DuPont). Evading a common enough mistake in this sort of work in the past, the preparers make no attempt to retain current or presentist (and hence necessarily ephemeral) categories. Thus, throughout the approximately 550 large-format pages of this section, one will find "Dyspepsia" next to "Ebola Virus Disease," and "Gangrene" next to "Giardiasis". A salubrious eclecticism prevails. It is alwa...

6 International Symposium on Canine and Feline Reproduction & 6 Biennial EVSSAR Congress European Veterinary Society for Small Animal Reproduction "Reproductive biology and medicine of domestic and exotic carnivores" University of Veterinary Sciences 9 – 11 July 2008 Vienna, Austria Editors: G. England, P. Concannon, S. Schäfer-Somi Close this window to return to IVIS www.ivis.org Reprinted in ...

INTRODUCTION Osteochondral grafts have become popular for treating small, isolated and full-thickness cartilage lesions. It is recommended that a slightly oversized, rather than an exact-sized, osteochondral plug is transplanted to achieve a tight fit. Consequently, impacting forces are required to insert the osteochondral plug into the recipient site. However, it remains controversial whether ...

A 514 I f it weren't for the cement pipe segments nearly nine feet in diameter, oversize yellow backhoes, towering piles of sand, and yawning trenches scattering the streets, the section of Toronto near the junction of Connaught and Fargo avenues would look like an ordinary residential neighborhood. In spring 2011 this area of comfortable-looking contemporary houses surrounded by tidy landscapi...

This paper explains the problems that are due to poor Power Quality in electrical systems and shows their possible financial consequences. Power Quality is characterized by parameters that express harmonic pollution, reactive power and load unbalance. The best possible solutions to these problems are reviewed and their control systems are elaborated on. Solutions present in the field are explai...

this study was carried out in order to identify the effects of soil water depletion (swd) on monogerm sugar beet (cv. shirin) seed growth trend at different growth stages. an experiment was conducted in randomized complete block design (rcbd) with three replications in ardebil agricultural research station. during 2002 and 2003 cropping seasons, nine treatments including control (irrigation aft...

This project was an evaluation of theBioTro1, Inc. soil Washing System (BSWS), consisting of a proprietary mechanical soil washer and separation system, a Slurry BioReactor (SBR) provided by EIMCO Process Equipment Co., and BioTrol’s proprietary Aqueous Treatment System (BATS), a fixed-film, aerobic biological treatment process. In this study, both biological processes use bacterial populations...

The Direct Flow Medical (DFM) valve (Direct Medical, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA) is a nonmetallic transcatheter heart (THV) that was approved in Europe October 2014 for the treatment of aortic stenosis and retrieved from market after failing to secure funding January 2017.1Schofer J Colombo A Klugmann S et al.Prospective multicenter evaluation direct flow medical valve.J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014; 63 (do...

Sincemy appointment as the incoming 2016 Editor-in-Chief was announced last summer, I have received a number of perspectives on The FASEB Journal from contributors and readers, all positive. Some of the reviews also came from individuals who were prompted to look at the journal anew, with no editorial contributions to the journal or little familiarity with the publication; these comments also w...

The microwave processing of wood is a widely used as high intensity microwave treatment creates changes in wood structure, which might significantly contribute to the development needs of timber industry, by accelerating wood drying time, relieving of growth stresses, facilitating preservative impregnation and enabling the production of solid wood products. Microwave wood modification requires ...