF Coggins, Lewis G., Jr.
    Catalano, Matthew J.
    Allen, Micheal S.
    Pine, William E., III
    Walters, Carl J.
 TI Effects of cryptic mortality and the hidden costs of using length
    limits in fishery management
 SO FISH AND FISHERIES
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE catch and release; discard mortality; length limits; recruitment
    overfishing; spawning potential ratio; yield
 ID RECREATIONAL FISHERIES; MARINE; COLLAPSE; ECOSYSTEMS; IMPACTS; SHARKS
 AB Fishery collapses cause substantial economic and ecological harm, but
    common management actions often fail to prevent overfishing. Minimum
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    both commercial and recreational fisheries, but their conservation
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    of minimum length regulations. We evaluated policy performance across
    two disparate fish life-history types: short-lived high-productivity
    (SLHP) and long-lived low-productivity (LLLP) species. For the
    life-history types, fishing mortality rates and minimum length limits
    that we examined, length limits alone generally failed to achieve
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    species and 0.05 for LLLP species. At these levels of discard
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    mortality was high. Similarly, relatively low discard mortality rates
    (> 0.05) rendered maximum yield unobtainable and caused a substantial
    shift in the shape of the yield response surfaces. An analysis of
    fishery efficiency showed that length limits caused the simulated
    fisheries to be much less efficient, potentially exposing the target
    species and ecosystem to increased negative effects of the fishing
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    moderate-to-high discard mortality rates, reductions in fishing
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    should carefully consider impacts of cryptic mortality sources (e.g.
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    increasing in many areas of the world.
 C1 Univ Florida, Dept Fisheries & Aquat Sci, Gainesville, FL 32653 USA.
    Univ British Columbia, Fisheries Ctr, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
 RP Coggins, LG, US Geol Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring & Res Ctr, 2255 N
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 EM lcoggins@usgs.gov
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 AU Wang, WM
    Cheung, CF
    Lee, WB
    Kwok, SK
 AF Wang, W. M.
    Cheung, C. F.
    Lee, W. B.
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    mental healthcare: a hybrid case-based reasoning approach
 SO EXPERT SYSTEMS
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE hybrid case-based reasoning; social services; mental healthcare;
    knowledge management; adolescent early intervention
 ID MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEM
 AB Treatment planning is a crucial and complex task in the social services
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    and the knowledge-based treatment planning system enables caseworkers
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 C1 Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Ind & Syst Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.
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 SN 0266-4720
 J9 EXPERT SYSTEMS
 JI Expert Syst.
 PD SEP
 PY 2007
 VL 24
 IS 4
 BP 232
 EP 251
 PG 20
 SC Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Computer Science, Theory &
    Methods
 GA 203FR
 UT ISI:000248961000003
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Ferencz, A
    Franco, EL
 AF Ferencz, Alex
    Franco, Eduardo L.
 TI Prophylactic human papillomavirus vaccines: potential for sea change
 SO EXPERT REVIEW OF VACCINES
 LA English
 DT Review
 DE anogenital-acrodigestivc neoplasia; cervical cancer screening; cervical
    intraepithelial neoplasia; efficacy; human papillomavirus; immune
    memory; pharmacoeconomics; prophylaxis; psychosocial counseling;
    respiratory papillomatosis; sexually transmitted infection; vaccines;
    warts
 ID RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA;
    PARTICLE VACCINE; YOUNG-WOMEN; SUSTAINED EFFICACY; CANCER PREVENTION;
    HPV VACCINES; FOLLOW-UP; TYPE-16; RISK
 AB Persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the central cause in
    the development of anogenital warts, precancers and cancers of uterine
    cervix, and a major factor in the genesis of other malignancies of the
    lower anogenital and upper aerodligestive tracts. The burden of disease
    carries very high medical, financial and psychosocial costs. The role
    of prophylactic HPV vaccines in reducing the burden of disease is
    discussed in light of the results of multiple randomized, controlled
    trials conducted worldwide,in thousands of young females. The review
    discusses some of the issues that are still unknown, with respect to
    long-term vaccine performance, challenges to be overcome to achieve
    universal, mass prophylactic HPV vaccination, as well as the potential
    impact of the vaccines on primary screening for, and management of,
    HPV-related anogenital infection and disease.
 C1 Jewish Gen Hosp, Dept Pathol, Montreal, PQ H3T 1E2, Canada.
 RP Ferencz, A, Jewish Gen Hosp, Dept Pathol, 3755 Cote St Catherine Rd,
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 EM alex.ferenczy@mcgill.ca
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    ENGLAND
 SN 1476-0584
 J9 EXPERT REV VACCINES
 JI Expert Rev. Vaccines
 PD AUG
 PY 2007
 VL 6
 IS 4
 BP 511
 EP 525
 PG 15
 SC Immunology
 GA 201XV
 UT ISI:000248866800014
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Kim, MK
    Jee, KY
 AF Kim, Moon-Koo
    Jee, Kyoung-Yong
 TI Factors influencing strategic use of information technology and its
    impact on business performance of SMEs
 SO ETRI JOURNAL
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE strategic use of IT; business performance; small and medium enterprise
    (SME)
 ID COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; MODEL
 AB In this paper, we study the relationship between factors influencing
    the strategic use of IT and business performance by conducting a survey
    of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). From the results of our
    survey we came to several conclusions which are presented here. First,
    IT investment has a significant impact on the strategic use of IT, and
    the strategic use of IT has a significant impact on business
    performance. Second, SME investment in IT and strategic use of IT are
    influenced by both the intensity of competition in the market
    environment and partnership with other organizations. Third, the
    support from the management group in SMEs is a core factor for IT
    investment and strategic use of IT. Finally, for SNIEs to use IT
    strategically and successfully, it is necessary to combine members'
    participation with a flexible organizational structure and culture.
 C1 ETRI, IT Technol Strategy Res Div, Taejon, South Korea.
 RP Kim, MK, ETRI, IT Technol Strategy Res Div, Taejon, South Korea.
 EM mkkim@etri.re.kr
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 PI TAEJON
 PA 161 KAJONG-DONG, YUSONG-GU, TAEJON 305-350, SOUTH KOREA
 SN 1225-6463
 J9 ETRI J
 JI ETRI J.
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 PY 2007
 VL 29
 IS 4
 BP 497
 EP 506
 PG 10
 SC Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Telecommunications
 GA 199DQ
 UT ISI:000248676800012
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Wang, Q
    Ruan, X
    Chen, YN
    Li, WH
 AF Wang, Q.
    Ruan, X.
    Chen, Y. N.
    Li, W. H.
 TI Eco-physiological response of Populus euphratica Oliv. to water release
    of the lower reaches of the Tarim River, China
 SO ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE Populus euphratica; Tarim River; eco-physiological response; water
    release
 ID OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENT; ABSCISIC-ACID; SALT STRESS; PROLINE; PLANTS;
    ACCUMULATION; CYTOKININS; MANAGEMENT; SEEDLINGS; DROUGHT
 AB Eco-physiological and plant performance responses and acclimation of
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    River, China were investigated. Three representative areas and 15
    transects were selected along the lower reaches of the Tarim River. The
    groundwater level and salt content as well as plant performance and the
    contents of proline, soluble sugar, and plant endogenous hormone (ABA,
    CTK) in leaves were monitored and analyzed before- and after-water
    release. The groundwater level was raised in different areas and
    transects by the water release program. The physiological stress to P.
    euphratica decreased after the water release. Our results suggested
    that the groundwater level in the studied region changed from -3.15 to
    -4.12 m, salt content of the groundwater from 67.15 to 72.65 mM, the
    proline content from 9.28 to 11.06 mM, the soluble sugar content from
    224.71 to 252.16 mM, the ABA content from 3.59 to 5.01 ng/(g FW), and
    the CK content from 4.01 to 4.56 ng/(g FW)- for the optimum growth and
    recover of P. euphratica indicated by the plant performance parameters,
    and the efficiency of water release was the highest.
 C1 Zhejiang Univ, Ningbo Inst Technol, Ningbo 315100, Peoples R China.
    Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Inst Ecol & Geog, Urumqi 830011, Peoples R China.
 RP Wang, Q, Zhejiang Univ, Ningbo Inst Technol, Ningbo 315100, Peoples R
    China.
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 SN 0943-0105
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 JI Environ. Geol.
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 EP 357
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 SC Environmental Sciences; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Water Resources
 GA 202MY
 UT ISI:000248907100011
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 PT J
 AU Bourassa, S
    Brodeur, J
    Carriere, Y
 AF Bourassa, Steeve
    Brodeur, Jacques
    Carriere, Yves
 TI Endophyte-grass complexes and the relationship between feeding
    preference and performance in a grass herbivore
 SO ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE Blissus leucopterus hirtus; fine fescue; fungal endophytes; Kentucky
    bluegrass; perennial ryegrass; tall fescue; turfgrass; Neotyphodium;
    Heteroptera; Lygacidae
 ID HAIRY CHINCH BUG; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES; KENTUCKY
    BLUEGRASS; TALL FESCUE; LYGAEIDAE; HEMIPTERA; RESISTANCE; HOMOPTERA;
    APHIDIDAE
 AB Overseeding non-endophytic turfgrass lawns with endophytic turfgrass is
    considered promising for the development of integrated pest management
    programs in urban landscapes. In this context, a better understanding
    of the variability in the preference-performance response of insect
    herbivores exposed to endophytic grasses could be useful to develop
    efficient practices. Specifically, while endophytic varieties that are
    strongly toxic and avoided could provide good control of mobile pests,
    varieties that are toxic but not avoided could be more suitable for the
    control of sedentary pests. In this laboratory study, we investigated
    how the infection of 10 grass varieties by Neotyphodium endophytes
    affected the feeding performance and preference of newly hatched nymphs
    of the hairy chinch bug, Blissus leucoptcrus hirtus Montandon
    (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae), a common turfgrass pest in north-eastern USA.
    We found that endophytes generally induced a strong relationship
    between feeding performance and preference in this herbivore. However,
    two endophytic varieties did not conform to this relationship, with one
    variety being highly toxic but not avoided and the other less toxic but
    highly avoided. These results provide a solid basis to further explore
    the impacts of endophytic grasses on the dispersal and survival of
    insect pests in mixed stands of endophytic and non-endophytic plants.
 C1 Univ Arizona, Dept Entomol, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA.
    Univ Laval, Fac Sci Agr & Alimentat, Ctr Rech Hort, Ste Foy, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada.
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 RP Carriere, Y, Univ Arizona, Dept Entomol, 410 Forbes Bldg, Tucson, AZ
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 EM ycarrier@ag.arizona.edu
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 SC Entomology
 GA 199IL
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 PT J
 AU Tralhao, JG
    Dagher, I
    Lino, T
    Roudie, J
    Franco, D
 AF Tralhao, J. G.
    Dagher, I.
    Lino, T.
    Roudie, J.
    Franco, D.
 TI Treatment of tumour recurrence after resection of hepatocellular
    carcinoma. Analysis of 97 consecutive patients
 SO EJSO
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE hepatocellular carcinoma; recurrence; treatment
 ID INTRAHEPATIC RECURRENCE; HEPATIC RESECTION; IODINE-131-LABELED
    LIPIODOL; PULMONARY METASTASIS; PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS; RANDOMIZED-TRIAL;
    LIVER RESECTION; THERAPY; TRANSPLANTATION; CIRRHOSIS
 AB Objective: To evaluate the long-term results of aggressive treatment of
    HCC recurrence.
    Methods: Two hundred and nine consecutive patients underwent hepatic
    resection for HCC in our hospital. Tumour recurrence was diagnosed in
    97 (51%) of the 190 patients with curative resection. Sixteen underwent
    hepatic resection: two right hepatectomies, one three-segmentectomy,
    one left hepatectomy, five two-segmentectomies, six segmental
    resections and one subsegmentectomy. Two patients with metastasis in
    the spine were submitted to a vertebral body resection. Twenty-five
    patients were treated with percutaneous ethanol injection or
    intra-arterial chemoembolization. Fifty-four patients with a poor
    performance status and liver function or multiple extra hepatic
    recurrences did not receive any treatment.
    Results: There were no operative deaths. The postoperative mortality
    rate was 5.5% (one patient). The cumulative overall survival after the
    second resection was respectively 89%, 46% and 31% at 1, 3 and 5 years.
    There was a significant difference in survival between patients treated
    with repeat resection and those submitted to a non-surgical or
    conservative treatment (p < 0.0001). There were no differences in
    operative deaths, postoperative mortality and morbidity between the
    first and second hepatic resection.
    Conclusions: Aggressive management with combined resection or loco
    regional therapy for intrahepatic recurrence and resection of isolated
    extra-hepatic recurrence may offer long-term survival in selected
    patients. Second liver resection for recurrence of HCC can be safely
    performed. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
 C1 Univ Coimbra, Fac Med, Dept Surg, P-3049 Coimbra, Portugal.
    Hop Antoine Beclere, Fac Med, Serv Chirurgie Gen, Paris, France.
    Inst Syst Comp Engn, Coimbra, Portugal.
 RP Tralhao, JG, Univ Coimbra, Fac Med, Dept Surg, P-3049 Coimbra, Portugal.
 EM jglrt@hotmail.com
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 BP 746
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 SC Oncology
 GA 202WP
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 PT J
 AU Reddy, CB
    Kanner, RE
 AF Reddy, Chakravarthy B.
    Kanner, Richard E.
 TI Is combination therapy with inhaled Anticholinergics and
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 SO DRUGS & AGING
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID AIRWAY SMOOTH-MUSCLE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE;
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 PA 41 CENTORIAN DR, PRIVATE BAG 65901, MAIRANGI BAY, AUCKLAND 1311, NEW
    ZEALAND
 SN 1170-229X
 J9 DRUG AGING
 JI Drugs Aging
 PY 2007
 VL 24
 IS 8
 BP 615
 EP 628
 PG 14
 SC Geriatrics & Gerontology; Pharmacology & Pharmacy
 GA 203WT
 UT ISI:000249005400001
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Alvarez, A
    Lokeshwar, VB
 AF Alvarez, Alonso
    Lokeshwar, Vinata B.
 TI Bladder cancer biomarkers: current developments and future
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 SO CURRENT OPINION IN UROLOGY
 LA English
 DT Review
 DE bladder cancer; diagnosis; surveillance; tumor markers; urothelial
    carcinoma
 ID IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION; TRANSITIONAL-CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSCRIPTASE
    MESSENGER-RNA; NEGATIVE URINE CYTOLOGY; UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA;
    TUMOR-TISSUE; MICROSATELLITE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER METHYLATION; HYAL1
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 AB Purpose of review Bladder cancer biomarker development has advanced
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    perspectives on bladder tumor markers.
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    characteristics, they are currently not accepted in clinical practice.
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 PI PHILADELPHIA
 PA 530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA
 SN 0963-0643
 J9 CURR OPIN UROL
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 PD SEP
 PY 2007
 VL 17
 IS 5
 BP 341
 EP 346
 PG 6
 SC Urology & Nephrology
 GA 206MS
 UT ISI:000249188200010
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Tang, Z
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    Mazabob, J
    Thomas, EJ
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 AF Tang, Zhihua
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    Mazabob, Janine
    Thomas, Eric J.
    Chu-Weininger, Ming Ying L.
    Johnson, Todd R.
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 SO CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
 LA English
 DT Article
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 ID INFORMATION; SYSTEMS; ERRORS
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 PI PHILADELPHIA
 PA 530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA
 SN 0090-3493
 J9 CRIT CARE MED
 JI Crit. Care Med.
 PD SEP
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 VL 35
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 BP 2057
 EP 2063
 PG 7
 SC Critical Care Medicine
 GA 204JB
 UT ISI:000249038700007
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 AU Sekino, M
    Hara, M
 AF Sekino, M.
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 SO CONSERVATION GENETICS
 LA English
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 ID MICROSATELLITE DNA MARKERS; POPULATION-STRUCTURE; EVOLUTIONARY
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 AU Folan, P
    Browne, J
    Jagdev, H
 AF Folan, Paul
    Browne, Jim
    Jagdev, Harinder
 TI Performance: Its meaning and content for today's business research
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 LA English
 DT Article
 DE performance; performance management; performance assessments;
    performance measurement
 C1 Matl Univ Ireland, CIMRU, Galway, Ireland.
    Univ Manchester, Sch Informat, Manchester M60 1QD, Lancs, England.
 RP Folan, P, Matl Univ Ireland, CIMRU, Galway, Ireland.
 EM paul.folan@nuigalway.ie
    jimmie.browvne@nuigalway.ie
    hjagdev@manchester.ac.uk
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    Terzi, S
    Macchi, M
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    Macchi, Marco
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    techniques
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    management
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    FRAMEWORK; DESIGN
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    production planning and control process. From the industrial side, the
    adoption of highly reactive and efficient scheduling and control
    systems strongly affects the level of productivity and utilization of a
    manufacturing system, particularly under the pressure of shortened
    product cycles, reduced batch sizes and a broader variety of items to
    be produced. In the meanwhile, from the research side, there has been a
    considerable amount of works done in the area of manufacturing systems
    control, even if they still remain "unheard voices" in industry. Hence,
    in the scheduling world there is a risk of miscommunication between
    academics and industrial users.
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    the conceptual model, the development efforts and first applicative
    experiences of the Benchmarking Service, a research initiative which
    has been carried out within the activities of the Special Interest
    Group on Benchmarking and Performance Measurement of the IMS Network of
    Excellence. In particular, the paper details the PMS-ESS conceptual
    framework developed for assessing the level of quality of a scheduling
    solution in terms of efficiency, robustness and flexibility. (c) 2007
    Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
 C1 Univ Bergamo, Dept Ind Engn, Dalmine, BG, Italy.
    Politecn Milan, Dept Econ Management & Ind Engn, I-20133 Milan, Italy.
 RP Cavalieri, S, Univ Bergamo, Dept Ind Engn, Dalmine, BG, Italy.
 EM sergio.cavalieri@unibg.it
    sergio.terzi@unibg.it
    marco.macchi@polimi.it
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 AU Nudurupati, S
    Arshad, T
    Tumer, T
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    Arshad, Tanweer
    Tumer, Trevor
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    investigating manufacturing methodologies
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    indicators; strategy map; management information systems
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    structured performance measurement system (PMS) with appropriate
    management information systems (MIS), there are significant
    improvements such as successfully addressing all stakeholder
    requirements, focusing on critical improvement areas as well as
    bringing cultural changes (proactive management and decision making).
    (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
 C1 Univ Strathclyde, DMEM, Ctr Strateg Mfg, Glasgow G1 1XJ, Lanark, Scotland.
 RP Nudurupati, S, Univ Strathclyde, DMEM, Ctr Strateg Mfg, James Weir
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 AU Garengo, P
    Nudurupati, S
    Bititci, U
 AF Garengo, Patrizia
    Nudurupati, Sai
    Bititci, Umit
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    organizational life cycle perspective
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 LA English
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    organizational capability; small and medium enterprises
 ID PERFORMANCE-MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH
    AGENDA; BUSINESS
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    measurement system (PMS) and management information system (MIS)
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    using the case study, methodology in Italian and Scottish small and
    medium enterprises (SMEs). The empirical results are synthesized in two
    theoretical propositions.
    The first proposition underlines the presence of two circular
    relationships between PMS, MIS and organizational capability. The first
    relationship is that: PMS implementation and use promote development in
    organizational capability, and that improvements in organizational
    capability supports PMS implementation and use. The second relationship
    is that; advanced MIS create a favourable context for PMS
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    investments in MIS.
    The second proposition emphasizes that company maturity has a relevant
    impact on MIS and PMS development where mature organizations are able
    to recognize their needs and are able to design effective MIS
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    rights reserved.
 C1 Univ Padua, DIMEG, I-35131 Padua, Italy.
    Univ Strathclyde, DMEM, Ctr Strateg Mfg, Glasgow G1 1XJ, Lanark, Scotland.
 RP Garengo, P, Univ Padua, DIMEG, Via Venezia 1, I-35131 Padua, Italy.
 EM patrizia.garengo@unipd.it
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    Genoulaz, VB
    Campagne, JP
 AF La Forme, France-Anne Gruat
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    Campagne, Jean-Pierre
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    industrial case study
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    keywords of a successful management in a business area, companies
    cannot work in an autonomous way anymore. They have to get closer to
    their supply chain partners and to optimize their relations, to
    interface and to integrate their information systems and
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    rights reserved.
 C1 Inst Natl Sci Appl, Lab LIESP, F-69621 Villeurbanne, France.
 RP La Forme, FAG, Inst Natl Sci Appl, Lab LIESP, Batiment Blaise Pascal, 7
    Ave Jean Capelle, F-69621 Villeurbanne, France.
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 AU Gaiardelli, P
    Saccani, N
    Songini, L
 AF Gaiardelli, Paolo
    Saccani, Nicola
    Songini, Lucrezia
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    from the automotive industry
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 LA English
 DT Article
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    model; case studies; automotive industry
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 AB The after-sales activities are nowadays acknowledged as a relevant
    source of revenue, profit and competitive advantage in most
    manufacturing industries. Top and middle management, therefore, should
    focus on the definition of a structured business performance
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    many actors are involved along the after-sale service supply chain, an
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    Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
 C1 Univ Bergamo, Dept Ind Engn, I-24044 Dalmine, Italy.
    Univ Brescia, Dept Mech & Ind Engn, I-25123 Brescia, Italy.
    Univ Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Dept Accounting & Finance, I-20136 Milan, Italy.
 RP Gaiardelli, P, Univ Bergamo, Dept Ind Engn, Viale Marconi 5, I-24044
    Dalmine, Italy.
 EM paolo.gaiardelli@unibg.it
    nicola.saccani@ing.unibs.it
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    Cliville, V
 AF Berrah, Lamia
    Cliville, Vincent
 TI Towards an aggregation performance measurement system model in a supply
    chain context
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 LA English
 DT Article
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    chain; SCOR model
 ID MANAGEMENT; CRITERIA; INDICATORS; ISSUES
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    aggregation methodology. based on the Choquet integral operator and
    MACBETH framework, is thus adopted. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights
    reserved.
 C1 Univ Savoie, LISTIC, F-74016 Annecy, France.
 RP Berrah, L, Univ Savoie, LISTIC, BP 806, F-74016 Annecy, France.
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    Ducq, Y
    Vallespir, B
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 LA English
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 C1 Univ Bordeaux 1, ENSEIRB, CNRS UMR 5131, LAPS GRAI, F-33405 Talence, France.
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 C1 Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, RB Pamplin Coll Business, Dept Business Informat Technol, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA.
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 C1 Natl Taipei Univ Technol, Dept Elect Engn, Taipei, Taiwan.
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    Holmgren, CJ
    Hu, D
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 AF Lo, Edward C. M.
    Holmgren, Christopher J.
    Hu, Deyu
    Helderman, Wim van Palenstein
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    placed in Chinese school children
 SO COMMUNITY DENTISTRY AND ORAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE atraumatic restorative treatment; cohort study; dental filling;
    glass-ionomer; survival analysis
 ID SURFACE ART RESTORATIONS; GLASS-IONOMER SEALANTS; PERMANENT DENTITION;
    DENTAL-CARIES; SURVIVAL; AMALGAM; MANAGEMENT; DENTISTRY; ZIMBABWE
 AB Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical performance of
    atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) restorations placed in school
    children in China over a 6-year period. Methods: This study was
    implemented in 1996 and 294 ART restorations were placed in 197
    children aged 12-13 years by five assistant dentists in four schools.
    Standard ART procedures and instruments were used combined with a
    high-strength glass-ionomer restorative material. One examiner
    evaluated the restorations annually using the ART criteria while at 5
    years an independent external examiner used US Public Health Service
    (USPHS) criteria. Results: Fifty-eight per cent of the restorations
    were followed for 6 years. At the 6-year evaluation examination, 76%
    and 59% of the small and large restorations respectively were present
    and were without major wear or defect (P < 0.01). Similar results were
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    and operator was small but failure of restorations placed in the same
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 EM edward-lo@hkucc.hku.hk
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 AU Sarkar, M
    Cruz, RL
 AF Sarkar, Mahasweta
    Cruz, Rene L.
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    algorithm
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    (DP) formulation provides a lower bound to the average power
    consumption for the multiple user case. To gain better insight into the
    optimal sleep policy we also formulate and solve a two-user
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    complexity of the DP approach grows very quickly with the number of
    users, the insights gained from the DP approach led us to design a
    simple, centralized, adaptive algorithm for assigning the sleep
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    infrastructure mode served by a single Access Point (AP). Our algorithm
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    as the tolerable average packet delay. We describe two different
    service policies - the Round Robin scheme and the Shortest Sleep First
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    when all wireless nodes in the system have the same packet arrival
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    the power efficiency of our algorithm is comparable to the bound on
    performance that is obtained from the one-user dynamic programming
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 C1 San Diego State Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, San Diego, CA 92182 USA.
    Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA.
 RP Sarkar, M, San Diego State Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, San Diego, CA
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 EM msarkar2@mail.sdsu.edu
    cruz@ece.ucsd.edu
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    Information Systems; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic;
    Telecommunications
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    exercise; neurology; performance; trainees
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    common evaluated procedure (57%). Mini-CEX evaluations lasted 23.8
    minutes (10.6) (mean, sd) and DOPS 25.9 minutes (12.6). Mini-CEX scores
    for overall competence and communication skills were mean 5.99 (sd
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    useful in a neurology department and provided some evidence for
    increasing performance with trainee seniority. More assessor time
    (approximately one hour) than trainee time (24-26 min) was needed for
    each assessment undertaken.
 C1 Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust, Dept Neurol, Cardiff CF14 4XN, Wales.
    Univ Cardiff Wales, Dept Neurol, Cardiff, Wales.
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    4XN, Wales.
 EM wiles@cf.ac.uk
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 PT J
 AU Tesauro, G
    Jong, NK
    Das, R
    Bennani, MN
 AF Tesauro, Gerald
    Jong, Nicholas K.
    Das, Rajarshi
    Bennani, Mohamed N.
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    APPLICATIONS
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    policy learning
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    queuing-theoretic approaches making use of explicit system performance
    models. In principle, RL can automatically learn high-quality
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    model, and with little or no built-in system specific knowledge. In our
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    RL to learn resource valuation estimates (in lookup table form) which
    can be used to make high-quality server allocation decisions in a
    multi-application prototype Data Center scenario. The present work
    shows how to combine the strengths of both RL and queuing models in a
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    suffering potentially poor performance in live online training. We also
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    perceptrons) instead of lookup tables; this enables scaling to
    substantially larger state spaces. Our results now show that, in both
    open-loop and closed-loop traffic, hybrid RL training can achieve
    significant performance improvements over a variety of initial
    model-based policies. We also find that, as expected, RL can deal
    effectively with both transients and switching delays, which lie
    outside the scope of traditional steady-state queuing theory.
 C1 IBM TJ Watson Res Ctr, Hawthorne, NY 10532 USA.
    Univ Texas, Dept Comp Sci, Austin, TX 78712 USA.
    Oracle Inc, Portland, OR 97204 USA.
 RP Tesauro, G, IBM TJ Watson Res Ctr, 19 Skyline Dr, Hawthorne, NY 10532
    USA.
 EM gtesauro@us.ibm.com
    nkj@cs.utexas.edu
    rajarshi@us.ibm.com
    mohamed.bennani@oracle.com
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    Methods
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 PT J
 AU Butler, R
    Servilla, M
    Gage, S
    Basney, J
    Welch, V
    Baker, B
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 AF Butler, Randy
    Servilla, Mark
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    Basney, Jim
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    Gehrig, David
    Bletzinger, Michael
    Tao, Jing
    Freemon, D. Michael
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    data: a use case study in grid deployment
 SO CLUSTER COMPUTING-THE JOURNAL OF NETWORKS SOFTWARE TOOLS AND
    APPLICATIONS
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE acoustic signal analysis; case study; grid; security
 AB The LTER Grid Pilot Study was conducted by the National Center for
    Supercomputing Applications, the University of New Mexico, and Michigan
    State University, to design and build a prototype grid for the
    ecological community. The featured grid application, the Biophony Grid
    Portal, manages acoustic data from field sensors and allows researchers
    to conduct real-time digital signal processing analysis on
    high-performance systems via a web-based portal. Important
    characteristics addressed during the study include the management,
    access, and analysis of a large set of field collected acoustic
    observations from microphone sensors, single signon, and data
    provenance. During the development phase of this project, new features
    were added to standard grid middleware software and have already been
    successfully leveraged by other, unrelated grid projects. This paper
    provides an overview of the Biophony Grid Portal application and
    requirements, discusses considerations regarding grid architecture and
    design, details the technical implementation, and summarizes key
    experiences and lessons learned that are generally applicable to all
    developers and administrators in a grid environment.
 C1 Univ Illinois, Natl Ctr Supercomp Applicat, Urbana, IL 61821 USA.
    Univ New Mexico, LTER Network Off, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA.
    Michigan State Univ, Kellogg Biol Stn, LTER, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA.
    Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Natl Ctr Ecol Anal & Synth, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 USA.
 RP Butler, R, Univ Illinois, Natl Ctr Supercomp Applicat, Urbana, IL 61821
    USA.
 EM rbutler@ncsa.uiuc.edu
    servilla@LTERnet.edu
    sgage@msu.edu
    jbasney@ncsa.uiuc.edu
    vwelch@ncsa.uiuc.edu
    bbaker@ncsa.uiuc.edu
    tfleury@ncsa.uiuc.edu
    pduda@ncsa.uiuc.edu
    dgehrig@ncsa.uiuc.edu
    mbletzin@ncsa.uiuc.edu
    tao@nceas.ucsb.edu
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    Rejeski, WJ
    Blair, SN
    Duncan, PW
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    Blair, Steven N.
    Duncan, Pamela W.
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    Castaneda-Sceppa, Carmen
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    from the American college of sports medicine and the American heart
    association
 SO CIRCULATION
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE older adults; physical activity; benefits; risks; health
 ID RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY;
    CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE; EXERCISE; PREVENTION; MANAGEMENT;
    REHABILITATION; INTERVENTIONS; SUBCOMMITTEE; PERFORMANCE
 AB Objective-To issue a recommendation on the types and amounts of
    physical activity needed to improve and maintain health in older adults.
    Participants-A panel of scientists with expertise in public health,
    behavioral science, epidemiology, exercise science, medicine, and
    gerontology.
    Evidence-The expert panel reviewed existing consensus statements and
    relevant evidence from primary research articles and reviews of the
    literature.
    Process: After drafting a recommendation for the older adult population
    and reviewing drafts of the Updated Recommendation from the American
    College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Heart Association
    (AHA) for Adults, the panel issued a final recommendation on physical
    activity for older adults.
    Summary-The recommendation for older adults is similar to the updated
    ACSM/AHA recommendation for adults, but has several important
    differences including: the recommended intensity of aerobic activity
    takes into account the older adult's aerobic fitness; activities that
    maintain or increase flexibility are recommended; and balance exercises
    are recommended for older adults at risk of falls. In addition, older
    adults should have an activity plan for achieving recommended physical
    activity that integrates preventive and therapeutic recommendations.
    The promotion of physical activity in older adults should emphasize
    moderate-intensity aerobic activity, muscle-strengthening activity,
    reducing sedentary behavior, and risk management.
 C1 Tufts Univ, Medford, MA 02155 USA.
    Wake Forest Univ, Winston Salem, NC 27109 USA.
    Univ S Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA.
    Duke Univ, Durham, NC 27706 USA.
    Univ Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 USA.
    Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
    San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA 92182 USA.
 RP Nelson, ME, Tufts Univ, Medford, MA 02155 USA.
 EM kelle.ramsay@wolterskluwer.com
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 PI PHILADELPHIA
 PA 530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA
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 PD AUG 28
 PY 2007
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 BP 1094
 EP 1105
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    Disease
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 UT ISI:000249031100014
 ER
 
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 DT Article
 DE hepatocellular; polybutylcyanoacrylate; nanoparticles; model, animal,
    orthotopic transplantation
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    transplantation HCC models were established by implanting HCC HepG2
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    (n=29) were divided into 4 groups: normal saline (NS), empty
    nanoparticles (EN), DATS and DATS-PBCA-NP were intravenously
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    assay and protein levels of apoptosis and cell proliferation proteins
    by immunoblotting in tumor tissues were performed to elucidate the
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    DATS-PBCA-NP changed the tissue/organ distribution of DATS in vivo. The
    successful rate of tumor implantation was 100%. Intravenous
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    0.05). TUNEL staining showed that the tumors from DATS-PBCA-NP treated
    mice exhibited a markedly higher apoptotic index compared with control
    tumors. Western blot analysis of tumor tissue revealed that the
    down-regulated expression of proliferation cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)
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    orthotopic transplantation HCC model in mice in association with the
    suppression of proliferation and the induction of apoptosis of tumor
    cells. These advantages are probably due to their liver targeting
    characteristics and consequently bring a higher anti-tumor activity.
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 LA English
 DT Article
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 EP 3081
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 PT J
 AU Gluck, PA
 AF Gluck, Paul A.
 TI Patient safety in women's health care: a framework for progress
 SO BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH IN CLINICAL OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE patient safety; medical errors; defensive barriers; team function
 ID ADVERSE EVENTS; INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; ERRORS;
    MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; QUALITY; ARREST; TRIAL; TEAM
 AB Patient safety research is hampered by lack of a clear taxonomy and
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 C1 Univ Miami, Miller Sch Med, Miami, FL 33176 USA.
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 PI LONDON
 PA 24-28 OVAL RD, LONDON NW1 7DX, ENGLAND
 SN 1521-6934
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 SC Obstetrics & Gynecology
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 PT J
 AU Guise, JM
 AF Guise, Jeanne-Marie
 TI Anticipating and responding to obstetric emergencies
 SO BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH IN CLINICAL OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE patient safety; obstetric emergencies; obstetric delivery; pregnancy;
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 AB During the last 10 years, international attention has focused on the
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 C1 Oregon Hlth & Sci Univ, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Portland, OR 97239 USA.
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 RP Guise, JM, Oregon Hlth & Sci Univ, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, 3181 SW Sam
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 EM guisej@ohsu.edu
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 PT J
 AU Alexiou, A
 AF Alexiou, Angeliki
 TI WINNER: Designing a new radio interface for next-generation systems
 SO BELL LABS TECHNICAL JOURNAL
 LA English
 DT Article
 AB The key objective in the design of a new radio interface for
    next-generation wireless communications is to develop a scalable and
    adaptable radio access system that will support the challenging
    requirements for systems beyond third generation (B3G). The new radio
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    including service providers, manufacturers, and academic organizations
    in the wireless field, within the framework of the European
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    By studying the requirements, enabling technologies, and identifying
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    for convergence. (c) 2007 Alcatel-Lucent.
 C1 Alcatel Lucent Wireless Res Lab Bell Labs, Swindon, Wilts, England.
 RP Alexiou, A, Alcatel Lucent Wireless Res Lab Bell Labs, Swindon, Wilts,
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    *INT TEK UN RAD SE, 2003, RECM1645 ITUR
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 PI HOBOKEN
 PA 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA
 SN 1089-7089
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 JI Bell Labs Tech. J.
 PD SUM
 PY 2007
 VL 12
 IS 2
 BP 19
 EP 35
 PG 17
 SC Computer Science, Information Systems; Engineering, Electrical &
    Electronic; Telecommunications
 GA 202JL
 UT ISI:000248897700003
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 PT J
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    Kanthi, CN
    Naidu, KVM
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 AF Agrawal, Shipra
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    Naidu, K. V. M.
    Ramamirtham, Jeyashankher
    Rastogi, Rajeev
    Satkin, Scott
    Srinivasan, Anand
 TI Monitoring infrastructure for converged networks and services
 SO BELL LABS TECHNICAL JOURNAL
 LA English
 DT Article
 AB Network convergence is enabling service providers to deploy a wide
    range of services such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Internet
    Protocol television (IPTV), and push-to-talk on the same underlying IP
    networks. Each service has unique performance requirements from the
    network, and IP networks have not been designed to satisfy these
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    enables service providers to monitor and manage their networks to
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    paper, we describe monitoring mechanisms that give service providers
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    providers to ensure that their networks adequately satisfy the
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    acquire data, which can be analyzed to determine the performance of the
    network. This platform enables service providers to offer carrier grade
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 EP 77
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    Electronic; Telecommunications
 GA 202JL
 UT ISI:000248897700005
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 PT J
 AU Aavik, A
    Paabo, P
    Kaal, T
 AF Aavik, Andrus
    Paabo, Priit
    Kaal, Tiit
 TI Assessment of pavement structural strength by the falling weight
    deflectometer
 SO BALTIC JOURNAL OF ROAD AND BRIDGE ENGINEERING
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE flexible pavement; E-modulus; falling weight deflectometer (FWD);
    cobb-douglas equation
 AB The main objective of the research project was to derive the equation
    for calculating the pavement equivalent E-modulus on the basis of the
    Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) deflection measurement data to be
    used in the Estonian Pavement Management System (EPMS) for network and
    project level analysis so, that the determined values are comparable
    with the Estonian flexible pavement design procedure 2001-52. In 1999,
    32 and in 2001 additional 19 FWD test sites were chosen on actual
    pavement structures to perform FWD measurements annually, once or twice
    per month from early spring until late autumn. FWD measurement data
    were analysed mathematically and the results were compared with the
    Estonian flexible pavement design procedure.
    The research project results in the following: The quantitative
    methodology for evaluating the qualitative characteristics of the
    pavement is determined on the basis of the Cobb-Douglas equation,
    taking into account at a time practically an unlimited number of
    factors influencing the pavement structural condition.
    The relationship between the pavement equivalent elastic modulus
    calculated according to the Estonian flexible pavement design procedure
    2001-52 and based on the FWD measured deflection is determined. The
    equation for calculating of the pavement equivalent E-modulus on the
    basis of the FWD deflection data to be used in the EPMS is detived.
    The correction factors for the pavement equivalent E-modulus, taking
    into account the month of the FWD measurement performance, moist-Lire
    conditions and road embankment height at the FWD test site, are
    mathematically based on statistical data determined for Estonian
    conditions.
 C1 Tallinn Univ Technol, Dept Transport, EE-19086 Tallinn, Estonia.
    Baltifalt Ltd, EE-75303 Harju Cty, Estonia.
    Tech Ctr Estonian Rds Ltd, EE-11216 Tallinn, Estonia.
 RP Aavik, A, Tallinn Univ Technol, Dept Transport, Ehitajate Tee 5,
    EE-19086 Tallinn, Estonia.
 EM andnis.aavik@ttu.ee
    priit@baltifalt.ee
    tiit.kaal@tehnokeskus.ee
 CR 1985, GUIDELINES FLEXIBLE
    2000, HIGHWAY DESIGN NORMS
    2001, GUIDELINES FLEXIBLE
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 PA SAULETEKIO AL 11, VILNIUS, LT-10223, LITHUANIA
 SN 1822-427X
 J9 BALT J ROAD BRIDGE ENG
 JI Balt. J. Road. Bridge. Eng.
 PY 2006
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 EP 199
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 GA 205ME
 UT ISI:000249117200005
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 PT J
 AU Wechsler, B
    Weber, R
 AF Wechsler, B.
    Weber, R.
 TI Loose farrowing systems: challenges and solutions
 SO ANIMAL WELFARE
 LA English
 DT Review
 DE animal welfare; behaviour; farrowing saw; legislation; pen design;
    piglet mortality
 ID RANGING DOMESTIC PIGS; ANIMAL HOUSING SYSTEMS; PRE-PARTURIENT PIGS;
    MATERNAL-BEHAVIOR; PIGLET MORTALITY; SUS-SCROFA; PRIMIPAROUS SOWS;
    HOUSED SOWS; ETHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; PREPARTUM BEHAVIOR
 AB The use of farrowing crates is increasingly questioned from an animal
    welfare point of view. Even so, since a number of attempts to develop
    loose farrowing systems have been unsuccessful, leading to high levels
    of piglet mortality due in the main to crushing, many farmers remain
    sceptical as to whether or not alternative systems can be viable. On
    the other hand, several European countries have introduced legislation
    requiring loose farrowing systems, thus promoting research into this
    type of housing and allowing for performance studies based on large
    samples of commercial forms. As a consequence of these recent
    developments, we think it timely to reconsider the evidence available
    on loose farrowing systems. In our review, we first address the normal
    peri-parturient behaviour of domestic pigs, as well as studies
    comparing behaviour and stress physiology in sows kept in both crates
    and loose systems during farrowing. We then review approaches taken to
    develop alternative farrowing systems in different countries, and focus
    lastly on pen, piglet and sow characteristics that contribute to piglet
    survival in loose farrowing systems. Taking scientific evidence as well
    as practical experience into account, we conclude that piglet mortality
    in loose farrowing systems need not exceed that of crate systems. To
    obtain good performance results, sows due to farrow should be kept
    individually in sufficiently large pens, structured for preference into
    a nest area and an activity area. Furthermore, both management and
    breeding aspects, resulting in high piglet viability and good maternal
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 EM Beat.Wechsler@art.admin.ch
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 SN 0962-7286
 J9 ANIM WELFARE
 JI Anim. Welf.
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 AU Iossa, G
    Soulsbury, CD
    Harris, S
 AF iossa, G.
    Soulsbury, C. D.
    Harris, S.
 TI Mammal trapping: a review of animal welfare standards of killing and
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 SO ANIMAL WELFARE
 LA English
 DT Review
 DE animal welfare; international legislation; ISO standards; mammals;
    trapping standards; trap types
 ID SIMULATED NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; FISHER MARTES-PENNANTI; AMERICAN BLACK
    BEARS; MINK MUSTELA-VISON; RED FOXES; LIVE-CAPTURE; WILD ANIMALS;
    PATHOLOGICAL RESPONSES; BRUSHTAIL POSSUMS; FOOTHOLD TRAPS
 AB Millions of wild mammals are trapped annually for fur, pest control and
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 C1 Univ Bristol, Sch Biol Sci, Bristol BS8 1UG, Avon, England.
 RP Iossa, G, Univ Bristol, Sch Biol Sci, Woodland Rd, Bristol BS8 1UG,
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 AU Terre, M
    Calvo, MA
    Adelantado, C
    Kocher, A
    Bach, A
 AF Terre, M.
    Calvo, M. A.
    Adelantado, C.
    Kocher, A.
    Bach, A.
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 SO ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE mannan oligosaccharides; enhanced-growth; dairy calves
 ID ACUTE-PHASE RESPONSE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM-PARVUM; ESCHERICHIA-COLI; MILK
    REPLACERS; DAIRY CALVES; HEALTH; ANTIBIOTICS; MANAGEMENT; DIETS; PIGS
 AB Sixty female Holstein calves were used to study the effect of mannan
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    libitum until 41 d of study. Starter and MR intake were recorded daily.
    Calves were weighed weekly, and blood samples were obtained at 1, 3, 5
    and 6 wk of study to determine haptoglobin serum concentrations.
    Moreover, total fecal counts of Clostridium perfringens and Escherichia
    coli, and for presence of Salmonella spp. and Cryptosporidium spp. were
    determined from fecal samples obtained at 1, 2, and 3 wk of study.
    There were no differences in body weight, but starter intake tended to
    be greater (P=0.09) during the pre-weaning period (0.34 versus 0.28 +/-
    0.023 kg/d) and greater (P < 0.01) the week after weaning (1.94 versus
    1.71 +/- 0.044 kg/d) in MR-M compared with MR-C calves. However, there
    were no differences in average daily gain between treatments during the
    pre-weaning (0.91 versus 0.90 +/- 0.017 kg/d), and the post-weaning
    period (1.20 versus 1.22 +/- 0.074 kg/d) between MR-C and MR-M,
    respectively. Consequently, the gain to feed ratio was lower (P < 0.05)
    during the pre-weaning period (0.70 versus 0.74 +/- 0.010), and tended
    to be lower during the post-weaning period (0.59 versus 0.66 +/- 0.033)
    in MR-M than in MR-C treatment. Serum haptoglobin concentration was
    similar in both treatments. There were no differences in E. coli fecal
    counts between treatments. Calves in the MR-M treatment had lower
    Cryptosporidium spp. presence in feces during the first wk of study (P
    < 0.05), but there were no differences thereafter. The supplementation
    of MOS in the MR stimulated starter intake after weaning, but this
    supplementation did not show a determining effect on reducing bacteria
    counts or Cryptosporidium spp. presence in calf feces, nor in rate of
    growth. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
 C1 Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Grup Recerca Nutr Maneig Benestar Anim, UnitatRemugants, IRTA, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain.
    ICREA, Barcelona 08010, Spain.
    Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Sanitat Anat Anim, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain.
    Alltech Biotechnol, Fitzgerald, GA 31750 USA.
 RP Bach, A, Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Grup Recerca Nutr Maneig Benestar
    Anim, UnitatRemugants, IRTA, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain.
 EM alex.bach@irta.es
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 AF Glockner, James F.
 TI Incidental findings on renal MR angiography
 SO AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE incidental findings; kidney; MR angiography
 ID DIGITAL-SUBTRACTION-ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC-RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; CT
    COLONOGRAPHY; EXTRACOLONIC FINDINGS; ARTERY STENOSIS; ABDOMINAL CT;
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    MATERIALS AND METHODS. Reports from 380 consecutive renal MR
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    12-month interval were examined. The presence of incidental vascular
    (i.e., nonrenal artery) and nonvascular findings was noted. Clinical
    records of patients with significant incidental findings were examined
    to determine whether additional imaging, biopsy, or surgery was
    performed.
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    vascular findings not related to the renal arteries, and 221 (58%) of
    380 patients had one or more additional nonvascular findings. Vascular
    findings included mesenteric artery stenosis or occlusion in 33% of
    patients, moderate to severe aortic atherosclerosis in 17%, aortic
    aneurysms in 7%, and aortic dissection in 2%. Incidental malignancies
    were detected in 10 patients (3%), and indeterminate lesions requiring
    follow-up imaging, biopsy, or surgery were noted in 18 patients (5%).
    Overall, management in 5% of patients was significantly altered (i.e.,
    required biopsy, surgery, or other intervention) by incidental findings
    detected on renal MR angiography. Benign lesions not requiring
    additional imaging or follow-up occurred in 54% of patients and
    consisted predominantly of renal cysts.
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    Most incidental lesions can be adequately detected and characterized
    with the addition of a few pulse sequences to the standard renal MR
    angiography protocol at a minimal cost in imaging time. The high
    incidence of incidental findings emphasizes the importance of
    performance and interpretation of these examinations by physicians with
    training in abdominal cross-sectional imaging.
 C1 Mayo Clin, Dept Radiol, Rochester, MN 55905 USA.
 RP Glockner, JF, Mayo Clin, Dept Radiol, 200 1st SW, Rochester, MN 55905
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 AU Albrecht, T
    Foert, E
    Holtkamp, R
    Kirchin, MA
    Ribbe, C
    Wacker, FK
    Kruschewski, M
    Meyer, BC
 AF Albrecht, Thomas
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    Wacker, Frank K.
    Kruschewski, Martin
    Meyer, Bernhard C.
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    Comparison with digital subtraction angiography
 SO AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE aortoiliac arteries; digital subtraction angiography; lower extremity;
    MDCT angiography; peripheral arterial disease
 ID ENHANCED MR-ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR CT ANGIOGRAPHY; OCCLUSIVE
    DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIES; CONTRAST-MEDIUM;
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 AB OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to prospectively compare CT
    angiography (CTA) performed on a 16-MDCT scanner and digital
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    between CTA and DSA above the ankle; both CTA observers noted
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    on CTA were equivalent to those based on DSA in 49 of the 50 patients.
    CONCLUSION. CTA is an effective noninvasive alternative to DSA for the
    evaluation of peripheral arterial disease.
 C1 Free Univ Berlin, Charite Univ Med, Dept Radiol & Nucl Med, D-12200 Berlin, Germany.
    Humboldt Univ, D-12200 Berlin, Germany.
    Bracco Imaging SpA, Milan, Italy.
    Free Univ Berlin, Charite Univ Med, Dept Surg, D-12200 Berlin, Germany.
    Humboldt Univ, Berlin, Germany.
 RP Albrecht, T, Free Univ Berlin, Charite Univ Med, Dept Radiol & Nucl
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 AU Banerji, A
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    Camargo, CA
 AF Banerji, Aleena
    Long, Aidan A.
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 SO ALLERGY AND ASTHMA PROCEEDINGS
 LA English
 DT Review
 DE acute allergic reaction; anaphylaxis; antihistamines; cognitive
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 AF Ayotamuno, Josiah M.
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 LA English
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 DE contaminant concentrations; crude oil contamination; fresh cob yield;
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 ID PORT-HARCOURT; NIGERIA; PHYTOREMEDIATION; BIOREMEDIATION
 AB This research sought to investigate the tolerance level of Zea mays (
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 VL 6
 IS 11
 BP 1332
 EP 1337
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 SC Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
 GA 199GV
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 ER
 
 PT J
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 LA English
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 C1 Univ Complutense Madrid, DACYA, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
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 AR 26
 DI ARTN 26
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 GA 205EB
 UT ISI:000249095700007
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 GA 201ME
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    the detection of six arsenic species (AsIII, MMA, AsV, DMA, AsB, TMAO)
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 BP 3177
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 DE infiltration gutter; rainwater utilization; best management practices;
    infiltration; runoff; stormwater
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    estimating infiltration capacity of two infiltration gutters by using
    on-site tests. Permeable-brick and redbrick infiltration gutters were
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    water depth for both gutters are linearly dependent on each other.
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 C1 Natl Taiwan Ocean Univ, Dept Harbor & River Engn, Chilung, Taiwan.
    Aletheia Univ, Dept Leisure & Recreat, Tainan, Taiwan.
    Minist Econ Affairs, Water Resource Agcy, Taipei, Taiwan.
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    Taiwan.
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    Ellison, LM
    Chamie, K
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    Evans, CP
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    Ellison, Lars M.
    Chamie, Karim
    deVere White, Ralph W.
    Evans, Christopher P.
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    undergrading
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 LA English
 DT Article
 ID RELAPSE-FREE SURVIVAL; RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; NEEDLE-BIOPSY; GLEASON
    SCORES; CANCER; BRACHYTHERAPY; MANAGEMENT; SPECIMENS; RADIOTHERAPY;
    RECURRENCE
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    prostate cancer (CaP) and is only appropriate as monotherapy I-or
    low-risk cancer. The predicted response to therapy is defined by the
    pretreatment parameters, of which the biopsy Gleason grade is central.
    However, the biopsy grade often misrepresents the true pathologic
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    surgical specimen findings were generated from the institutional data.
    The ranges for these variables, biochemical performance of
    brachytherapy, costs, and disease state utilities, were obtained from a
    data review.
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    pathologic grade. With this concordance, 8% of failures could be
    attributed, in part, to undergrading. On the basis of the model
    assumptions, as concordance worsened to 50%, the rate of undergraded
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    Conclusions Brachytherapy for Gleason score 6 disease is reported to
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    Although the risk is low, it should be considered when counseling
    patients with CaP.
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 AU Szwast, A
    Tian, Z
    McCann, M
    Donaghue, D
    Bebbington, M
    Johnson, M
    Wilson, RD
    Rychik, J
 AF Szwast, A.
    Tian, Z.
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    Donaghue, D.
    Bebbington, M.
    Johnson, M.
    Wilson, R. D.
    Rychik, J.
 TI Impact of altered loading conditions on ventricular performance in
    fetuses with congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation and twin-twin
    transfusion syndrome
 SO ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE cardiac performance; CCAM; fetal Doppler; fetal heart; TTTS
 ID RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN-SYSTEM; CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE; MYOCARDIAL
    PERFORMANCE; CARDIAC-OUTPUT; TEI-INDEX; EJECTION FORCE; FETAL LAMB;
    ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PATHOGENESIS; MANAGEMENT
 AB Objectives In the fetus with a structurally normal heart, two
    conditions - giant chest mass, such as congenital cystic adenomatoid
    malformation (CCAM), and twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) - alter
    ventricular loading conditions and may result in cardiovascular
    compromise. The aim of this study was to elucidate the mechanism of
    cardiovascular dysfunction by comparing geometry-independent, Doppler
    flow-derived measures of ventricular performance in fetuses with
    altered loading conditions vs. those in normal fetuses.
    Methods Doppler flow-derived measures of myocardial performance index
    (MPI) as described by Tei, ventricular ejection force as described by
    Isaaz, and combined cardiac output (CCO) were obtained by
    echocardiography in fetuses with a normal cardiovascular system (n =
    76) or CCAM (n = 36) and fetal partners with TTTS (n = 22).
    Results In the CCAM group, systolic performance as evidenced by the
    ejection forces was preserved, right ventricular (RV) MPI was increased
    and CCO diminished, suggesting diastolic dysfunction and poor filling
    secondary to cardiac compression and a tamponade effect. In TTTS,
    recipient twins exhibited greater left ventricular (LV) ejection forces
    and higher CCO than donor twins, and had abnormal RV and LV MPI,
    reflecting increased preload, preserved left systolic performance, but
    diastolic dysfunction. Donor twins bad diminished ejection forces and
    CCO in comparison with normal controls and recipient partners,
    reflecting hypovolemia.
    Conclusions In both CCAM and recipient twins of the TTTS, diastolic
    dysfunction plays a significant role in the pathophysiology of each
    disorder and precedes changes in systolic performance. Measures of
    ventricular performance can help elucidate poorly understood mechanisms
    of cardiovascular compromise in the developing fetus. Copyright (C)
    2007 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
 C1 Childrens Hosp Philadelphia, Dept Pediat, Div Cardiol, Fetal Heart Program, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA.
    Childrens Hosp Philadelphia, Ctr Fetal Diag & Treatment, Dept Surg, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA.
 RP Szwast, A, Childrens Hosp Philadelphia, Dept Pediat, Div Cardiol, 2nd
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 TI The role of the veterinarian in bovine fertility management on modern
    dairy farms
 SO THERIOGENOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE dairy herd; subfertility; reproductive management; veterinary services;
    needs analysis
 ID HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN COWS; REPRODUCTIVE-PERFORMANCE; MILK-PRODUCTION;
    HERDS; CATTLE
 AB The decline in dairy herd fertility internationally has highlighted the
    limited impact of traditional veterinary approaches to herd fertility.
    The role of the veterinarian in fertility management on dairy farms has
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    Needs analyses indicate that the critical constraints to change are
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    implementing veterinary fertility management and monitoring
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 C1 Fermoy Co, Moorepk Dairy Prod Res Ctr, TEAGASC, Cork, Ireland.
 RP Mee, JF, Fermoy Co, Moorepk Dairy Prod Res Ctr, TEAGASC, Cork, Ireland.
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 LA English
 DT Article
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    cows
 ID BODY CONDITION SCORE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; LINEAR TYPE TRAITS;
    MILK-PRODUCTION; ENERGY-BALANCE; RANDOM REGRESSION; HERD ENVIRONMENT;
    CALVING INTERVAL; HOLSTEIN CATTLE; LUTEAL ACTIVITY
 AB Improving dairy cow fertility by means of genetic selection is likely
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    rights reserved.
 C1 Wageningen UR, ASG, Anim Breeding & Genom Ctr, NL-8200 AB Lelystad, Netherlands.
 RP Veerkamp, RF, Wageningen UR, ASG, Anim Breeding & Genom Ctr, POB 65,
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 AU Grummer, RR
 AF Grummer, R. R.
 TI Strategies to improve fertility of high yielding dairy farms:
    Management of the dry period
 SO THERIOGENOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE fertility; dry period; management; energy balance; dairy cattle
 ID CONJUGATED LINOLEIC-ACID; TRANSITION PERIOD; ENERGY-BALANCE;
    REPRODUCTIVE-PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION RESPONSES; EARLY LACTATION; COWS;
    POSTPARTUM; CATTLE; FEED
 AB Reproductive performance of dairy cattle has been related to a wide
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    days open was not related to effects of treatment on milk yield.
    Shortening or eliminating the dry period may be a more successful
    approach to improving reproductive efficiency than diet manipulation.
    (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier Inc.
 C1 Univ Wisconsin, Dept Dairy Sci, Madison, WI 53706 USA.
 RP Grummer, RR, Univ Wisconsin, Dept Dairy Sci, 1675 Observ Dr, Madison,
    WI 53706 USA.
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 SO THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS
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 DT Article
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    TRITICUM-AESTIVUM L.; WINTER-WHEAT; USE EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENT
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    N-limited conditions which were assessed using factorial regression
    parameters. The 233 QTL were detected on the whole genome and clustered
    into 82 genome regions. The dwarfing gene (Rht-B1), the photoperiod
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    QTL were detected on linkage groups 3D, 4B, 5A1 and 7B2. Interactive
    QTL were revealed by interaction or factorial regression variables
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    regression to study QTL x N interactions and the impact of Rht-B1,
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 BP 165
 EP 173
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 UT ISI:000247710000013
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    recovered by minimizing self-heating. Improved intra-device thermal
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    Ltd. All rights reserved.
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 PA THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND
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 AF Causarano, Hector J.
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    MODEL CALIBRATION; UNCERTAINTY; LANDSCAPE; EROSION; PRODUCTIVITY;
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    although further work is needed to refine the MBC and POC fractions,
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    EPIC was sensitive to spatial differences in C fractions that resulted
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    refinement for accurate simulations of field-scale SOC dynamics
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    Auburn Univ, Dept Agron & Soils, Auburn, AL 36849 USA.
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 RP Causarano, HJ, USDA ARS, Beltsville Agr Res Ctr, Hydrol & Remote
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 ID NITROGEN USE; PERFORMANCE; COLEOPTERA; WATER
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    Gravimetric soil water content (SWC), time-domainreflectory (TDR)
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    Ca levels matched the Mollisol boundary. The autocorrelation ranges for
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    explained 45% of the variance in the weevil patterns (P<0.001). Time
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 C1 Nova Scotia Agr Coll, Dept Plant & Anim Sci, Truro, NS B2N 5E3, Canada.
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 J9 SOIL BIOL BIOCHEM
 JI Soil Biol. Biochem.
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 EP 2447
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 PT J
 AU Wade, K
    Neuman, K
 AF Wade, Kathleen
    Neuman, Karen
 TI Practice-based research: Changing the professional culture and language
    of social work
 SO SOCIAL WORK IN HEALTH CARE
 LA English
 DT Article
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    clinical research
 ID SINGLE-SUBJECT RESEARCH; ISSUES; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT;
    HEALTH; DESIGN
 AB Practice-based evaluation integrates research skills and techniques
    into the clinical process in order to correlate clinical interventions
    with treatment outcomes. Although most clinicians recognize the
    importance of some form of practice evaluation, barriers including lack
    of time, resources, expertise, and organizational support may deter
    such evaluation efforts. However, there are numerous advantages for
    clinicians and agencies to develop a culture that values and integrates
    practice evaluation into its daily work-life; these include
    opportunities for teamwork, collaboration, mentoring; and innovation.
    This paper defines practice evaluation research, identifies strategies
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    "research friendly" culture. It further describes the implementation of
    such an innovative program in both a hospital and a mental health
    agency setting.
 C1 Univ Michigan Hlth Syst, Sch Social Work, Dept Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
    VCU Sch Social Work, No Virginia Program, Alexandria, VA USA.
 RP Wade, K, Univ Michigan Hlth Syst, Sch Social Work, Dept Social Work,
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
 EM kmwade@umich.edu
    kmneuman@mail1.vcu.edu
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 NR 26
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 PI BINGHAMTON
 PA 10 ALICE ST, BINGHAMTON, NY 13904-1580 USA
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 J9 SOC WORK HEALTH CARE
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 PY 2007
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 BP 49
 EP 64
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 SC Social Work
 GA 190ZW
 UT ISI:000248100500004
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 AU Hoekema, A
    Stegenga, B
    Bakker, M
    Brouwer, WH
    de Bont, LGM
    Wijkstra, PJ
    van der Hoeven, JH
 AF Hoekema, Aarnoud
    Stegenga, Boudewijn
    Bakker, Marije
    Brouwer, Wiebo H.
    de Bont, Lambert G. M.
    Wijkstra, Peter J.
    van der Hoeven, Johannes H.
 TI Simulated driving in obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea; effects of
    oral appliances and continuous positive airway pressure
 SO SLEEP AND BREATHING
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE sleep apnoea syndromes; automobile driving; orthodontic appliances;
    positive-pressure ventilation
 ID NASAL CPAP; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; HEAD-INJURY; PERFORMANCE; RISK; REDUCTION
 AB Impaired simulated driving performance has been demonstrated in
    obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS) patients. Although
    continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) generally improves simulated
    driving performance, the effects of oral-appliance (OA) therapy are
    unknown. The aims of this study were to determine to what extent OSAHS
    patients have more difficulty with a monotonous simulated driving test
    when compared with control subjects and to compare the effects of OA
    with CPAP therapy. Simulated driving performance was evaluated in 20
    OSAHS patients and 16 control subjects during a 25-min driving test.
    After randomization, ten patients started OA and CPAP therapy,
    respectively. After 2 to 3 months of treatment, patients repeated the
    driving test. At baseline, the total number of lapses of attention
    during driving was significantly higher in OSAHS patients as compared
    with control subjects. As a result of treatment, the total number of
    lapses of attention was significantly decreased in both the OA and CPAP
    group. When comparing driving performance between the OA and CPAP
    group, no significant differences were noted. OSAHS patients perform
    worse on a simulated driving test when compared with control subjects.
    When evaluating the effects of treatment, adequate OSAHS management
    with either OA or CPAP therapy usually resulted in substantial
    improvements of simulated driving. Conclusions beyond both treatments
    improving simulated driving performance are, however, not justified by
    the data in the present study.
 C1 Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Oral & Maxillofacial Surg, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands.
    Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Clin Neuropsychol, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands.
    Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Home Mech Ventilat Pulm Dis, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands.
    Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Clin Physiol, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands.
 RP Hoekema, A, Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Oral &
    Maxillofacial Surg, Hanzepl 1,POB 30-001, NL-9700 RB Groningen,
    Netherlands.
 EM a.hoekema@kchir.umcg.nl
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 PI HEIDELBERG
 PA TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
 SN 1520-9512
 J9 SLEEP BREATH
 JI Sleep Breath.
 PD SEP
 PY 2007
 VL 11
 IS 3
 BP 129
 EP 138
 PG 10
 SC Clinical Neurology; Respiratory System
 GA 202MR
 UT ISI:000248906300001
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Almansa, C
    Rey, E
    Bolanos, E
    Palma, M
    Sanchez, AA
    Diaz-Rubio, M
 AF Almansa, C.
    Rey, E.
    Bolanos, E.
    Palma, M.
    Sanchez, A. Alvarez
    Diaz-Rubio, M.
 TI Spanish physicians' point of view on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS):
    Results of a Delphi survey
 SO REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ENFERMEDADES DIGESTIVAS
 LA Spanish
 DT Article
 DE irritable bowel syndrome; Delphi survey
 ID ROME-II CRITERIA; DIAGNOSTIC-CRITERIA; PREVALENCE; ASSOCIATION;
    DISORDERS; TRIALS; BURDEN
 AB Introduction: lack of evidence in most clinical situations regarding
    irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) enhances the importance of an expert's
    opinion, which will guide management and even the concept underlying
    the disease.
    Objective: to delve into the knowledge and degree of agreement on main
    clinical skills for this syndrome among physicians involved in its
    management.
    Material and method: two rounds of a Delphi survey were conducted on
    100 physicians: general practitioners (GPs) and gastroenterologists.
    The questionnaire evaluated agreement among participants in some
    aspects regarding the definition, diagnosis, and treatment of IBS.
    Results: fifty-five percent of participants completed the two-round
    survey. Agreement was achieved regarding the definition of typical
    symptoms and red flags characterizing IBS. Although there was no
    consensus regarding the appropriate management of patients without
    alarm symptoms, the performance of a colonoscopy on any patient
    presenting red flags was suggested. Patients were thought to require a
    wider examination when older than 40. A well defined line of IBS
    treatment was not found, albeit most physicians tended to choose it
    depending on the main complaint.
    Conclusion: interviewed physicians showed adequate theoretical
    knowledge of IBS, but lack of uniformity on diagnosis and treatment
    approach reflects the controversial day-by-day management of this
    syndrome.
 C1 Hosp Clin San Carlos, Serv Aparato Digest, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
    Inst Carlos III, Agencia Evaluac Tecnol, Madrid, Spain.
 RP Diaz-Rubio, M, Hosp Clin San Carlos, Serv Aparato Digest, C Martin
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 PA CASTELLO, 128, 1O, 28006 MADRID, SPAIN
 SN 1130-0108
 J9 REV ESPAN ENFERM DIG
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 PD APR
 PY 2007
 VL 99
 IS 4
 BP 210
 EP 217
 PG 8
 SC Gastroenterology & Hepatology
 GA 191UW
 UT ISI:000248158500005
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Price, DB
    Williams, AE
    Yoxall, S
 AF Price, David B.
    Williams, Angela E.
    Yoxall, Sally
 TI Salmeterol/fluticasone stable-dose treatment compared with
    formoterol/budesonide adjustable maintenance dosing: impact on
    health-related quality of life
 SO RESPIRATORY RESEARCH
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID ASTHMA EXACERBATIONS; AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; PERSISTENT ASTHMA;
    BUDESONIDE/FORMOTEROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; HYPERRESPONSIVENESS; PERFORMANCE;
    TRIALS; ADULTS
 AB Background: Improving patients' health- related quality of life (
    HRQoL) is recognized as a fundamental part of asthma management. The
    aims of this study were to evaluate the long- term efficacy ( including
    symptom- free days and exacerbations) and impact on HRQoL of a stable-
    dose regimen of salmeterol/ fluticasone propionate ( SAL/ FP) and an
    adjustable maintenance dosing ( AMD) regimen of formoterol/ budesonide
    ( FOR/ BUD) where treatment is adjusted based on symptoms [ SAM40056].
    Methods: A total of 688 outpatients with asthma receiving regular low-
    dose inhaled corticosteroids ( ICS) plus a long- acting
    beta(2)-agonist, or medium dose ICS alone participated in this
    randomized, double- blind, double- dummy, parallel- group, 1- year
    trial, which was conducted in 91 centers in 15 countries. Patients were
    randomized to receive 1 inhalation of SAL/ FP 50/ 250 mu g BID or 2
    inhalations of FOR/ BUD 6/ 200 mu g BID during Weeks 1 - 4. For Weeks 5
    - 52, patients meeting strict continuation criteria for stable asthma
    at Week 4 received AMD with FOR/ BUD or stable- dose SAL/ FP.
    Results: The percentage of symptom- free days was significantly greater
    ( 58.8% vs 52.1%; p = 0.034) and the annual exacerbation rate was
    significantly lower ( 47%; p = 0.008) with stable- dose SAL/ FP
    compared with FOR/ BUD AMD. A total of 568 patients completed the
    Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire ( AQLQ) at least once during the
    study. The mean change from baseline in AQLQ overall score was
    numerically greater with SAL/ FP than FOR/ BUD at week 28 and week 52,
    but did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.121 at Week 52).
    However, in a post hoc logistic regression analyses for any AQLQ
    improvement, significant benefits with SAL/ FP were seen at both time
    points ( p = 0.038 and p = 0.009, respectively). The minimally
    important difference of >= 0.5- point improvement in AQLQ overall score
    was achieved by a significantly greater number of patients receiving
    SAL/ FP at Week 28 ( 68% vs 60%; p = 0.049); a trend for this
    difference remained at Week 52 ( 71% vs 65%) ( p = 0.205).
    Conclusion: In this population of patients with persistent asthma,
    stable- dose SAL/ FP resulted in significantly greater increases in
    symptom- free days, a reduction in exacerbation rates, and provided
    greater HRQoL benefits compared with FOR/ BUD AMD.
 C1 Univ Aberdeen, Dept Gen Practice & Primary Care, Aberdeen AB25 2AY, Scotland.
    GlaxoSmithKline Inc, Res & Dev, Greenford UB6 0HE, Middx, England.
 RP Price, DB, Univ Aberdeen, Dept Gen Practice & Primary Care,
    Foresterhill Hlth Ctr,Westburn Rd, Aberdeen AB25 2AY, Scotland.
 EM david@respiratoryresearch.org
    angela.e.williams@gsk.com
    sally.q.yoxall@gsk.com
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 PA MIDDLESEX HOUSE, 34-42 CLEVELAND ST, LONDON W1T 4LB, ENGLAND
 SN 1465-9921
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 PY 2007
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 AR 46
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 PG 7
 SC Respiratory System
 GA 191WG
 UT ISI:000248162100001
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 PT J
 AU Minarovic, TJ
    Bambara, LM
 AF Minarovic, Timothy J.
    Bambara, Linda M.
 TI Teaching employees with intellectual disabilities to manage changing
    work routines using varied sight-word checklists
 SO RESEARCH AND PRACTICE FOR PERSONS WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE antecedent prompts; self-management; sight words; supported employment;
    generalization; multiple exemplar training
 ID SEVERE MENTAL-RETARDATION; SELF-MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY SETTINGS; SEVERE
    HANDICAPS; PICTURE PROMPTS; INSTRUCTION; STUDENTS; SKILLS; INDIVIDUALS;
    ADOLESCENTS
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    intellectual disabilities to use sight-word checklists as antecedent
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    in which the word order representing job sequences varied across
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    checklists were they able to initiate job tasks across novel varied job
    sequences. The advantages of instructing across varied sight-word
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    discussed.
 C1 Lehigh Univ, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA.
 RP Bambara, LM, Coll Educ, Dept Educ & Human Serv, Mountaintop Campus,111
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 PA 29 W SUSQUEHANNA AVE, STE 210, BALTIMORE, MD 21204-5201 USA
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 J9 RES PRACT PERS SEV DISABIL
 JI Res. Pract. Pers. Sev. Disabil.
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 PY 2007
 VL 32
 IS 1
 BP 31
 EP 42
 PG 12
 SC Education, Special; Rehabilitation
 GA 193DH
 UT ISI:000248253700003
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Gehrig, AK
    Mikus, G
    Haefeli, WE
    Burhenne, J
 AF Gehrig, Anne-Kathrin
    Mikus, Gerd
    Haefeli, Walter E.
    Burhenne, Juergen
 TI Electrospray tandem mass spectroscopic characterisation of 18
    antiretroviral drugs and simultaneous quantification of 12
    antiretrovirals in plasma
 SO RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID HIV-PROTEASE-INHIBITORS; PERFORMANCE LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY;
    REVERSE-TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; BLOOD MONONUCLEAR-CELLS; SIMULTANEOUS
    QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS; M8 NELFINAVIR
    METABOLITE; ACTIVE METABOLITE; SPECTROMETRIC ASSAY; CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID
 AB The determination of antiretroviral drug concentrations in patients
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 DE clinical waste; health and safety; hospital hygiene; waste management
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    in 16 UK hospitals, one year after an earlier audit that revealed many
    deficiencies in performance.
    Results: Storage of clinical waste carts in areas accessible to members
    of the public and failure to lock individual waste carts was common.
    Waste segregation was poor. Many clinical waste carts and the areas
    dedicated to their storage were in a poor state of repair. Many
    instances of clinical waste storage apparently in breach of UK health
    and safety legislation, of fire regulations, and of the hazardous waste
    regulations were observed.
    Conclusions: The standard of performance in clinical waste management
    in UK hospitals remains poor, with evidence of neglect of basic
    hygiene, housekeeping and safety standards. However, codes of practice
    exist, and despite implementation of the Hazardous Waste Regulations
    2006 that provide further control on all wastes management issues, the
    reality of clinical waste management in some National Health Service
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 TI Bipolar disorder - How far are we from a rigorous definition and
    effective management?
 SO PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
 LA English
 DT Review
 DE bipolar depression; bipolar disorder; mania
 ID RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL; PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL;
    ANTIDEPRESSANT-INDUCED MANIA; WEEKLY SYMPTOMATIC STATUS; DOUBLE-BLIND;
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 AF Frank, W. L.
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 SO PROCESS SAFETY PROGRESS
 LA English
 DT Article
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    leadership; risk-based
 AB The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Center for
    Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has developed a guideline describing a
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    safety performance, CCPS has included process safety culture as one
    element in the new risk-based process safety (RBPS) model. This paper
    will describe both the new process safety culture element and its
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 C1 ABSG Consulting Inc, Org Performance Assurance Ctr, Wilmington, DE 19806 USA.
 RP Frank, WL, ABSG Consulting Inc, Org Performance Assurance Ctr, 5301
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 EM wfrank@absconsulting.com
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 AU Jennings, SF
 AF Jennings, Stephen F.
 TI Personal development plans and self-directed learning for healthcare
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 SO POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID CONTINUING MEDICAL-EDUCATION; GENERAL-PRACTITIONERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT;
    ADULT LEARNER; RISK-TAKING; INSTRUCTION; PARTICIPATION; EXPERIENCE;
    KNOWLEDGE; VALIDITY
 AB The UK chief medical officer's recommendations for the re-licensing and
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 C1 Staffordshire Univ, Fac Hlth, Stafford ST18 0AD, England.
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 AU Williams, TA
    Abberton, MT
    Olyott, P
    Mizen, KA
    Cook, R
 AF Williams, T. A.
    Abberton, M. T.
    Olyott, P.
    Mizen, K. A.
    Cook, R.
 TI Evaluation of the effects of resistance to stem nematode (Ditylenchus
    dipsaci) in white clover (Trifolium repens L.) under sheep grazing and
    cutting
 SO PLANT BREEDING
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE Trifolium repens; Ditylenchus dipsaci; grassland management; dry matter
    yield
 ID ESTABLISHMENT
 AB Two field experiments were carried out to analyze the performance of
    white clover varieties differing in their resistance to stem nematode.
    Varieties were compared under grazing and cutting regimes in mixed
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    The resistant variety did not show a yield advantage in the absence of
    nematode but did so in the presence of nematode in the first year and
    for several of the sampling dates in the second year. White clover
    yields under grazing were significantly less than under cutting in both
    experiments. The hypothesis that the additional stress of grazing would
    increase the benefits of resistance relative to a cutting management
    was not supported.
 C1 Inst Grassland & Environm Res, Aberystwyth SY23 3EB, Ceredigion, Wales.
 RP Abberton, MT, Inst Grassland & Environm Res, Plas Gogerddan,
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 EM michael.abberton@bbsrc.ac.uk
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 PD AUG
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 SC Agronomy; Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Plant Sciences
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 AU Hotho, S
    Pollard, D
 AF Hotho, Sabine
    Pollard, David
 TI Management as negotiation at the interface: Moving beyond the hill
    critical-practice impasse
 SO ORGANIZATION
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE academic management; change; critical management; rationality;
    universities
 ID PERFORMANCE-APPRAISAL; ORGANIZATIONS; RATIONALITIES; MCUNIVERSITY;
    DISCOURSE; EDUCATION
 AB The seemingly marginal contribution of management theory to management
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    constructive engagement with multiple rationalities can move towards a
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 C1 Univ Abertay Dundee, Dundee Business Sch, Dundee DD1 1HG, Scotland.
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 AU Gulden, W
    Ciattaglia, S
    Massaut, V
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 AF Gulden, W.
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 TI Main safety issues at the transition from ITER to fusion power plants
 SO NUCLEAR FUSION
 LA English
 DT Article
 AB In parallel to the ITER design process and in close cooperation with
    the designers a fusion specific safety approach was developed and
    implemented. Detailed safety assessments have been performed and
    documented in the ITER Generic Site Safety Report (GSSR). Following the
    decision on ITER construction in France, results from the GSSR and from
    ongoing safety related activities tailored to the Cadarache site and
    the French licensing process are now being used to write the ITER
    Preliminary Safety Analysis Report.
    In the most recent European fusion power plant conceptual. study the
    inherent fusion favourable features have been exploited, by appropriate
    design and choice of materials, to provide major safety and
    environmental advantages. The study focused on five power plant models,
    which are illustrative of a wider spectrum of possibilities. These span
    a range from relatively near-term concepts, based on limited technology
    and plasma physics extrapolations, to a more advanced conception. All
    five PPCS plant models differ substantially in their plasma physics,
    blanket and divertor technology, size, fusion power and materials
    compositions, and these differences lead to differences in the economic
    performance and in the details of safety and environmental impacts.
    The paper uses the quite detailed information available from ITER
    safety documents and highlights the differences between ITER and future
    fusion power plants. The main areas investigated are releases and doses
    during normal operation and under accidental conditions, occupational
    radiation exposure and optimization and waste management, including
    recycling and/or final disposal in repositories.
 C1 EDFA CSU, D-85748 Garching, Germany.
 RP Gulden, W, EDFA CSU, Boltzmannstr 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany.
 EM Werner.gulden@tech.efda.org
 CR 1995 EUROPEAN UTILIT
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    *ITER, G84RI5R02 ITER, V6
    *ITER, ITER TECHNICAL BASIS, V24
    BRODEN K, 2004, CATEGORISATION ACTIV
    DIPACE L, 2004, ONGOING ACTIVITIES R
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 PT J
 AU Collins, R
    Mcleod, M
    Hedley, M
    Donnison, A
    Close, M
    Hanly, J
    Horne, D
    Ross, C
    Davies-Colley, R
    Bagshaw, C
    Matthews, L
 AF Collins, Rob
    Mcleod, Malcolm
    Hedley, Mike
    Donnison, Andrea
    Close, Murray
    Hanly, James
    Horne, Dave
    Ross, Colleen
    Davies-Colley, Robert
    Bagshaw, Caroline
    Matthews, Lindsay
 TI Best management practices to mitigate faecal contamination by livestock
    of New Zealand waters
 SO NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE agriculture; best management practices; faecal contamination;
    mitigation; New Zealand
 ID CHEMICAL TRACER MOVEMENT; DAIRY EFFLUENT APPLICATION; PIPE DRAINED
    SOILS; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE; CATTLE PERFORMANCE; QUALITY; FARM; STREAM;
    FLOW; REMOVAL
 AB This paper summarises findings from the Pathogen Transmission Routes
    Research Program, describing pathogen pathways from farm animals to
    water bodies and measures that can reduce or prevent this transfer.
    Significant faecal contamination arises through the deposition of
    faeces by grazing animals directly into waterways in New Zealand.
    Bridging of streams intersected by farm raceways is an appropriate
    mitigation measure to prevent direct deposition during herd crossings,
    whilst fencing stream banks will prevent access from pasture into
    waterways by cattle that are characteristically attracted to water.
    Riparian buffer strips not only prevent cattle access to waterways,
    they also entrap microbes from cattle and other animals being washed
    down-slope towards the stream in surface runoff. Microbial water
    quality improvements can be realised by fencing stock from ephemeral
    streams, wetlands, seeps, and riparian paddocks that are prone to
    saturation. Soil type is a key factor in the transfer of faecal
    microbes to waterways. The avoidance of, or a reduction in, grazing and
    irrigation upon poorly drained soils characterised by high bypass flow
    and/or the generation of surface runoff, are expected to improve
    microbial water quality. Dairyshed wastewater should be irrigated onto
    land only when the water storage capacity of the soil will not be
    exceeded. This "deferred irrigation" can markedly reduce pollutant
    transfer to waterways, particularly that via subsurface drains and
    groundwater. Advanced pond systems provide excellent effluent quality
    and have particular application where soil type and/or climate are
    unfavourable for irrigation. Research needs are indicated to reduce
    faecal contamination of waters by livestock.
 C1 Natl Inst Water & Atmospher Res Ltd, Hamilton 3251, New Zealand.
    Landcare Res Ltd, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand.
    Massey Univ, Inst Nat Resources, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand.
    AgResearch Ltd, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand.
    Inst Environm Sci & Res, Christchurch 8540, New Zealand.
    Thinking Anim, Hamilton 3253, New Zealand.
 RP Davies-Colley, R, Natl Inst Water & Atmospher Res Ltd, POB 11115,
    Hamilton 3251, New Zealand.
 EM r.davies-colley@niwa.co.nz
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 AF Dickey, William
 TI A case of sequential development of celiac disease and ulcerative
    colitis
 SO NATURE CLINICAL PRACTICE GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE biopsy; celiac disease; diagnosis; serology; ulcerative colitis
 ID GLUTEN-FREE DIET; CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MULTICENTER; PREVALENCE;
    DIAGNOSIS
 AB Background A 65-year-old white female who presented with flatulence and
    weight loss was investigated by celiac antibody testing,
    esophagogastroduodenoscopy, duodenal biopsy and colonoscopy. There were
    no positive findings, except for diverticulosis. Almost 5 years later
    repeat investigations performed in response to the patient's anemia
    confirmed the development of celiac disease. After 18 months of symptom
    improvement as a result of gluten exclusion the patient developed
    diarrhea, and colonoscopy revealed ulcerative colitis.
    Investigations Physical examination; analysis of full blood count;
    measurement of serum ferritin, vitamin B-12,folate and C-reactive
    protein levels; thyroid and autoantibody profiling (including analysis
    of endomysial and tissue transglutaminase antibodies); CT scanning of
    the chest, abdomen and pelvis; and performance of
    esophagogastroduodenoscopy, push enteroscopy, colonoscopy and wireless
    capsule endoscopy.
    Diagnosis Celiac disease and ulcerative colitis.
    Management Gluten-free diet, mesalazine and prednisolone.
 C1 Altnagelvin Hosp, Dept Gastroenterol, Londonderry BT47 6SB, North Ireland.
 RP Dickey, W, Univ Ulster, Fac Life & Hlth Sci, Londonderry, North Ireland.
 EM wildickey@aol.com
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 JI Nat. Clin. Pract. Gastroenterol. Hepatol.
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 PT J
 AU Nelson, ME
    Rejeski, WJ
    Blair, SN
    Duncan, PW
    Judge, JO
    King, AC
    Macera, CA
    Castaneda-Sceppa, C
 AF Nelson, Miriam E.
    Rejeski, W. Jack
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    Macera, Carol A.
    Castaneda-Sceppa, Carmen
 TI Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults: Recommendation
    from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart
    Association
 SO MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE older adults; physical activity; benefits; risks; health
 ID RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY;
    CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE; EXERCISE; PREVENTION; MANAGEMENT;
    REHABILITATION; INTERVENTIONS; SUBCOMMITTEE; PERFORMANCE
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    panel of scientists with expertise in public health, behavioral
    science, epidemiology, exercise science, medicine, and gerontology.
    Evidence: The expert panel reviewed existing consensus statements and
    relevant evidence from primary research articles and reviews of the
    literature. Process: After drafting a recommendation for the older
    adult population and reviewing drafts of the Updated Recommendation
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    Heart Association (AHA) for Adults, the panel issued a final
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    recommendation for older adults is similar to the updated ACSM/AHA
    recommendation for adults, but has several important differences
    including: the recommended intensity of aerobic activity takes into
    account the older adult's aerobic fitness; activities that maintain or
    increase flexibility are recommended; and balance exercises are
    recommended for older adults at risk of falls. In addition, older
    adults should have an activity plan for achieving recommended physical
    activity that integrates preventive and therapeutic recommendations.
    The promotion of physical activity in older adults should emphasize
    moderate-intensity aerobic activity, muscle-strengthening activity,
    reducing sedentary behavior, and risk management.
 C1 Tufts Univ, Friedman Sch Nutr Sci & Policy, John Honcock Ctr Phys Act & Nutr, Boston, MA 02111 USA.
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    Wake Forest Univ, Dept Hlth & Exercise Sci, Winston Salem, NC 27109 USA.
    Univ S Carolina, Dept Exercise Sci, Dept Epidemiol & Biostat, Columbia, SC 29208 USA.
    Duke Univ, Dept Community & Family Med, Div Phys Therapy, Durham, NC USA.
    Evercare, Hartford, CT USA.
    Univ Connecticut, Sch Med, Ctr Aging, Farmington, CT USA.
    Stanford Univ, Dept Hlth Res & Policy & Med, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
    San Diego State Univ, Grad Sch Publ Hlth, San Diego, CA 92182 USA.
    Tufts Univ, USDA, Jean Mayer Human Nutr Res Ctr Aging, Boston, MA 02111 USA.
 RP Nelson, ME, Tufts Univ, Friedman Sch Nutr Sci & Policy, John Honcock
    Ctr Phys Act & Nutr, 150 Harrison Ave,Rm 249, Boston, MA 02111 USA.
 EM miriam.nelson@tufts.edu
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 PT J
 AU Kneebone, RL
    Nestel, D
    Vincent, C
    Darzi, A
 AF Kneebone, R. L.
    Nestel, D.
    Vincent, C.
    Darzi, A.
 TI Complexity, risk and simulation in learning procedural skills
 SO MEDICAL EDUCATION
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE humans; patient simulation; education; medical; graduate, methods; risk
    assessment; safety management; curriculum; learning
 ID CRISIS RESOURCE-MANAGEMENT; OPERATING-ROOM; SAFETY; PERFORMANCE; PATIENT
 AB BACKGROUND A complex chain of events underpins every clinical
    intervention, especially those involving invasive procedures. Safety
    requires high levels of awareness and vigilance. In this paper we
    propose a structured approach to procedural training, mapping each
    learner's evolving experience within a matrix of clinical risk and
    procedural complexity. We use a traffic light analogy to conceptualise
    a dynamic awareness of prevailing risk and the implications of moving
    between zones.
    THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTEXT We argue that clinical exposure can be
    consolidated by simulation where appropriate, ensuring that each
    learner gains the skills for safe care within the increasingly limited
    time available for training. To be effective, however, such simulation
    must be realistic, patient-focused, structured and grounded in an
    authentic clinical context. Challenge comes not only from technical
    difficulty but also from the need for interpersonal skills and
    professionalism within clinical encounters.
    PATIENT FOCUSED SIMULATION Many existing simulations focus on crises,
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    reflect their usual practice. We argue that simulation should also
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    to develop an awareness of the complex events that underpin clinical
    encounters. We describe a patient-focused approach to simulation, using
    simulated patients and inanimate models within realistic scenarios, to
    ground experience in authentic clinical practice and bring together the
    complex elements that underpin clinical events.
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    and operating theatre teams, we believe it can be widely applied to the
    increasing number of health care professionals who perform clinical
    interventions.
 C1 Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, St Marys Hosp, Fac Med,Div Surg Oncol Reprod & Anaesthet, Chancellors Teaching Ctr,Dept Biosurg & Technol, London W2 1NY, England.
 RP Kneebone, RL, Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, St Marys
    Hosp, Fac Med,Div Surg Oncol Reprod & Anaesthet, Chancellors Teaching
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    1NY, England.
 EM r.kneebone@imperial.ac.uk
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 SC Education, Scientific Disciplines; Health Care Sciences & Services
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 PT J
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    Ouyang, XH
 AF Ahmed, N. U.
    Ouyang, X. H.
 TI Suboptimal RED feedback control for buffered TCP flow dynamics in
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 SO MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING
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    The feedback laws proposed monitor the status of buffers and
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    optimal feedback control law from the class of linear as well as
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    in terms of maximizing the link utilization, minimizing congestion,
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 C1 Univ Ottawa, SITE, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada.
 RP Ahmed, NU, Univ Ottawa, SITE, 161 Louis Pasteur,POB 450, Ottawa, ON K1N
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 EM ahmed@site.uottawa.ca
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 J9 MATH PROBL ENG
 JI Math. Probl. Eng.
 PY 2007
 SI Sp. Iss. SI
 AR 54683
 DI ARTN 54683
 PG 17
 SC Engineering, Multidisciplinary; Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
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 PT J
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    Makemba, A
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 TI Understanding and improving access to prompt and effective malaria
    treatment and care in rural Tanzania: the ACCESS Programme
 SO MALARIA JOURNAL
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    MANAGEMENT; CHILDHOOD ILLNESS; PUBLIC-HEALTH; FEBRILE ILLNESS;
    DISTRICT; KENYA; AREA
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    fight against malaria. However, a variety of interlinked factors at
    household and health system level influence access to timely and
    appropriate treatment and care. Furthermore, access may be influenced
    by global and national health policies. As a consequence, many malaria
    episodes in highly endemic countries are not treated appropriately.
    Project: The ACCESS Programme aims at understanding and improving
    access to prompt and effective malaria treatment and care in a rural
    Tanzanian setting. The programme's strategy is based on a set of
    integrated interventions, including social marketing for improved care
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    at health facilities. This is complemented by a project that aims to
    improve the performance of drug stores. The interventions are
    accompanied by a comprehensive set of monitoring and evaluation
    activities measuring the programme's performance and (health) impact.
    Baseline data demonstrated heterogeneity in the availability of malaria
    treatment, unavailability of medicines and treatment providers in
    certain areas as well as quality problems with regard to drugs and
    services.
    Conclusion: The ACCESS Programme is a combination of multiple
    complementary interventions with a strong evaluation component. With
    this approach, ACCESS aims to contribute to the development of a more
    comprehensive access framework and to inform and support public health
    professionals and policy-makers in the delivery of improved health
    services.
 C1 Swiss Trop Inst, Dept Publ Hlth & Epidemiol, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
    Ifakara Hlth Res & Dev Ctr, Ifakara, Tanzania.
    Novartis Fdn Sustainable Dev, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
 RP Hetzel, MW, Swiss Trop Inst, Dept Publ Hlth & Epidemiol, POB, CH-4002
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 EM manuel.hetzel@unibas.ch
    drnelly.Iteba@gmail.com
    makemba_am@yahoo.co.uk
    cmshana@ihrdc.or.tz
    christian.lengeler@unibas.ch
    brigit.obrist@unibas.ch
    alexander.schulze@novartis.com
    rnathan@ihrdc.or.tz
    adillip@ihrdc.or.tz
    sandra.alba@gmail.com
    imayumana@yahoo.com
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    joseph.don@gmail.com
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 SC Parasitology; Tropical Medicine
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 LA English
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 AB Purpose - This paper aims to explain why service-oriented business
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    Design/methodology/approach - The diffusion of business intelligence
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    Findings - The article answered the question: How to draft a BI
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 BP 622
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 PG 14
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 GA 189KX
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 AF Park, Seong Ho
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 LA English
 DT Review
 DE computed tomography (CT); colonography; CTC; virtual colonoscopy; review
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 VL 8
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 BP 264
 EP 275
 PG 12
 SC Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
 GA 200TN
 UT ISI:000248785800001
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 AF Malla, Ramesh B.
    Joshi, Shraddha
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    England region by independent laboratory MR tests. It was observed that
    MR values from the prediction models compared well with the laboratory
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 EP 504
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 SC Engineering, Civil; Transportation Science & Technology
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 SO JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
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 DT Article
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 ID INFORMATION; RISK; AIDS; MS; PREFERENCES; DEPRESSION; ENCOUNTER; MODEL;
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 AB Patients and health authorities increasingly claim active roles in
    health care decision making processes. As immune therapies in MS are
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    decisions in MS management. We developed two decision aids following
    the phased approach of the framework of increasing evidence for complex
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    are not disturbed by evidence-based, balanced complex information. MS
    patients do understand this kind of information and are able to
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    information leaflet in controls in 150 MS patients. In a second trial
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    Rundall, TG
    Shortell, SM
 AF Simon, Jodi S.
    Rundall, Thomas G.
    Shortell, Stephen M.
 TI Adoption of order entry with decision support for chronic care by
    physician organizations
 SO JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY; INCREASED MORTALITY; HEALTH-CARE;
    IMPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMS; ERRORS; PERFORMANCE; GUIDELINES; MANAGEMENT;
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 AB Objective: This study sought to explore physician organizations'
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    Design: A quantitative nationwide survey of all primary care medical
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    collected on 1,104 physician organizations, representing a 70% response
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    Measurements: Measurements were the presence of an asthma, diabetes, or
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    Conclusion: Because external incentives are strong drivers of adoption,
    policies requiring reporting of chronic care measurements and rewarding
    improvement as well as financial incentives for use of specific
    information technology tools are likely to accelerate adoption of order
    entry with decision support.
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 C1 Emory Univ, Dept Math & Comp Sci, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA.
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 DT Article
 DE safety; job design; trust; performance; risk
 ID ORGANIZATIONAL-CLIMATE; JOB DEMANDS; PERFORMANCE; BEHAVIOR; WORK; RISK;
    MANAGEMENT; TRUST; PERCEPTIONS; PREDICTORS
 AB Introduction: Safety hazards are unavoidable in many work environments.
    Employees must be both productive and safe, however, conflicting safety
    and production demands can negatively affect safety, production, or
    both. The employee's perception of the compatibility of management's
    safety and production expectations is a possible predictor of such
    consequences. This paper defines "safety-production compatibility" and
    describes how measures of safety-production compatibility, as well as
    safety pressure and production pressure, were developed. Method: We
    used LISREL structural equation modeling to test the influences of
    safety-production compatibility, safety pressure, and production
    pressure on safe work behavior and interference with performing other
    work tasks. The 239 study participants were workers employed in diverse
    but hazardous occupations. Results: Pressure to work safely was
    positively associated with safe work behavior. The perceived
    compatibility of safety and production demands positively influenced
    safe work behavior and reduced the interference of safety hazards
    performing other tasks. Safety-production compatibility was also found
    to mediate the relationship between trust in management and safe work
    behavior. Conclusions: The results of this field study suggest
    increased compatibility, and thus less conflict, between safety and
    production demands influences safe work behavior and the interference
    of safety hazards with performing other work tasks. More broadly, the
    worker's reaction to multiple work demands is a safety and performance
    influence. Impact on Industry: Safety management efforts that focus
    only on the hazards fail to eliminate many accidents because accidents
    arise from many factors including technology, safety climate, social
    influences, production, and safety demands. This study suggests that
    workers differ in their perception of the compatibility of safety and
    production demands. These differences will show up in safe work
    behavior, influencing the effectiveness of safety management efforts
    and the trust workers have in management's concern for safety. (c) 2007
    National Safety Council and Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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 AU Lee, BJ
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    Kim, YH
 AF Lee, Bong-Ju
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 SO JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
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 DT Article
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 ID PERFORMANCE; RISPERIDONE; MEMORY
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 SO JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
 LA English
 DT Article
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 AB The tremendous heat generated in a computer chip or very large scale
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 C1 Chinese Acad Sci, Tech Inst Phys & Chem, Cryogen Lab, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China.
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 SC Physics, Applied
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 AU Husebo, BS
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 AF Husebo, Bettina Sandgathe
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 SO JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
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    IMPAIRMENT; ELDERLY-PATIENTS; PREVALENCE; MANAGEMENT; EXPRESSIONS;
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 C1 Univ Bergen, Sect Physiotherapy Sci, Dept Publ Hlth & Primary Hlth Care, N-5018 Bergen, Norway.
    Univ Klagenfurt, Fac Interdisciplinary Res & Educ, Dept Palliat Care & Eth, Vienna, Austria.
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 RP Husebo, BS, Univ Bergen, Sect Physiotherapy Sci, Dept Publ Hlth &
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 EM Bettina.Husebo@isf.uib.no
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 AU Keidar, Z
    Engel, A
    Hoffman, A
    Israel, O
    Nitecki, S
 AF Keidar, Zohar
    Engel, Ahuva
    Hoffman, Aaron
    Israel, Ora
    Nitecki, Samy
 TI Prosthetic vascular graft infection: The role of F-18-FDG PET/CT
 SO JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE PET/CT; infection; prosthetic vascular graft
 ID POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY; FDG PET; MANAGEMENT; CANCER; FUSION
 AB Graft infection after prosthetic vascular reconstruction is an uncommon
    but severe complication. The clinical presentation is often subtle and
    nonspecific and may occur long after surgery. Although defining a
    prosthetic vascular graft infection can be difficult, early diagnosis
    and treatment are important because of the relatively high rates of
    amputation and death. The present study assessed the role of PET/CT
    using F-18-FDG for the diagnosis of vascular graft infections. Methods:
    Thirty-nine patients (35 men and 4 women; age range, 44-82 y) with
    suspected vascular graft infection underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT. The
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    its localization to the graft or soft tissues was assessed. The final
    diagnosis was based on histopathologic findings and microbiologic
    assays obtained at surgery or on clinical and imaging follow-up.
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    infection in 27 patients and localized these findings to the graft in
    16 patients. Vascular graft infection was confirmed in 14 of these
    patients (88%). PET/CT excluded graft involvement in 11 patients, and
    in 10 (91 %) of these 11, long-term follow-up further confirmed that
    the infectious process was limited to surrounding soft tissues only. No
    abnormal 18F-FDG uptake was found in any of the 12 patients with no
    further evidence of infection. PET/CT had a sensitivity of 93%,
    specificity of 91%, positive predictive value of 88%, and negative
    predictive value of 96% for the diagnosis of vascular graft infection.
    Conclusion: 18F-FDG PET/CT is a reliable noninvasive imaging modality
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    enables accurate differentiation between graft and soft-tissue
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 EP 3103
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 GA 194HM
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    conducted by the QlOs and their partners.
    SUMMARY. The document describes a variety of quality improvement
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    These projects vary in their complexity, in the quality measures used,
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    The summaries in this supplement were prepared 6 months into the
    current 3-year contract period, which began August 2006. Accordingly,
    the summaries reflect varying stages of development, funding reductions
    could occur that necessitate project redesign, and projects have not
    yet been evaluated. With few exceptions, these projects are not
    designed as research but as quality improvement projects following the
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    assessing and improving plan and practitioner performance as well as
    patient engagement. Most projects are focused on ambulatory care, but
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    are now engaged with colleges of pharmacy as well as with managed care
    and community pharmacists. 010 partnerships will provide managed care
    organizations and pharmacists with the opportunity for innovative
    quality improvement initiatives that might not otherwise be possible
    because of limitations of available data or resources. Pharmacists can
    use this document to review a wide array of options for working with
    OlOs and other partners in their market to design or strengthen their
    organization's medication therapy management and quality improvement
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    the ability of OlOs to assist them in comparing their plans'
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 C1 Amer Hlth Qual Assoc, Washington, DC 20036 USA.
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 PY 2007
 VL 13
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 BP S3
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 PG 42
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 C1 Lehigh Univ, Dept Comp Sci & Engn, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA.
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 GA 192XN
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 ID NONPOINT-SOURCE POLLUTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; PARAMETER
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 C1 Swiss Fed Inst Aquat Sci & Technol, Eawag, CH-8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland.
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 LA English
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 ID NITROGEN DYNAMICS; TRANSPORT; METHODOLOGY; RIVER
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    WaSiM-ETH model together with observations are used to develop a fuzzy
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    comparison to a multiple linear regression model indicates a complex
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    that the nitrate transport processes are mainly driven by it. The
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    subsurface flow. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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 AU Pastor, M
    Garcia-Vila, M
    Soriano, MA
    Vega, V
    Fereres, E
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    Garcia-Vila, M.
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 SO JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE & BIOTECHNOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID EFFICIENCY; GROWTH; YIELD; WATER
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    steadily as part of the intensification of olive oil production.
    Because of the importance that harvest costs have on the profitability
    of this crop, the mechanisation of harvesting operations has been an
    important goal. Hedgerow plantations at very high densities have been
    proposed as a means of reducing harvest costs by using an over-the-tree
    harvester. We conducted an 8-year experiment in Cordoba, Southern
    Spain, to evaluate the performance of olive orchards at four planting
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    conditions of 204 trees ha(-1) (7 m x 7 m; D1); b) 408 trees ha(-1) (7
    m x 3.5 m; 132); 816 trees ha(-1) (3.5 m x 3.5 m; D3); and, almost
    1,904 trees ha(-1) (3.5 m x 1.5 m; D4), the recommended density for the
    hedgerow system. Yields for the first 3 years of production were
    highest in D4, reaching almost 20 t fruit ha(-1) in year-3. Thereafter,
    the need for topping the D4 canopy to 2.5 m, to adapt it to the
    harvester, reduced D4 yields drastically. The relationships between
    intercepted radiation, vegetative growth, and reproductive development
    at the branch level, were explored in D4 canopies in 2005 to understand
    the effect of shading on yield-determining processes. At the end of the
    sixth producing year, the cumulative fruit production of D4 was 60,096
    kg ha(-1), while the yields of D1, D2, and D3 were 32,513; 60,125 and
    76,149 kg ha(-1), respectively. Fruit oil content in D4 was less than
    in all the other densities, and cumulative oil yields for the first six
    producing years were 6,829; 12,853; 14,973 and 10,113 kg ha(-1) for D1,
    D2, D3 and D4, respectively. It is concluded that the hedgerow system,
    in its current form and management, is less productive and probably
    less sustainable than orchards planted at densities such as that of D2.
 C1 CSIC, Inst Agr Sostensible, Cordoba 14080, Spain.
    Univ Cordoba, Dept Agron, E-14080 Cordoba, Spain.
    IFAPA, Cordoba 14080, Spain.
 RP Fereres, E, CSIC, Inst Agr Sostensible, Apdo 4084, Cordoba 14080, Spain.
 EM ag1fecae@uco.es
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 AU O'Mahony, S
    Mazur, E
    Charney, P
    Wang, Y
    Fine, J
 AF O'Mahony, Stephen
    Mazur, Eric
    Charney, Pamela
    Wang, Yun
    Fine, Jonathan
 TI Use of multidisciplinary rounds to simultaneously improve quality
    outcomes, enhance resident education, and shorten length of stay
 SO JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE quality improvement; residency education; health care costs;
    communication; performance measurement
 ID CARE; TRIAL; MANAGEMENT; PNEUMONIA; FAILURE
 AB Background: Hospital-based clinicians and educators face a difficult
    challenge trying to simultaneously improve measurable quality, educate
    residents in line with ACGME core competencies, while also attending to
    fiscal concerns such as hospital length of stay (LOS).
    Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of
    multidisciplinary rounds (MDR) on quality core measure performance,
    resident education, and hospital length of stay.
    Design: Pre and post observational study assessing the impact of MDR
    during its first year of implementation.
    Setting: The Norwalk Hospital is a 328-bed, university-affiliated
    community teaching hospital in an urban setting with a total of 44
    Internal Medicine residents.
    Methods: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
    (JCAHO) core measure performance was obtained on a monthly basis for
    selected heart failure (CHF), pneumonia, and acute myocardial
    infarction (AMI) measures addressed on the general medical service.
    Resident knowledge and attitudes about MDR were determined by an
    anonymous questionnaire. LOS and monthly core measure performance rates
    were adjusted for patient characteristics and secular trends using
    linear spline logistic regression modeling.
    Results: Institution of MDR was associated with a significant
    improvement in quality core measure performance in targeted areas of
    CHF from 65% to 76% (p <.001), AMI from 89% to 96% (p=.004), pneumonia
    from 27% to 70% (p <.001), and all combined from 59% to 78% (p <.001).
    Adjusted overall monthly performance rates also improved during MDR
    (odds ratio [OR] 1.09, CI 1.06-1.12, p <.001). Residents reported
    substantial improvements in core measure knowledge, systems-based care,
    and communication after institution of MDR (p <.001). Residents also
    agreed that MDR improved efficiency, delivery of evidence-based care,
    and relationships with involved disciplines. Adjusted average LOS
    decreased 0.5 (95% CI 0.1-0.8) days for patients with a target core
    measure diagnosis of either CHF, pneumonia, or AMI (p <.01 ) and by 0.6
    (95% CI 0.5-0.7) days for all medicine DRGs (p <.001).
    Conclusions: Resident-centered MDR is an effective process using no
    additional resources that simultaneously improves quality of care while
    enhancing resident education and is associated with shortened length of
    stay.
 C1 Norwalk Hosp, Dept Med, Norwalk, CT 06856 USA.
    Yale Univ, Sch Med, New Haven, CT USA.
    Albert Einstein Coll Med, Bronx, NY 10467 USA.
    Yale Univ, Ctr Outcomes Res, New Haven, CT USA.
    Norwalk Hosp, Hinds Ctr Lung Studies & Hlth Informat, Norwalk, CT 06856 USA.
 RP O'Mahony, S, Norwalk Hosp, Dept Med, 24 Stevens St, Norwalk, CT 06856
    USA.
 EM stephen.omahony@norwalkhealth.org
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 AU Chossis, I
    Lane, C
    Gache, P
    Michaud, PA
    Pecoud, A
    Rollnick, S
    Daeppen, JB
 AF Chossis, Isabelle
    Lane, Claire
    Gache, Pascal
    Michaud, Pierre-Andre
    Pecoud, Alain
    Rollnick, Stephen
    Daeppen, Jean-Bernard
 TI Effect of training on primary care residents' performance in brief
    alcohol intervention: A randomized controlled trial
 SO JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE residents; primary care; performance; brief alcohol intervention
 ID IDENTIFICATION TEST AUDIT; USE DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-ABUSE; BRIEF
    PHYSICIAN; NATIONAL-SURVEY; RELIABILITY; DRINKERS; CONSUMPTION;
    DRINKING; VALIDITY
 AB Background: Brief alcohol interventions (BAI) reduce alcohol use and
    related problems in primary care patients with hazardous drinking
    behavior. The effectiveness of teaching BAI on the performance of
    primary care residents has not been fully evaluated.
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    workshop (control). During the 6-month period after training (i.e.,
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    with each resident to evaluate their perceptions of the BAI experience
    and to document drinking patterns.
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    components of BAI than did controls (2.4 vs 1.5, p=.001); were more
    likely to explain safe drinking limits (27% vs 10%, p=.001) and provide
    feedback on patients' alcohol use (33% vs 21%, p=.03); and more often
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    components into practice, thus it is difficult to evaluate the
    influence of BAI on the reduction of alcohol use among hazardous
    drinkers.
 C1 Univ Lausanne Hosp, Alcohol Treatment Ctr, Lausanne, Switzerland.
    Univ Hosp Geneva, Univ Med Policlin, Geneva, Switzerland.
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 AU Werner, RM
    Greenfield, S
    Fung, C
    Turner, BJ
 AF Werner, Rachel M.
    Greenfield, Sheldon
    Fung, Constance
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 SO JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE performance measurement; quality measures; clinically complex patients
 ID PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE; COMPETING DEMANDS; DISEASE; DELIVERY; COMORBIDITY;
    DEPRESSION; GUIDELINES; MANAGEMENT; PROFILES; SYSTEM
 AB Performance measurement has been widely advocated as a means to improve
    health care delivery and, ultimately, clinical outcomes. However, the
    evidence supporting the value of using the same quality measures
    designed for patients with a single clinical condition in patients with
    multiple conditions is weak. If clinically complex patients, defined
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    challenges to achieving quality goals, providers may shun them or
    ignore important, but unmeasured, clinical issues. This paper
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    measuring quality of care in the patient with multiple clinical
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    measurement systems and future research programs on this topic. The
    conference had three main areas of discussion. First, the potential
    problems caused by applying current quality standards to patients with
    multiple conditions were examined. Second, the advantages and
    disadvantages of three strategies to improve quality measurement in
    clinically complex patients were evaluated: excluding certain
    clinically complex patients from a given standard, relaxing the
    performance target, and assigning a greater weight to some measures
    based on the expected clinical benefit or difficulty of reaching the
    performance target. Third, the strengths and weaknesses of potential
    novel measures such change in functional status were considered. The
    group concurred that, because clinically complex patients present a
    threat to the implementation of quality measures, high priority must be
    assigned to a research agenda on this topic. This research should
    evaluate the impact of quality measurement on these patients and expand
    the range of quality measures relevant to the care of clinically
    complex patients.
 C1 Philadelphia VAMC, Ctr Hlth Equity Res & Promot, Philadelphia, PA USA.
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    VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Syst, Div Gen Internal Med, Los Angeles, CA USA.
    Univ Calif Los Angeles, David Geffen Sch Med, Los Angeles, CA USA.
    RAND Corp, Santa Monica, CA USA.
 RP Werner, RM, 1230 Blockley Hall,423 Guardian Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19104
    USA.
 EM rwerner@mail.med.upenn.edu
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 AU Zugarramurdi, A
    Parin, MA
    Gadaleta, L
    Lupin, HM
 AF Zugarramurdi, Aurora
    Parin, Maria A.
    Gadaleta, Liliana
    Lupin, Hector M.
 TI A quality cost model for food processing plants
 SO JOURNAL OF FOOD ENGINEERING
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE HACCP; quality costs; food; fish freezing plant
 ID RAW-MATERIAL QUALITY; FISH; INVESTMENT
 AB A HACCP-based system is a recognized food safety management program
    aiming at the control of all the factors affecting food safety. It is
    also possible to add factors related to food quality. To evaluate the
    effectiveness of a quality system, a realistic estimate of quality
    costs is essential. The purpose of this work is to develop a
    mathematical model for the calculation of the costs associated with a
    specific quality level due to HACCP-based system implementation.
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    (Merluccius hubbsi) are presented and compared with those calculated
    with the proposed model. The proportion of variance explained by the
    model was 0.903 for total quality costs; proving its optimum
    performance. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
 C1 INTI Mar del Plata CIC, So Reg Ctr, RA-7600 Mar Del Plata, Argentina.
    FAO, DANIDA Traning Programme, Fishery Ind Div, I-00100 Rome, Italy.
 RP Zugarramurdi, A, INTI Mar del Plata CIC, So Reg Ctr, Marcelo T Alvear
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 PU ELSEVIER SCI LTD
 PI OXFORD
 PA THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND
 SN 0260-8774
 J9 J FOOD ENG
 JI J. Food Eng.
 PD DEC
 PY 2007
 VL 83
 IS 3
 BP 414
 EP 421
 PG 8
 SC Engineering, Chemical; Food Science & Technology
 GA 198RH
 UT ISI:000248644700010
 ER
 
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    Mayer, Alex
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    design of pump-and-treat groundwater remediation systems
 SO JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING-ASCE
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS-MEDIA; MASS-TRANSFER;
    ORGANIC-CHEMICALS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; ALGORITHM; ADSORBERS; PERFORMANCE;
    ADSORPTION; MANAGEMENT
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    carbon (GAC) treatment model that accounts for nonequilibrium
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    result in more realistic costs and better-engineered remediation
    systems. It was found that, when nonequilibrium GAC adsorption effects
    are considered, the predicted cost of optimal remediation strategies
    increases consistently when compared to costs obtained assuming
    equilibrium GAC adsorption, for a wide range of cleanup goals. This
    finding implies that when simpler equilibrium models are used for GAC
    adsorption, cleanup costs will be underestimated. GAC treatment costs
    are shown to be particularly sensitive to the degree of mass transfer
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    rates are shown to produce more efficient remediation solutions; the
    increase in efficiency is even more pronounced when nonequilibrium GAC
    adsorption is accounted for. Further results show that the optimal
    remediation designs can be significantly more efficient when the number
    of GAC adsorber units is selected through optimization.
 C1 Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Geol & Min Engn & Sci, Houghton, MI 49931 USA.
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 RP Mayer, A, Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Geol & Min Engn & Sci, 1400
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 PU ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS
 PI RESTON
 PA 1801 ALEXANDER BELL DR, RESTON, VA 20191-4400 USA
 SN 0733-9372
 J9 J ENVIRON ENG-ASCE
 JI J. Environ. Eng.-ASCE
 PD AUG
 PY 2007
 VL 133
 IS 8
 BP 809
 EP 818
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 SC Engineering, Environmental; Engineering, Civil; Environmental Sciences
 GA 190YT
 UT ISI:000248097500005
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Wissgott, C
    Richter, A
    Kamusella, P
    Steinkamp, HJ
 AF Wissgott, Christian
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    thrombolysis (PARES trial): Final results
 SO JOURNAL OF ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE lower limb arteries; critical limb ischemia; occlusion; femoropopliteal
    segment; ultrasound; thrombolysis; recombinant tissue plasminogen
    activator
 ID TISSUE-PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIONS;
    PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL; LOWER-EXTREMITY ISCHEMIA; INITIAL
    TREATMENT; UROKINASE; THROMBECTOMY; MANAGEMENT; CATHETER; SURGERY
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    of the lower limb arteries were treated with local thrombolysis
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    Results: The technical success rate was 100%. Total clot removal was
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    mean 17 mg (range 5-25) of rtPA. In 8 cases, total clot removal of the
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    effects related to rtPA or the catheter system.
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 PI LAWRENCE
 PA 810 EAST 10TH STREET, LAWRENCE, KS 66044 USA
 SN 1526-6028
 J9 J ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY
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 PY 2007
 VL 14
 IS 4
 BP 438
 EP 443
 PG 6
 SC Surgery; Peripheral Vascular Disease
 GA 200WU
 UT ISI:000248794300002
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 AU Lavy, S
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 AF Lavy, Sarel
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 TI Computer-aided healthcare facility management
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 LA English
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 PI RESTON
 PA 1801 ALEXANDER BELL DR, RESTON, VA 20191-4400 USA
 SN 0887-3801
 J9 J COMPUT CIVIL ENG
 JI J. Comput. Civil. Eng.
 PD SEP-OCT
 PY 2007
 VL 21
 IS 5
 BP 363
 EP 372
 PG 10
 SC Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Engineering, Civil
 GA 201FB
 UT ISI:000248815800008
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 PT J
 AU Ponzoni, M
    Ferreri, AJM
    Campo, E
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 AF Ponzoni, Maurilio
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    meeting
 SO JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID MALIGNANT ANGIOENDOTHELIOMATOSIS; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; ANGIOTROPIC
    LYMPHOMA; CHEMOTHERAPY; TRANSPLANTATION; RITUXIMAB; FEATURES; VARIANT;
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 AB Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma ( IVLBCL) is a rare form of diffuse
    LBCL characterized by preferential intravascular growth of malignant
    lymphocytes, aggressive behavior, and an often fatal course. IVLBCL
    usually affects elderly patients with poor performance status, elevated
    lactic dehydrogenase serum levels, anemia, and B symptoms. It displays
    some differences in clinical presentation among diverse geographical
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    Japan. In addition, data from the literature suggest that pathologic
    diagnostic criteria as well as clinical features of this disease may be
    broader than described in current classification scheme( s). Under the
    sponsorship of the International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group,
    clinicians and pathologists with interest in IVLBCL, coming from
    Western and Eastern countries, joined to reach a consensus on defining
    features as well as to focus on the most urgent unresolved issues in
    IVLBCL. To this end, a representative group of IVLBCL patients coming
    from both the aforementioned geographical areas were collectively
    analyzed. Additional features of IVLBCL were proposed both under
    clinical and pathologic stand points. At the meeting, it emerged that
    IVLBCL may have additional histopathologic/cytologic definition
    criteria with respect to those currently recommended, some clinical
    features are not randomly distributed worldwide, recent therapeutic
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    most useful criteria in the settings of differential diagnosis are
    included.
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 RP Ponzoni, M, Ist Sci San Raffaele, Pathol Unit, Unit Lymphoma
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 PI ALEXANDRIA
 PA 330 JOHN CARLYLE ST, STE 300, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314 USA
 SN 0732-183X
 J9 J CLIN ONCOL
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 PD JUL 20
 PY 2007
 VL 25
 IS 21
 BP 3168
 EP 3173
 PG 6
 SC Oncology
 GA 200DJ
 UT ISI:000248743800028
 ER
 
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    Frear, C
    Chen, S
 AF Wen, Zhiyou
    Frear, Craig
    Chen, Shulin
 TI Anaerobic digestion of liquid dairy manure using a sequential
    continuous-stirred tank reactor system
 SO JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE anaerobic digestion; dairy manure; completely mixed; plug-flow
 ID WASTE-WATER; ANIMAL WASTE; SEPARATION; ACID; PERFORMANCE; SLUDGE
 AB BACKGROUND: Anaerobic digestion of liquid manure from flush dairy
    operations is an alternative to manure management practices with
    environmental benefits and producing biogas. A unique sequential
    reactor system was used to study the anaerobic digestion (AD) of flush
    dairy manure with the aim of determining (1) the effects of organic
    strength of the influent on AD performance; (2) whether phase
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    there is any difference between completely mixed and plug-flow
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    RESULTS: The influent with high organic strength resulted in higher
    levels of biogas production and chemical oxygen demand (COD)/solids
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    digestion, the phenomenon of two-stage anaerobic digestion process does
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    volatile fatty acids. The biogas production and COD/solids destruction
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    when treating the liquid manure stream.
    CONCLUSION: The organic strength of the influent significantly
    influenced AD performance. The plug-flow reactor and the completely
    mixed reactor had a similar AD performance. For the type of manure and
    organic loading rate investigated, the results give indications for
    designing an AD process in flush dairy operations.
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 PA THE ATRIUM, SOUTHERN GATE, CHICHESTER PO19 8SQ, W SUSSEX, ENGLAND
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 J9 J CHEM TECHNOL BIOTECHNOL
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 BP 758
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    Engineering, Chemical
 GA 200VX
 UT ISI:000248792000010
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    Wang, JX
 AF Wang Wei-ping
    Wang Jian-xin
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 DE scalability; anonymity; performance analysis; communication system
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    was proposed. The users were divided into several subgroups managed by
    different sub-blenders, and all sub-blenders were managed by the
    main-blender using two layers management scheme. The identity
    information of members are distributed on different sub-blenders, which
    makes each member keep much less information and network overload
    greatly reduce. The anonymity and the overhead of the new scheme were
    analyzed and compared with that of Crowds, which shows the cost of
    storage and network overhead for the new scheme largely decreases while
    the anonymity is little degraded. The experiment results also show that
    the new system architecture is well scalable. The ratio of management
    cost of SACS to that of Crowds is about 1:25 while the value of P(I
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    keeps almost the same anonymity with Crowds.
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 PI HUNAN
 PA EDITORIAL OFFICE, CHANGSHA, HUNAN 410083, PEOPLES R CHINA
 SN 1005-9784
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 JI J. Cent. South Univ. Technol.
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 VL 14
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 BP 380
 EP 385
 PG 6
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 GA 191OW
 UT ISI:000248141800020
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 PT J
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    Nowecki, ZI
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    Michej, W
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    Limon, J
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 AF Rutkowski, Piotr
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    Debiec-Rychter, Maria
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    Michej, Wanda
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    Dobosz, Anna Jerzak vel
    Kakol, Michai
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    Ruka, Wlodzimierz
 TI Predictive factors for long-term effects of imatinib therapy in
    patients with inoperable/metastatic CD117(+) gastrointestinal stromal
    tumors (GISTs)
 SO JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH AND CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE gastrointestinal stromal tumor; imatinib; prognosis; predictive factors
 ID CYTOKINE SERUM LEVELS; BONE-SARCOMA-GROUP; EORTC-SOFT-TISSUE;
    PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS; LATE RESISTANCE; KIT MUTATIONS; PHASE-I; MESYLATE;
    MANAGEMENT; DIAGNOSIS
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    effects of imatinib (IM) therapy in inoperable/metastatic
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    Materials and methods We identified 232 patients in a prospectively
    collected Clinical GIST Registry with advanced inoperable/metastatic
    GIST treated with IM 400-800 mg daily (129 males and 103 females and
    median age 56 years). Median follow-up time was 26 months.
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    PFS in univariate analysis: poor baseline World Health Organization
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    other than KIT exon 11 isoform (P = 0.005), baseline high neutrophils
    count (P < 0.00001), age < 45 years at the diagnosis (P = 0.04),
    mitotic index > 10/50 high-power fields (HPF) (P = 0.001), GIST
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    albumin level (P = 0.0005), low baseline hemoglobin level (P <
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    metastatic lesions at presentation) (P = 0.05). We identified four
    factors negatively affecting PFS, statistically significant (P < 0.05)
    in multivariate analysis: baseline poor WHO performance status >= 2,
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    10/50 HPF.
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    IM therapy for a prolonged time, although resistance to therapy is
    observed. We identified four independent biological factors influencing
    the PFS during long-term IM therapy.
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 J9 J CANCER RES CLIN ONCOL
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 BP 589
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 GA 191FN
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 PU SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
 PI THOUSAND OAKS
 PA 2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320 USA
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 J9 J BIOMOL SCREEN
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 PY 2007
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 BP 724
 EP 732
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 SC Biochemical Research Methods; Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology;
    Chemistry, Analytical
 GA 201AI
 UT ISI:000248803500012
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    MANAGEMENT
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 PA 140 HUGUENOT STREET, 3RD FL, NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 USA
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 J9 J LAPAROENDOSC ADV SURG TECH
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 BP 429
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 GA 201KO
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    Remote Sensing, Inc. (ISPRS). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights
    reserved.
 C1 Wuhan Univ, State Key Lab Informat Engn Surveying Mapping & R, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China.
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 GA 200NA
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 PT J
 AU Khatri, KL
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 AF Khatri, Kanya L.
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 LA English
 DT Article
 DE surface irrigation; automation; irrigation advance; irrigation
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 ID INFILTRATION PARAMETERS; ADVANCE DATA
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    this method for use in real-time control. The results further indicated
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    two fields could be greatly improved with reductions in the total
    volume of water applied to the two fields of 20 and 60% respectively,
    indicating the scale of benefits that can be achieved in the irrigation
    sector by implementing simple real-time control. Copyright (c) 2007
    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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 C1 Natl Sun Yat Sen Univ, Inst Business Management, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan.
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    Lai, SQ
 AF Lee, Chia-Ling
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    having a clear description of KM strategy, and linking rewards to KM
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    internal business process perspectives.
 C1 Natl Chung Cheng Univ, Dept Accounting & Informat Technol, Chiayi 621, Taiwan.
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 RP Lee, CL, Natl Chung Cheng Univ, Dept Accounting & Informat Technol, 160
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    Lin, LY
    Hsu, MY
 AF Wu, Se-Hwa
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 ID FIRM PERFORMANCE; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGY;
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 AF Wu, Feng-Shang
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    (Agave salmiana ssp crassispina) in Zacatecas, Mexico
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    ecological deterioration and without social and economic benefits for
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    Ctr Invest Biol Noroeste, La Paz, Mexico.
    Univ Autonoma Chapingo, CRUCEN, Zacatecas, Mexico.
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 BP 362
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 PG 10
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 LA English
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    the virtual enterprise broker strategy has been implemented in various
    industrial scenarios related to supply maintenance tooling for the
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 C1 Inst Tecnol & Estud Super Monterrey, Nuevo Leon 64849, Mexico.
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 AF Junnila, Seppo
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 LA English
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 ID LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT; IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE
 AB Background, Aims, and Scope. A significant shift towards services has
    occurred globally though service industry companies are still,
    typically, neglected when the significant environmental players in the
    society are listed. However, scientific evidence is increasingly
    showing that the service sector may produce a notable share of the
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    the environmental impact of four service industry organizations in
    Europe and the U.S. The companies studied are all international or
    global companies, and the functional unit of the LCA is the yearly
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    noticeable differences in terms of size, location, and their line of
    business.
    Results. Regardless the significant differences in the size, location
    and line of business, the same activities were always found to
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    The office premises clearly contributed the most (some 40%) to the
    environmental impact and commuting was the second most significant
    contributing factor (some 20%). The contribution of all the other
    activities, the business travel, the purchases services, the use of
    office equipment and the office supplies was found to be clearly less
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    impact values than all the other cases. The range of differences
    between the U.S. case and the others were quite substantial: around
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    changes from company specific processes to the statistical averages in
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 LA English
 DT Article
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 ID HIGH-PERFORMANCE FORTRAN
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 AU Robson, SM
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 AF Robson, Sean M.
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 LA English
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 C1 Radford Univ, Radford, VA 24142 USA.
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 LA English
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 C1 Zhejiang Univ Technol, Coll Informat Engn, Hangzhou 310032, Peoples R China.
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    GUILDFORD, ENGLAND
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 EP 226
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 GA 201LP
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 ID TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT
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 C1 Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Mech Engn, Singapore 119260, Singapore.
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 C1 Fudan Univ, Dept Comp Sci & Engn, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China.
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 RP Wang, X, Fudan Univ, Dept Comp Sci & Engn, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R
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 C1 Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Dept Engn Sci, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
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 LA English
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 C1 Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dept Info Com, I-00184 Rome, Italy.
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 EM enzobac@infocom.uniroma1.it
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 SO IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON KNOWLEDGE AND DATA ENGINEERING
 LA English
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 C1 N Carolina State Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA.
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 EM ggou@ncsu.edu
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    Information Systems; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
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 AF Hung, Hao-Ping
    Chuang, Kun-Ta
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 SO IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON KNOWLEDGE AND DATA ENGINEERING
 LA English
 DT Article
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 AB Due to the resource limitation in the data stream environments, it has
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 SO IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE instrumentation and measurement education; learning management system;
    remote learning; remote measurement laboratory; thin client paradigm;
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 ID NETWORK
 AB The Remote Didactic Laboratory Laboratorio Didattico Remoto-LA.DI.RE.
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    Italian Ministry of Education and University. It provides the students
    of electric and electronic measurement courses with access to remote
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    with the remotely accessible measurement laboratories through web
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    and the solution implemented is described. This solution takes into
    account the delivered services to students and teachers and permits
    optimization of the communication performances. The results of the
    comparison among the performances of different implementations of the
    thin client paradigm highlight the advantages of the adopted solution.
    As a consequence, the description of the thin client protocol
    implemented, together with the presentation of the LMS and delivered
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 C1 Univ Naples Federico 2, Dipartimento Informat & Sistemist, I-80125 Naples, Italy.
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    CDMA SYSTEMS; ANTENNA-ARRAYS; LOG-CONVEXITY; DOWNLINK; UPLINK;
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    Univ Aveiro, P-3810 Aveiro, Portugal.
    Inst Super Tecn, P-1049 Lisbon, Portugal.
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 PT J
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    a novel cross-layer packet scheduling scheme that consists of a
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    efficiently under the system power and resource constraints. Simulation
    results demonstrate that the proposed cross-layer scheme achieves
    significantly better performance than existing schemes in queuing
    delay, jitter, and channel utilization.
 C1 Univ Surrey, Ctr Commun Syst Res, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, England.
 RP Du, HF, Univ Surrey, Sch Elect & Phys Sci, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey,
    England.
 EM H.Du@surrey.ac.uk
    L.Fan@surrey.ac.uk
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    B.Evans@surrey.ac.uk
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 PT J
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    Spadaro, Salvatore
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    optical networks
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    connectivity of the out-of-fiber control plane. In this letter, we
    analytically quantify the impact of control plane link failures on
    whole network performance. Then, we use the obtained results to suggest
    the keep-alive interval for LMP, introducing the least overhead to the
    control network while keeping an acceptable network Grade of Service
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 C1 Univ Politecn Catalunya, GCO, Barcelona, Spain.
 RP Perello, J, Univ Politecn Catalunya, GCO, Barcelona, Spain.
 EM jperello@tsc.upc.edu
    spadaro@tsc.upc.edu
    comellas@tsc.upc.edu
    junyent@tsc.upc.edu
 CR BERGER L, 2003, 3473 RFC
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 PD AUG
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 VL 11
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    Sarter, NB
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    Sarter, Nadine B.
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    recovery from breakdowns in pilot-automation coordination
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 LA English
 DT Article
 ID ATTENTION ALLOCATION; INDEPENDENT AGENT; EVENT-DRIVEN; TEAM PLAY;
    POWERFUL; PERFORMANCE; STRATEGIES; FEEDBACK; SYSTEMS; ERRORS
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    from errors and disturbances as well as the impact of automation design
    and time pressure on these processes. Background: Considerable efforts
    have been directed at error prevention through training and design.
    However, because errors cannot be eliminated completely, their
    detection, diagnosis, and recovery must also be supported. Research has
    focused almost exclusively on error detection. Little is known about
    error diagnosis and recovery, especially in the context of event-driven
    tasks and domains. Method: With a confederate pilot, 12 airline pilots
    flew a 1-hr simulator scenario that involved three challenging
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    with the scenario events. Detection of a disturbance was often delayed.
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    time criticality. In many cases, generic inefficient recovery
    strategies were observed, and pilots relied on high levels of
    automation to manage the consequences of an error. Conclusion. Our
    findings describe and explain the nature and shortcomings of pilots'
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    disturbances. Application: Our findings can inform the design of tools
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    event-driven environments.
 C1 Boeing Co, Seattle, WA 98124 USA.
    Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
 RP Nikolic, MI, Boeing Co, POB 3707, Seattle, WA 98124 USA.
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 SO HISTOPATHOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE large needle biopsy; thyroid nodules
 ID RELIABLY DISTINGUISH BENIGN; GUIDED CORE BIOPSY; FINE-NEEDLE;
    PREOPERATIVE SELECTION; MICROFOLLICULAR NODULE; SUSPECTED CANCER;
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 LA English
 DT Article
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    ASSOCIATION; MANAGEMENT; BIOPSY; INDEX
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    should be conducted to further validate these findings.
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    Calif Pacific Med Ctr, San Francisco, CA USA.
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 SO FUTURE GENERATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GRID
    COMPUTING THEORY METHODS AND APPLICATIONS
 LA English
 DT Article
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 ID ARCHITECTURE
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    electrolyte fuel cells
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 LA English
 DT Article
 DE flooding; gas diffusion layer; membrane hydration; polymer electrolyte
    fuel cell; water management
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    flow fields as well as membrane dehydration are two of the major
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    humidity show that none of the studied GDLs are significantly flooded
    on the anode side. On the other hand, when some of the GDLs are used on
    the cathode side they are flooded, leading to increased mass transfer
    losses. The results at low inlet humidity conditions show that the
    characteristics of the GDL influence the membrane hydration. It is also
    shown that inlet humidity on the anode side has a major effect on
    flooding at the cathode.
 C1 KTH Chem Sci & Engn, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.
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 VL 7
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 BP 306
 EP 313
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 SC Electrochemistry; Energy & Fuels
 GA 201QZ
 UT ISI:000248849000007
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 PT J
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 LA English
 DT Article
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    surface area and the electrochemical impedance spectra have been
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 EP 318
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 AU Kocak-Enturk, E
    Yetilmezsoy, K
    Ozturk, M
 AF Kocak-Enturk, Emel
    Yetilmezsoy, Kaan
    Ozturk, Mustafa
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    Evaluation and suggestions
 SO FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE fixed-dome biogas reactor; hen manure; biogas plants; renewable energy
 ID UASB REACTORS; ANAEROBIC-DIGESTION; HILLY CONDITIONS; CATTLE MANURE;
    PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SWINE WASTE; DOME; PLANTS; TEMPERATURE; JANATA
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    Corum city of Turkey) selected as model pilot plant. A fixed-dome
    Chinese model biogas reactor (FDCMBR) having a digester volume of 280
    m(3) was found to be appropriate in treatment of hen manure wastes.
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    experimental studies given in the literature. In Corum city, the total
    daily biogas production (about 7625 in 3 day(-1)) can be provided from
    individual biogas plants, operating at 58 active hen farms having
    different waste loads. By considering the population of Corum city
    (161000 people), this total production was estimated to compensate the
    daily requirements of 290 families (5 members) including heating,
    cooking, cooling and lighting. The number of people who make use of
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    1% of the total population of Corum city. In this case study, revenues
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    R&E analysis showed that revenues that can be provided from selling of
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    found to be nearly equal to total operating and construction
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    experimental studies including projection criteria were also presented.
    More importantly, this case study is expected to provide a useful
    background and a scientific contribution in manure management for rural
    areas of Turkey.
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 GA 197QW
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 AF Newton, R. F.
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 SO FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE Chapman-Richards-based and allometric-based models; multivariate
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    prediction error tolerance intervals; bootstrapping; bisector
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 ID DENSITY MANAGEMENT DIAGRAMS; LINEAR-REGRESSION; PLANTATIONS; GROWTH;
    YIELD; TREE; DISTRIBUTIONS; ASTRONOMY; UTILITY
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    commercially-important boreal stand-types. Specifically, the five
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 AU Zirlewagen, D
    Raben, G
    Weise, M
 AF Zirlewagen, Dietmar
    Raben, Gerhard
    Weise, Markus
 TI Zoning of forest health conditions based on a set of soil, topographic
    and vegetation parameters
 SO FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE crown condition; forest health; defoliation; regionalization; soil
    status; upscaling
 ID CROWN CONDITION; SPATIAL PREDICTION; CROSS-VALIDATION; MODEL;
    ATTRIBUTES; EUROPE; LEVEL
 AB Saxony, a federal state in the east of Germany, includes regions with a
    history of high deposition rates of total acidity and conspicuous
    impairments of the health status of forests and forest soils. Both the
    reduction Of SO2 immissions and extensive forest liming campaigns have
    led to a visible regeneration of forests, especially in the Saxon low
    mountain ranges. There is a strong need for maps with landscape-related
    information about the forest health status as a basis for an ecological
    underpinning of forest management practices. The aim of the analyses
    presented was to derive a zoning of forest health conditions in Saxony
    on the basis of soil, topographic and vegetation parameters.
    The upscaling approach of the present paper is based on multiple linear
    regression analyses coupled with geostatistics using a two-stage
    procedure with global and regional transfers. First, the forest soil
    monitoring data of Saxony were evaluated using variables derived from a
    digital terrain model, geological information and soil and stand
    related parameters available in high spatial resolution as independent
    variables. In a second step the influence of environmental factors on
    the medium-term crown defoliation was analysed using the modelling
    results from step 1 (regionalized soil chemical attributes) as
    additional auxiliary variables. Spatio-temporally limited damaging
    events were diminished by the plotwise and temporal aggregation of
    defoliation values. Unlike soil chemical data, it was not possible to
    detect clear auto-correlative spatial structures for defoliation
    measurements due to the influence of stand age. About 70-80% of the
    total variance of defoliation could be explained by the multiple linear
    regression models. Methodological limitations and interpretations are
    discussed. Stand age, with 35-64% of the explained variance, showed by
    far the highest influence. This confirms the necessity to quantify the
    influence of the stand age as a systematic and intrinsic natural factor
    if the relationship between defoliation and stress factors is intended
    to be examined. The model performance of the regression algorithms was
    examined using both an independent validation procedure and
    cross-validation terms. Finally, the modelled "mean level of
    defoliation" was mapped using the mean stand age of forests in Saxony
    (60 years) by means of regression equations as scenario models. (c)
    2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
 C1 INTERRA, D-79341 Kenzingen, Germany.
    Staatbetrieb Sachsenforst, Dept Resources Management, D-01796 Pirna, Germany.
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    Singh, G
    Sharma, RC
    Chand, R
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 AF Joshi, A. K.
    Ortiz-Ferrara, G.
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    Singh, G.
    Sharma, R. C.
    Chand, R.
    Parsad, Rajender
 TI Combining superior agronomic performance and terminal heat tolerance
    with resistance to spot blotch (Bipolaris sorokiniana) of wheat in the
    warm humid Gangetic Plains of South Asia
 SO FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE spot blotch; Bipolaris sorokiniana; Cochliobolus sativus; wheat;
    Triticum aestivum; germplasm; yield; resistance; heat tolerance
 ID HELMINTHOSPORIUM LEAF-BLIGHT; X ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; SPRING WHEAT;
    MANAGEMENT; INHERITANCE; GENOTYPES; DISEASES
 AB Seven hundred twenty-nine lines of diverse wheat germplasm lines were
    evaluated in eight locations of three countries (India, Nepal and
    Bangladesh) of South Asia for 5 years (1999-2000 to 2003-2004) through
    Eastern Gangetic Plains Screening Nursery (EGPSN) organized by CIMMYT
    South Asia, Nepal, for agronomic performance and tolerance to spot
    blotch of wheat. Each year, the number of lines represented a new set
    of 150 lines that included six common checks and a different local
    check at each of the eight locations. One hundred and five lines, 21 in
    each year, advanced from EGPSN were also tested for 5 years (2000-2001
    to 2004-2005) in five locations of South Asia through Eastern Gangetic
    Plains Yield Trials (EGPYT) to verify spot blotch tolerance and
    superior yield performance of the selected germplasm. Many lines
    yielded significantly more than the best check and possessed high
    levels of spot blotch resistance under warm humid environments of South
    Asia. The most promising 25 lines have been listed as sources of strong
    resistance, with 9 lines better yielding than the best resistant check
    PBW 343 in fewer days to maturity. Most of these superior lines
    represented elite CIMMYT germplasm and around half were derived from
    Kauz and Veery. The line EGPYT 67,
    Kauz//Kauz/Star/3/Prinia/4/Milan/Kauz, was the best for spot blotch
    resistance, yield, days to maturity, and 1000 grain weight (TKW). The
    next two lines in the order of merit were EGPYT 84
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    results demonstrate that additional spot blotch resistant wheat
    genotypes with high grain yield and TKW, and early maturity, have
    become available as a result of the regional and international
    collaboration in South Asia. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
 C1 Banaras Hindu Univ, Inst Agr Sci, Dept Genet & Plant Breeding, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
    CIMMYT S Asia, Reg Off, Kathmandu, Nepal.
    CIMMYT, Int Maize & Wheat Improvement Ctr, Mexico City 06600, DF, Mexico.
    Directorate Wheat Res, Karnal, Haryana, India.
    Inst Agr & Anim Sci, Rampur, Nepal.
    Banaras Hindu Univ, Dept Mycol & Plant Pathol, Inst Agr Sci, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
    Indian Agr Res Inst, New Delhi, India.
 RP Joshi, AK, Banaras Hindu Univ, Inst Agr Sci, Dept Genet & Plant
    Breeding, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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 AU Arun, B
    Singh, BD
    Sharma, S
    Paliwal, R
    Joshi, AK
 AF Arun, B.
    Singh, B. D.
    Sharma, S.
    Paliwal, R.
    Joshi, A. K.
 TI Development of somaclonal variants of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) for
    yield traits and disease resistance suitable for heat stressed and
    zero-till conditions
 SO FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE tissue culture; somaclonal variation; Triticum aestivum; somatic
    embryogenesis; zero till; late sowing; terminal heat stress
 ID SPOT BLOTCH RESISTANCE; TISSUE-CULTURE; WINTER-WHEAT; SPRING WHEAT;
    INHERITANCE; PLANTS; EMBRYOGENESIS; ASSOCIATION; MANAGEMENT; SELECTION
 AB In a substantial rice-wheat cropping system area of South Asia, wheat
    sowing often gets too delayed and exposed to terminal heat stress.
    Therefore, farmers prefer varieties that are able to perform well under
    a short growing period. Tissue culturally regenerated plants of wheat
    variety cv. HUW 234, the most widely cultivated variety of North
    Eastern Plain Zone (NEPZ) of India were screened using immature embryo
    as explant. Days to heading and maturity, yield and other yield
    components and resistance to leaf rust and spot blotch were evaluated.
    A few somaclones in R-3 and R-4 generations displayed significant
    earliness for days to heading and maturity, improved yield traits and
    resistance to leaf rust and spot blotch diseases. The superior
    performance of two of the variants was confirmed in the R-5 generation
    in 3 years of testing under two dates of conventional and zero-till
    sowing. Stability analysis also suggested superiority of the two
    somaclones across 12 environments. This appeared to confirm the
    possibility of obtaining useful somaclonat variants of wheat for very
    late sown as well as zero-till managed agriculture. The superior
    performing somaclones can be used as parents in the ongoing breeding
    programmes targeting late sown wheat in South Asia exposed to terminal
    heat stress. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
 C1 Banaras Hindu Univ, Dept Genet & Plant Breeding, Inst Agr Sci, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
    Banaras Hindu Univ, Sch Biotechnol, Fac Sci, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
 RP Joshi, AK, Banaras Hindu Univ, Dept Genet & Plant Breeding, Inst Agr
    Sci, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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 AU Sato, ME
    Da Silva, MZ
    De Souza, MF
    Matioli, AL
    Raga, A
 AF Sato, Mario Eidi
    Da Silva, Marcos Zatti
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    Matioli, Andre Luis
    Raga, Adalton
 TI Management of Tetranychus urticae (Acari : Tetranychidae) in strawberry
    fields with Neoseiulus californicus (Acari : Phytoseiidae) and
    acaricides
 SO EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE two-spotted spider mite; predaceous mite; biological control; chemical
    control; interplant movement; pesticide resistance
 ID 2-SPOTTED SPIDER-MITE; CROSS-RESISTANCE; KOCH ACARI;
    AMBLYSEIUS-CALIFORNICUS; ABAMECTIN RESISTANCE; SOUTHERN-CALIFORNIA;
    INHERITANCE; PERSIMILIS; STABILITY; GENETICS
 AB The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of Neoseiulus
    californicus (McGregor) for the control of Tetranychus urticae Koch in
    commercial strawberry fields, under greenhouse conditions, in
    association or not with the use of acaricides. The N. californicus
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    propargite were made on the first and the 14th day of the experiment.
    Approximately 2 h after each propargite application, N. californicus
    was released at a rate of 3.0 and 1.9 adult mites per plant,
    respectively, for each application. The population of T. urticae
    decreased from 87.1 to 2.8 mites per leaflet in the first three weeks.
    After this period, the population of T. urticae was maintained at low
    levels (<= 1.5 mites/leaflet) until the end of the experiment (10th
    week). Propargite and dimethoate sprayed on the strawberry field did
    not affect significantly the population of this predaceous mite. For
    the second experiment, the infestation of T. urticae was 29.1 mites per
    leaflet, when the acaricide chorfenapyr was applied on the strawberry
    field. The release of N. californicus (2 mites per plant) was made 2
    weeks after spraying the acaricide. The population of T. urticae was
    maintained at low levels (<= 2.8 mites/leaflet) for 8 weeks (evaluation
    period). The T. urticae infestations in plots with N. californicus were
    significantly lower than in non-release plots, for the experiments 1
    and 2. In the third experiment, the initial infestation of T. urticae
    was 40.5 mites per leaflet (55.5 active stages/leaflet on release
    plants; 25.5 active stages/leaflet on non-release plants). Three
    releases of N. californicus (average rate of 3.0 adult mites/plant),
    without any acaricide application, were not sufficient to reduce
    significantly the T. urticae population in release plots (release
    plants + non-release plants) in 6 weeks from the first release,
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    stages per leaflet on release plants, during this period. Interplant
    dispersal of N. californicus was low in this strawberry field with high
    infestation of T. urticae. The studies indicate the viability of the
    use of this strain of N. californicus for the control of T. urticae in
    strawberry fields under greenhouse conditions, especially in
    association with selective acaricides.
 C1 APTA, Biolog Inst, BR-13001 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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    Brazil.
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 TI Worst-case robust decisions for multi-period mean-variance portfolio
    optimization
 SO EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE stochastic programming; nonlinear programming; risk management;
    finance; worst-case design; uncertainty modelling; scenario tree
 ID FORECASTS
 AB In this paper, we extend the multi-period mean-variance optimization
    framework to worst-case design with multiple rival return and risk
    scenarios. Our approach involves a min-max algorithm and a multi-period
    mean-variance optimization framework for the stochastic aspects of the
    scenario tree. Multi-period portfolio optimization entails the
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    for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights
    reserved.
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    under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits
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    asymptotic stability of the equilibrium based on Lyapunov theory.
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    TCP flows over both wired and wireless networks, and has comparable
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    reduction
 ID SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; UNCERTAINTY; MANAGEMENT;
    COMPLEXITY; STRATEGIES; TOOL
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    discussed. The approach presented in this paper is designed as a tool
    to stimulate the communication between decision makers and modelers and
    to promote the use of models in decision-making for river basin
    management. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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 DT Article
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    collective action; natural resource management
 AB Many economic environments are susceptible to either free-riding or
    overuse. Common pool resources (CPRs) fall in the latter category.
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    free-riding incentive that may offset overuse. Socially optimal
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    laboratory experiment to assess the performance of this partnership
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    six into a twelve-person CPR environment. Group assignment is either
    unchanging throughout a 15 period session or randomly mixed each
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    while group assignment makes no significant difference. The
    distribution of total payoffs is more equitable for randomly mixed
    groups. Implications of our results for voluntary and centralized
    implementations of the partnership solution are discussed.
 C1 Carleton Univ, Sch Publ Policy & Adm, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada.
    York Univ, Econ Unit, Atkinson Fac Liberal & Profess Stuides, N York, ON M3J 1P3, Canada.
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 RP Schott, S, Carleton Univ, Sch Publ Policy & Adm, 1125 Colonel Dr,
    Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada.
 EM sschott@connect.carleton.ca
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    mestelma@mcmaster.ca
    mullera@mcmaster.ca
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 AU Jarungthammachote, S
    Dutta, A
 AF Jarungthammachote, S.
    Dutta, A.
 TI Thermodynamic equilibrium model and second law analysis of a downdraft
    waste gasifier
 SO ENERGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE downdraft waste gasifier; thermodynamic equilibrium model; second law
    analysis; municipal solid waste; waste to energy
 ID CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED-BED; FREE-ENERGY MINIMIZATION; BIOMASS
    GASIFICATION; PREDICTION; FUELS
 AB The management of municipal solid waste (MSW) and the current status of
    world energy resources crisis are important problems. Gasification is a
    kind of waste-to- energy conversion scheme that offers the most
    attractive solution to both waste disposal and energy problems. In this
    study, the thermodynamic equilibrium model based on equilibrium
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    waste gasifier was developed. To enhance the performance of the model,
    further modification was made by multiplying the equilibrium constants
    with coefficients. The modified model was validated with the data
    reported by different researchers. MSW in Thailand was then used to
    simulate and to study the effects of moisture content (MC) of the waste
    on the gasifier's performance. The results showed that the mole
    fraction of H-2 gradually increases; CO decreases; CH4, which has a
    very low percentage in the producer gas increases; N-2 slightly
    decreases; and CO2 increases with increasing MC. The reaction
    temperature, the calorific value, and the second law efficiency,
    decrease when MC increases. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
 C1 Asian Inst Technol, Sch Environm Resources & Develop, Energy Field Study, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand.
 RP Dutta, A, Asian Inst Technol, Sch Environm Resources & Develop, Energy
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 AU Buck, J
    Young, D
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    Young, D.
 TI The potential for energy efficiency gains in the Canadian commercial
    building sector: A stochastic frontier study
 SO ENERGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE energy efficiency; commercial buildings; stochastic frontier
 ID PERFORMANCE
 AB The achievement of energy efficiency in commercial buildings is a
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    climate-control features of the buildings as well as climatic
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    management-related variables including such factors as ownership type
    and activities govern whether or not the maximally attainable
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    although, on average, buildings appear to be fairly efficient, certain
    types of operations are more likely than others to exhibit energy
    efficiencies that are significantly worse than average. These results,
    along with those related to the effects of physical characteristics on
    the stochastic efficiency frontier, suggest that there is scope for
    focused policy initiatives to increase energy efficiency in this
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 C1 Univ Alberta, Dept Econ, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H4, Canada.
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 DE CFD; PEMFC model; water flooding; ES-PEMFC; gas diffusion layer
 ID ELECTROLYTE FUEL-CELLS; LIQUID WATER TRANSPORT; GAS-DIFFUSION MEDIA;
    CURRENT DISTRIBUTIONS; FLOW-FIELD; MODEL; LAYER; PREDICTIONS; SIMULATION
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    flooding was investigated using a simplified approach in an established
    numerical model. The predictions are compared with experimental data of
    GDLs with different treatments. Local distributions inside the cell are
    given and the effect of homogenous GDL flooding on these is discussed.
    (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
 C1 Univ S Carolina, Dept Chem Engn, Columbia, SC 29208 USA.
    WL Gore & Assoc Inc, Elkton, MD 21922 USA.
 RP Shimpalee, S, Univ S Carolina, Dept Chem Engn, Columbia, SC 29208 USA.
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 AU Garnett, ST
    Sayer, J
    du Toit, J
 AF Garnett, Stephen T.
    Sayer, Jeffrey
    du Toit, Johan
 TI Improving the effectiveness of interventions to balance conservation
    and development: a conceptual framework
 SO ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
 LA English
 DT Review
 DE integrated conservation and development; natural capital; social capital
 ID CONSERVING TROPICAL BIODIVERSITY; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; HABITAT
    PROTECTION; RAIN-FORESTS; ARID END; MANAGEMENT; AFRICA; PERFORMANCE;
    RESILIENCE; GOVERNANCE
 AB There are numerous case studies around the world describing integrated
    conservation and development projects (ICDPs). Recently some localized
    syntheses have been published that use sophisticated statistics to
    identify patterns and causal linkages, but no attempt has yet been made
    to draw together lessons from across the globe. This paper is an
    attempt to provide a framework for such an analysis. A set of lessons
    is proposed for improving the prospects of ICDPs by giving
    consideration to each of the five capitals: natural, social, human,
    built, and financial. The language of ICDPs has been adopted by
    development agencies of all persuasions. There is now some urgency to
    identify the characteristics of the environment and the community in
    which success is most likely. This paper is intended as a step in that
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 JI Ecol. Soc.
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 PY 2007
 VL 12
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 AR 2
 DI ARTN 2
 PG 20
 SC Ecology
 GA 188FM
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 LA English
 DT Article
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 SN 0921-8009
 J9 ECOL ECON
 JI Ecol. Econ.
 PD AUG 1
 PY 2007
 VL 63
 IS 2-3
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 EP 587
 PG 10
 SC Ecology; Economics; Environmental Sciences
 GA 190VU
 UT ISI:000248089500030
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 PT J
 AU Iervolino, I
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    Manfredi, G
 AF Iervolino, Iunio
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    Manfredi, Gaetano
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 SO EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE earthquake early warning; real-time seismology; loss assessment;
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 ID GROUND MOTIONS
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 SN 0098-8847
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 PD JUL 25
 PY 2007
 VL 36
 IS 9
 BP 1151
 EP 1168
 PG 18
 SC Engineering, Civil; Engineering, Geological
 GA 189NW
 UT ISI:000247996700003
 ER
 
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 AU Pagliusi, SR
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 AF Pagliusi, Sonia R.
    Garland, Suzanne M.
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 SO DISEASE MARKERS
 LA English
 DT Article
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    Research & Experimental; Pathology
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    Heitholt, JJ
    Rao, SC
 AF MacKown, Charles T.
    Heitholt, James J.
    Rao, Srinivas C.
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 AU Garcia, LC
    Anson, SG
 AF Garcia, Laura Cabeza
    Anson, Silvia Gomez
 TI Governance and performance of Spanish privatised firms
 SO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE privatisation; public offerings; performance; corporate governance
 ID CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; OPERATING PERFORMANCE; AUDIT COMMITTEE;
    DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES; EARNINGS MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL-ANALYSIS;
    OWNERSHIP; BOARD; LIBERALIZATION; TURNOVER
 AB This paper analyses the effect of the Spanish privatisation process on
    the performance and corporate governance of the firms that were
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    conventional pre- versus post-privatisation comparisons, we do not find
    significant improvements in privatised firms' profitability and
    efficiency. However, our results do suggest a change in firms'
    ownership structure and in the characteristics of Boards of Directors
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    consequence of the relinquishment of control by the State and the
    Boards of Directors are restructured with the creation of new
    specialised committees and the incorporation of more executives.
 C1 Univ Leon, Dept Business Adm, Fac Econ & Business Adm, E-24071 Leon, Spain.
    Univ Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
 RP Garcia, LC, Univ Leon, Dept Business Adm, Fac Econ & Business Adm,
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 EM laura.cabeza@unileon.es
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 AU Ruigrok, W
    Peck, S
    Tacheva, S
 AF Ruigrok, Winfried
    Peck, Simon
    Tacheva, Sabina
 TI Nationality and gender diversity on Swiss corporate boards
 SO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW
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 DT Article
 DE board composition; nationality diversity; gender diversity; directors'
    characteristics
 ID STRATEGIC CHANGE; WOMEN DIRECTORS; FIRM; PERFORMANCE; GOVERNANCE; TEAM;
    OWNERSHIP; RESOURCE; IMPACT; AGENCY
 AB For a sample of 210 Swiss publicly listed firms we analyse the
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    boards it is imperative to understand the characteristics,
    qualifications and affiliations that these directors bring to the
    boardroom and that it is important to take national circumstances into
    account rather than relying on research results from other countries.
 C1 Case Western Reserve Univ, Weatherhead Sch Management, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA.
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 AU Sanchez-Ballesta, JP
    Garcia-Meca, E
 AF Sanchez-Ballesta, Juan Pedro
    Garcia-Meca, Emma
 TI Ownership structure, discretionary accruals and the informativeness of
    earnings
 SO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE corporate governance; ownership structure; discretionary accruals;
    capital markets
 ID CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; MANAGERIAL OWNERSHIP; INVESTOR PROTECTION;
    EMPIRICAL-ANALYSIS; BONUS SCHEMES; MANAGEMENT; FIRM; DETERMINANTS;
    MANIPULATION; PERFORMANCE
 AB In this paper we use panel data methodology to examine the relationship
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    of shares, however, they are entrenched and the relation between
    insider ownership, discretionary accruals and earnings informativeness
    reverses.
 C1 Univ Murcia, Accounting & Finance Dept, Murcia 30003, Spain.
 RP Sanchez-Ballesta, JP, Univ Murcia, Accounting & Finance Dept, Avda
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 EM juanpsb@um.es
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 AU O'Neill, G
 AF O'Neill, Graham
 TI A priori conceptions, methodological dogmatism and theory versus
    practice: three reasons why CEO pay research lacks convergence
 SO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE agency theory; non-executive directors; executive remuneration
    (compensation); CEO
 ID CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; EXECUTIVE-COMPENSATION; DIRECTORS; MANAGEMENT;
    ACCOUNTABILITY; REMUNERATION; BOARDROOM; TRENDS; WORK; UK
 AB Pay Without Performance: The Unfilled Promise of Executive Compensation
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    view that reliance on economic efficiency arguments alone does not
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    and socially interactive processes involved in determining executive
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 C1 RMIT Business, Sch Management, Melbourne, Vic 3001, Australia.
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 AU Lira, EM
    Ripoll, P
    Peiro, JM
    Gonzalez, P
 AF Lira, Eva M.
    Ripoll, Pilar
    Peiro, Jose M.
    Gonzalez, Pilar
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 SO COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
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    longitudinal study
 ID COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; GROUP DECISION-MAKING; TOP MANAGEMENT
    TEAMS; INTRAGROUP CONFLICT; GROUP EFFICACY; GROUP-LEVEL; PERFORMANCE;
    WORK; METAANALYSIS; INTERDEPENDENCE
 AB The effects of task conflict on group effectiveness are far from
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    Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
 C1 Univ Valencia, Fac Psychol, IVIE, Dept Social Psychol, E-46010 Valencia, Spain.
 RP Peiro, JM, Univ Valencia, Fac Psychol, IVIE, Dept Social Psychol, Av
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    rights reserved.
 C1 Concordia Univ, Concordia Inst Informat Syst Engn, Montreal, PQ, Canada.
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    Electronic; Telecommunications
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    Bahk, S
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    reserved.
 C1 Seoul Natl Univ, Sch Elect Engn, Seoul 151742, South Korea.
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 C1 Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece.
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 C1 Purdue Univ, Sch Elect & Comp Engn, Ctr Wireless Syst & Applicat, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA.
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    the discrete-time based modeling can effectively capture all the
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 C1 N Carolina State Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA.
    Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Shanghai, Peoples R China.
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    Telecommunications
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    HIV-infected patients who were not immune to HBV infection, and 79%
    made treatment decisions without referral to a hepatologist or
    gastroenterologist. Treatment recommendations varied; 42% of the sites
    initiated therapy when patients' levels of alanine aminotransferase and
    aspartate aminotransferase were elevated and HBV DNA level was > 10(5)
    copies/mL, whereas 49% of the sites initiated therapy in the presence
    of any detectable HBV DNA level. Antiviral treatment choices for
    patients who were not concurrently receiving antiretroviral therapy
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    concurrently receiving antiretroviral therapy received lamivudine plus
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    Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Sch Med, Div Gastroenterol, Richmond, VA 23284 USA.
    Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Sch Med, Div Hepatol, Richmond, VA 23284 USA.
    Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Sch Med, Div Infect Dis, Richmond, VA 23284 USA.
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    Temple Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA.
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 PA 1427 E 60TH ST, CHICAGO, IL 60637-2954 USA
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 SC Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology
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 AU Reidsma, P
    Ewert, F
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 AF Reidsma, Pytrik
    Ewert, Frank
    Lansink, Alfons Oude
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    management conditions to improve understanding of adaptive capacity
 SO CLIMATIC CHANGE
 LA English
 DT Article
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    IMPACTS; MODELS; AGRICULTURE; VARIABILITY; SYSTEMS
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    income and to identify factors that determine adaptive capacity. A
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    with farm size and farm intensity. However, effects differed among
    crops and high crop yields were not always related to high incomes,
    suggesting that impacts of climate and management differ by impact
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    yields and income, they are good indicators of adaptive capacity at
    farm level and should be considered in impact assessment models.
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    differently.
 C1 Wageningen Univ, Grp Plant Prod Syst, Dept Plant Sci, NL-6700 AK Wageningen, Netherlands.
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 RP Reidsma, P, Wageningen Univ, Grp Plant Prod Syst, Dept Plant Sci, POB
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 PU SPRINGER
 PI DORDRECHT
 PA VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS
 SN 0165-0009
 J9 CLIMATIC CHANGE
 JI Clim. Change
 PD OCT
 PY 2007
 VL 84
 IS 3-4
 BP 403
 EP 422
 PG 20
 SC Environmental Sciences; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
 GA 202NV
 UT ISI:000248911200009
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Yoo, Y
    Sohn, JW
    Park, DW
    Kim, JY
    Shin, HK
    Lee, Y
    Choung, JT
    Lee, CK
    Kim, MJ
 AF Yoo, Young
    Sohn, Jang Wook
    Park, Dae Won
    Kim, Jeong Yeon
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    Lee, Yoon
    Choung, Ji Tae
    Lee, Chang Kyu
    Kim, Min Ja
 TI Clinical evaluation of the SD bioline influenza virus antigen test for
    rapid detection of influenza viruses A and B in children and adults
    during the influenza season
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 LA English
 DT Article
 ID RESPIRATORY VIRUSES; DIAGNOSTIC-TESTS; SURVEILLANCE; INFECTIONS;
    MANAGEMENT; IMPACT; ASSAY
 AB The performance of the SD Bioline rapid antigen test kit for influenza
    virus detection was evaluated with 295 respiratory specimens during the
    influenza season. The overall sensitivity and specificity of the SD
    Bioline test were 61.9% and 96.8% for the influenza A virus antigen and
    54.5% and 100% for the influenza B virus antigen, respectively. The
    results were consistent with peak influenza activities.
 C1 Korea Univ, Coll Med, Dept Internal Med, Div Infect Dis, Seoul 136705, South Korea.
    Korea Univ, Dept Pediat, Seoul 136705, South Korea.
    Korea Univ, Dept Lab Med, Seoul 136705, South Korea.
    Korea Univ, Inst Emerging Infect Dis, Seoul 136705, South Korea.
 RP Kim, MJ, Korea Univ, Coll Med, Dept Internal Med, Div Infect Dis, 126-1
    Anam Dong 5-Ga, Seoul 136705, South Korea.
 EM macropha@korea.ac.kr
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 PI WASHINGTON
 PA 1752 N ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036-2904 USA
 SN 1556-6811
 J9 CLIN VACCINE IMMUNOL
 JI Clin. Vaccine Immunol.
 PD AUG
 PY 2007
 VL 14
 IS 8
 BP 1050
 EP 1052
 PG 3
 SC Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology
 GA 200XM
 UT ISI:000248796100016
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Zhang, K
    Yuen, MMF
    Gao, JH
    Xu, B
 AF Zhang, K.
    Yuen, M. M. F.
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    Xu, B.
 TI Fabrication of high thermal conductivity carbon nanotube arrays by self
    assembled Fe3O4 particles
 SO CIRP ANNALS-MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE chemical vapor deposition (CVD); carbon nanotube; thermal
 ID GROWTH; NANOPARTICLES
 AB The outstanding properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have induced
    widespread interest in researches and applications. A new approach of
    fabricating vertically aligned CNT arrays with good CNT size and
    distribution control, and enhanced substrate attachment is under
    development. This technique includes fabrication and size tuning of
    Fe3O4 nanoparticles, buffer layer preparation on Si substrates, self
    assembly of Fe3O4 nanoparticles on substrates, CNT synthesis by thermal
    CVD with optimized operation parameters. One application of the
    synthesized CNT arrays is serving as thermal interface material to meet
    the thermal management challenge in high power microelectronic
    packages. The thermal performance of the synthesized CNT arrays was
    evaluated.
 C1 Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Mech Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.
    Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Chem, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.
 RP Zhang, K, Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Mech Engn, Clear Water
    Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.
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 PU TECHNISCHE RUNDSCHAU EDITION COLIBRI LTD
 PI BERN
 PA NORDRING 4, CH-3001 BERN, SWITZERLAND
 SN 0007-8506
 J9 CIRP ANN-MANUF TECHNOL
 JI CIRP Ann-Manuf. Technol.
 PY 2007
 VL 56
 IS 1
 BP 245
 EP 248
 PG 4
 SC Engineering, Industrial; Engineering, Manufacturing
 GA 194ZU
 UT ISI:000248383100060
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Schneider, BJ
    El-Rayes, B
    Muler, JH
    Philip, PA
    Kalemkerian, GP
    Griffith, KA
    Zalupski, MM
 AF Schneider, Bryan J.
    El-Rayes, Basil
    Muler, Jeffery H.
    Philip, Philip A.
    Kalemkerian, Gregory P.
    Griffith, Kent A.
    Zalupski, Mark M.
 TI Phase II trial of carboplatin, gemcitabine, and capecitabine in
    patients with carcinoma of unknown primary site
 SO CANCER
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE carcinoma of unknown primary; chemotherapy; experimental therapeutics;
    gemcitabine; capecitabine
 ID CANCER-RESEARCH-NETWORK; POORLY DIFFERENTIATED ADENOCARCINOMA;
    PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; METASTATIC CARCINOMA;
    PACLITAXEL; STATISTICS; MANAGEMENT; CISPLATIN; ORIGIN
 AB BACKGROUND. The purposes of this study were to evaluate efficacy and
    toxicity of the combination of carboplatin, gemcitabine, and
    capecitabine in patients with carcinoma of unknown primary site (CUP).
    METHODS. Patients with CUP received carboplatin AUC 5 mg/mL a minute
    intra venously Day 1, gemcitabine 1000 mg/m(2) intravenously Days 1 and
    8, and capecitabine 1600 mg/m2 orally in divided doses, Days 1-14 of a
    21-day cycle for up to 8 cycles. The primary endpoint of the study was
    objective response rate by intent-to-treat analysis.
    RESULTS. Thirty-three patients were treated (median age, 58 years;
    men:women ratio, 19:14). Most patients had a baseline performance
    status of 1. The objective response rate was 39.4% (95% CI,
    22.9%-57.9%) in all patients, 36.4% in 22 patients with well to
    moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma, and 40.0% in 20 patients with
    liver metastases. Median progression -free survival time was 6.2 months
    (95% Cl, 5.4%-8.01/0), and median survival time was 7.6 months (95% CI,
    6.3-14.1). One and 2-year survival rates were 35.6% and 14.2%,
    respectively. The most frequent grade >= 3 adverse events were
    neutropenia (67%), thrombocytopenia (48%), and anemia (33%).
    CONCLUSIONS. The combination of carboplatin, gemcitabine, and
    capecitabine is active in CUP, especially in patients with liver
    metastases. This regimen may be a potential therapy for CUP patients
    with good performance status, particularly those with a suspected
    origin below the diaphragm.
 C1 Univ Michigan, Dept Internal Med, Div Hematol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
    Univ Michigan, Dept Internal Med, Div Oncol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
    Karmanos Canc Inst, Div Hematol Oncol, Detroit, MI USA.
    Univ Michigan, Canc Ctr, Biostat Core Facil, Ann Arbor, MI USA.
 RP Schneider, BJ, Univ Michigan, Dept Internal Med, Div Hematol, 1500 E
    Med Ctr Dr,C361 MIB, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
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 PI HOBOKEN
 PA 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA
 SN 0008-543X
 J9 CANCER
 JI Cancer
 PD AUG 15
 PY 2007
 VL 110
 IS 4
 BP 770
 EP 775
 PG 6
 SC Oncology
 GA 197WH
 UT ISI:000248586700010
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Laskar, S
    Bahl, G
    Muckaden, MA
    Nair, R
    Gupta, S
    Bakshi, A
    Gujral, S
    Shet, T
    Shrivastava, SK
    Dinshaw, KA
 AF Laskar, Siddhartha
    Bahl, Gaurav
    Muckaden, Mary Ann
    Nair, Reena
    Gupta, Sudeep
    Bakshi, Ashish
    Gujral, Sumeet
    Shet, Tanuja
    Shrivastava, Shyam Kishore
    Dinshaw, Ketayun Ardeshir
 TI Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the tonsil - Is a higher
    radiotherapy dose required?
 SO CANCER
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; non-Hodgkin; extranodal; tonsil;
    radiotherapy
 ID NON-HODGKINS-LYMPHOMA; WALDEYERS RING; PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS; NECK; HEAD;
    EXPERIENCE; INVOLVEMENT; MANAGEMENT
 AB BACKGROUND. The purpose was to evaluate the prognostic factors and
    treatment outcome of Indian patients with primary diffuse large B-cell
    lymphoma (DLBCL) of the tonsil treated at a single institution.
    METHODS. In all, 121 patients with DLBCL of the tonsil, treated at the
    Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India, from January 1990 to December
    2002, were included. The median age was 45 years and the majority of
    patients (68%) were males. Systemic symptoms were present in 12% of
    patients; 28% presented with stage I and 67% had stage 11 disease.
    Treatment consisted of a combination of chemotherapy (CTh) and
    radiotherapy (RT) for the majority of patients (69.4%). Among those
    receiving RT, 64% received an RT dose of >= 45 Gy.
    RESULTS. After a median follow-up of 62 months, disease-free survival
    (DFS) and overall survival (OS) were 66.4% and 81.6%, respectively.
    Significant prognostic factors included: WHO performance score >= 2
    (OS: 72.1% vs 95.6%, P =.016), bulky tumors (OS: 68.5% vs 86.9%, P
    =.001), presence of B-symptoms (OS: 36.7% vs 79.6%, P <.001), and Ann
    Arbor stage. On multivariate analysis; WHO performance score >= 2
    (hazard ratio [HR], 4.27; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.20-15.12),
    and B symptoms (HR, 6.27; 95% CI, 2.38-16.48), retained statistical
    significance. CTh + RT resulted in a significantly better outcome than
    those treated with CTh alone (OS: 85.7% vs 70.7%, P =.008). The
    complete response (P =.053), DFS (P =.039), and OS (P =.014) rates were
    significantly better for patients receiving an RT dose >= 45 Gy.
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    symptoms, and Ann Arbor stage significantly influence Outcome. A
    combined modality treatment, consisting of CTh and RT (with an RT dose
    of >= 45 Gy), results in a satisfactory outcome in patients with this
    uncommon neoplasm.
 C1 Tata Mem Hosp, Dept Radiat Oncol, Tata Mem Ctr, Bombay 400012, Maharashtra, India.
    Tata Mem Hosp, Tat Mem Ctr, Dept Med Oncol, Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
    Tata Mem Hosp, Tata Mem Ctr, Dept Pathol, Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
 RP Laskar, S, Tata Mem Hosp, Dept Radiat Oncol, Tata Mem Ctr, Dr Ernest
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 PA 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA
 SN 0008-543X
 J9 CANCER
 JI Cancer
 PD AUG 15
 PY 2007
 VL 110
 IS 4
 BP 816
 EP 823
 PG 8
 SC Oncology
 GA 197WH
 UT ISI:000248586700016
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU van den Berg, H
    von Hildebrand, A
    Ragunathan, V
    Das, PK
 AF van den Berg, Henk
    von Hildebrand, Alexander
    Ragunathan, Vaithilingam
    Das, Pradeep K.
 TI Reducing vector-borne disease by empowering farmers in integrated
    vector management
 SO BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID SRI-LANKA; FIELD SCHOOLS; RICE FIELDS; MALARIA; POPULATIONS;
    IRRIGATION; PREVENTION; ECOSYSTEM; VILLAGE; COMPLEX
 AB Problem Irrigated agriculture exposes rural people to health risks
    associated with vector-borne diseases and pesticides used in
    agriculture and for public health protection. Most developing countries
    lack collaboration between the agricultural and health sectors to
    jointly address these problems.
    Approach We present an evaluation of a project that uses the "farmer
    field school" method to teach farmers how to manage vector-borne
    diseases and how to improve rice yields. Teaching farmers about these
    two concepts together is known as "integrated pest and vector
    management".
    Local setting An intersectoral project targeting rice irrigation
    systems in Sri Lanka.
    Relevant changes Project partners developed a new curriculum for the
    field school that included a component on vector-borne diseases. Rice
    farmers in intervention villages who graduated from the field school
    took vector-control actions as well as improving environmental
    sanitation and their personal protection measures against disease
    transmission. They also reduced their use of agricultural pesticides,
    especially insecticides.
    Lessons learned The intervention motivated and enabled rural people to
    take part in vector-management activities and to reduce several
    environmental health risks. There is scope for expanding the curriculum
    to include information on the harmful effects of pesticides on human
    health and to address other public health concerns, Benefits of this
    approach for community-based health programmes have not yet been
    optimally assessed.Also, the institutional basis of the integrated
    management approach needs to be broadened so that people from a wider
    range of organizations take part.A monitoring and evaluation system
    needs to be established to measure the performance of integrated
    management initiatives.
 C1 Wageningen Univ, Entomol Lab, NL-6700 EH Wageningen, Netherlands.
    WHO, Reg Off S East Asia, New Delhi, India.
    Food & Agr Org, New Delhi, India.
    Vector Control Res Ctr, Pondicherry, India.
 RP van den Berg, H, Wageningen Univ, Entomol Lab, NL-6700 EH Wageningen,
    Netherlands.
 EM henk.vandenberg@wur.nl
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 AF Scholz, Miklas
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 LA English
 DT Article
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    pavement; porous pavement; sustainable drainage system
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    BIODEGRADATION; PERFORMANCE; BEHAVIOR; AREAS
 AB The purpose of this review paper is to summarise the wide-range but
    diffuse literature on predominantly permeable pavement systems (PPS),
    highlight current trends in research and industry, and to recommend
    future areas of research and development. The development of PPS as an
    integral part of sustainable drainage systems is reviewed in the
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    is given to detailed design, maintenance and water quality control
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    metals and nutrients (i.e. nitrogen and phosphorus). The advantages and
    disadvantages of different PPS are discussed with the help of recent
    case studies. The latest innovations are highlighted and explained, and
    their potential for further research work is outlined. Recent research
    on the development of a combined geothermal heating and cooling, water
    treatment, and recycling pavement system is promising. (c) 2006
    Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
 C1 Univ Edinburgh, Sch Elect & Engn, Inst Infrastruct & Environm, Edinburgh EH9 3JL, Midlothian, Scotland.
 RP Scholz, M, Univ Edinburgh, Sch Elect & Engn, Inst Infrastruct &
    Environm, William Rankine Bdg,Kings Bldg, Edinburgh EH9 3JL,
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 EM m.scholz@ed.ac.uk
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    Engineering, Civil
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 AF Martin-Fernandez, Jesus
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    Cortes-Rubio, Jose Alfonso
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 LA English
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    score than group I of 0.38 ( IC 95% 0.18 - 0.59) points. There is no
    difference between groups I and III.
    For each point that MS increases, PQL increases between 0.44 and 0.59
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    each point that WL increases.
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    relationship ( CI 95% 0.01 - 0.41). Performing management tasks
    currently or in the past is related to poorer PQL perception ( CI 95%
    -0.45 - -0.06), and the same occurs with working other than morning
    shifts ( CI 95% -0.03 - -0.40 points).
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    spent working in the organization or contractual situation.
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    in workloads, PQL perception can be maintained despite deep
    organizational changes at the macro-management level. Different
    professional groups experience different perceptions depending on how
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 C1 San Martin Valdeiglesias Hlth Ctr, Primary Care Area 8, Madrid, Spain.
    Puerta Bonia II Hlth Ctr, Primary Care Area 11, Madrid, Spain.
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 RP Martin-Fernandez, J, San Martin Valdeiglesias Hlth Ctr, Primary Care
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 AU Buchanan, JB
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    Anthony, RG
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 AF Buchanan, Joseph B.
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    Franklin, Alan B.
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 SO BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE Barred Owl; review of potential approaches to respond to Barred Owl
    invasion; Spotted Owl; Strix occidentalis; Strix varia
 ID DEMOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE; COWBIRD PARASITISM; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;
    FEEDING EXPERIMENT; SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD; NORTHERN GOSHAWKS; ECOLOGICAL
    TRAPS; BRITISH-COLUMBIA; EGG REMOVAL; POPULATION
 AB The conservation of Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis) populations has
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    the invasion are potentially dire for the Spotted Owl and that research
    and management actions, including the use of adaptive management, are
    required to inform the near- and long-term decision-making process for
    conservation of Spotted Owls.
 C1 Washington Dept Fish & Wildlife, Olympia, WA 98501 USA.
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 RP Buchanan, JB, Washington Dept Fish & Wildlife, 600 Capitol Way N,
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 AU Strange, N
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 AF Strange, Niels
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 LA English
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 AB Cambodia forms part of the Indo-Burma hotspot. Its extent of
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    and written documentation systematically destroyed. Compared with
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 AU Emerson, MV
    Lauer, AK
 AF Emerson, M. Vaughn
    Lauer, Andreas K.
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 LA English
 DT Article
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    ZEALAND
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 AU Sayer, J
    Campbell, B
    Petheram, L
    Aldrich, M
    Perez, MR
    Endamana, D
    Dongmo, ZLN
    Defo, L
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    Burgess, N
 AF Sayer, Jeffrey
    Campbell, Bruce
    Petheram, Lisa
    Aldrich, Mark
    Perez, Manuel Ruiz
    Endamana, Dominque
    Dongmo, Zacharie-L Nzooh
    Defo, Louis
    Mariki, Stephen
    Doggart, Nike
    Burgess, Neil
 TI Assessing environment and development outcomes in conservation
    landscapes
 SO BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE adaptive management; conservation; evaluation; indicators; landscape
    performance; livelihoods; monitoring Tools
 ID SUSTAINABILITY; INDICATORS; MANAGEMENT; FRAMEWORK
 AB An approach to assessing the environmental outcomes and changes in
    peoples' livelihoods resulting from landscape-scale conservation
    interventions was developed for three locations in Africa. Simple sets
    of performance indicators were developed through participatory
    processes that included a variety of stakeholders. The selection of
    indicators was designed to reflect wider landscape processes,
    conservation objectives and as local peoples' preferred scenarios. This
    framework, combined with the use of social learning techniques, helped
    stakeholders develop greater understandings of landscape system
    dynamics and the linkages between livelihood and conservation
    objectives. Large scale conservation and development interventions
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    understanding of tradeoffs and synergies between livelihood and
    conservation initiatives. Such approaches provide the basis for
    negotiating and measuring the outcomes of conservation initiatives and
    for adapting these to changing perspectives and circumstances.
 C1 Chales Darwin Univ, Sch Environm Res, Darwin, NT, Australia.
    Chales Darwin Univ, Ctr Int Forestry Res, Darwin, NT, Australia.
    Charles Darwin Univ, Sch Environm Res, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia.
    Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Ecol, Fac Ciencias, Madrid, Spain.
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    Tanzania Forest Conservat Grp, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
    WWF, Conservat Sci Program, Washington, DC USA.
 RP Campbell, B, Chales Darwin Univ, Sch Environm Res, Darwin, NT,
    Australia.
 EM Bruce.campbell@cdu.edu.au
    Lisa.petheram@cdu.edu.au
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 AU Mussaffi, H
    Omer, R
    Prais, D
    Mei-Zahav, M
    Weiss-Kasirer, T
    Botzer, Z
    Blau, H
 AF Mussaffi, H.
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    Weiss-Kasirer, T.
    Botzer, Z.
    Blau, H.
 TI Computerised paediatric asthma quality of life questionnaires in
    routine care
 SO ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD
 LA English
 DT Article
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 AB Background: Asthma quality of life questionnaires are not readily
    incorporated into clinical care. We therefore computerised the
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    Objectives: To (a) assess the feasibility of the electronic
    questionnaires in clinical care and (b) compare the child's PAQLQ
    scores with the parent's score, physician's clinical score and
    spirometry.
    Methods: Children with asthma were given a clinical severity score of
    1-4 (increasing severity) and then completed the PAQLQ(S)
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    required fluent Hebrew and reliable performance of spirometry. Children
    with additional chronic diseases were excluded. //Results: 147 children
    with asthma aged 7-17 years completed PAQLQs and 115 accompanying
    parents completed PACQLQs, taking 8.3 (4.3-15) and 4.4 (1.5-12.7) min,
    respectively (mean (range)). Graphical reports enabled physicians to
    address quality of life during even brief visits. Children's (PAQLQ)
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    Conclusions: Electronic PAQLQs are easy to use, providing additional
    insight to spirometry and physician's assessment, in routine asthma
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 RP Blau, H, Schneider Childrens Med Ctr, Pulm Unit, 14 Kaplan St, IL-19202
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 EM hblau@post.tau.ac.il
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 AU Zaman, QU
    Schumann, AW
    Hostler, HK
 AF Zaman, Q. U.
    Schumann, A. W.
    Hostler, H. K.
 TI Quantifying sources of error in ultrasonic measurements of citrus
    orchards
 SO APPLIED ENGINEERING IN AGRICULTURE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE canopy volume; DGPS; real time sensing; sensors
 ID SENSED TREE SIZE; CANOPY VOLUME
 AB Ultrasonic sensors can be used to estimate tree canopy volume
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    study was to investigate the errors in tree canopy volume measured with
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    individual errors in ultrasonically-sensed tree canopy volume
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    speed accuracy measured by DGPS, uncalibrated air temperature,
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    due to improper tire inflation and uneven ground was also estimated.
    Canopy volume of a selected tree measured with the ultrasonic system
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    factor. One hundred data points were simulated within the selected
    range of each factor to calculate epsilon (UCV) and the ranges were
    determined on the basis of measured data and literature. The overall
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    transducer performance (+/- 2.29%), and 4) deviations in driving path
    (+/- 1.56%). The height error due to uneven ground and wheel tracks
    ranged from 0.025 to 0.12 m. These results could be used to control
    error in ultrasonically-sensed canopy volumes within orchards.
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    Nova Scotia Agr Coll, Dept Engn, Truro, NS B2N 5E3, Canada.
 RP Schumann, AW, Univ Florida, CREC, 700 Expt Stn Rd, Lake Alfred, FL
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 EM schumaw@ufl.edu
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 EP 453
 PG 5
 SC Agricultural Engineering
 GA 202UE
 UT ISI:000248928500007
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 AU Dexter, F
    Willemsen-Dunlap, A
    Lee, JD
 AF Dexter, Franklin
    Willemsen-Dunlap, Ann
    Lee, John D.
 TI Operating room managerial decision-making on the day of surgery with
    and without computer recommendations and status displays
 SO ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID TIME; ANESTHESIA; PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY; COORDINATION; UNCERTAINTY;
    AUTOMATION; MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM; SAFETY
 AB Background: There are three basic types of decision aids to facilitate
    operating room (OR) management decision-making on the day of surgery.
    Decision makers can rely on passive status displays (e.g., big screens
    or whiteboards), active status displays (e.g., text pager
    notification), and/or command displays (e.g., text recommendations
    about what to do).
    Methods: Anesthesiologists, OR nurses, and housekeepers were given nine
    simulated scenarios (vignettes) involving multiple ORs to study their
    decision-making. Participants were randomized to one of four groups,
    all with an updated paper OR schedule: with/without command display and
    with/without passive status display.
    Results: Participants making decisions without command displays
    performed no better than random chance in terms of increasing the
    predictability of work hours, reducing over-utilized OR time, and
    increasing OR efficiency. Status displays had no effect on these
    end-points, whereas command displays improved the quality of decisions.
    In the scenarios for which the command displays provided
    recommendations that adversely affected safety, participants
    appropriately ignored advice.
    Conclusions: Anesthesia providers and nursing staff made decisions that
    increased clinical work per unit time in each OR, even when doing so
    resulted in an increase in over-utilized OR time, higher staffing
    costs, unpredictable work hours, and/or mandatory overtime.
    Organizational culture and socialization during clinical training may
    be a cause. Command displays showed promise in mitigating this
    tendency. Additional investigations are in our companion paper.
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    Univ Iowa, Dept Hlth Management & Policy, Iowa City, IA USA.
    Univ Iowa, Dept Mech & Ind Engn, Iowa City, IA USA.
 RP Dexter, F, Univ Iowa, Dept Anesthesia, Div Management Consulting, Iowa
    City, IA 52242 USA.
 EM Franklin-Dexter@Ulowa.edu
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 LA English
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 AB While numerous reports have sought ways of improving the efficiency of
    surgical operating lists, none has defined 'efficiency'. We describe a
    formula that defines efficiency as incorporating three elements:
    maximising utilisation, minimising over-running and minimising
    cancellations on a list. We applied this formula to hypothetical (but
    realistic) scenarios, and our formula yielded plausible descriptions of
    these. We also applied the formula to 16 consecutive elective surgical
    lists from three gynaecology teams (two at a university hospital and
    one at a non-university hospital). Again, the formula gave useful
    insights into problems faced by the teams in improving their
    performance, and it also guided possible solutions. The formula
    confirmed that a team that schedules cases according to the predicted
    durations of the operations listed (i.e. the non-university hospital
    team) suffered fewer cancellations (median 5% vs 8% and 13%) and fewer
    list over-runs (6% vs 38% and 50%), and performed considerably more
    efficiently (90% vs 79% and 72%; p = 0.038) than teams that did not do
    so (i.e. those from the university hospital). We suggest that surgical
    list performance is more completely described by our formula for
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    utilisation or cancellation rate alone.
 C1 John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Anaesthet, Oxford OX3 9DU, England.
    Milton Keynes Dist Gen Hosp, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Milton Keynes MK6 5LD, Bucks, England.
 RP Pandit, JJ, John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Anaesthet, Oxford OX3
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 PI OXFORD
 PA 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND
 SN 0003-2409
 J9 ANAESTHESIA
 JI Anaesthesia
 PD SEP
 PY 2007
 VL 62
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 BP 895
 EP 903
 PG 9
 SC Anesthesiology
 GA 198ZM
 UT ISI:000248666000006
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 AU Seybert, AL
    Barton, CM
 AF Seybert, Amy L.
    Barton, Christine M.
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    of pharmacy students
 SO AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE patient simulation; cardiovascular disease; hypertension; blood pressure
 ID HUMAN PATIENT SIMULATOR; INTERVENTION PROGRAM; MEDICAL-EDUCATION;
    SKILLS; HYPERTENSION; PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT; CURRICULUM; CARE
 AB Objective. To assess the effect of simulation- based learning on doctor
    of pharmacy ( PharmD) students' ability to perform accurate blood
    pressure assessments and to measure student satisfaction with this
    novel teaching method.
    Methods. Didactic lectures on blood pressure assessment were combined
    with practical sessions using a high-fidelity computerized patient
    simulator. Before and after the simulation sessions, students completed
    a written objective examination to assess knowledge and completed a
    survey instrument to determine their attitudes regarding the learning
    experience. Individual clinical skills were assessed using the patient
    simulator.
    Results. Ninety- five students completed the study. Significant
    improvement was seen in students' knowledge and their ability to
    accurately determine blood pressure following simulation sessions.
    Survey responses indicated that students felt confident that
    simulation- based learning would improve their ability to perform
    accurate blood pressure assessments.
    Conclusion. Pharmacy students showed significant improvement in
    clinical skills performance and in their knowledge of the
    pharmacotherapy of hypertension. Students expressed high levels of
    satisfaction with this type of learning experience.
 C1 Univ Pittsburgh, Med Ctr, Sch Pharm, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA.
    Peter M Winter Inst Simulat Educ & Res, Pittsburgh, PA USA.
 RP Seybert, AL, Univ Pittsburgh, Med Ctr, Sch Pharm, 302 Scaife Hall,200
    Lothrop St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA.
 EM seyberta@upmc.edu
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 PI ALEXANDRIA
 PA 1426 PRINCE STREET, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314-2815 USA
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 PY 2007
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 AR 48
 DI ARTN 48
 PG 6
 SC Education, Scientific Disciplines; Pharmacology & Pharmacy
 GA 200HG
 UT ISI:000248753900008
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    elementary school entry among children with Down syndrome
 SO AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE Down syndrome; mainstream school; Pediatric Evaluation of Disability
    Inventory (PEDI); pediatrics; school entry
 ID SKILLS; KINDERGARTEN; ACQUISITION; PARENTS
 AB OBJECTIVES. This study investigated the relation between functional
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    the preschool years that might help promote these children's readiness
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 BP 414
 EP 420
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 SC Rehabilitation
 GA 191DT
 UT ISI:000248111000007
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 AF Fonarow, Gregg C.
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 LA English
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    to improvements in patient care and outcomes. There are a number of
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 LA English
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 DT Review
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 AU Niehoff, D
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 AF Niehoff, Donata
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 ID PERFORMANCE
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    Ltd. All rights reserved.
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 BP 1021
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 GA 187SS
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 SO TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASABE
 LA English
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    Persyn, RA
    Smith, PK
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    control
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 LA English
 DT Article
 DE best management practices; compost; construction; first flush;
    interrill erosion; runoff; sediment; stormwater; total suspended solids
 ID WATER-QUALITY; RUNOFF; RAINFALL; LOSSES
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    better construction site stormwater management. The objectives of this
    study were to determine the effectiveness of using compost rather than
    conventional hydroseeding or topsoil to reduce erosion from disturbed
    soils. The runoff rates, interrill erosion rates, and interrill
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    min of rainfall (steady-state). The first flush mean runoff from the 5
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    that of all other treatments. The other treatments (50% woodchips and
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    compost manufactured topsoil at first flush and steady-state.
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 GA 190CY
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 SO THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE
 LA English
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 ID COMPLEXITY; AUTOMATA; LANGUAGES; TREES
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 PT J
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    HEALTH
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    schools provide students with a consistent opportunity to develop and
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    postbaccalaureate minority students in developing and practicing a
    stress-management technique was implemented on a regular basis from
    June 2004 to April 2006. Students participated in Deep Breathing
    Meditation exercises in two classes and completed pre-, post-, and
    follow-lip surveys each academic year. Evaluation: Students reported
    having perceptions of decreased test anxiety, nervousness, self doubt,
    and concentration loss, using the technique outside of the two classes,
    and believing it helped them academically and would help them as a
    physician. Conclusions: The Deep Breathing Meditation technique was
    successfully implemented each academic year, and it provided students
    with a promising solution for meeting challenging academic and
    professional situations.
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 RP Paul, G, So Illinois Univ, Sch Med, Med Dent Preparatory Program,
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    Mikkola, JH
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 AF Halldorsson, Arni
    Kotzab, Herbert
    Mikkola, Juliana H.
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 TI Complementary theories to supply chain management
 SO SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
 LA English
 DT Review
 DE supply chain management; product development
 ID RESOURCE-BASED-VIEW; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; MASS CUSTOMIZATION;
    TRANSACTION COST; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT;
    POSTPONEMENT; PERSPECTIVE; PERFORMANCE
 AB Purpose - The paper seeks to discuss and develop SCM as a scientific
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    Practical implications - The four theories can provide normative
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    Originality/value - The main contribution is that one cannot rely on
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    another in order to provide a more comprehensive view of SCM.
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 EP 296
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 SC Business; Management
 GA 188NU
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 LA English
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 AB Purpose - Measurement of the performance of entire supply chains is an
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    combined with the specific characteristics of agri-food supply chains.
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    to have potential.
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 PY 2007
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 BP 95
 EP 97
 PG 3
 SC Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Physics, Applied; Physics,
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 GA 193IQ
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 SO SOFTWARE-PRACTICE & EXPERIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
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 C1 IEIIT CNR, I-10129 Turin, Italy.
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 RP Zunino, C, IEIIT CNR, CSo Duca Abruzzi 24, I-10129 Turin, Italy.
 EM claudio.zunino@polito.it
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 AF Chen, Mei-Chih
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    model: using the Taiwan 50 Index constituents as an example
 SO SOFT COMPUTING
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE classifier system; real number encoding; dynamic stock portfolio;
    capital allocation
 ID MARKET; VOLUME
 AB There are several decisions in investment management process. Security
    selection is the most time-consurning stage. Tatical allocation is in
    order to take advantage of market opportunities based on short-term
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    divergence (MACD), relative strength index (RSI) and Williams %R (WMS
    %R) as input factors, adopting investor-determined adjustment cycle to
    allocate capital, and then constructing stock portfolio. We have
    conducted empirical testing using weekly and monthly adjustment cycle;
    the results revealed that this study's decision-making assistance model
    yields average annual interest rate of 49.35%, which is significantly
    better than the -6.59% of a random purchase model. This research
    indicates that a classifier system can effectively monitor market
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 C1 Natl Chiao Tung Univ, Inst Informat Management, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
    Minghsin Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Informat Management, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
 RP Chen, MC, Natl Chiao Tung Univ, Inst Informat Management, Hsinchu,
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 AU Yoon, SJ
    Choi, DC
    Park, JW
 AF Yoon, Sung-Joon
    Choi, Dong-Choon
    Park, Jong-Won
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    service industry
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 ID MARKET ORIENTATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; JOB-SATISFACTION; QUALITY;
    CONSEQUENCES; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTIONS; ANTECEDENTS; ENVIRONMENT;
    MANAGEMENT
 AB From the viewpoint of internal marketing, employees who are content in
    their job may be motivated to satisfy their customers better than ones
    who are not content. Another relevant premise is that the content
    employees, because of their work motivation, would eventually help
    improve the performance of their firm. To verify these relationships,
    some previous studies looked into the effects of organisational service
    orientation on employee's satisfaction. But only few of them
    investigated the mediating effects of variables such as service value
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    service orientation had an effect on its performance at hospitals. For
    this purpose, verification of the mediating role of service value
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    the firm's performance was attempted. For this study, a total of 292
    usable questionnaires were collected from hospital staffs located in
    metropolitan cities of Korea. The hypotheses concerning relationships
    among service orientation, service value, employee satisfaction and
    customer orientation were verified by covariance structural modelling,
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    organisational service orientation had a positive effect on both
    employee satisfaction and service value perceived by hospital staff.
    Second, employee satisfaction had a positive impact on service value
    and customer orientation. Finally, service value as well as employee's
    customer orientation were found to exert positive influence on the
    medical firm's performance.
 C1 Kyonggi Univ, Div Business Adm, Seoul, South Korea.
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 RP Yoon, SJ, Kyonggi Univ, Div Business Adm, Choongjongro 2Ga, Seoul,
    South Korea.
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    Lin, JR
 AF Hsu, Chi-Sheng
    Lin, Jwu-Rong
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    approach
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    performance of Taiwan domestic equity funds during the period 1999 to
    2003. To test performance persistence, we first divide the sample funds
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    percentile), and high efficiency (76th-100th percentile) groups
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    ratios, respectively. Then, based on the previous one-, two-, and
    three- year performances of the sample funds, we employ iterative
    seemingly unrelated regressions to analyse the persistence of sample
    fund performance. The results show that there exists a significant 'hot
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    not under the measure of Sharpe ratios. The paper concludes that the
    different results in performance persistence analyses between the above
    two measures is driven by the DEA taking transaction costs into
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 C1 Tunghai Univ, Dept Int Business, Taichung 407, Taiwan.
 RP Hsu, CS, Tunghai Univ, Dept Int Business, Taichung 407, Taiwan.
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    Serrasqueiro, ZM
 AF Nunes, Paulo J. Macas
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    analysis
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    COMPANIES; FINANCE; EQUITY
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    of debt, corroborating Trade-Off and Signalling theories. The negative
    relationship between the amount of fixed capital and debt corroborates
    Agency theory. The results allow us to conclude that debt contributes
    to improving management efficiency, agency problems between
    shareholders and creditors having little relevance.
 C1 Beira Interior Univ, Management & Econ Dept, Univ Evora, CEFAGE, P-6200209 Covilha, Portugal.
 RP Nunes, PJM, Beira Interior Univ, Management & Econ Dept, Univ Evora,
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 AU Eriksson, K
    Fjeldstad, OD
    Sasson, A
 AF Eriksson, Kent
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    Sasson, Amir
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    commitment in financial service firm's intermediation
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 ID COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; WEAK TIES; NETWORKS;
    EMBEDDEDNESS; PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; BUSINESS; INFORMATION; STRATEGY
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    organisations that employ mediating technology to facilitate
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    build networks of customers between whom linking can take place, and
    they provide services that facilitate inter-customer exchanges. Earlier
    research has shown the importance of size and standardisation in
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    knowledge is important for problem solving and innovation in
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    strategic management and organisation theory. First, the paper provides
    a deeper understanding of the relationship between knowledge and
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 C1 Norwegian Sch Management, Dept Strategy, N-1302 Sandvika, Norway.
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 RP Fjeldstad, OD, Norwegian Sch Management, Dept Strategy, BI,Elias Smiths
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 EM kent.eriksson@sh.se
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 AF Yang, Ching-Chow
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    PRODUCTS; SUCCESS
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    profitability, and ongoing competitiveness, it needs to develop new
    services to attract and satisfy customers. Service development is thus
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    overall performance of the new service. A case study is presented to
    illustrate the implementation process. The case study demonstrates that
    this integrated and systematic approach is a powerful and useful tool
    for new service development.
 C1 Chung Yuan Christian Univ, Dept Ind Engn, Chungli, Taiwan.
 RP Yang, CC, Chung Yuan Christian Univ, Dept Ind Engn, 22 Pu Zen, Chungli,
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    Marshall, S
 AF Adams, Jonathan
    Gurney, Karen
    Marshall, Stuart
 TI Profiling citation impact: A new methodology
 SO SCIENTOMETRICS
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID SCIENCE; NATIONS
 AB A methodology for creating bibliometric impact profiles is described.
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    for non-specialists, not as a technical transformation of the data for
    scientometricians.
 C1 Evidence Ltd, Leeds LS2 9DF, W Yorkshire, England.
 RP Adams, J, Evidence Ltd, 103 Clarendon Rd, Leeds LS2 9DF, W Yorkshire,
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 AU Reiman, T
    Oedewald, P
 AF Reiman, Teemu
    Oedewald, Pia
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 SO SAFETY SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Review
 DE organizational culture; organizational core task; task analysis;
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 ID ASSESSING SAFETY CULTURE; OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTS; BRINGING WORK;
    CLIMATE; PERCEPTIONS; PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT; ATTITUDES; MAINTENANCE;
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 SN 0925-7535
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 AU Michaud, L
    Cador, R
    Paul, JF
    Caussin, C
    Vignaux, O
    Kettaneh, A
 AF Michaud, L.
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 TI The contribution of the computed tomography coronary angiography in the
    Kawasaki disease on adult patients. About two cases
 SO REVUE DE MEDECINE INTERNE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE computed tomography coronary angiography; kawasaki disease; coronary
    disease; aneurisme
 ID AMERICAN-HEART-ASSOCIATION; STABLE ANGINA-PECTORIS;
    DIAGNOSTIC-ACCURACY; CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE; HIGH-RISK; EXPERIENCE;
    YOUNG; MANAGEMENT; STATEMENT; STENOSES
 AB Objectives. - During the past few years, multislice computed tomography
    coronary angiography has made great progress in terms of spatial and
    temporal resolution. Results on detection and quantification of
    stenoses are excellent. We found interesting reporting its achievements
    in aneurismal coronaropathies such as the Kawasaki disease.
    Methods, - We searched for young adults with Kawasaki disease who had a
    multislice computed tomography coronary angiography available. Several
    hospitals in the Paris area have been contacted and only two
    observations have been kept.
    Results. - Computed tomography provided higher performance than
    coronarography for the measurement of the real diameter of an aneurism
    taking into account the mural thrombus, evaluation of its links with
    the collateral branches and the other aneurisms, assessment of the
    development of recanalized vessels and the degree of development of
    collateral vessels, and visualization of non-circulating aneurisms
    which were not detected with coronary angiography. In addition, the
    evaluation of the location and the degree of the stenoses by the
    computed tomography matched the coronary angiography data. It was not
    possible to conclude with this observations that the computed
    tomography is better for the diagnostic of Kawasaki disease.
    Conclusion. - Multislice computed tomography coronary angiography will
    be likely more and more used to detect and follow coronary anomalies in
    case of Kawasaki disease among teenagers and young adults. It is
    recommended for monitoring medium or large aneurisms in order to
    evaluate their progression to stenosis. (c) 2007 Elsevier Masson SAS.
    Tous droits reserves.
 C1 Hop St Joseph, Serv Cardiol, F-75014 Paris, France.
    Ctr Chirurg Marie Lannelongue, Serv Radiol, F-92350 Le Plessis Robinson, France.
    Ctr Chirurg Marie Lannelongue, Serv Cardiol, F-92350 Le Plessis Robinson, France.
    Hop Cochin, Serv Radiol, F-75014 Paris, France.
    Hop St Antoine, Serv Med Interne, F-75012 Paris, France.
 RP Michaud, L, Hop St Joseph, Serv Cardiol, 185 Rue Raymond Losserand,
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 GA 199ZS
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 AU Salas, N
    Wisor, B
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    Branson, R
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 AF Salas, Nichole
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    Austin, Paul N.
 TI Comparison of ventilation and cardiac compressions using the Impact
    Model 730 automatic transport ventilator compared to a conventional bag
    valve with a facemask in a model of adult cardiopulmonary arrest
 SO RESUSCITATION
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE Advanced Life Support (ALS); airway management; cardiopulmonary
    resuscitation (CPR); chest compression; ventilation
 ID LIFE-SUPPORT VENTILATION; SMALLER TIDAL VOLUMES; CHEST COMPRESSIONS;
    MASK VENTILATION; RESCUER FATIGUE; AIRWAY PRESSURE; FLOW-RATE;
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 AB Purpose: To determine the performance of two person CPR on an
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    Design: Randomized crossover quasi-experimental.
    Setting: Laboratory simulation.
    Subjects: Twenty-eight registered nurses trained in performing adult
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    Interventions: Basic Life Support was provided by subjects using a
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    an automatic transport ventilator, the Impact 730, which incorporates a
    metronome to facilitate chest compression timing. Subjects alternated
    performing 4 min of CPR using the BVM or Impact 730 to deliver breaths
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    Measurements and main results: Flow, volume and pressure were measured
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    resulted in more (137.7 +/- 143.9 mt) air per breath passing through
    the simulated lower esophageal sphincter compared to the Impact 730
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    Impact 730 (176.1 +/- 98.3ml) compared to the BVM (367.6 +/- 337.7 mt,
    p < 0.05) is likely to have resulted from the subject being able to
    manage the mask with two rather than one hand and is reflected in the
    higher ease of use score on a 10 cm visual analogue scale with the
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    Conclusion: Compared to the BVM, the Impact 730 is as effective, easier
    to use and limits the amount of gas entering the stomach when used
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    AR rights reserved.
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    Uniformed Serv Univ Hlth Sci, Grad Sch Nursing, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA.
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    srazi@usuhs.mil
    Richard.Branson@uc.edu
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    Tsui, D
    Goodyear, P
    Irwin, MG
 AF Greenland, K. B.
    Tsui, D.
    Goodyear, P.
    Irwin, M. G.
 TI Personal protection equipment for biological hazards: Does it affect
    tracheal intubation performance?
 SO RESUSCITATION
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 DT Article
 DE biological hazard; tracheal intubation; intubating laryngea; mask;
    flexible bronchoscopy; personal protection equipment
 ID ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY; CRITICALLY-ILL
    PATIENTS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; SARS PATIENTS;
    GEAR; TRANSMISSION; ANESTHESIA; CROSSOVER
 AB Purpose: Personal protection equipment (PPE) is recommended for use
    during airway management of patients with highly contagious respiratory
    tract illness. While its use in chemical hazards and its effect on
    airway management has been assessed previously, there has been no
    research assessing whether this equipment affects the ability to
    perform tracheal intubation. It is the intention of this investigation
    to answer this question.
    Methods: Eighteen workers at various level of training were asked to
    wear three different types of PPE while performing four different types
    of tracheal, intubation. The PPE used included the eye shield, face
    shield and the "Dustmaster (TM)". The intubation techniques were direct
    laryngoscopy, intubation through the intubating laryngeal mask(Fastrach
    (TM)) and flexible bronchoscopy using the eyepiece and an eyepiece with
    camera attached. We assessed the time to intubate as well as the
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    examine participants' subjective experiences of wearing the various
    types of PPE.
    Results: There was no significant effect on the time to intubation for
    any of the methods studied. However, all subjects found that the face
    shield was uncomfortably hot to wear. Fibreoptic bronchoscopic
    intubation using the eyepiece was particularly difficult with all of
    the PPE used due to the distance of the subjects' eye from the eyepiece.
 C1 Royal Brisbane & Womens Hosp, Dept Anaesthesia & Perioperat Med, Brisbane, Qld 4006, Australia.
    Univ Queensland, Sch Med, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia.
    Univ Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hosp, Dept Anaesthesiol, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.
 RP Greenland, KB, Royal Brisbane & Womens Hosp, Dept Anaesthesia &
    Perioperat Med, Butterfield St, Brisbane, Qld 4006, Australia.
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 AF Smith, Roger
 TI What CTOs do
 SO RESEARCH-TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
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 DE Chief Technology Officer; CTO; innovation; career management
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 RP Smith, R, USA, Simulat Training & Instrumentat, Orlando, FL USA.
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 AU Badawy, MK
 AF Badawy, Michael K.
 TI Managing human resources
 SO RESEARCH-TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Review
 DE human resources; planning; rewards; performance appraisal; career
    management
 ID PERFORMANCE; ROLES
 AB 2007 is Research-Technology Management's 50th year of publication. To
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 RP Badawy, MK, Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Merrifield, VA 24061
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    Lingam, RK
    Beaconsfield, TI
    Tran, TL
    Brown, B
 AF Patel, Shilpan M.
    Lingam, Ravi K.
    Beaconsfield, Tina I.
    Tran, Tan L.
    Brown, Beata
 TI Role of radiology in the management of primary aldosteronism
 SO RADIOGRAPHICS
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID HYPERALDOSTERONISM CONNS-SYNDROME; ACETIC-ACID INJECTION; DELAYED
    ENHANCED CT; COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY; ADRENAL ADENOMAS; UNILATERAL
    ALDOSTERONOMA; HYPERTENSIVE DISEASE; SURGICAL-MANAGEMENT; SCINTIGRAPHY;
    LOCALIZATION
 AB The diagnosis of primary aldosteronism, the most common form of
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    primary aldosteronism continues just over a half century since this
    disease entity was first described.
 C1 NW London Hosp, Cent Middlesex & NW Pk Hosp, Dept Radiol & Endocrinol, Harrow HA1 3UJ, Middx, England.
 RP Lingam, RK, NW London Hosp, Cent Middlesex & NW Pk Hosp, Dept Radiol &
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 AU Hosokawa, T
    Kikuchi, Y
    Shimada, M
    Fukatsu, T
 AF Hosokawa, Takahiro
    Kikuchi, Yoshitomo
    Shimada, Masakazu
    Fukatsu, Takema
 TI Obligate symbiont involved in pest status of host insect
 SO PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE Megacopta punctatissima; Megacopta cribraria; Candidatus Ishikawaella
    capsulata; symbiont capsule; plant adaptation; pest evolution
 ID MEGACOPTA-PUNCTATISSIMA; BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS; PLATASPID STINKBUG; PEA
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    BUGS
 AB The origin of specific insect genotypes that enable efficient use of
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    the symbiont from the non-pest stinkbug irrespective of the host insect
    species. Our finding sheds new light on the evolutionary origin of
    insect pests, potentially leading to novel approaches to pest control
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 C1 AIST, Inst Biol Resources & Funct, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058566, Japan.
    Univ Tokyo, Dept Syst Sci, Tokyo 1538902, Japan.
    Univ Connecticut, Dept Mol & Cell Biol, Storrs, CT 06269 USA.
 RP Fukatsu, T, AIST, Inst Biol Resources & Funct, Tsukuba, Ibaraki
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 AU Wong, KS
    Parkin, RM
    Coy, J
 AF Wong, K. S.
    Parkin, R. M.
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 TI Integration of the Cimosa and high-level coloured Petri net modelling
    techniques with application in the postal process using hierarchical
    dispatching rules
 SO PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART B-JOURNAL
    OF ENGINEERING MANUFACTURE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE Cimosa; enterprise modelling; high-level coloured Petri net;
    dispatching rule; mail sorting process
 ID SYSTEMS; TOOL; SIMULATION
 AB Enterprise processes, i.e. business and manufacturing, rely on
    enterprise modelling and simulation tools to assess the quality of
    their structure and performance in an unobtrusive and cost-effective
    way. Each of these processes is a collaboration of inseparable elements
    such as resources, information, operations, and organization. In order
    to provide a more complete assessment of enterprise processes, a
    simulation approach that allows communication and interaction among
    these elements needs to be provided. The simulation approach requires
    an analysis of the performance of each element and its influence on
    other elements in an object-oriented way. It also needs to have the
    capability to represent the structures and dynamics of the elements
    mentioned, and to present the performance assessment comprehensively.
    This will ensure a more holistic simulation modelling task.
    These simulation requirements have motivated the investigation of the
    novel integration of two popular enterprise process modelling methods:
    Cimosa and high-level coloured Petri net. The Cimosa framework is used
    to formalize the enterprise modelling procedure in the aspects of
    representing process elements, structure, behaviours, and
    relationships. The high-level coloured Petri nets method provides the
    mechanism to simulate the dynamics of objects and their
    characteristics, and also to enable communication among the objects.
    The approach is applied on a postal process model, which involves
    elements from manufacturing processes, i.e. machine processing
    (sorting), inventory (storage), product flow, and resource planning.
    Simulation studies based on the hierarchical dispatching rules show
    that the integrated approach is able to present vital information
    regarding the communication method, resource management, and the effect
    of interactions among these manufacturing process elements, which are
    not provided by the current modelling system in the postal company. The
    current paper has presented a novel mechanism, i.e. Cimosa-HCTSPN
    modelling approach, to extract information on process elements and
    their interactions. It has also presented the novel hierarchical
    dispatching rules and contributed to the extension of information that
    can be represented for a postal process.
 C1 Loughborough Univ Technol, Mechatron Res Ctr, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leics, England.
    Loughborough Univ Technol, Wolfson Sch Mech & Mfg Engn, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leics, England.
    Technol Res Grp, Swindon, Wilts, England.
 RP Wong, KS, Loughborough Univ Technol, Mechatron Res Ctr, Loughborough
    LE11 3TU, Leics, England.
 EM ksh_wong@msn.com
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 AU Mazerolle, L
    Rombouts, S
    McBroom, J
 AF Mazerolle, Lorraine
    Rombouts, Sacha
    McBroom, James
 TI The impact of COMPSTAT on reported crime in Queensland
 SO POLICING-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICE STRATEGIES & MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE police; performance management systems; crimes; performance management;
    time series analysis; Australia
 ID HOMICIDE TRENDS; POLICE; TRAJECTORIES
 AB Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of
    Queensland Police Service's version of COMPSTAT, known as "Operational
    Performance Reviews" (OPRs), on reported crime.
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    series analytic techniques to examine the impact of OPRs on various
    categories of reported crime in Queensland. The analyses assessed the
    extent to which OPRs were associated with crime reductions across the
    29 police districts in Queensland.
    Findings - The introduction of OPRs was found to be associated with a
    significant decrease in the total number of reported offences in
    Queensland. OPRs were found to have their strongest effect on reported
    unlawful entries into dwellings and unlawful entries into other
    proper-ties. The overall finding was that OPRs appeared to be a
    cost-effective approach to controlling crime, resulting in an overall
    saving of AUD$1,162,175.
    Practical implications - The current study suggests that COMPSTAT
    generally - and Queensland's OPRs in particular - can be an effective
    police management mechanism, which results in observable reductions in
    reported crimes. Moreover, OPRs appear to be most effective at reducing
    property-related crime. Modifications of this performance management
    process may help to generalize its effects to other types of crime.
    Originality/value - This study was the first to provide a systematic
    examination of the impact of OPRs on a relatively large number of
    offence categories.
 C1 Griffith Univ, Sch Criminol & Criminal Justice, Mt Gravatt, Australia.
    Griffith Univ, Sch Environm Studies, Mt Gravatt, Australia.
 RP Mazerolle, L, Griffith Univ, Sch Criminol & Criminal Justice, Mt
    Gravatt, Australia.
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 AU Rozza, DB
    Correa, AMR
    Leal, JS
    Bandarra, PM
    Guagnini, FS
    Raymundo, DL
    Driemeier, D
 AF Rozza, Daniela B.
    Ribeiro Correa, Andre M.
    Leal, Juliano S.
    Bandarra, Paulo M.
    Guagnini, Fabio S.
    Raymundo, Djeison L.
    Driemeier, David
 TI Experimental monensin poisoning in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)
    and cattle
 SO PESQUISA VETERINARIA BRASILEIRA
 LA Portuguese
 DT Article
 DE buffaloes; cattle; CK levels; degenerative myopathy; monensin toxicity;
    monensin tolerance
 ID FEEDLOT CATTLE; TOXICOSIS; IONOPHORES; TOXICITY; MODE
 AB Monensin is widely used as a feed additive to improve performance of
    livestock; however accidental poisoning by this ionophore compound has
    been reported in a number of animal species. Typical clinical signs and
    lesions of monensin poisoning were induced in water buffaloes dosed
    with single dosages of 15, 10, 7.5, and 5mg/kg of the compound. Only
    buffaloes dosed with 2.5 mg/kg (1 day) and 1 mg/kg (7 days) survived.
    Clinical signs initiated about 6 h post-dosing and included apathy,
    anorexia, diarrhea, drooling, muscular weakness, locomotion disorders,
    dyspnea, tachycardia, jugular distension and pulse, recumbency and
    death. The creatine kinase (CK) levels were highly augmented in blood
    samples of buffaloes dosed with monensin. Most prominent gross changes
    were ascites, hydrothorax, hydropericardium, cardiomegaly,
    hepatomegaly, and focal pale areas in the myocardium and in skeletal
    muscles. Degeneration and necrosis of myofibers were the principal
    histopathological findings. Conversely, no evidence of disease, neither
    change in CK levels were observed in the beef cattle steers dosed with
    same doses, confirming preliminary findings that buffaloes are more
    susceptible to monensin than cattle. In addition, this communication
    presents the minimal toxic dosage of monensin to buffaloes and suggests
    that CK tests may serve as health monitoring tools in the management of
    buffalo herds supplemented with monensin.
 C1 Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Dept Patol Clin Vet, BR-91500000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
 RP Driemeier, D, Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Dept Patol Clin Vet, Av Bento
    Goncalves 9090,Bairro Agron, BR-91500000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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 SN 0100-736X
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 AU Dainty, A
    Grugulis, I
    Langford, D
 AF Dainty, Andrew
    Grugulis, Irena
    Langford, David
 TI Understanding construction employment: the need for a fresh research
    agenda
 SO PERSONNEL REVIEW
 LA English
 DT Editorial Material
 DE construction industry; employment
 ID CULTURE
 AB Purpose - As a backdrop to the empirical contributions contained within
    this special section, this Guest Editorial aims to review the context
    of construction employment. It summarises the challenges inherent in
    construction work which have impeded the development of human resource
    management within the sector and discusses the mutually supporting
    contributions of the papers in furthering our understanding of how to
    improve the performance of the industry.
    Design/methodology/approach - The operational context of the sector is
    reviewed briefly, before the efficacy of the industry's employment
    practices are examined through a review of the contributions contained
    within the special section.
    Findings - The papers reveal the interplay of structural and cultural
    factors which have led to the skills shortages currently impeding the
    industry's development. There is a need for the sector to modernise and
    formalise its working and employment practices if performance and
    productivity improvements are to be achieved.
    Originality/value - By revealing the interconnected nature of the
    construction employment perspectives presented within this special
    section, this paper presents a case for adopting a fresh
    transdisciplinary research agenda for addressing the industry's
    employment concerns.
 C1 Univ Loughborough, Dept Civil & Bldg Engn, Loughborough, Leics, England.
    Univ Bradford, Sch Management, Bradford BD7 1DP, W Yorkshire, England.
    Glasgow Caledonian Univ, Sch Buuilt & Nat Environm, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
 RP Dainty, A, Univ Loughborough, Dept Civil & Bldg Engn, Loughborough,
    Leics, England.
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 AU Serpell, A
    Ferrada, X
 AF Serpell, Alfredo
    Ferrada, Ximena
 TI A competency-based model for construction supervisors in developing
    countries
 SO PERSONNEL REVIEW
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE line managers; construction industry; human resource management;
    competences; developing countries; Chile
 AB Purpose - To analyze the role of construction site supervisors,
    including foremen and general foremen, as front-line managers. The role
    is treated as a critical labor function and a source of value-added for
    construction management.
    Design/methodology/approach - An original model based on the labor
    competency management framework is proposed for training, developing
    and certifying construction supervisors in Chile and other developing
    countries. This model was developed from the findings of a case study
    in which the competency framework was applied to a specific
    construction company.
    Findings - This case study has demonstrated the significant potential
    of the competency framework for the Chilean construction sector, with
    its underdeveloped human resources management methods. In particular,
    this framework can be an effective approach to achieving the
    competencies required by construction site supervisors who must deal
    with inadequately trained workers, as is the case in many developing
    countries. The structured approach of the competency framework can help
    companies create more objective schemes for the design and
    implementation of training programs.
    Practical implications - The application of the competency approach can
    greatly improve the human resources management function in construction
    companies as well as the site performance of their personnel. The
    findings obtained so far in Chile can also be projected to construction
    companies in other developing countries in the region.
    Originality/value - This paper presents the first application of the
    competency framework to a Chilean construction company. This study is
    also original in the sense that the application described here was
    carried out in an environment where human resource conditions are quite
    deficient.
 C1 Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Dept Construct Engn & Management, Santiago, Chile.
 RP Serpell, A, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Dept Construct Engn &
    Management, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile.
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    Ruan, H
    Gomaa, H
 AF Menasce, Daniel A.
    Ruan, Honglei
    Gomaa, Hassan
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 SO PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE QoS; service oriented architectures; performance; QoS broker
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 AB The next generation of software systems will be highly distributed,
    component-based and service-oriented. They will need to operate in
    unattended mode and possibly in hostile environments, will be composed
    of a large number of 'replaceable' components discoverable at run-time,
    and will have to run on a multitude of unknown and heterogeneous
    hardware and network platforms. This paper focuses on QoS management in
    service-oriented architectures in which service providers (SP) provide
    a set of interrelated services to service consumers, and a QoS broker
    mediates QoS negotiations between SPs and consumers. The main
    contributions of this paper are: (i) the description of an architecture
    that includes a QoS broker and service provider software components,
    (ii) the specification of a secure protocol for QoS negotiation with
    the support of a QoS broker, (iii) the specification of an admission
    control mechanism used by SPs, (iv) a report on the implementation of
    the QoS broker and SPs, and (v) the experimental validation of the
    ideas presented in the paper. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights
    reserved.
 C1 George Mason Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Volgenau Sch Informat Technol & Engn, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA.
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 RP Menasce, DA, George Mason Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Volgenau Sch Informat
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 EM menasce@cs.gmu.edu
    hruan@gmu.edu
    hgomaa@ise.gmu.edu
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 SN 0166-5316
 J9 PERFORM EVALUATION
 JI Perform. Eval.
 PD AUG
 PY 2007
 VL 64
 IS 7-8
 BP 646
 EP 663
 PG 18
 SC Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture; Computer Science, Theory &
    Methods
 GA 198CN
 UT ISI:000248604700003
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 AU Goodlin, SJ
    Trupp, R
    Bernhardt, P
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 AF Goodlin, Sarah J.
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 TI Development and evaluation of the "Advanced Heart Failure Clinical
    Competence Survey": A tool to assess knowledge of heart failure care
    and self-assessed competence
 SO PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE nurse knowledge; advanced heart failure; end of life; competence
 ID MANAGEMENT; OUTCOMES; CARDIOLOGISTS; DISEASE; UPDATE
 AB Objective: We developed a tool to identify self-assessment of skills
    for advanced HF assessment and management and knowledge of HF care.
    Methods: A framework for nursing competency in HF care was developed
    and its face validity confirmed through expert review. An initial
    instrument was pilot tested and revised. The survey tool was validated
    via administration to nurses expert in HF care and nurses novice in HF
    care. Descriptive statistics were used to identify sample
    characteristics; t-tests and Chi-square analysis were used to compare
    the novice and expert g-goups. An Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was
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    completed the survey. The survey took 19.6 min on average (mean) with a
    mode of 15 min to complete. Self assessment of competence resulted in
    generally lower ratings by novice nurses (mean = 69.6; S.D. = 10.5)
    than by expert nurses (mean = 81.9: S.D. = 6.7), t (119) = 6.47, p <
    0.001. HF nurse experts scored themselves less comfortable than did the
    hospice nurses in the three questions that dealt with coping,
    bereavement, and communication about dying and prognosis. The mean
    knowledge scores for experts (30.3; S.D. = 2.5) were significantly
    higher than for novices (22.1; S.D. = 4.0), t (119) 11.47, p < 0.00).
    The standardized alpha coefficient of the survey was 0.78 for the
    questions about knowledge, indicating acceptable reliability of the
    survey as a tool to discriminate knowledge. Many novice nurses
    over-estimated their competence in HF assessment and prognostication
    compared to their performance on the knowledge portion of the survey.
    Conclusion: The Advanced Heart Failure Clinical Competence Survey
    adequately distinguishes between novice nurses' self-assessment of
    skills and their demonstrated knowledge of HF assessment and management
    and those of HF nurse experts.
    Practice implications: The Advanced Heart Failure Clinical Competence
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    counseling regarding self-care, medications, distressing symptoms and
    approaching the end of life. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights
    reserved.
 C1 Patient Ctr Educ & Res, Salt Lake City, UT 84103 USA.
    Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210 USA.
    Northwestern Univ, Chicago, IL 60611 USA.
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 RP Goodlin, SJ, Patient Ctr Educ & Res, Salt Lake City, UT 84103 USA.
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 PI CLARE
 PA ELSEVIER HOUSE, BROOKVALE PLAZA, EAST PARK SHANNON, CO, CLARE, 00000,
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 SN 0738-3991
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 BP 3
 EP 10
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 LA French
 DT Article
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 RP Kwiatkowski, F, Ctr Lutte Contre Canc, Ctr Jean Perrin, 58,Rue
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 PI PARIS
 PA 23 RUE LINOIS, 75724 PARIS, FRANCE
 SN 0369-8114
 J9 PATHOL BIOL
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 PD APR-MAY
 PY 2007
 VL 55
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 BP 186
 EP 193
 PG 8
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 GA 186BR
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    Keidar, Z
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    Israel, Ora
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    Impact on diagnostic accuracy and patient care
 SO OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY; SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA; RECURRENT HEAD;
    F-18-FDG PET; CANCER; CT; SURVEILLANCE; MANAGEMENT; MODALITIES; FUSION
 AB BACKGROUND: To assess the value of positron emission
    tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with F-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose
    (FDG) in patients with head and neck carcinoma as compared with PET and
    conventional imaging alone, and to assess the impact of PET/CT on
    further clinical management.
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    89%, specificity 95%, PPV 94%, NPV 90%, and accuracy of 92%. PET/CT
    altered management in 51 patients (56%). PET/CT eliminated the need for
    previously planned diagnostic procedures in 24 patients, induced a
    change in the planned therapeutic approach in 21 patients and guided
    biopsy in 6 patients.
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    performance in the assessment of head and neck cancer, and induced a
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    population. (C) 2007 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck
    Surgery Foundation. All rights reserved.
 C1 Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, IL-31096 Haifa, Israel.
    Dept Nucl Med & Diagnost Imaging, Haifa, Israel.
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 PI NEW YORK
 PA 360 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA
 SN 0194-5998
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 PY 2007
 VL 137
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 BP 130
 EP 137
 PG 8
 SC Otorhinolaryngology; Surgery
 GA 185VY
 UT ISI:000247739700024
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 AF Nguyen, Truc-Vien T.
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 LA English
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 AB The most fascinating advantage of the semantic web would be its
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 BP 277
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 PT J
 AU Yonekawa, Y
 AF Yonekawa, Yasuhiro
 TI Operative neurosurgery: Personal view and historical backgrounds (3)
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 SO NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE pterional approach; selective extradural anterior clinoidectomy (SEAC);
    anterior communicating artery aneurysms; internal carotid artery
    aneurysms; middle cerebral artery aneurysms; dissecting aneurysms
 ID SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; ANEURYSMS; CLINOIDECTOMY; ARTERY
 AB Under the title of anterior circulation aneurysms and the pterional
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    their historical development in our present performance status.
    Pterional approach: head positioning with Mayfield-Kees fixation
    apparatus using one pin around the processus matoideus and the other 2
    pins on the contralateral side behind the hair line the head turned 30
    degrees and reclined chin-up 15-20 grade. Skin incision beginning just
    in front of the tragus ending up at the midline hair line in a
    curvilinear fashion always including the superficial temporal artery
    STA in its frontal branch and the facial nerve (frontal branch) in the
    skin flap. A muscle fascial preparation is so fashioned such that a
    strip of myofascial cuff is left at the linea temporalis and the
    temporal musculature is reflected and retracted towards the
    postero-basal direction in order to expose the pterion, for which a
    small short myofascial incision is added parallel to the skin incision
    towards the tragus up to several cm above it to prevent postoperative
    trismus. Bone flap is sawed out usually using three burr holes, at the
    key hole just at the proximal part of the linea temporalis,
    frontomedially on the squama frontalis and on the sutura squamosa, so
    that the Sylvian fissure and the superior temporal gyros are exposed
    enough for further procedure. The sphenoid ridge is drilled away until
    the most lateral corner of the superior orbital fissure comes into
    view. Thus one has drilled away enough to do surgery in question at the
    skull base even at the time of "angry brain" due to subarachnoid
    hemorrhage SAH. This procedure can be followed by selective extradural
    anterior clinoidectomy SEAC in case of necessity. The dura is opened in
    a curvilinear fashion so that the dura can be reflected over the
    drilled sphenoid wing and so that the Sylvian fissure and the superior
    temporal gyros is exposed for the treatment of aneurysms of the
    internal carotid artery ICA, of the anterior communicating artery AcomA
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    for doing other surgeries e.g. basilar bifurcation aneurysms and
    amygdalohippocampectomy AHE.
    Following points are emphasised in aneurysm surgery at the acute stage
    of SAH: 1) Artificial hypotension of the systolic pressure down to 100
    mmHg. 2) Use of temporary clipping (or trapping) method not only for
    the management of premature rupture but for complete dissection of
    aneurysms and for optimal neck clipping. 3) Opening of the lamina
    terminalis to gain slackness of "angry brain" and to insert an external
    ventricular drainage at the end of surgery for the intracranial
    pressure ICP registration and its regulation. 4) Importance of subpial
    approximation ("subpiale Annaherung") at the time of aneurysm
    dissection to take advantage of the strength of the pia mater over (the
    arachnoid) and the dome of aneurysm. 5) Use of oxycellulose Tabotamp(R)
    insertion technique between the aneurysm neck and neighbouring
    perforators to avoid inclusion of the latter ("Mitklippen") at the time
    of neck clipping. 6) Double clipping method at the time of incomplete
    neck clipping due to athromatous plaque. Combination of fenestrated
    clip and standard clip or "puncture and collapse" method at the time of
    aneurysm incorporation of parent and /or branching arteries. 7) Use of
    microDoppler to confirm patency of the parent arteries and their
    branches.
    For doing surgery of aneurysms of main cerebral arteries following
    points are discussed: 1) AcomA aneurysms; a) Aneurysms located lower
    than 1.5 cm above the level of the anterior clinoid process in the
    lateral view on digital subtraction angiography DSA can be managed with
    conventional pterional approach. b) Usually from the right side (non
    dominant hemisphere) but in the following situations from the left
    side: hematoma on the left side, concomitant unruptured aneurysms on
    the left side, left A1 dominancy at the acute stage of SAH and its
    dissection is considered to be difficult from the right side. c) Always
    rectal gyrus approach to the aneurysm with any direction. This also
    enables safety subpial approximation "subpiale Annaeherung" to
    aneurysms. d) No use of coagulation as much as possible. 2) ICA
    aneurysms; a) Performance of selective extradural anterior
    clinoidectomy SEAC for paraclinoid aneurysms not only for aneurysm
    dissection but for proximal control. b) Neither sacrifice nor
    Mitklippen of the posterior communicating artery at the time of
    ICA-PcomA aneurysms, not only for the prevention of the PCA infarction
    in case of its embryonal type but also for the prevention of
    tuberothalamic infarction due to compromise of the anterior
    thalamoperforating arteries originating from the PcomA. 0 Dissecting
    aneurysms of the ICA: difficulties of diagnosis or differentiation from
    paraclinoid anurysms. Difficulties of optimal direct clipping and
    resort to trapping or proximal ligation plus bypass. Its predilection
    site is at the medial anterior wall of the C1 portion but may occur
    also in any other portion of the ICA.
    3) Middle cerebral artery MCA aneurysms; a) For dissection, superior
    temporal gyrus ablation is not necessary but opening of the Sylvian
    fissure by retrograde tracing of a cortical artery on the surface of
    the temporal lobe. This cortical artery can be used as recipient when a
    bypass surgery turns out to be necessary with the use of a donor artery
    from the frontal branch of the STA. b) Importance of interpreting DSA
    or 3DCT angiography in regard to whether the aneurysm dome is outside
    (lateral) or inside (medial) of the MCA bifurcation. This helps in
    anticipating whether the aneurysm dome or MCA branches come into view
    first at the time of intraSylvian dissection. c) In case of presence of
    aneurysms at the contralateral MCA, accessibility from the ipsilateral
    side depends on the distance form the midline (for example early
    bifurcation), the relationship to the sphenoid wing (not below the
    level of the sphenoid wing) and no strong Sylvian vein darining into
    the sphenoparietal sinus being in the way.
 C1 Neurochirurg Univ Klin Zurich, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
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 PA 5-24-3 HONGO BUNKYO-KU, TOKYO, 113 91, JAPAN
 SN 0301-2603
 J9 NEUROL SURG TOKYO
 JI Neurol. Surg.
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 PY 2007
 VL 35
 IS 7
 BP 703
 EP 718
 PG 16
 SC Neurosciences; Surgery
 GA 200EL
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 PT J
 AU Awada, H
    Al-Tannir, M
    Ziade, MF
    Alameh, J
    El Rajab, M
 AF Awada, H.
    Al-Tannir, M.
    Ziade, M. F.
    Alameh, J.
    El Rajab, M.
 TI Cardiac troponin T: A useful early marker for cardiac and respiratory
    dysfunction in Neonates
 SO NEONATOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE cardiac troponin T; neonate; respiratory distress; cardiac function;
    biochemical diagnostic; useful marker
 ID CORD-BLOOD; MYOCARDIAL INJURY; DISTRESS-SYNDROME; PRETERM INFANTS;
    SERUM; PERFORMANCE; DIAGNOSIS; ASPHYXIA; HYPOXIA; OUTPUT
 AB Background: Cardiac troponin T (cTnT) has been proposed as specific
    biochemical marker for myocardial infarction in adults. Cardiac
    function in neonates could be influenced by the severity of respiratory
    distress and its ventilatory management. Objectives: To establish a
    normal range of cTnT in healthy neonates, compare troponin
    concentrations among healthy neonates and those in respiratory distress
    ( sick) and detect whether any correlation occurs between severity of
    respiratory distress and troponin concentrations. Methods:
    Concentrations of cTnT were compared between sick and healthy infants,
    accounting for confounding variables in a prospective investigation
    manner. Age at sampling, need for ventilation, duration of respiratory
    support, and inotropic use in addition to neonatal and maternal
    characteristics were assessed. Results: Samples were collected from164
    neonates ( 116 healthy and 48 sick). The medians [interquartile ranges]
    of cTnT in healthy and sick infants were 0.044 [0.027-0.073] mu g/l and
    0.121 [0.065-0.238] mu g/l, respectively, with p < 0.0001. The 99th
    percentile for healthy neonates was 0.244 mu g/l. Comparing both
    groups, there were significant differences concerning gestation, birth
    weight, Apgar at 5 min and admission to neonatal intensive care unit.
    Troponin concentrations in subgroups of sick infants including
    hypotensive, ventilated and dead infants were higher than other infants
    of the same subgroup. CTnT was positively correlated to the duration of
    respiratory support in ventilated neonates. Conclusion: CTnT may prove
    to be a useful early marker for cardiac and respiratory dysfunction in
    newborns. Copyright (c) 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel.
 C1 Makassed Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Beirut 11072210, Lebanon.
    Makassed Gen Hosp, Res Unit, Beirut 11072210, Lebanon.
    Lebanese Univ, Fac Publ Hlth, Beirut, Lebanon.
 RP Awada, H, Makassed Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, POB 11-6301, Beirut 11072210,
    Lebanon.
 EM hanaawassim@hotmail.com
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 PU KARGER
 PI BASEL
 PA ALLSCHWILERSTRASSE 10, CH-4009 BASEL, SWITZERLAND
 SN 1661-7800
 J9 NEONATOLOGY
 JI Neonatology
 PY 2007
 VL 92
 IS 2
 BP 105
 EP 110
 PG 6
 SC Pediatrics
 GA 198VP
 UT ISI:000248655900005
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Chen, X
    Li, CL
    Rhee, BD
    Simchi-Levi, D
 AF Chen, Xin
    Li, Chung-Lun
    Rhee, Byong-Duk
    Simchi-Levi, David
 TI The impact of manufacturer rebates on supply chain profits
 SO NAVAL RESEARCH LOGISTICS
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE newsvendor problem; pricing; rebates; supply chain management
 ID PRICE-DISCRIMINATION; CHANNEL COORDINATION; RETURNS POLICIES; CONSUMER;
    INCENTIVES; PROMOTIONS; DEMAND; MODEL; PERFORMANCE; EVENTS
 AB Manufacturer rebates are commonly used as price discount tools for
    attracting end customers. In this study, we consider a two-stage supply
    chain with a manufacturer and a retailer, where a single seasonal
    product faces uncertain and price-sensitive demand. We characterize the
    impact of a manufacturer rebate on the expected profits of both the
    manufacturer and the retailer. We show that unless all of the customers
    claim the rebate, the rebate always benefits the manufacturer. Our
    results thus imply that "mail-in rebates," where some customers end up
    not claiming the rebate, particularly when the size of the rebate is
    relatively small, always benefit the manufacturer. On the other hand,
    an "instant rebate," such as the one offered in the automotive industry
    where every customer redeems the rebate on the spot when he/she
    purchases a car, does not necessarily benefit the manufacturer. (c)
    2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
 C1 Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Logist, Kowloon, Peoples R China.
    Univ Illinois, Dept Mech & Ind Engn, Urbana, IL 61801 USA.
    Syracuse Univ, Whitman Sch Management, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA.
    MIT, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA.
    MIT, Engn Syst Div, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA.
 RP Li, CL, Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Logist, Kowloon, Peoples R China.
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 PA 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA
 SN 0894-069X
 J9 NAV RES LOG
 JI Nav. Res. Logist.
 PD SEP
 PY 2007
 VL 54
 IS 6
 BP 667
 EP 680
 PG 14
 SC Operations Research & Management Science
 GA 200ER
 UT ISI:000248747200008
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Ashe, MC
    Eng, JJ
    Miller, WC
    Soon, JA
 AF Ashe, Maureen C.
    Eng, Janice J.
    Miller, William C.
    Soon, Judith A.
 TI Disparity between physical capacity and participation in seniors with
    chronic disease
 SO MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE older adults; physical activity; performance; chronic conditions
 ID DWELLING OLDER-ADULTS; MINI-MENTAL-STATE; HEALTH-PROMOTION;
    PUBLIC-HEALTH; WALK TEST; GO TEST; SCALE; INTERVENTION; DISABILITIES;
    EXERCISE
 AB Purpose: To explore the predictors of physical capacity and
    participation in older community-dwelling individuals living with
    multiple chronic diseases.
    Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional investigation of
    physical capacity (physiological potential) and physical activity
    participation (recorded engagement in physical activity). Multiple
    regression and odds ratios were used to investigate determinants of
    physical capacity (6-min walk test) and physical activity participation
    (Physical Activity Scale for Individuals with Physical Disabilities
    Questionnaire; pedometer steps per day).
    Results: Two hundred community-dwelling ambulatory participants living
    with two or more chronic diseases were assessed. Sixty-five percent
    (65%) were women, and the mean age was 74 +/- 6 yr (range 65-90 yr).
    Mobility (timed up and go) was a consistent determinant across all
    three primary outcomes. For the 6-min walk test, determinants included
    mobility, BMI, grip strength, number of medications, leg strength,
    balance, and Chronic Disease Management Self-Efficacy Scale (r(2) =
    0.58; P = 0.000). The determinants for the self-reported participation
    measure (Physical Activity Scale for Individuals with Physical
    Disabilities Questionnaire) was mobility (r(2) = 0.04; P = 0.007). For
    the mean daily pedometer steps, the determinants included mobility,
    body mass index (BMI), age, and Chronic Disease Management
    Self-Efficacy Scale (r2 = 0.27; P 0.000). There were higher risks for
    inactivity associated with impairments compared with the presence of a
    chronic disease. In addition, more than a third of participants had
    sufficient physical capacity but did not meet minimal recommendations
    of physical activity.
    Conclusion: This study suggests that it is easier to predict an
    individual's physical capacity than their actual physical participation.
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 SN 0195-9131
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 JI Med. Sci. Sports Exerc.
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 PY 2007
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 BP 1139
 EP 1146
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 SC Sport Sciences
 GA 187CB
 UT ISI:000247823800015
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 AU Apostolakis, E
    Akinosoglou, K
 AF Apostolakis, Efstratios
    Akinosoglou, Karolina
 TI What's new in the biochemical diagnosis of acute aortic dissection:
    Problems and perspectives
 SO MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE myocin-heavy chains; D-dimers soluble elastin fragments; biochemical
    diagnosis; aortic dissection
 ID MYOSIN HEAVY-CHAIN; D-DIMER; ELASTIC ARCHITECTURE; IMMUNOASSAY; SERUM;
    MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; ANEURYSM; PROTEIN
 AB Acute aortic dissection of the thoracic aorta represents a medical
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    identified the relevant studies to be included in this review, and
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    found articles. The search terms used were "myocin-heavy chains",
    "D-dimers", "soluble elastin fragments", "biochemical diagnosis",
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 C1 Univ Hosp Patras, Cardiothorac Surg Clin, Patras, Greece.
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 RP Akinosoglou, K, 2A Butler Rd, London HA1 4DR, England.
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 SN 1234-1010
 J9 MED SCI MONITOR
 JI Med. Sci. Monitor
 PD AUG
 PY 2007
 VL 13
 IS 8
 BP RA154
 EP RA158
 PG 5
 SC Medicine, Research & Experimental
 GA 199SV
 UT ISI:000248716400017
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Graham, SA
    Moseley, DJ
    Siewerdsen, JH
    Jaffray, DA
 AF Graham, S. A.
    Moseley, D. J.
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    tomography
 SO MEDICAL PHYSICS
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE x-ray scatter; dose; compensator; bow-tie filter; cone-beam CT
 ID X-RAY SCATTER; FLAT-PANEL IMAGER; DIAGNOSTIC-RADIOLOGY; RADIATION
    DISTRIBUTION; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; AIR GAPS; CT; SIMULATION; REDUCTION;
    ALGORITHM
 AB The ability of compensators (e.g., bow-tie filters) designed for kV
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    detector and dose to the patient is investigated. Scattered x rays
    reaching the detector are widely recognized as one of the most
    significant challenges to cone-beam CT imaging performance. With
    cone-beam CT gaining popularity as a method of guiding treatments in
    radiation therapy, any methods that have the potential to reduce the
    dose to patients and/or improve image quality should be investigated.
    Simple compensators with a design that could realistically be
    implemented on a cone-beam CT imaging system have been constructed to
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    cone-beam CT imaging conditions. Depending on the situation, the
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 C1 Princess Margaret Hosp, Ontario Canc Inst, Toronto, ON M5G 2M9, Canada.
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 PI MELVILLE
 PA STE 1 NO 1, 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, MELVILLE, NY 11747-4502 USA
 SN 0094-2405
 J9 MED PHYS
 JI Med. Phys.
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 PY 2007
 VL 34
 IS 7
 BP 2691
 EP 2703
 PG 13
 SC Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
 GA 191TK
 UT ISI:000248154700004
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Levi, R
    Pal, M
    Roundy, RO
    Shmoys, DB
 AF Levi, Retsef
    Pal, Martin
    Roundy, Robin O.
    Shmoys, David B.
 TI Approximation algorithms for Stochastic inventory control models
 SO MATHEMATICS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE inventory; approximation; dual-balancing; algorithms
 ID OPTIMAL POLICIES; DEMAND
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    periodic-review stochastic inventory control problem and the stochastic
    lot-sizing problem. The goal is to coordinate a sequence of orders of a
    single commodity, aiming to supply stochastic demands over a discrete,
    finite horizon with minimum expected overall ordering, holding, and
    backlogging costs. In this paper, we address the important problem of
    finding computationally efficient and provably good inventory control
    policies for these models in the presence of correlated, nonstationary
    (time-dependent), and evolving stochastic demands. This problem arises
    in many domains and has many practical applications in supply chain
    management.
    Our approach is based on a new marginal cost accounting scheme for
    stochastic inventory control models combined with novel cost-balancing
    techniques. Specifically, in each period, we balance the expected cost
    of overordering (i.e., costs incurred by excess inventory) against the
    expected cost of underordering (i.e., costs incurred by not satisfying
    demand on time). This leads to what we believe to be the first
    computationally efficient policies with constant worst-case performance
    guarantees for a general class of important stochastic inventory
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    instance of the problem, the expected cost of the policy is at most C
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    a worst-case guarantee of two for the periodic-review stochastic
    inventory control problem and a worst-case guarantee of three for the
    stochastic lot-sizing problem. Our results are valid for all of the
    currently known approaches in the literature to model correlation and
    nonstationarity of demands over time.
 C1 MIT, Alfred P Sloan Sch Management, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA.
    Google Inc, New York, NY 10018 USA.
    Cornell Univ, Sch Operat Res & Informat Engn, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA.
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 RP Levi, R, MIT, Alfred P Sloan Sch Management, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA.
 EM retsef@mit.edu
    martin@palenica.com
    robin@orie.cornell.edu
    shmoys@cs.cornell.edu
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 PI HANOVER
 PA 7240 PARKWAY DR, STE 310, HANOVER, MD 21076-1344 USA
 SN 0364-765X
 J9 MATH OPER RES
 JI Math. Oper. Res.
 PD MAY
 PY 2007
 VL 32
 IS 2
 BP 284
 EP 302
 PG 19
 SC Operations Research & Management Science; Mathematics, Applied
 GA 200DI
 UT ISI:000248743700003
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Firat, M
    Gungor, M
 AF Firat, Mahmut
    Gungor, Mahmud
 TI River flow estimation using adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system
 SO MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN SIMULATION
 LA English
 DT Article
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 ID NETWORK; PREDICTION; MODEL; RUNOFF; LOGIC
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    and decisions related to the water resources and management. In this
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    was investigated. In addition four various training/testing data sets
    were constructed by cross validation methods and the best data set was
    investigated. T-ie performance of the ANFIS models in training and
    testing sets were compared with the observations and also evaluated.
    The results indicated that the ANFIS can be applied successfully and
    provide high accuracy and reliability for River flow estimation. (C)
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 C1 Pamukkale Univ, Fac Engn, Dept Civil Engn, TR-20017 Denizli, Turkey.
 RP Firat, M, Pamukkale Univ, Fac Engn, Dept Civil Engn, TR-20017 Denizli,
    Turkey.
 EM mfirat@pamukkale.edu.tr
    mgungor@pamukkale.edu.tr
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 PI AMSTERDAM
 PA PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
 SN 0378-4754
 J9 MATH COMPUT SIMULAT
 JI Math. Comput. Simul.
 PD JUL 2
 PY 2007
 VL 75
 IS 3-4
 BP 87
 EP 96
 PG 10
 SC Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Computer Science,
    Software Engineering; Mathematics, Applied
 GA 189OQ
 UT ISI:000247998800003
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Li, JS
    Huang, NJ
 AF Li, Jingshan
    Huang, Ningjian
 TI Quality evaluation in flexible manufacturing systems: A Markovian
    approach
 SO MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION LINE; FLEXIBILITY; PRODUCTIVITY;
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    illustrate the applicability of the method. The results of this study
    suggest a possible approach to investigate the impact of flexibility on
    product quality and, finally, with extensions and enrichment of the
    model, may lead to provide production engineers and managers a better
    understanding of the quality implications and to summarize some general
    guidelines of operation management in flexible manufacturing systems.
    Copyright (c) 2007 J. Li and N. Huang.
 C1 Univ Kentucky, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Lexington, KY 40506 USA.
    Univ Kentucky, Ctr Mfg, Lexington, KY 40506 USA.
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 RP Li, JS, Univ Kentucky, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Lexington, KY 40506 USA.
 EM jingshan@engr.uky.edu
    ninja.huang@gm.com
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 PI NEW YORK
 PA 410 PARK AVENUE, 15TH FLOOR, #287 PMB, NEW YORK, NY 10022 USA
 SN 1024-123X
 J9 MATH PROBL ENG
 JI Math. Probl. Eng.
 PY 2007
 AR 57128
 DI ARTN 57128
 PG 24
 SC Engineering, Multidisciplinary; Mathematics, Interdisciplinary
    Applications
 GA 196CG
 UT ISI:000248458700001
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Cachon, GP
    Kok, AG
 AF Cachon, Gerard P.
    Kok, A. Gurhan
 TI Implementation of the newsvendor model with clearance pricing: How to
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 SO M&SOM-MANUFACTURING & SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE markdown management; game theory; retailing; inventory; revenue
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 ID INVENTORY SYSTEMS; DEMAND; POLICIES; MARKET; MANAGEMENT; BOUNDS; SALES;
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 AB The newsvendor model is designed to decide how much of a product to
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    rational clearance pricing. We then study the performance of the
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    the traditional newsvendor model is choosing an appropriate fixed
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    generally achieved by merely enhancing the traditional newsvendor model
    to include a nonlinear salvage value function.) We demonstrate that
    several intuitive methods for estimating the salvage value can lead to
    an excessively large order quantity and a substantial profit loss. Even
    though the traditional model can result in poor performance, the model
    seems as if it is working correctly: the order quantity chosen is
    optimal given the salvage value inputted to the model, and the observed
    salvage value given the chosen order quantity equals the inputted one.
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    newsvendor model to the optimal or near-optimal order quantity Our
    results highlight the importance of understanding how a model can
    interact with its own inputs: when inputs to a model are influenced by
    the decisions of the model, care is needed to appreciate how that
    interaction influences the decisions recommended by the model and how
    the model's inputs should be estimated.
 C1 Univ Penn, Wharton Sch, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA.
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 RP Cachon, GP, Univ Penn, Wharton Sch, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA.
 EM cachon@wharton.upenn.edu
    gurhan.kok@duke.edu
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 SN 1523-4614
 J9 M&SOM-MANUF SERV OPER MANAG
 JI M&SOM-Manuf. Serv. Oper. Manag.
 PD SUM
 PY 2007
 VL 9
 IS 3
 BP 276
 EP 290
 PG 15
 SC Management; Operations Research & Management Science
 GA 188RM
 UT ISI:000247937000004
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Bureau, C
    Pagan, JCG
    Layrargues, GP
    Metivier, S
    Bellot, P
    Perreault, P
    Otal, P
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 AF Bureau, Christophe
    Garcia Pagan, Juan Carlos
    Layrargues, Gilles Pomier
    Metivier, Sophie
    Bellot, Pablo
    Perreault, Pierre
    Otal, Philippe
    Abraldes, Juan-G
    Peron, Jean Marie
    Rousseau, Herve
    Bosch, Jaume
    Vinel, Jean Pierre
 TI Patency of stents covered with polytetrafluoroethylene in patients
    treated by transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts: long-term
    results of a randomized multicentre study
 SO LIVER INTERNATIONAL
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE cirrhosis; covered stents; TIPS
 ID REFRACTORY ASCITES; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; COST-EFFECTIVENESS; TIPS;
    METAANALYSIS; GRAFTS; PREVENTION; MANAGEMENT; CREATION
 AB An 80% dysfunction rate at 2 years limits the use of transjugular
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    complications of portal hypertension. The use of covered stents could
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    covered stent ( Group 1) or an uncovered prosthesis ( Group 2) were
    followed- up for 2 years. Doppler US was performed every 3 months.
    Angiography and portosystemic pressure gradient measurement were
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    respectively ( P = 0.001). Clinical relapse occurred in four patients (
    10%) in Group 1 and 12 ( 29%) in Group 2 ( P<0.05). Actuarial rates of
    being free of encephalopathy were 67% in Group 1 and 51% in Group 2 (
    P<0.05). Probability of survival was 58% and 45% at 2 years,
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    dysfunctioning shunts. In patent shunts, the mean velocity within the
    portal vein was significantly higher but the performance of Doppler- US
    was not accurate enough to predict shunt dysfunction. In conclusion,
    the improvement in TIPS patency by using covered prostheses is
    maintained over time with a decreased risk of encephalopathy, while the
    risk of death was not increased.
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    CHU Rangueil, INSERM U858, I2MR, F-31073 Toulouse, France.
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    Hop St Luc, Liver Unit, Montreal, PQ H2X 1P1, Canada.
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    Pl Baylac, F-31059 Toulouse, France.
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 SN 1478-3223
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 EP 747
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 SC Gastroenterology & Hepatology
 GA 186VU
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    Dopfner, M
 AF Walter, Daniel
    Doepfner, Manfred
 TI Treatment of adolescents with academic problems with the SELBST-program
    - concept and case vignette
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 LA German
 DT Article
 DE SELBST; cognitiv-behavior therapy; adolescence; self management;
    academic problems; multimodal therapy
 ID DISORDERS
 AB Academic underachievement is wide-spread in adolescence and proses a
    considerable risk for further development. Many youngsters are
    appropriately placed in school, but nevertheless show unsufficient
    school performance so that their ability to continue in school is in
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    parent is very much impaired due to the academic problems as well. The
    so far available guidebooks, self-help manuals, and training programs
    available to date for the treatment of achievement problems within
    adolescence have not been empirically evaluated. The treatment approach
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    problems in adolescence and takes into account particularities in the
    therapeutic work with youngsters. SELBST is not disorder specific,
    multimodal, and consists of adolescent, parent and teacher focused
    interventions. The module "achievement problems" is part of the
    treatment program and tries to enhance achievement motivation and
    organizational skills, to improve active participation during lessons,
    and to reduce gaps in knowledge. The therapeutic work is described on
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 SN 0942-5403
 J9 KINDH ENTWICKL
 JI Kindh. Entwickl.
 PY 2007
 VL 16
 IS 3
 BP 163
 EP 170
 PG 8
 SC Psychology, Developmental
 GA 188AX
 UT ISI:000247891900005
 ER
 
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    Schmidt, S
    Vallbracht-Israng, K
    Meissner, R
    Yildirim, H
    Schlattmann, P
    Zidek, W
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 AF Westhoff, Timm H.
    Franke, Nadine
    Schmidt, Sven
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    Meissner, Romy
    Yildirim, Havva
    Schlattmann, Peter
    Zidek, Walter
    Dimeo, Fernando
    van der Giet, Markus
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 SO KIDNEY & BLOOD PRESSURE RESEARCH
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE isolated systolic hypertension; exercise; pulse pressure; endothelium
 ID BLOOD-PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; AEROBIC EXERCISE; PULSE
    PRESSURE; RISK FACTOR; DISEASE; TRANSPLANTATION; GUIDELINES;
    MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY
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    elderly hypertensives. Methods: 54 patients >= 60 years with systolic
    24- hour ambulatory blood pressure ( ABP) > 140 mm Hg and/ or
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    assigned to sedentary activity or a 12- week treadmill exercise program
    ( target lactate 2.5 +/- 0.5 mmol/ l). Results: Exercise significantly
    decreased systolic and diastolic ABP by 8.5 +/- 8.2 and 5.1 +/- 3.7 mm
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    change of BP. Conclusion: The exercise- induced reduction of BP, which
    is mediated by improved endothelial function, is independent of pulse
    pressure. Thus, physical exercise is a helpful adjunct to control BP
    even in old hypertensives with markedly increased arterial stiffness.
 C1 Med Klin 4, DE-12200 Berlin, Germany.
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 RP Westhoff, TH, Med Klin 4, Charite Campus Benjamin
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 EP 247
 PG 8
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 GA 187CV
 UT ISI:000247825800006
 ER
 
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 AF Telesco, Rebecca L.
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 LA English
 DT Article
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 ID MENINGEAL WORM; PELLET-GROUP; HABITAT SELECTION; SCALE; POPULATION;
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    west-central and north-central Arkansas were most favorable for
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 RP Telesco, RL, Univ Tennessee, Dept Forestry Fisheries & Wildlife, So
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 SN 0022-541X
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 BP 1393
 EP 1403
 PG 11
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 GA 189ZP
 UT ISI:000248027800002
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 LA English
 DT Article
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 GA 191DK
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 AF Harbrecht, Brian G.
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 TI Angiography for blunt splenic trauma does not improve the success rate
    of nonapevative management
 SO JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE spleen trauma; wounds and injuries; angiography; blunt force trauma
 ID NONOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT; ARTERY LIGATION; SELECTIVE EMBOLIZATION;
    NONSURGICAL MANAGEMENT; INJURED SPLEEN; BLOOD-FLOW; EXPERIENCE;
    SALVAGE; SPLENECTOMY; ARTERIOGRAPHY
 AB Background. Splenic artery arteriography with possible therapeutic
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    nonoperative management of blunt splenic injuries and increase splenic
    salvage. Previous reports, however, have compared SAE with historical
    controls. We compared nonoperative success with SAE with a
    contemporaneous group treated nonoperatively without SAE.
    Methods: Patients who suffered blunt splenic trauma from 2000 to 2004
    were identified. Demographic and outcome data were abstracted. Data on
    the performance of SAE, type of vessel embolized, and success or
    failure of nonoperative management were collected. Analysis of
    variance, chi(2), and regression analysis were used to evaluate the
    impact of SAE on outcome.
    Results. There were 570 patients who suffered blunt splenic trauma and
    221 (39%) were treated operatively. There were 349 patients who were
    treated non-operatively and 46 (13.2%) underwent SAE. SAE was more
    frequently used for patients with spleen Abbreviated Injury Score (AIS)
    >= 3 (31 %) than AIS = 2 (6.7%). For patients with spleen AIS >= 3,,
    there was no difference in age, gender, Injury Severity Score, or
    admission blood pressure between those who did or did not undergo SAE.
    The nonoperative success rate was similar for patients who did (79.3%)
    and those that did not (78.8%) undergo SAE.
    Conclusions: Patients who underwent splenic arteriography did not have
    improved nonoperative splenic salvage rates compared with a
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    Univ Pittsburgh, Med Ctr, Dept Surg, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA.
 RP Harbrecht, BG, Univ Louisville, Dept Surg, 550 S Jackson St,
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 AU Seamon, MJ
    Fisher, CA
    Gaughan, J
    Lloyd, M
    Bradley, KM
    Santora, TA
    Pathak, AS
    Goldberg, AJ
 AF Seamon, Mark J.
    Fisher, Carol A.
    Gaughan, John
    Lloyd, Michael
    Bradley, Kevin M.
    Santora, Thomas A.
    Pathak, Abhijit S.
    Goldberg, Amy J.
 TI Prehospital procedures before emergency department thoracotomy: "Scoop
    and run" saves lives
 SO JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID ADVANCED LIFE-SUPPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; INJURED PATIENTS;
    HYPOTENSIVE PATIENTS; FLUID RESUSCITATION; PROMPT TRANSPORT;
    CARDIAC-ARREST; TRAUMA; SURVIVAL; TIME
 AB Background. The role of prehospital healthcare personnel in the
    management of acutely injured patients is rapidly evolving. However,
    the performance of prehospital procedures on unstable, penetrating
    trauma patients remains controversial. The objective of this study is
    to test the hypothesis that survival of most critically injured
    penetrating trauma patients requiring emergency department thoracotomy
    (EDT) would be improved if procedures were restricted until arrival to
    the trauma bay.
    Methods. A retrospective chart review on 180 consecutive penetrating
    trauma patients (2000-2005) who underwent EDT was performed. Patients
    were divided into two groups by mode of transportation and compared on
    the basis of demographics, clinical and physiologic parameters,
    prehospital procedures, and survival.
    Results. Eighty-eight patients arrived by emergency medical services
    (EMS), and 92 were brought by police or private vehicle. Groups were
    similar with respect to demographics. Seven of 88 (8.0%)
    EMS-transported patients survived until hospital discharge, and 16 of
    92 (17.4%) survived after police or private transportation. Overall,
    137 prehospital procedures were performed in 78 of 88 (88.6%)
    EMS-transported patients, but no police- or private-transported patient
    underwent field procedures. Multivariate logistic regression analyses
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    Conclusions: The performance of prehospital procedures in critical,
    penetrating trauma victims had a negative impact on survival after EDT
    in our study population. Paramedics should adhere to a minimal or
    "scoop and run" approach to prehospital transportation in this setting.
 C1 Temple Univ, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA.
    Temple Univ, Sch Med, Dept Physiol & Biostat, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA.
 RP Seamon, MJ, Temple Univ Hosp & Med Sch, Dept Surg, 3401 N Broad St,
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 AU Pouplard, C
    Gueret, P
    Fouassier, M
    Ternisien, C
    Trossaert, M
    Regina, S
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 AF Pouplard, C.
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 SO JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS
 LA English
 DT Article
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    ANTIBODIES; UNFRACTIONATED HEPARIN; DEPENDENT ANTIBODIES;
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 AB Background: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a severe disease
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    to rule out HIT.
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    Ayalew, Y
 AF Maynard, Alan
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 C1 Univ York, Dept Hlth Sci, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, England.
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 RP Maynard, A, Univ York, Dept Hlth Sci, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire,
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 AF Cegarra-Navarro, Juan Gabriel
 TI Linking exploration with exploitation through relationship memory
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 C1 Univ Politecn Cartagena, Fac Ciencias Empresa, Murcia 30203, Spain.
 RP Cegarra-Navarro, JG, Univ Politecn Cartagena, Fac Ciencias Empresa,
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 AU Miatton, M
    De Wolf, D
    Francois, K
    Thiery, E
    Vingerhoets, G
 AF Miatton, Marijke
    De Wolf, Daniel
    Francois, Katrien
    Thiery, Evert
    Vingerhoets, Guy
 TI Neuropsychological performance in school-aged children with surgically
    corrected congenital heart disease
 SO JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION; CIRCULATORY ARREST; CARDIAC-SURGERY;
    GREAT-ARTERIES; SEPTAL-DEFECT; BRAIN-INJURY; INFANCY; TRANSPOSITION;
    DYSFUNCTION; TETRALOGY
 AB Objective As surgical management of children with congenital heart
    disease (CHD) advanced, developmental outcome became the main focus of
    contemporary research. In this study, we specify the cognitive profile
    of children with CHD, 6 to 12 years postoperatively.
    Study design Patients with CHD (n = 43, mean age 8 years, 8 months) and
    healthy controls (n = 43, mean age 8 years, 11 months). were examined
    with an abbreviated intelligence scale (Weehsler Intelligence Scale for
    Children-3rd edition. Dutch version) and a developmental
    neuropsychological assessment battery (NEPSY [a developmental
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    Results We identified significantly lower scores for the CHD group on
    Estimated Full Scale IQ (P < .01). Neuropsychological assessment
    revealed lowers,. ores for the CHD group on the cognitive domains of
    Sensorimotor Functioning (P < .001), Language (P < .001). Attent-on and
    Executive Functioning (P < .05), and Memory (P < .05). Children with
    CHD displayed more impulsive test behavior than healthy peers. No
    differences on IQ or cognitive domains were found between the cyanotic
    and tire acyanotic CHD group.
    Conclusions Six to 12 years postoperatively, children with CHD display
    a neuropsychological profile with mainly mild motor deficits and subtle
    difficulties with language tasks. Attention/executive functioning and
    memory also appear involved but to a lesser degree. Long-term follow-up
    of children with surgically corrected CHD, even when hemodynamically
    successful, is warranted. as they are at risk for neurodevelopmental
    delay at school age.
 C1 Univ Ghent, Neuropsychol Lab, Dept Internal Med, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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    Univ Ghent, Pediat Cardiac Surg, Dept Surg, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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 RP Miatton, M, Univ Ghent, Neuropsychol Lab, Dept Internal Med, De
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 EM marijke.miatton@ugent.be
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 VL 151
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 EP 78
 PG 6
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 GA 187MM
 UT ISI:000247851900017
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 LA English
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 C1 Univ Potsdam, Inst Biol & Biochem, D-14469 Potsdam, Germany.
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 PI NEW YORK
 PA 233 SPRING STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA
 SN 0021-8375
 J9 J ORNITHOL
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 PD JUL
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 VL 148
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 BP 323
 EP 332
 PG 10
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 GA 188PF
 UT ISI:000247931100006
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 AU Loeppke, R
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 AF Loeppke, Ronald
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 LA English
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 AB Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the magnitude of
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 C1 Matria Healthcare, Marietta, GA 30067 USA.
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 PU LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
 PI PHILADELPHIA
 PA 530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA
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 J9 J OCCUP ENVIRON MED
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 PD JUL
 PY 2007
 VL 49
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 BP 712
 EP 721
 PG 10
 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
 GA 190PF
 UT ISI:000248070500004
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 PT J
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 AF Kong, Huifang
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 AB Technology already exists that would allow future optical networks to
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 C1 Univ London Queen Mary & Westfield Coll, Dept Elect Engn, London E1 4NS, England.
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 EM huifang.kong@bt.com
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 J9 J LIGHTWAVE TECHNOL
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 VL 25
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 BP 1693
 EP 1701
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 GA 189WX
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 PA 1427 E 60TH ST, CHICAGO, IL 60637-2954 USA
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 BP 581
 EP 611
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 GA 191BR
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 AF Skovmand, Ole
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 LA English
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    biopesticide; biological control
 ID PERFORMANCE; FUNGAL
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    capabilities and regulatory frameworks, and external factors such as
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    on pesticide residues and the activities of donor agencies. The role of
    these factors in providing both incentives and barriers to the adoption
    of microbial control are explored, and examples of promising projects
    are examined as a means of pointing the way forward towards increased
    progress in the future. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
 C1 Intelligent Insect Control, F-34170 Montpellier, France.
 RP Skovmand, O, Intelligent Insect Control, 118 Alouettes, F-34170
    Montpellier, France.
 EM ole.skovmand@insectcontrol.net
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 PU ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
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 SN 0022-2011
 J9 J INVERTEBR PATHOL
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 PD JUL
 PY 2007
 VL 95
 IS 3
 SI Sp. Iss. SI
 BP 168
 EP 174
 PG 7
 SC Zoology
 GA 187MB
 UT ISI:000247850700004
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 PT J
 AU Halevi, G
    Wang, K
 AF Halevi, Gideon
    Wang, Kesheng
 TI Knowledge based manufacturing system (KBMS)
 SO JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE manufacturing; scheduling; capacity planning; shop floor control
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    company databases by engineers who are neither economists nor
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    simplifies the decision making process in production planning. Each
    user will generate a routine that meets his/her needs at the time of
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    manufacturing efficiency.
 C1 Hal Teck, IL-64369 Tel Aviv, Israel.
    NTNU, Dept Prod & Qual Engn, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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 PU SPRINGER
 PI DORDRECHT
 PA VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS
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 J9 J INTELL MANUF
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 PY 2007
 VL 18
 IS 4
 BP 467
 EP 474
 PG 8
 SC Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Engineering, Manufacturing
 GA 198JH
 UT ISI:000248623900004
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 AU Sharif, SA
    Kayis, B
 AF Sharif, Syed A.
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 TI DSM as a knowledge capture tool in CODE environment
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    that the acquired knowledge helps NPD teams, managers and stakeholders
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 BP 964
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 NR 11
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 BP 139
 EP 144
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 UT ISI:000247994800006
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 PT J
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 AF Louis, Henock
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 UT ISI:000247807700008
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    Do they work?
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 LA English
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 DE behavioral change; monitoring; non-structural best management practices
    (BMPs); stormwater management
 AB A monitoring and evaluation program was undertaken, involving six
    different styles of evaluation to determine whether a low-cost, eight
    month education campaign that operated within a small commercial
    district was successful at changing people's behavior and reducing
    stormwater litter loads. This project also tested newly developed
    guidelines for monitoring and evaluating all types of nonstructural
    stormwater quality best management practices (BMPs). The project
    evaluated: the extent and quality of the campaign's implementation; the
    degree to which it changed the awareness, attitudes, self-reported
    behavior and actual behavior of merchants and the public;, and the
    nature of changes in stormwater litter loads. Overall, the education
    campaign produced mixed results, with the net result being modestly
    positive. Specifically, it was: unsuccessful at significantly
    influencing the knowledge or attitudes of merchants or the public;
    modestly successful at influencing the behavior of merchants and the
    public; and modestly successful at reducing litter loads in stormwater.
    At a theoretical level, the project highlights how using different
    'styles' of BMP evaluation can help to build a more complete picture of
    a BMP's performance. At a practical level, the project helped to
    improve the monitoring and evaluation guidelines and produced
    evidence-based design guidelines for future campaigns that aim to
    reduce littering in commercial areas. (C) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights
    reserved.
 C1 Monash Univ, Dept Civil Engn, Inst Sustainable Water Resources, Melbourne, Vic 3800, Australia.
    Commun Change Pty Ltd, Moorooduc, Vic 3933, Australia.
 RP Taylor, A, Monash Univ, Dept Civil Engn, Inst Sustainable Water
    Resources, Melbourne, Vic 3800, Australia.
 EM andretaylor@iprimus.com.au
    rob@communitychange.com.au
    tim.fietcher@eng.monash.edu.au
    justin.lewis@eng.monash.edu.au
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 NR 17
 TC 0
 PU ACADEMIC PRESS LTD ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
 PI LONDON
 PA 24-28 OVAL RD, LONDON NW1 7DX, ENGLAND
 SN 0301-4797
 J9 J ENVIRON MANAGE
 JI J. Environ. Manage.
 PD AUG
 PY 2007
 VL 84
 IS 3
 BP 323
 EP 335
 PG 13
 SC Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies
 GA 188FU
 UT ISI:000247905600009
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Blew, BDM
    Dagnone, AJ
    Fazio, LM
    Pace, KT
    Honey, RJD
 AF Blew, Brian D. M.
    Dagnone, A. Joel
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 SO JOURNAL OF ENDOUROLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID POLE RENAL CALCULI; DESIGNS IN-VITRO; URETEROSCOPIC MANAGEMENT;
    RETRIEVAL CAPABILITIES; TIPLESS; MODEL
 AB Background and Purpose: The use of stone baskets for repositioning of
    stones or removal of fragment in conjunction with ureterorenoscopy has
    become widespread. We tested the performance of the ACMI Sur-Catch NT,
    Bard Dimension, Boston Scientific Zero-tip, and Cook N-Circle in a pig
    kidney model of flexible ureterorenoscopy.
    Materials and Methods: Opening characteristics of the basket were
    measured with mechanical calipers at 1-mm increments and compared with
    published reports to ensure the tested baskets were representative. Pig
    kidneys were placed in a basin and the ureters secured with a suture to
    a weight for stability. Flexible renoscopy was performed using a 16F
    flexible cystonephroscope. An 8-mm calculus was placed in the lower
    pole. Using each of four designs, the time necessary to grasp the
    stone, time to release the stone, and total time to move a stone from
    the lower-pole calix to the upper-pole were recorded. Total time
    experiments were repeated six times with each basket by three surgeons
    for a total of 18 attempts, and catch-and-release experiments were
    repeated six times by four surgeons for a total of 24 attempts per
    basket.
    Results: The Sur-Catch was significantly slower for catch and release
    (P < 0.001) and total time; P < 0.05) compared with all other baskets.
    There were no differences between the other baskets in either catch,
    release, or total times. There was no difference between surgeons (P <
    0.0634) or between attempts one through six (P = 0.538).
    Conclusions: Baskets with added complexity of the wire configurations
    (Sur-Catch) or a deflectable-wire mechanism (Dimension) offer no
    advantages and may slow capture and release of stones.
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    Queensway Profess Ctr, Etobicoke, ON, Canada.
 RP Honey, RJD, Univ Toronto, St Michaels Hosp, Dept Surg, Toronto, ON M5B
    1W8, Canada.
 EM honeyj@smh.toronto.on.ca
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 NR 10
 TC 0
 PU MARY ANN LIEBERT INC
 PI NEW ROCHELLE
 PA 140 HUGUENOT STREET, 3RD FL, NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 USA
 SN 0892-7790
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 JI J. Endourol.
 PD JUN
 PY 2007
 VL 21
 IS 6
 BP 655
 EP 658
 PG 4
 SC Urology & Nephrology
 GA 190SM
 UT ISI:000248079700018
 ER
 
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 AU Macdonald, KA
    McNaughton, LR
    Verkerk, GA
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 AF Macdonald, K. A.
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    pasture: Growth, development, and puberty
 SO JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE strain; Holstein-Friesian; body weight; body size
 ID BODY CONDITION SCORE; GRAZING DAIRY-COWS; MILK-PRODUCTION;
    REPRODUCTIVE-PERFORMANCE; GENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS; FEEDING LEVEL; WEIGHT;
    HEIFERS; FERTILITY; YIELD
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    farm profitability and on the management required for these animals, as
    well as the phenotypic changes that have occurred within the national
    herd under the breeding programs operated in NZ from 1970 to 1990. The
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    body weights, and puberty- related parameters among 3 strains of HF,
    representing animals of NZ origin representative of the genetics
    present in 1970 and 1990 and of NA origin with 1990s genetics. A total
    of 172 animals born in 1999 were compared. The strains were 1) NZ70, a
    strain of NZ Friesian (average 7% NA genetics) equivalent to
    high-genetic-merit (high Breeding Worth) cows farmed in the 1970s; 2)
    NZ90, a strain of HF of NZ origin (average 24% NA genetics) typical of
    the animals present in the 1990s; and 3) NA90, a strain of HF of NA
    origin (average of 91% NA genetics) typical of animals present in the
    1990s. The differences in BW among all strains were significant at 6
    and 12 mo of age. At 15 and 24 mo, the 2 NZ strains were significantly
    lighter than the NA90 animals. At 24 mo of age (i. e., prior to first
    calving), the NA90 strain animals (BW = 515 kg) were 22 and 34 kg
    heavier than the NZ90 and NZ70 strains. The body length of the NA90
    strain was greater than either of the 2 NZ strains; the differences
    among the NA90 strain and the 2NZ strains varied from 2 to 6 cm, with
    the differences generally being greater at older ages. The trend in
    heart girth difference among strains was similar to that observed for
    body length. The wither height of the NA90 animals was greater than
    that of the NZ strains by 1 to 7 cm, although there was no significant
    difference between the NA90 and NZ90 strains at birth. At puberty the
    NA90 heifers were 20 d older and 20 kg heavier than the NZ90 heifers,
    which in turn were 25 kg and 25 d older than the NZ70 heifers. The NA90
    strain had a heavier mature body weight, and their older age at puberty
    suggested either that they mature later or that, under pastoral
    conditions, their growth rate is limited by their inability to consume
    sufficient metabolizable energy as grazed pasture, with a consequent
    delay in puberty. Results from this study will be useful in revising
    target BW in growing heifers of different germplasm.
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    Blache, D
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 AF Chagas, L. M.
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    Blache, D.
    Burke, C. R.
    Kay, J. K.
    Lindsay, D. R.
    Lucy, M. C.
    Martin, G. B.
    Meier, S.
    Rhodes, F. M.
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    Webb, R.
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    the subfertility of high-producing dairy cows
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 DT Article
 DE subfertility; high-producing dairy cow
 ID BODY CONDITION SCORE; POSTPARTUM ANOVULATORY INTERVALS;
    HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN COWS; GROWTH-FACTOR SYSTEM; MILK-PRODUCTION;
    IN-VITRO; REPRODUCTIVE-PERFORMANCE; EARLY LACTATION; ENERGY-BALANCE;
    HEALTH TRAITS
 AB Management, nutrition, production, and genetics are the main reasons
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    single trait of milk production with little consideration for traits
    associated with reproduction in the modern dairy cow has produced an
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    during lactation; thus, to achieve a better understanding and derive a
    solution, it is necessary to integrate a range of disciplines,
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    endocrinology, metabolic and reproductive physiology, and animal
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    by changes in the somatotropic axis that are a consequence of, or are
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    steroidogenesis, and the development of the oocyte and embryo. Little
    doubt exists that appropriate nutritional management before and after
    calving is essential for successful reproduction. Changes in body
    composition are related to the processes that lead to ovulation,
    estrus, and conception. However, better indicators of body composition
    and measures of critical metabolites are required to form precise
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    The eventual solution to the reduction in fertility will be a new
    strategic direction for genetic selection that includes
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    so, in the short term, we need to gain a greater understanding of the
    interactions between nutrition and fertility to better manage the
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    markers for more targeted genetic selection. This review highlights
    many fruitful directions for research, aimed at the development of
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    Heinrichs, AJ
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 DT Article
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    ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; NEWBORN CALVES; HOLSTEIN COWS; VITAMIN-A; CALF;
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 C1 Norwegian Coll Vet Med, Dept Prod Anim Med, N-0033 Oslo, Norway.
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 PT J
 AU Roche, JR
    Berry, DP
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    Macdonald, KA
    Boston, RC
 AF Roche, J. R.
    Berry, D. P.
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    Boston, R. C.
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    A novel strategy generalizable to diverse cohorts
 SO JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE body condition score; model; profile; nutrition
 ID 1ST 3 LACTATIONS; DAIRY-COWS; ENERGY-BALANCE; MILK-YIELD; RANDOM
    REGRESSION; HOLSTEIN COWS; WEIGHT; PERFORMANCE; PROFILES; SYSTEMS
 AB The objective of this study was to explore the derivation of a
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    function were 75,352 daily BCS records across 3,209 lactations in 1,172
    cows from a research herd in New Zealand. Mean daily BCS (scale 1 to
    10) across all data were plotted and 4 distinct phases were observed.
    The functional form used to describe the pattern and quantify its
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    points, and the sharpness of these transition points in the BCS
    profile. The generality and applicability of the described model were
    tested across substrata of BCS at calving and parity. A second data set
    consisting of a multiyear study comparing cows fed a total mixed ration
    (TMR) or grazing fresh pasture was compiled from a different research
    farm. This data set consisted of 4,112 BCS records from 211 lactations
    on 95 cows. The third data set was a collation of data from another
    multiyear experiment comparing animal performance under different
    stocking rates. The data set consisted of 12,414 BCS test-day records
    on 564 lactations from 287 cows. The presented model is robust and
    applicable to different animal cohorts, explaining between 29 and 79%
    of variation depending on the cohort studied. Anotable second period of
    negative energy balance was evident in all grazing cows during
    midlactation, irrespective of calving BCS, parity, or stocking rate,
    but did not appear in cows fed TMR. The amount of BCS lost postcalving
    and nadir BCS were positively correlated with calving BCS, with fatter
    cows at calving losing more BCS postcalving but remaining at a greater
    BCS at nadir. Primiparous cows calved at a greater BCS than multiparous
    cows, as dictated by management protocols, but they failed to regain
    BCS postnadir as effectively as their multiparous counterparts. Results
    may highlight the need for preferential feeding of younger cows during
    late lactation, at least in grazing systems, to ensure that they
    achieve the required calving BCS at second calving. Cows receiving TMR
    lost BCS at a slower rate than cows on pasture but for a longer period;
    the amount of BCS lost between calving and nadir did not differ between
    the different feeding treatments. Calving BCS declined with increasing
    stocking rate, and the rates of both loss and gain were negatively
    affected by stocking rate. The presented model accurately identified
    biological attributes of the intercalving BCS profile of different
    groups of cows.
 C1 Dexcel, Hamilton, New Zealand.
    Teagasc Moorepark, Fermoy, Cork, Ireland.
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 RP Roche, JR, Univ Tasmania, POB 3523, Burnie, Tas 7320, Australia.
 EM john.roche@utas.edu.au
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 AU Valeeva, NI
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 AF Valeeva, N. I.
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 SO JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
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    SUGGESTIONS; ECONOMICS; IMPACT
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 C1 Univ Wageningen & Res Ctr, Agr Econ Res Inst, Sect Markets & Networks, NL-6706 KN Wageningen, Netherlands.
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    Basha, I
    Zayed, T
 AF Elyamany, Ahmed
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 SN 0733-9364
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 EP 581
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    Engineering, Civil
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 AU Cheng, EWL
    Lie, H
    Fox, P
 AF Cheng, Eddie W. L.
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    Fox, Paul
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 SO JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT-ASCE
 LA English
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 C1 Univ Queensland Technol, Sch Management, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia.
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    Engineering, Civil
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 AU Lecouvet, FE
    Geukens, D
    Stainier, A
    Jamar, F
    Jamart, J
    d'Othee, BJ
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    Tombal, B
 AF Lecouvet, Frederic E.
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    Stainier, Annabelle
    Jamar, Francois
    Jamart, Jacques
    d'Othee, Bertrand Janne
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 TI Magnetic resonance imaging of the axial skeleton for detecting bone
    metastases in patients with high-risk prostate cancer: Diagnostic and
    cost-effectiveness and comparison with current detection strategies
 SO JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID WHOLE-BODY MRI; BREAST-CANCER; SPINAL METASTASES; SOLID TUMORS; FDG
    PET; SCINTIGRAPHY; MARROW; LESIONS; SCAN; CT
 AB Purpose
    To evaluate the diagnostic performance, costs, and impact on therapy of
    one-step magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI) of the axial skeleton (
    MRIas) for detecting bone metastases in patients with high-risk
    prostate cancer ( PCa).
    Patients and Methods
    Sixty-six consecutive patients with high-risk PCa prospectively
    underwent MRIas in addition to the standard sequential work-up ( SW) of
    bone metastases ( technetium-99m bone scintigraphy [ BS] completed with
    targeted x-rays [ TXR] in patients with equivocal BS findings and with
    MRI obtained on request [ MRIor] in patients with inconclusive BS/ TXR
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    BS/ TXR, and all available baseline and follow-up clinical and biologic
    data were used as the best valuable comparator to define metastatic
    status. Diagnostic effectiveness of MRIas alone was compared with each
    step of the SW. Impact of MRIas screening on patient management and
    costs was evaluated.
    Results
    On the basis of the best valuable comparator, 41 patients ( 62%) had
    bone metastases. Sensitivities were 46% for BS alone, 63% for BS/ TXR,
    83% for BS/ TXR/ MRIor, and 100% for MRIas; the corresponding
    specificities were 32%, 64%, 100%, and 88%, respectively. MRIas was
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    McNemar). MRIas identified metastases in seven ( 30%) of 23 patients
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    reimbursement rates.
    Conclusion
    MRIas is more sensitive than the current SW of radiographically
    identified bone metastases in high-risk PCa patients, which impacts the
    clinical management of a significant proportion of patients.
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 SN 0732-183X
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 PD AUG 1
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 SC Oncology
 GA 200DL
 UT ISI:000248744000017
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Neel, JPS
    Fontenot, JP
    Clapham, WM
    Duckett, SK
    Felton, EED
    Scaglia, G
    Bryan, WB
 AF Neel, J. P. S.
    Fontenot, J. P.
    Clapham, W. M.
    Duckett, S. K.
    Felton, E. E. D.
    Scaglia, G.
    Bryan, W. B.
 TI Effects of winter stocker growth rate and finishing system on: I.
    Animal performance and carcass characteristics
 SO JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE average daily gain; beef; carcass; finishing; pasture; stocker
 ID FATTY-ACID-COMPOSITION; FEEDLOT PERFORMANCE; BEEF-PRODUCTION; FORAGE
    SYSTEMS; QUALITY; CATTLE; CONCEPTION; MANAGEMENT; SLAUGHTER; PASTURE
 AB Angus-crossbred steers (n = 216) were used in a 3-yr study to assess
    the effects of winter stocker growth rate and finishing system on
    finishing performance and carcass characteristics. During winter months
    (December to April) steers were randomly allotted to 3 stocker growth
    rates: low (0.23 kgmental unit, and year was considered a random
    effect. Winter stocker phase treatments resulted in differences (P <
    0.001) in final BW, ADG, and ultrasound LM area between all treatments
    for that phase. Pasture-finished cattle had lower (P < 0.001) final BW,
    ADG, HCW, LM area, fat thickness, KPH, dressing percent, USDA yield
    grade, and USDA quality grade. Winter stocker treatment influenced (P <
    0.05) final BW and HCW, with low and medium being less than high.
    Steers with low stocker gain had greater (P < 0.05) finishing ADG.
    Dressing percent was greater (P < 0.001) for high than low, and USDA
    quality grade was greater (P < 0.05) for high than low and medium.
    Carcass LM area, fat thickness, KPH, and USDA yield grade were not
    influenced (P > 0.05) by winter rate of gain. Cattle on low during
    winter exhibited compensatory gain during finishing but were unable to
    catch the high group regarding BW or HCW. The USDA quality grade was
    greater for high than low or medium. Animal performance during the
    winter stocker period clearly impacts finishing performance, carcass
    quality and beef production in both pasture-and feedlot-finishing
    systems, when cattle were finished to an equal-time endpoint.center dot
    d(-1)), medium (0.45 kg center dot d(-1)), or high (0.68 kg center dot
    d(-)1). Upon completion of the winter phase, steers were randomly
    allotted within each stocker treatment to a corn silage-concentrate or
    pasture finishing system. All steers regardless of finishing treatment
    were finished to an equal-time endpoint to eliminate confounding of
    treatments with animal age or seasonal factors. Upon completion of the
    finishing period, steers were slaughtered in 2 groups (one-half of
    pasture and one-half of feedlot cattle each time) and carcass data were
    collected. Winter data were analyzed as a completely randomized design,
    with winter treatment, pen replicate, year, and the winter x year
    interaction in the model. Finishing performance and carcass data were
    analyzed in a split-plot design with finishing system in the whole
    plot, and winter growth rate and winter x finish in the split-plot.
    Winter treatment mean within finishing replication was the experimental
    unit, and year was considered a random effect. Winter stocker phase
    treatments resulted in differences (P < 0.001) in final BW, ADG, and
    ultrasound LM area between all treatments for that phase.
    Pasture-finished cattle had lower (P < 0.001) final BW, ADG, HCW, LM
    area, fat thickness, KPH, dressing percent, USDA yield grade, and USDA
    quality grade. Winter stocker treatment influenced (P < 0.05) final BW
    and HCW, with low and medium being less than high. Steers with low
    stocker gain had greater (P < 0.05) finishing ADG. Dressing percent was
    greater (P < 0.001) for high than low, and USDA quality grade was
    greater (P < 0.05) for high than low and medium. Carcass LM area, fat
    thickness, KPH, and USDA yield grade were not influenced (P > 0.05) by
    winter rate of gain. Cattle on low during winter exhibited compensatory
    gain during finishing but were unable to catch the high group regarding
    BW or HCW. The USDA quality grade was greater for high than low or
    medium.
    Animal performance during the winter stocker period clearly impacts
    finishing performance, carcass quality and beef productin in both
    pasture- and feedlot-finishing systems, when cattle were finished to an
    equal-time endpoint.
 C1 Appalachian Farming Syst Res Ctr, USDA ARS, Beaver, WV 25813 USA.
    Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA.
    Clemson Univ, Clemson, SC 29634 USA.
    W Virginia Univ, Morgantown, WV 26505 USA.
 RP Neel, JPS, Appalachian Farming Syst Res Ctr, USDA ARS, Beaver, WV 25813
    USA.
 EM Jim.Neel@ars.usda.gov
 CR *NAMP, 1997, MEAT BUYERS GUID
    *NAT BEEF TEND SUR, 2005, EX SUMM
    *NRC, 1996, NUTR REQ BEEF CATTL
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    REALINI CE, 2004, MEAT SCI, V66, P567
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 PT J
 AU Linneen, SK
    Dritz, SS
    Goodband, RD
    Tokach, MD
    DeRouchey, JM
    Nelssen, JL
 AF Linneen, S. K.
    Dritz, S. S.
    Goodband, R. D.
    Tokach, M. D.
    DeRouchey, J. M.
    Nelssen, J. L.
 TI Effects of frequent out-of-feed events on growth performance of nursery
    and grow-finish pigs
 SO JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE feed availability; feed management; pig
 ID BODY-COMPOSITION; RESTRICTION; PERIOD
 AB Two experiments were conducted to evaluate effects of out-of-feed
    events on nursery and grow-finish pig performance. An out-of-feed event
    is a period of time that pigs do not have access to feed as a result of
    late feed delivery or bridging in bulk bins, feed lines, or feeders. In
    these studies, we created an out-of-feed event by removing the feeders
    from pens or preventing access to the feeder. In Exp. 1, 190 pigs
    (initially 6.4 +/- 1.6 kg and 21 +/- 3 d of age) were used in a 35-d
    growth study. Treatments involved a 20-h feed withdrawal for 1, 2, or 3
    randomly selected times or a control treatment where feeders were never
    withdrawn. Feeders were withdrawn on d 11 for pigs with 1 out-of-feed
    event, d 8 and 23 for pigs with 2 out-of-feed events, and d 9, 14, and
    20 for pigs with 3 out-of-feed events. There was a treatment (P < 0.06)
    effect only during weeks in which an out-of-feed event occurred. Growth
    rate was lower ( P < 0.05) for pigs with 1 out-of-feed event (d 11)
    compared with control in the d 8 to 14 period. During the same period,
    those pigs with the first of 2 ( 8) or 3 (d 9) out-of-feed events had
    intermediate ADG. In the d 15 to 21 period, only pigs with the second
    and third of 3 out-of-feed events (d 15 and 20) had lower growth
    performance compared with control pigs, whereas growth performance was
    similar to the control for those with 1 or 2 out-of-feed events. Pigs
    with 3 out-of-feed events had greater ADG and G:F (P < 0.05) compared
    with the other 3 treatments for the d 22 to 28 period. For the overall
    study ( d 0 to 35), there were no differences (P > 0.86) in growth
    performance among pigs with 0, 1, 2, or 3 out-of-feed events. In Exp.
    2, 479 pigs ( initially 41.6 +/- 4 kg) were used in an 85-d growth
    study. Treatments involved feed withdrawal (20 h) weekly for the
    duration of the study; feed withdrawn weekly from d 45 to 85; or a
    control treatment where pigs had access to feed for the duration of the
    experiment. Feed withdrawal occurred on a randomly selected day with
    the exception of Saturday, Sunday, or a day before a weigh day (
    usually a Thursday every other week). From d 0 to 45, 46 to 85, and the
    overall d 0 to 85 period, there were no differences ( P > 0.12) in ADG,
    ADFI, G: F, or average final BW among treatments. Results suggest that
    out of feed events of 20 h or less have no long-term detrimental
    effects on growth performance in nursery or grow-finish pigs.
 C1 Kansas State Univ, Dept Anim Sci & Ind, Coll Vet Med, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA.
    Kansas State Univ, Food Anim Hlth & Management Ctr, Coll Vet Med, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA.
 RP Goodband, RD, Kansas State Univ, Dept Anim Sci & Ind, Coll Vet Med,
    Manhattan, KS 66506 USA.
 EM Goodband@ksu.edu
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 PT J
 AU Grings, EE
    Geary, TW
    Short, RE
    MacNeil, MD
 AF Grings, E. E.
    Geary, T. W.
    Short, R. E.
    MacNeil, M. D.
 TI Beef heifer development within three calving systems
 SO JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE beef heifer; calving date; weaning
 ID NORTHERN GREAT-PLAINS; REPRODUCTIVE-PERFORMANCE; CALF PERFORMANCE;
    PUBERTY; WEIGHT; GROWTH; GAIN; AGE; MANAGEMENT; CATTLE
 AB A 3-yr study was conducted to evaluate the effects of calving system,
    weaning age, and postweaning management on growth and reproduction in
    beef heifers. Heifer calves (n = 676) born in late winter (average
    birth date = February 7 +/- 9 d) or early spring (average birth date
    April 3 +/- 10 d) were weaned at 190 or 240 d of age, and heifers born
    in late spring (average birth date May 29 +/- 10 d) were weaned at 140
    or 190 d of age. Heifers were managed to be first exposed to breeding
    at approximately 14 mo of age. After weaning, the calves were randomly
    assigned to treatments. Heifers on the constant gain treatment were fed
    a corn silage- and hay-based diet. Heifers on delayed gain treatments
    were placed on pasture but were fed grass hay or a supplement, or both,
    depending on the forage conditions. Three months before their
    respective breeding seasons, delayed gain heifers were moved to drylot
    and fed a corn silage- and barley-based diet (late winter or early
    spring) or moved to spring rangeland (late spring). The data were
    analyzed using mixed model procedures with calving system, weaning age,
    and postweaning management options creating 12 treatments. Average
    daily gain was 0.36 +/- 0.05 (SED) kg/d less (P < 0.001) for delayed
    gain heifers during the initial phase, whereas these heifers gained
    0.44 +/- 0.03 kg/d more (P < 0.001) than constant gain heifers during
    the last 90 d before breeding. Body weights at the beginning of the
    breeding season did not differ (P = 0.97) between constant gain and
    delayed gain heifers but were affected by calving system and weaning
    age, reflecting some of the differences in initial BW. Prebreeding BW
    for heifers weaned at 190 d of age were 36 +/- 6.4 kg heavier (P <
    0.001) for those born in late winter and early spring compared with
    late spring and were 388, 372, and 330 kg for heifers weaned in October
    at 240, 190, or 140 d of age (linear effect, P < 0.001). The proportion
    of heifers exhibiting luteal activity at the beginning of the breeding
    season was not affected (P = 0.57) by treatment. Approximately half of
    the heifers were randomly selected for breeding. Treatment had no
    effect (P = 0.64) on pregnancy rates. In conclusion, heifers from
    varied calving systems and weaning strategies can be raised to breeding
    using either constant or delayed gain strategies without affecting the
    percentage of heifers cycling at the beginning of the breeding season.
    These results suggest that producers have multiple options for
    management of heifer calves within differing calving systems.
 C1 USDA ARS, Ft Keogh Livestock & Range Res Lab, Miles City, MT 59301 USA.
 RP Grings, EE, USDA ARS, Ft Keogh Livestock & Range Res Lab, Miles City,
    MT 59301 USA.
 EM elaine.grings@ars.usda.gov
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 GA 190FL
 UT ISI:000248043600024
 ER
 
 PT J
 AU Leesburg, VLR
    Tess, MW
    Griffith, D
 AF Leesburg, V. L. Reisenauer
    Tess, M. W.
    Griffith, D.
 TI Evaluation of calving seasons and marketing strategies in Northern
    Great Plains beef enterprises: I. Cow-calf systems
 SO JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE beef cattle; calving season; marketing; system
 ID RANGE ENVIRONMENT; PREWEANING CALF; PERFORMANCE; CATTLE; MODEL;
    PRODUCTIVITY; SIMULATION; PROFITABILITY; MANAGEMENT; LENGTH
 AB A bioeconomic computer model was used to evaluate alternate calving
    seasons in a cow-calf enterprise under range conditions representative
    of the Northern Great Plains. The simulated ranch utilized a rotational
    breeding system based on Hereford and Angus and had a fixed forage base
    ( 4,500 animal unit months of native range, 520 t of grass hay, and 183
    t of alfalfa hay). Calving seasons studied were spring (SP, beginning
    March 15), summer (SU, beginning May 15), and fall ( FA, beginning
    August 15). Weaning dates were October 31, December 15, and February 1,
    for SP, SU, and FA. The SP system was also simulated with a 5% increase
    in calf mortality (SP-IM), and SU with early weaning on October 31
    (SU-EW). Herd size for the fixed resource was 509, 523, 519, 560, and
    609 cows exposed per year for SP, SP-IM, SU, SU-EW, and FA,
    respectively. Corresponding values for weight weaned per cow exposed
    were 206, 186, 193, 153, and 145 kg. Steer calves, nonreplacement
    heifer calves, and cull cows were sold at the time of weaning.
    Quarterly cattle and feed prices used were representative of the peak,
    descending, valley, and ascending phases of the 1990s cattle cycle
    adjusted for inflation. Estimates of ranch gross margin ( gross returns
    minus variable costs) were greatest for SP, followed by SP-IM, SU,
    SU-EW, and FA, and the ranks were consistent across phases of the
    cattle cycle. Differences between ranch gross margin for SP-IM and SU
    were small. In beef enterprises representative of the Northern Great
    Plains, with a restricted grazing season, limited access to low-cost,
    high-quality grazeable forage, and with calves sold at weaning,
    switching from early spring to a summer or fall calving date is not
    expected to improve profitability. If delaying calving improves calf
    survival, then calving in early summer may be a competitive choice.
 C1 Montana State Univ, Dept Anim & Range Sci, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA.
    Montana State Univ, Dept Agr Econ & Econ, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA.
 RP Tess, MW, Montana State Univ, Dept Anim & Range Sci, Bozeman, MT 59717
    USA.
 EM mwtess@montana.edu
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 VL 85
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 GA 199TX
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 AU Pattanaik, AK
    Khan, SA
    Goswami, TK
 AF Pattanaik, A. K.
    Khan, S. A.
    Goswami, T. K.
 TI Influence of iodine on nutritional, metabolic and immunological
    response of goats fed Leucaena leucocephala leaf meal diet
 SO JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID DEGRADING RUMEN BACTERIA; FORAGE-BASED DIETS; THYROID-HORMONES;
    FEED-INTAKE; DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS; NUTRIENT UTILIZATION; BLOOD
    METABOLITES; GLIRICIDIA-SEPIUM; REPLACEMENT VALUE; IMMUNE-RESPONSE
 AB Fifteen indigenous nondescript kids (8 center dot 2 kg; 8 months
    initial age), randomly allotted into three equal groups, were used to
    study the effects of supplementation of extra iodine on their
    performance when fed a leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) leaf meal
    containing diet. Group I (CON) was fed a control concentrate supplement
    consisting of a conventional protein source whereas the other two
    groups (LL and LLI) were fed a concentrate containing leucaena leaf
    meal so as to supply 0 center dot 5 of the net crude protein (CP)
    requirements. Additionally, animals in group LLI were given
    supplemental iodine (as potassium iodide solution) at 0 center dot 25
    mg/head/day. Wheat straw was provided ad libitum as the sole source of
    roughage during the 120 days of the experimental period. A metabolism
    trial, conducted at the end of the feeding trial, revealed no variation
    in the dry matter intake (DMI) among the groups. A significant (P<0
    center dot 01) decline was evident in digestibility of CP in both the
    leucaena-fed groups (0 center dot 463 and 0 center dot 482 versus 0
    center dot 586) whilst that of the other organic components remained
    unaffected. Animals on the LL diet exhibited lower (P<0-01) nitrogen
    retention and average daily gain (ADG) in live weight (LW). Blood
    collected periodically was analysed for the thyroid hormones
    triiodothyronine (TO and thyroxine (T-4) as well as other biochemical
    parameters. At the end of the experimental feeding, the cell-mediated
    immune (CMI) response of the goats was assessed by intra-dermal
    inoculation of phytohaemagglutinin-P and measuring the change in skin
    thickness at various postinoculation hours. The results revealed that
    the serum concentration of glucose was significantly (P<0 center dot
    05) higher in the LLI group of animals fed leucaena with iodine. The
    concentration of cholesterol in serum of LL animals increased
    significantly (P<0 center dot 05) compared to the CON and LLI groups.
    No variation due to dietary interventions was evident in other indices
    of metabolic profile. While the concentration of circulating T-3
    remained unaffected due to dietary intervention, that of T4 reduced
    significantly (P<0 center dot 05) in the LL group. Moreover, the T4
    concentration in the LLI group remained similar to that of control
    indicative of positive impact of iodine supplementation. The immune
    response revealed that the skin thickness of animals in the LL group
    was lower (P < 0 center dot 05) as compared to the control, indicating
    a compromise of CMI response due to feeding of leucaena leaf meal.
    Supplementation of iodine appeared to be partially effective in
    potentiating the response. In conclusion, iodine supplementation could
    be adopted as a strategic management strategy to ameliorate the
    negative impacts of feeding leucaena leaf meal in growing kids.
 C1 Indian Vet Res Inst, Ctr Adv Studies Anim Nutr, Izatnagar 243122, Uttar Pradesh, India.
    Indian Vet Res Inst, Immunol Sect, Izatnagar 243122, Uttar Pradesh, India.
 RP Pattanaik, AK, Indian Vet Res Inst, Ctr Adv Studies Anim Nutr,
    Izatnagar 243122, Uttar Pradesh, India.
 EM patnaik@ivri.up.nic.in
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 SN 0021-8596
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 AU Bluestein, D
    Brantley, C
    Barnes-Eley, M
    Gravenstein, S
    Basta, S
 AF Bluestein, Daniel
    Brantley, Cynthia
    Barnes-Eley, Myra
    Gravenstein, Stefan
    Basta, Sameh
 TI Measuring international normalized ratios in long-term care: A
    comparison of commercial laboratory and point-of-care device results
 SO JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE point-of-care systems; long-term care; warfarin; anticoagulation
 ID PROTHROMBIN-TIME; WHOLE-BLOOD; CLINICAL IMPACT; VITAMIN-K;
    ANTICOAGULATION; MANAGEMENT; ACCURACY; THERAPY; MONITOR; TRIAL
 AB Objectives: Point-of-care (POC) anticoagulation testing devices can
    potentially improve warfarin therapeutics in long-term care; however,
    there is variable accuracy reported for these devices and scant data
    when used in older adults. Accordingly, we undertook this study to
    determine the accuracy of a POC device (Hemosense IN-ratio) in
    long-term care settings and examine factors associated with discrepant
    results.
    Design: Case series.
    Setting: Two, demographically comparable continuing-care retirement
    communities in the Southeastern United States.
    Participants: Long-term (nursing home and assisted living) residents
    with atrial fibrillation, venous thromboembolism, or prior
    cerebrovascular accident (16 at site 1; 8 at site 2).
    Measurements: INR results calculated by the Hemosense device were
    compared with those determined by venipuncture-collected samples run in
    commercial laboratories. Patient demographic and clinical data were
    collected, as was performance by tester.
    Results: Correlation varied between sites and, at site 1, between
    testers. Accuracy at site 1 was comparable to published reports for 2
    of the 3 testers, with rather disconcerting discrepancy rates of 17.8%
    and 23.1%. However, correlation for the third tester was much better,
    with only a 7% discrepancy rate based on clinician rating of
    Hemosense-Reference lab differences. Correlation at site 2 was
    considerably worse than site 1, to the point that the Hemosense could
    not be safely adopted.
    Conclusion: POC devices may not be appropriate for commercial
    laboratory tests substitution without prior performance evaluation.
    Running POC lNRs concurrent with laboratory-determined INRS can
    determine test reliability. Timing of Hemosense testing in relation to
    when laboratory INRs were drawn is one likely explanation for our
    results, although user differences may also contribute significantly.
    Further research in larger, more diverse populations, using a variety
    of POC devices, and with direct comparison of older and younger
    patients is needed.
 C1 Eastern Virginia Med Sch, Dept Family & Community Med, Norfolk, VA 23507 USA.
    Eastern Virginia Med Sch, Ctr Pediatr Res, Norfolk, VA 23501 USA.
    Eastern Virginia Med Sch, Glennan Ctr Geriatr & Gerontol, Norfolk, VA 23501 USA.
    Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, VA USA.
 RP Bluestein, D, Eastern Virginia Med Sch, Dept Family & Community Med,
    721 Fairfax Ave, Norfolk, VA 23507 USA.
 EM bluestda@evms.edu
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 AU Mak, CL
    Fan, HSL
 AF Mak, Chin Long
    Fan, Henry S. L.
 TI Heavy flow-based incident detection algorithm using information from
    two adjacent detector stations
 SO JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE freeway incident detection; freeway traffic management; intelligent
    transport systems
 ID NEURAL-NETWORK
 AB In heavy traffic flow conditions, vehicles have limited manouverability
    which affects the magnitude of response to incident-induced traffic
    disturbances and how fast changes in these traffic variables can signal
    the occurrence of an incident. Such characteristics are usually used to
    formulate a loop-based algorithm. A recent study reported that some
    existing algorithms were not able to maintain a desired level of
    effectiveness when these algorithms were used to detect incidents with
    a video-based detector system. Two new video-based automatic incident
    detection algorithms, the INdividual Detection Evaluation (INDE) and
    COmbined Detection Evaluation ( CODE) algorithms were, therefore,
    developed for the detection of lane-blocking incidents in heavy traffic
    flow conditions using the Central Expressway in Singapore as a case
    study. The algorithms detect incident-induced traffic speed and
    occupancy disturbances differently: INDE processes information at each
    individual detector station and CODE processes information at two
    adjacent detector stations. Both algorithms outperformed existing
    algorithms commonly used in incident management systems. Of these
    algorithms, the INDE algorithm raised fewer false alarms and gave
    slightly faster incident warnings. However, its performance was
    relatively less consistent when applied to a validation database.
 C1 Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch Civil & Environm Engn, Ctr Transportat Studies, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
 RP Mak, CL, Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch Civil & Environm Engn, Ctr
    Transportat Studies, 50 Nanynag Ave, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
 EM cclmak@ntu.edu.sg
 CR ADBULHAI B, 1996, THESIS U CALIFORNIA
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 AU Nield, MA
    Hoo, GWS
    Roper, JM
    Santiago, S
 AF Nield, Margaret A.
    Hoo, Guy W. Soo
    Roper, Janice M.
    Santiago, Silverio
 TI Efficacy of pursed-lips breathing - A breathing pattern retraining
    strategy for dyspnea reduction
 SO JOURNAL OF CARDIOPULMONARY REHABILITATION AND PREVENTION
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE breathing exercises; chronic obstructive; dyspnea; pulmonary disease
 ID OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASE; AIR-FLOW LIMITATION; HEALTH SURVEY
    SF-36; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; RESPIRATORY SENSATION; BREATHLESSNESS;
    EXERCISE; COPD; HYPERINFLATION; MANAGEMENT
 AB PURPOSE: Breathing pattern retraining is frequently used for exertional
    dyspnea relief in adults with moderate to severe chronic obstructive
    pulmonary disease. However, there is contradictory evidence to support
    its use. The study objective was to compare 2 programs of prolonging
    expiratory time (pursed-lips breathing and expiratory muscle training)
    on dyspnea and functional performance.
    METHODS: A randomized, controlled design was used for the pilot study.
    Subjects recruited from the outpatient pulmonary clinic of a
    university-affiliated Veteran Affairs healthcare center were randomized
    to: 1) pursed-lips breathing, 2) expiratory muscle training, or 3)
    control. Changes over time in dyspnea [modified Borg after 6-minute
    walk distance (6MWD) and Shortness of Breath Questionnaire] and
    functional performance (Human Activity Profile and physical function
    scale of Short Form 36-item Health Survey) were assessed with a
    multilevel modeling procedure. Weekly laboratory visits for training
    were accompanied by structured verbal, written, and audiovisual
    instruction.
    RESULTS: Forty subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [age
    = 65 +/- 9 (mean +/- standard deviation) years, forced expiratory
    volume 1 second/ forced vital capacity % = 46 +/- 10, forced expiratory
    volume 1 second % predicted = 39 +/- 13, body mass index = 26 +/- 6
    kg/M-2, inspiratory muscle strength = 69 +/- 22 cm H2O, and expiratory
    muscle strength (PEmax) = 102 +/- 29 cm H2O] were enrolled. No
    significant Group x Time difference was present for PEmax (P = .93).
    Significant reductions for the modified Borg scale after 6MWD (P = .05)
    and physical function (P = .02) from baseline to 12 weeks were only
    present for pursed-lips breathing.
    CONCLUSION: Pursed-lips breathing provided sustained improvement in
    exertional dyspnea and physical function.
 C1 Univ Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA.
    W Los Angeles Healthcare Ctr, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Syst, Los Angeles, CA USA.
    Univ Calif Los Angeles, Geffen Sch Med, Los Angeles, CA USA.
 RP Nield, MA, Univ Hawaii Manoa, 2528 McCarthy Mall,Webster 414, Honolulu,
    HI 96822 USA.
 EM mnield@earthlink.net
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 SC Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
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 AU Langat, PK
    Raine, SR
    Smith, RJ
 AF Langat, Philip K.
    Raine, Steven R.
    Smith, Rod J.
 TI Errors in predicting furrow irrigation performance using single
    measures of infiltration
 SO IRRIGATION SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID REAL-TIME; PARAMETERS; MANAGEMENT; ADVANCE; OPTIMIZATION; EQUATIONS;
    MODEL
 AB Commercial performance evaluations of surface irrigation are commonly
    conducted using infiltration functions obtained at a single inflow
    rate. However, evaluations of alternative irrigation management (e.g.
    flow rate, cut-off strategy) and design (e.g. field length) options
    using simulation models often rely on this single measured infiltration
    function, raising concerns over the accuracy of the predicted
    performance improvements. Measured field data obtained from 12
    combinations of inflow rate and slope over two irrigations were used to
    investigate the accuracy of simulated surface irrigation performance
    due to changes in the infiltration. Substantial errors in performance
    prediction were identified due to (a) infiltration differences at
    various inflow rates and slopes and (b) the method of specifying the
    irrigation cut-off. Where the irrigation cut-off at various inflow
    rates was specified as a fixed time identified from simulations using
    the infiltration measured at a single inflow rate, then the predicted
    application efficiency was generally well correlated with the
    application efficiency measured under field conditions at the various
    inflow rates. However, the predictions of distribution uniformity (DU)
    were poor. Conversely, specifying the irrigation cut-off as a function
    of water advance distance resulted in adequate predictions of DU but
    poor predictions of application efficiency. Adjusting the infiltration
    function for the change in wetted perimeter at different inflow rates
    improved the accuracy of the performance predictions and substantially
    reduced the error in performance prediction associated with the cut-off
    recommendation strategy.
 C1 Univ So Queensland, Cooperat Res Ctr Irrigat Futures, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia.
    Univ So Queensland, Natl Ctr Engn Agr, Fac Engn & Surveying, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia.
    Univ So Queensland, Fac Engn & Surveying, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia.
 RP Raine, SR, Univ So Queensland, Cooperat Res Ctr Irrigat Futures,
    Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia.
 EM raine@usq.edu.au
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 SC Agricultural Engineering; Water Resources
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 PT J
 AU Doltra, J
    Oncins, JA
    Bonany, J
    Cohen, M
 AF Doltra, Jordi
    Oncins, Jose Antonio
    Bonany, Joan
    Cohen, Moshe
 TI Evaluation of plant-based water status indicators in mature apple trees
    under field conditions
 SO IRRIGATION SCIENCE
 LA English
 DT Article
 ID TRUNK DIAMETER CHANGES; PEACH-TREES; STEM DIAMETER; DEFICIT IRRIGATION;
    DIURNAL CHANGES; SAP FLOW; TRANSPIRATION; CONDUCTANCE; VARIABILITY;
    SENSITIVITY
 AB The performance of different indicators of plant water status as a tool
    for irrigation management was evaluated in mature field grown 'Golden
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    stress (S) treatments were studied. In the C treatment trees were
    irrigated daily at 100% ETc whereas in the S treatment water was
    withheld during 31 days (DOY's 236-266). Predawn water potential
    (Psi(pd)) and midday stem water potential (Psi(stem)) were measured
    several times a week during the experimental period. Three daily
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    changes (TDC) were recorded by LVDT sensors, and from these
    measurements, maximum daily shrinkage (MDS), daily growth (DG), and
    cumulative growth (CG) were calculated. Midday Psi(stem) showed the
    best ratio between the response to moderate water stress and tree
    variability ("signal/noise" ratio) among the indicators studied here,
    followed closely by Psi(pd). On the other hand, the poorest water
    status indicator was g(s). Due to the low trunk growth rate of the
    trees, and its high variability, DG and CG were not adequate
    indicators. MDS showed a lower sensitivity to water stress and a higher
    variability (CV = 0.19) than midday Psi(stem) (CV = 0.08) and Psi(pd)
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    promising tool for irrigation management in apple orchards. More
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    and plant water potential indicators, in relation to evaporative
    conditions and in different phenological periods, and to quantify the
    relationship between water status indicators values and apple tree
    yield and fruit quality.
 C1 IRTA, Dept Tecnol Hort, Barcelona 08348, Spain.
    Fdn Mas Badia, IRTA, Girona 17134, Spain.
 RP Doltra, J, IVIA, Dept Recursos Nat, Apdo Oficial, Valencia 46113, Spain.
 EM jdoltra@ivia.es
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    predicted actual crop evapotranspiration was +2.7 and +11.38 mm,
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    that of CRPSM. This suggests that drainage below the field capacity
    needs to be included in CRPSM and that WATCOM will be a more useful
    management tool when detailed soil parameter is required and under
    variable water regime.
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    the odds?
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    Lithuania and Russia, the only three post-Communist states that have
    sought to introduce comprehensive performance management systems in the
    public sector. The central premise of the article is that the
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    management systems that are not 'advanced'. This contradicts the widely
    held notion that performance-based public management systems are not
    suitable for 'developing' countries. The article concludes that if
    sufficient political support and a dedicated reform team in the civil
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    in a step-by-step manner, significant improvement in the effectiveness
    and efficiency of public management systems can be achieved. The case
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    laggards in the EU accession process to among its best performing
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    de Jong, Gjalt
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 C1 Univ Antwerp, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium.
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 AF Bourgault, Jacques
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    the most senior managers; strategic, coordination and learning meetings
    for the entire group; and individualized HRM tools. Despite obstacles
    to it, and its risks, all of those surveyed conclude that this model is
    considered, in the Canadian context, both effective and satisfactory.
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 C1 Univ Virginia, Dept Mech & Aerosp Engn, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA.
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 AU Jasimuddin, SM
 AF Jasimuddin, Sajjad M.
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    within a high-tech global corporation
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 LA English
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 ID COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; TACIT KNOWLEDGE; WEAK TIES; PERFORMANCE;
    MANAGEMENT; NETWORKS; CREATION; STRATEGY; SEARCH; IMPACT
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 C1 Univ Coll Wales Aberystwyth, Sch Management & Business, Aberystwyth SY23 3DD, Dyfed, Wales.
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 AU Jimenez-Jimenez, D
    Cegarra-Navarro, JG
 AF Jimenez-Jimenez, Daniel
    Cegarra-Navarro, Juan G.
 TI The performance effect of organizational learning and market orientation
 SO INDUSTRIAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Review
 DE organizational learning; learning orientation; market orientation;
    performance; competitive advantage
 ID SUSTAINED COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; BUSINESS PROFITABILITY; CUSTOMER
    ORIENTATION; MISSING LINK; FIRM; ANTECEDENTS; KNOWLEDGE; CONSEQUENCES;
    CAPABILITIES; CORPORATION
 AB In recent decades an important set of articles on management has
    focused upon the marketing concept and the related construct of market
    orientation. The next challenge is to understand how this
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    from 451 companies and through structural equation models, this study
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    it is mediated by organizational learning. The results also indicate
    that organizational learning has a positive effect on performance. (c)
    2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
 C1 Univ Murcia, Dept Org Empresas & Finanzas, Fac Econ & Empresa, E-30100 Murcia, Spain.
    Univ Politecn Cartagena, Dept Econ Empresa, Fac Ciencias Empresa, Murcia 30203, Spain.
 RP Jimenez-Jimenez, D, Univ Murcia, Dept Org Empresas & Finanzas, Fac Econ
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 EM danieljj@um.es
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 AU Forman, H
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    Kothandaraman, P
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    Kothandaraman, Prabakar
 TI Understanding users' performance evaluation of IT solutions
 SO INDUSTRIAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE knowledge workers; user evaluations; buying center; supply chain;
    consequences
 ID INFORMATION-SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; BUYING CENTER; TECHNOLOGY;
    MODEL; ADOPTION; DETERMINANTS
 AB Traditionally, buying center research in business marketing has long
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    Cavusgil, E
    Phelan, SE
 AF Seggie, Steven H.
    Cavusgil, Erin
    Phelan, Steven E.
 TI Measurement of return on marketing investment: A conceptual framework
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 SO INDUSTRIAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT
 LA English
 DT Article
 DE marketing returns; intangible assets; marketing metrics; value added
 ID RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; BRAND EQUITY; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CUSTOMER
    EQUITY; SHAREHOLDER VALUE; PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT; STRATEGY; ASSETS;
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 AF Godard, John
 TI Unions, work practices, and wages under different institutional
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 SO INDUSTRIAL & LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW
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 TI Examining non-linear relationships between human resource practices and
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    WORK PRACTICES; PRODUCTIVITY; TURNOVER; STRATEGY; IMPACT; INDUSTRY;
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