Establishing seedlings in subtropical plantations is very important for forest health, succession and management. Information on seedling nutrient concentrations is essential for both the selection of suitable indigenous tree species to accelerate succession of the established plantation and sustainable forest management. In this study, we investigated the concentrations of nitrogen ([N]), phos...

This study determined the microbiological and chemical quality of ice produced and bagged on premises in retail establishments and in free-standing self-service ice vending machines in the state of Georgia and compared the results with that from ice produced by manufacturing companies monitored by the International Packaged Ice Association. Two hundred fifty bags of packaged ice samples were ob...

Aim: To create awareness among the farmers about Direct seeded rice (DSR) which is resource-intensive technology to a substitute of planting in Rice wheat cropping system.
 Study Design: Survey method.
 Place and Duration Study: Krishi Vigyan Kendra (ICAR-IIVR) conducted training programs on dry-direct amongst farming community Deoria District, Uttar Pradesh, from Kharif 2010 2019.&#x...

Background: Medical errors, including human are one of the most important and sensitive issues in health system. Human errors can endanger patients’ life during service provision. Therefore, healthcare workers should ensure safety by reducing errors. This study aimed to identify evaluate among nurses working at an Iranian Hospital. Methods: is a cross-sectional which was carried out using SHERP...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate an encounter-based immunization prompting system on resident performance in administering vaccines and knowledge of immunization guidelines. DESIGN/METHODS Prospective randomized, controlled trial. Subjects were first- and second-year pediatric residents in a hospital-based continuity clinic. The intervention group received manual prompts of immunizations due. Postclini...

Northern’ red oak (Quercus rubra L.) (NRO) and white oak (0. alba L.) (WO) acorns were sown into wooden plots and grown under 30 percent shade screen (30 percent S) or 70 percent shade screen (70 percent S). Seedlings grown under full sun were the controls (C). At the end of the first year, the 30 percent S NRO had 30 percent greater seedling dry weight (DW) than C seedlings. No growth differen...

the effect of tricyclazole application on waterlogging damage alleviation in canola seedlings was evaluated in a pot experiment in complete randomized design layout with three replications. treatments included: control (no waterlogging), waterlogging, tricyclazole plus waterlogging and tricyclazole. tricyclazole (75%) applied at three-leaf stage on canola seedlings. seedlings were exposed to wa...

BACKGROUND Surveys of doctors suggest that they use placebos and placebo effects clinically to help patients. However, patients' views are not well-understood. We aimed to identify when and why placebo-prescribing in primary care might be acceptable and unacceptable to patients. METHODS A purposive diverse sample of 58 English-speaking adults (18 men; aged 19-80 years) participated in 11 focu...