A trial was established using three month old asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) plants in a volcanic soil at Chillán (36°32’ S; 71°55’ W). Experimental design was randomized complete blocks with four replicates. Plots had four 6 m long rows of plants. Distance between rows was 1.5 m and in-row 0.2 m. The evaluated cultivars were: ‘Atlas’, ‘Grande’ and ‘Apollo’ from Asparagus Seeds and Transp...

Background: There has been conflicting data on whether Nursing Magnet Hospitals (NMH) provide better care. Methods: NMH in the Southwest USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, and New Mexico) were compared to hospitals not designated as NMH using the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) hospital compare star designation. Results: NMH had higher star ratings than non-NMH hospital...

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is de facto the only inter-domain routing protocol of the Internet. Although the protocol is reasonably simple, due to the size of its current deployment many anomalies can be observed. Such anomalies are for example very long convergence time or path haunting. Some techniques (e.g., like route ap damping) have been applied to tackle the observed problems but they ...

Franklin BM, Xiang L, Collett JA, Rhoads MK, Osborn JL. Open problem-based instruction impacts understanding of physiological concepts differently in undergraduate students. Adv Physiol Educ 39: 327–334, 2015; doi:10.1152/advan.00082.2015.—Student populations are diverse such that different types of learners struggle with traditional didactic instruction. Problem-based learning has existed for ...

This is a presentation of a new system for invariant recognition of 2D objects with overlapping classes, that can not be effectively recognized with the traditional methods. The translation, scale and partial rotation invariant contour object description is transformed in a DCT spectrum space. The obtained frequency spectrums are decomposed into frequency bands in order to feed different BPG ne...

Student populations are diverse such that different types of learners struggle with traditional didactic instruction. Problem-based learning has existed for several decades, but there is still controversy regarding the optimal mode of instruction to ensure success at all levels of students' past achievement. The present study addressed this problem by dividing students into the following three ...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to examine the quality in oncology registration trials for new drug application (NDA) or supplemental new drug application (sNDA) as extensions of the indications for use in Japan based on Good Clinical Practice (GCP) audit findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS We collected audit reports of on-site GCP inspections for registration trials in 383 NDAs or sNDAs that were re...

BACKGROUND The nosology of the psychosis high-risk state is controversial. Traditionally conceived as an 'at risk' state for the development of psychotic disorders, it is also conceptualised as a clinical syndrome associated with functional impairment. AIMS To investigate meta-analytically the functional status of patients at high clinical risk for psychosis and its association with longitudi...

will propose a prohibition on industry sponsored reviews when he speaks at the Barcelona meeting. One important group, until now silent in this debate, are the public agencies who currently provide a large part of the collaboration's core funding. In England, the Department of Health's funding is signed off by the director of research and development, John Pattison. " It seems perfectly legitim...