We tested whether compounds in ripe Solanum americanum fruits affect gut retention time of S. americanum seeds in Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum). Glycoalkaloids were of special interest because they commonly occur in ripe Solanum fruits and are associated with diarrhea in humans. Also, we determined the influence of gut retention time and the presence/absence of two glycoalkaloids, a-sola...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effectiveness of brief bedside cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training to improve the skill retention of hospital-based pediatric providers. We hypothesized that a low-dose, high-frequency training program (booster training) would improve CPR skill retention. PATIENTS AND METHODS CPR recording/feedback defibrillators were used to evaluate CPR quality during s...

INTRODUCTION With the rollout of "Option B+" in Mozambique in 2013, initial data indicated major challenges to early retention in antiretroviral therapy (ART) among HIV-positive pregnant women. We sought to develop and test a pilot intervention in 6 large public clinics in central Mozambique to improve retention of mothers starting ART in antenatal care. The results from the formative research ...

The most important performance parameter for an ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) pump is precision of retention times. Highest precision is required to identify compounds by retention times and subsequently accurately quantify the analyzed sample compounds. Gradient analysis can be done using either premixed mobile phases applying gradients from 0 to 100% B, as described in s...

PURPOSE This article reports on a randomized, controlled intervention study designed to reduce employee turnover by creating a retention specialist position in nursing homes. DESIGN AND METHODS We collected data three times over a 1-year period in 30 nursing homes, sampled in stratified random manner from facilities in New York State and Connecticut and randomly assigned to treatment and cont...

MOTIVATION Alignment of multiple liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) experiments is a necessity today, which arises from the need for biological and technical repeats. Due to limits in sampling frequency and poor reproducibility of retention times, current LC systems suffer from missing observations and non-linear distortions of the retention times across runs. Existing approaches f...

Quantitative structure–retention relationship (QSRR) models correlating the retention times of diverse chlorinated pesticides, herbicides, and organohalides in gas chromatography/electron capture detector (GC/ECD) system and their structures were developed based on different multivariate regression techniques by using molecular structural descriptors.Modeling of retention times of these compoun...

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Long-distance dispersal (LDD) events, although rare for most plant species, can strongly influence population and community dynamics. Animals function as a key biotic vector of seeds and thus, a mechanistic and quantitative understanding of how individual animal behaviors scale to dispersal patterns at different spatial scales is a question of critical importance from both basic and applied per...