We compared calcium (Ca) sources and intake, as well as multivitamin/mineral supplement use between female students with nutrition/health background and those from general-student-populations. 314 participants 18-37 y, including 57 African-Americans and 54 Caucasian-Americans recruited from Nutrition and/or other Health Sciences departments (NHS), and 100 African-American and 103 Croatian women...

Farmers’ markets presumably benefit local economies through enhanced retention of local dollars. Unlike other studies, the net impact of farmers’ markets on the West Virginia economy is examined. Producer survey results are used in estimating annual direct sales ($1.725 million). Using an IMPLAN-based input-output model, gross impacts are 119 jobs (69 full-time equivalent jobs) and $2.389 milli...

A new algorithm for translating ladder diagrams into instruction lists is presented in this paper. To perform this task a new class of digraphs called Fractal Series Parallel (FSP) digraphs is proposed for the first time, which can represent the Boolean functions of a ladder diagram more intuitively and concisely than binary trees. Our analysis is based on the fact that a General Series Paralle...

Group communications require special support for name and address management, QoS support, and connection establishment. The group and session management system (GMS) is a distributed directory system which is speci cally designed to support group communication infrastructures. This report brie y introduces the concepts of GMS, the data types available, and then gives the speci cation of GSP, t...

The effect of the volumetric energy density (VED) on keyhole formation, microstructural evolution and associated mechanical properties AlSi10Mg fabricated by selective laser melting (SLM) has been systematically investigated. results indicated that three modes could be distinguished during process, corresponding to different VED ranges, i.e. conduction mode (<50 J mm-3), transitional (~50–65 (>...

Groundnut shell powder contains significant amounts of the chemical silica (SiO) to be utilized as construction materials. Through use groundnut powder, this study seeks determine split tensile strength concrete (GSP). With a compressive design f'c =21.7 MPa, mixture adheres ACI 2I1.1-91. The aggregate crushed stone with maximum diameter 19.1 mm. Portland cement type I is utilized. variation 0%...