sugarcane is cultivated in extensive areas in khuzestan it is irrigated through hydro-flume and in furrows. for an evaluation of the effect of deficit- irrigation on sugarcane yield, this experiment was conducted. the treatments consisted of the conventional irrigation method (blank), variable, every other irrigation, (by alternative furrows) and invariable every other irrigation (by fixing the...

A hypereference is defined as an electronic aid which provides immediate access to adjunct information with a clear and direct return path to the target information. Eighty undergraduate foreign language learners participated in this investigation of hypereference and conventional paper-based dictionary media on consultation frequency, reading time and comprehension. Findings revealed that the ...

Jean Sammet’s Roster of Programming Languages for 1974-75 (Sammet 1976) includes 167 different programming languages which were in use in the United States at the end of 1975: a full list, including languages used chiefly outside the United States and languages which had fallen into disuse by the end of 1975, would perhaps have run to 500 languages. There are languages for special purposes: APT...

Energy consumption can vary signifi cantly between conventional and organic production systems when accounting for direct energy inputs as well as indirect energy involved in manufacturing, shipping and applying pesticides and nitrogen-based fertilizers. Because organic agriculture reduces the amount of indirect energy inputs, it is often assumed that organic agriculture is less energy intensiv...

BACKGROUND Chronic pain is a common problem affecting about half of the general population. This has implications for the utilization of both conventional and alternative health services. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the use of conventional and alternative practitioners and medicines amongst individuals with chronic pain in the community. METHODS A total of 2422 individ...

OBJECTIVE To identify prevalence and patterns of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among youth with recurrent headaches (HA) and evaluate associations with co-occurring health problems and limitations as well as with the use and expenditures for conventional medical care. METHODS Variables were constructed for youth aged 10 to 17 by using linked data from the 2007 National Heal...

Energy consumption can vary signifi cantly between conventional and organic production systems when accounting for direct energy inputs as well as indirect energy involved in manufacturing, shipping and applying pesticides and nitrogen-based fertilizers. Because organic agriculture reduces the amount of indirect energy inputs, it is often assumed that organic agriculture is less energy intensiv...

1Section of Dermatology, Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Florence, Ospedale Piero Palagi, Viale Michelangelo 41, 50125 Florence, Italy 2SkinCare Physicians, Inc., 1244 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA 3Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA 4Hôpital Prive Clairval, 317 boulevard du Redon, 13009 Marseille, France 5Dermatology Clinic, Department o...

In developing countries urban wastewater management often fails to cope with increasing wastewater generation. Financial, technical and institutional limitations force authorities to discharge substantial amounts of untreated or partially treated wastewater into surface waters. Consequently, uncontrolled use of polluted water is increasingly common in the downstream peri-urban areas. Although w...

This study documents the drug therapy patterns and 1-year treatment costs for 18,833 Medicaid patients with schizophrenia treated with conventional antipsychotic medications in Michigan, Kentucky, Alabama, and Georgia. One in four patients used no antipsychotic, but had total costs that were less than for treated patients (-$2,576, p < .0001); 18 percent of treated patients delayed therapy for ...