harvesting practices of potato is one of the most difficult, troublesome and sensitive stages. potatoes enter the machine with huge amounts of clod and stones: in the meantime separation of potato some stone and clod, which are the same size as of that the potatoes, shall be confide red a major problem. many methods of study by investigators are based on physical properties of potato, stone and...

An in-home beef study evaluated consumer ratings of clod steaks (n = 1,264) as influenced by USDA quality grade (Top Choice, Low Choice, High Select, and Low Select), city (Chicago and Philadelphia), consumer segment (Beef Loyals, who are heavy consumers of beef; Budget Rotators, who are cost-driven and split meat consumption between beef and chicken; and Variety Rotators, who have higher incom...

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disease related to the presence of elevated levels of platelet-associated immunoglobulin, or autoantibodies. In recent years the importance of macrophage Fc gamma receptors in the uptake of platelets in ITP has been confirmed. Although in patients with ITP the platelet destruction occurs in liver and spleen, in this present experimental mou...

Inflammation is associated with increased sympathetic drive in cardiovascular diseases. Blood-borne proinflammatory cytokines, markers of inflammation, induce cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) activity in perivascular macrophages of the blood-brain barrier. COX-2 generates prostaglandin E(2), which may enter the brain and increase sympathetic nerve activity. We examined the contribution of this mechanis...

N UMMULAR OR DYSREGULATIVE MICRObial eczema, which is a subtype of chronic dermatitis, is characterized by coin-shaped, sharply demarcated, erythematous lesions with serous exudates demonstrated on dermatopathologic examination. These serum exudates can be seen dermoscopically as shiny yellow clods with a diameter of 1 to 2 mm. The closest differential diagnoses, which are psoriasis and tinea c...

This paper describes a method of building and maintaining a good set of triangle strips for both static and continuous level–of–detail (CLOD) meshes. For static meshes, the strips are better than those computed by the classic SGI and STRIPE algorithms. For CLOD meshes, the strips are maintained incrementally as the mesh topology changes. The incremental changes are fast and the number of strips...

Determination of the suction compression index, Ch, is necessary for predicting expansive soil heave based on soil suction. The CLOD Test is a convenient laboratory procedure for determining Ch, however it is not widely used. Rather, engineers often rely upon empirical correlations to find Ch. A laboratory investigation was conducted to verify previously established empirical relationships. The...