A study was carried out during the rainy (kharif) season of 2015 and 2016 at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, to evaluate effect 6 weed-management practices on growth, yield soil microflora with 3 different direct-seeded upland rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties. The percentage grasses higher, followed by broad leaf weeds in variety ‘Maizubiron’ ‘Guni’ critical crop growth period. lowest we...

The comparative analysis of plant hormones was undertaken on a 1-naphthaleneacetic acid tolerant mutant and normal tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv Xanthi) plantlets. The mutant plantlet was scrubby and impaired in its root morphogenesis. Degeneration of the root meristem was studied on tissue sections; it appeared very fast (as early as the 3rd or 4th day after sowing), after which the root was f...

The number of calendar days since sowing is a commonly used means of expressing time. Using calendar days can be relevant for comparing genotypes in a given experiment, if environmental conditions remain constant throughout the plant culture. However plant development is highly dependent upon environmental conditions. As a consequence, using calendar days does not allow comparing genotypes that...

BACKGROUND Post-discharge care remains a challenge because continuity of care is often interrupted and adverse events frequently occur. Previous studies have focused on early readmission but few have investigated emergency department (ED) visit after discharge. METHODS This retrospective observational study was conducted between April 2011 and March 2012 in a referral center in Taiwan. Patien...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Ischemic stroke is a known complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Treatment of AMI has undergone great changes in recent years. We aimed to investigate whether changes in treatment corresponded to a lower incidence of ischemic stroke and which factors predicted ischemic stroke after AMI. METHODS Data were taken from the Swedish Register of Information and Kn...

Long-term use of drip irrigation technology may lead to root degradation and affect shoot growth and yield. A field experiment was conducted to investigate aboveand belowground growth responses to drip irrigation under mulch film (DI) in comparison to flood irrigation under mulch film (FI) in cotton. The monolith method was used to harvest roots at seven timepoints in the growth periods, and th...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate unplanned hospital visits within 30 days of urethral sling placement in the form of emergency department visits, inpatient admissions, or repeat surgery. METHODS We accessed nonpublic data from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development in the state of California for the years 2005-2011. All female patients who underwent an ambulatory urethral sling procedur...

The objective of this study was to determine the residual pro-or anti-oxidant effects in rat brain 30 days after systemic administration of a 5 nm citrate-stabilized ceria dispersion. A ∼4% aqueous ceria dispersion was iv-infused (0 or 85 mg/kg) into rats which were terminated 30 days later. Ceria concentration, localization, and chemical speciation in the brain was assessed by inductively coup...

BACKGROUND Predictive scores such as APACHE II and SAPS II have been used to assess patients in intensive care units, but only the modified early warning (MEW) score has been used to assess acutely ill general medical patients. DESIGN Observational study of predictors of mortality. SETTING Small Irish rural hospital. METHODS From 17 February 2000 to 29 January 2004, 9,964 consecutive pati...

Fusarium wilts are widespread diseases affecting most agricultural crops. In absence of efficient alternatives, sowing resistant cultivars is the preferred approach to control this disease. However, actual resistance sources are often overcome by new pathogenic races, forcing breeders to continuously search for novel resistance sources. Selection of resistant accessions, mainly based on the eva...