this experiment was conducted with the objective of evaluating the performance sage (salvia officinalis l.) in different agroecology of ethiopia for morpho-agronomic and chemical traits at wondo genet, hawassa, qoqa and holleta for two years from 2011/2012 to 2012/2013 cropping seasons. data on plant height, branch number/plant, fresh leaf weight/plant, fresh stem weight/plant, above ground bio...

A variable-thickness carbon fiber placement technique was developed by adding new functions to the existing automated placement. In this study we propose a multi-objective optimization method achieve high strength and low weight for using Christensen fracture criterion mean curvature (or weight) as objective functions, orientation thickness distribution of prepreg tape design variables. The app...

PURPOSE Recent recommendations advise 30-60 min of physical activity per day to prevent weight gain and 60-90 min to prevent weight regain. No studies have used objective measures of physical activity to verify these public health recommendations. The purpose of this study was to use objective measures to quantify the amount and intensity of physical activity in a weight-loss-maintainer group a...

Our objectives were to evaluate maternal body changes in response to dietary restriction or the increased nutrient requirement of fetal growth. In Exp. 1, 28 mature crossbred ewes (61.6 +/- 1.8 kg initial BW) were fed a pelleted forage-based diet to evaluate effects of pregnancy and nutrient restriction on visceral organ mass. Treatments were arranged in 2 x 3 factorially, with dietary restrict...

Background: In major orthopedic surgery, prevention of venous thromboembolism has been based on Unfractionated Heparins (UFHs) over the past decades, then on LowMolecular Weight Heparins (LMWHs), and on New Oral Anticoagulants (NOACs) more recently. To summarize the comparative effectiveness of UFHs, LMWHs, and NOACs in this clinical indication, we applied Bayesian network meta-analysis to the ...

In this report, findings from the Final Evaluation Report of North Carolina’s Maternal Outreach Worker (MOW) Program are presented. The focus here is on the evaluation of program objectives, as originally proposed in the 1991 grant application to the Kate B. Reynolds Foundation. The MOW Program is a community-based home visiting program designed to help low income and at-risk pregnant women mak...

BACKGROUND Evidence regarding bias, precision, and accuracy in adolescent self-reported height and weight across demographic subpopulations is lacking. The bias, precision, and accuracy of adolescent self-reported height and weight across subpopulations were examined using a large, diverse and representative sample of adolescents. A second objective was to develop correction equations for self-...

the objective of the present study was to determine polymorphism within the promoter region of somatotropin receptor genes in indigenous sistani cattle (bos indicus) and associations between this polymorphism and breeding value of birth weight. the pedigree structure was included by considering 1173 animals with 600 progeny birth weight data obtained from a zhark breeding station in sistan and ...