hysteresis has been widely recognized in the soil water relationship. in this paper, a detailed review of hysteresis was performed in relation to its models. so far, different models have been suggested to describe hysteresis in the water retention curve (wrc) that could be categorized into two main groups: conceptual and empirical models. the models in the first group are based on the domain t...

The ultimate answer to the question, “Why research in family medicine?” is to provide better care for our patients. Through research we want to improve quality of primary care by improving our understanding and practice of it. This research will inevitably be specifi c for family medicine as family medicine is a specifi c discipline. In this article we fi rst explore what makes family medicine ...

Dilema: O caso retrata a difícil decisão da família de Alfredo por doar, ou não, os órgãos do falecido. Esta é influenciada pela qualidade dos serviços prestados pelo hospital à família, assim como habilidade profissionais linha frente em lidarem com um momento tão sensível. Jorge, coordenador Central Estadual Transplantes (CET), precisa agir para aumentar o número “sim” às doações doadores fal...

Haematologica vol. 85(3):March 2000 4. Carlotti A, Chaib F, Couble A, Bourgeois N, Blanchard V, Villard J. Rapid identification and fingerprinting of Candida krusei by PCR-based amplification of the species-specific repetitive polymorphic sequence CKRS-1. J Clin Microbiol 1997; 35:1337-43. 5. Vazquez JA, Beckley A, Donabedian S, Sobel JD, Zervos MJ. Comparison of restriction enzyme analysis ver...

BACKGROUND "Pay for performance" is an incentive system that has been gaining acceptance in medicine and is currently being considered for implementation in dentistry. However, it remains unclear whether pay for performance can effect significant and lasting changes in provider behavior and quality of care. Provider acceptance will likely increase if pay for performance programs reward true qua...

The use of technology has certainly been explored and drug identification verification is a targeted area for automation interventions. However, as pointed out, putting a machine in the interaction between patients and doctors does not automatically improve safety. In fact, potential vulnerabilities can be exposed by increasing the complexity of the system as argued by the Normal Accident Theor...

in the present work a two dimensional numerical investigation of steam flows in a turbine blade passage is performed. a finite volume approach has been used and the pressure–velocity coupling is resolved using the simple algorithm. the purpose of this paper is to find that one of the used turbulent models is better for this kind of studies. a structured mesh arrangement with boundary layer mesh...