INTRODUCTION 4 This subject, Urban Wet-Weather Flows, was comprised of three basic subareas – combined-sewer 5 overflows (CSOs), sanitary-sewer overflows (SSOs), and stormwater discharges. Major proceedings 6 related to wet-weather flow (WWF) published during 2000 were the following: (1) ASCE EWRI 7 Conference – Bridging the Gap: Meeting the World’s Water and Environmental Resources Challenges ...

PURPOSE To investigate the chemokine expression profiles in the aqueous humor of wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) patients and to correlate their levels with clinical findings. METHODS Undiluted aqueous humor samples (100-200 μl) were obtained from 16 wet AMD eyes and 12 control eyes. Forty chemokines were measured using a multiplex method. A 6×6 mm area of the macular region ce...

Interleukin (IL)-11, like other members of the gp130 receptor class, possesses anti-inflammatory properties. We hypothesized that IL-11 pretreatment would attenuate endotoxin [lipopolysaccharide (LPS)]-induced lung inflammation and diminish injury to endothelium-dependent and -independent mechanisms of pulmonary vasorelaxation that require cGMP in Sprague-Dawley rats. LPS (20 mg/kg ip) increase...

Pollen data from 30 sites in arid and semi-arid regions of China were reviewed to document regional patterns of Holocene vegetation and climate change and to understand the large-scale controls on these changes. Vegetation at most sites in eastern Inner Mongolia switched between forest, forest steppe, and typical steppe, showing maximum moisture conditions before 6 ka (1 ka 1⁄4 1000 cal yr BP) ...

Two randomized block experiments were conducted to determine the effects of litter moisture and age on the development of foot pad dermatitis (FPD) in female growing turkeys. Pens were littered with fresh wood shavings at the start of the experiments and excreta and soiled litter were replaced twice daily to maintain clean litter. In experiment 1 the birds (n = 5/pen) were subjected to increasi...

background: this study was conducted to assess the effect of thickness and hydration condition on the surface microhardness of endosequence root repair material putty (errm; brasseler usa, savannah, ga), a premixed bioceramic material. materials and methods: polymethyl methacrylate cylindrical molds with an internal diameter of 4 mm and three heights of 2, 4, and 6 mm were fabricated. in group ...

A feeding trial evaluated the hypothesis that wet corn gluten feed would improve growth performance of cattle fed steam-flaked corn-based finishing diets and supply required degradable intake protein (DIP). The trial used 360 steer calves (initial BW = 288 +/- 11 kg) housed in 36 pens for 166 d in an incomplete 4 x 3 factorial arrangement of treatments. Pens of steers were assigned to treatment...