The wine industry generates a large amount of waste, and composting is an alternative for recycling these residues with agronomic environmental advantages. With this aim, grape marc stalks were composted in static turned piles, three six turns, to investigate the effects pile conditions during order improve final compost quality. Thermophilic temperatures attained soon after construction, highe...

t p t w i c w he purpose of this report is to document the normal ange of the subscapularis belly-press test and to dene factors that influence it to aid in the assessment of ubscapularis function in relevant shoulder pathology nd procedures. Both shoulders in 204 patients with o history of shoulder problems were tested with an sobex machine. Patients were educated on proper echnique before tes...

1Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan 2Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan 3School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan 4Department of Radiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 407, Taiwan 5Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Science,...

Vaginal lactobacilli (VLB) spread from the mother to the infant during vaginal delivery. However, the effects of VLB on infant intestinal function remain unclear. We investigated the probiotic function and immune effects of VLB on the human embryonic intestinal epithelial cell line INT-407. VLB survived artificial gastric juice and adhered to INT-407 cells. Exposure of INT-407 cells to VLB atte...

Mature weight, maturation rate and lifetime maternal performance, through a maximum of seven calving seasons, were analyzed for 182 cows of Angus (A) and Milking Shorthorn (S) breeds and the two reciprocal crossbred groups. Mature weight and rate of maturation were estimated for the three-parameter growth curve described by Brody. Estimates derived for mature weight (kilograms), both unadjusted...

As a novel approach to characterize the phenolic pollutants of Lake Balaton (Central Europe, western Hungary), 26 endocrine disrupting phenols (chlorophenols, nitrophenols, alkylphenols, triclosan, bisphenol-A) were quantified in dissolved and suspended particulate matter (SPM) phases, alike. Sample collection was performed in the western and eastern basins, at 20 sites in April and October 201...