The use of urea as nitrogen (N) fertilizer in agriculture needs to consider environmental, economic and resource conservation aspects because low N-use efficiency (NUE). Polymer-coated (PCU) offers an effective way improve the NUE reduce its environmental trade-offs. However, we lack information on impact climate soil properties N release from PCU. Therefore, this study was performed quantify e...

This study was undertaken to examine macrophage response to polycarbonate-urethane, a proposed alternative material to polyethylene in acetabular components of total hip arthroplasty. Polyethylene wear debris from total joint replacements has been linked to osteolysis and implant lifespan. It has been shown in vitro, that polyethylene particles cleaned of endotoxin generate less of an inflammat...

In this paper we propose an adaptive Joint Source and Channel Coding (JSCC) associated with adequate modulation algorithm to provide a near channel capacity video transmission rate to achieve better system performance. In the proposed algorithm we apply MPEG-2 video coding scheme, and turbo channel coding technique as well as BPSK/QPSK for modulation method. Rates assigned to MPEG-2 source codi...

To evaluate the effects on the family of a comprehensive programme of terminal cancer care, 20 close relatives of patients who had died in a Palliative Care Unit (PCU) were compared with a matched group of 20 relatives of patients who had died of cancer in other wards of the same teaching hospital. Interviewed by telephone 1 year and 2 weeks after bereavement, relatives of PCU patients report s...

This paper presents an architecture for synchronization of threads or tasks when accessing regions of virtual memory. Access control is defined on a memory region through a view that defines the size of access units and also the protocol in terms of a Finite State Machine (FSM). Variable-sized access units are obtained without altering the underlying fixed sized paging implementation. Trace-dri...

To evaluate how enhanced efficiency liquid nitrogen (N) fertilizers affect winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) production under irrigated and rain-fed environments, experiments were conducted at two five sites across the Canadian Prairies from 2013 to 2018 (22 site-years). The N included urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) treated with i) urease inhibitor N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT), ii...

Abstract Background The prevalence of chronic diseases in the elderly is high, and some use herbal medicines instead of, or together with, conventional medicine. Herbal medicine usage may cause adverse events. Objectives To determine among attending a primary care unit (PCU) Songklanagarind Hospital, tertiary teaching hospital Hat Yai, Songkhla province, Thailand, associated factors, reasons fo...

The professional advice and support given on evidence based medicine is the easiest part of the education. We always provide a short but clear overview of the three main prostate diseases: prostatitis, benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer (PCa) and their relationship to Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). The emphasis that we diagnose far more BPH then PCa has an immediate calming...

Central Java Province has experienced increased movement due to economic, social, and cultural developments. This activity caused transportation problems, highlighting the need for effective planning. A commonly used method planning is four-step technique. Therefore, this study aimed estimate origin-destination (O-D) matrix in 2022 2040. The traffic count was utilized calculating O-D 2022, whil...