The recent growth and restructuring of the swine industry in the state of Mississippi has raised various environmental and socioeconomic concerns. We spatially examined the location and attributes of 67 industrial hog operations to determine if African American and low-income communities have a high prevalence of industrial hog operations located near their neighborhoods at the census block gro...

INTRODUCTION Previous authors have immobilized the injured hand or digits following cross finger flaps. PATIENTS AND METHODS About 3 years ago, the author adopted a protocol of immediate postoperative active and passive mobilization (without a splint) following cross finger flap surgery in industrial workers. The current study is a retrospective audit comparing postoperative complications and...

Crown rust, caused by the fungal pathogen, Puccinia coronata Corda var. avenae W.P. Fraser Ledingham, reduces kernel quality and grain yield in oat (Avena sativa L.). Partial resistance is considered to be a durable form of rust resistance. This study sought to evaluate the feasibility of simultaneously improving partial resistance to crown rust, grain yield, and seed weight in an oat populatio...

In this work, we report on the stabilization of 3C-AlN polytype by molecular-beam epitaxy sMBEd on 3C-SiC/Sis111d pseudosubstrates. The main purpose of the present studies is to analyze the mechanisms forcing the epitaxy of the 3C-AlN at typical MBE conditions. The forces driving the cubic polytype formation have been considered including supersaturation, macroscopic stress, interfacial energy,...

Two obstacles impede the development of productive theories in personality, social, and organizational psychology. First, the distinct frameworks are seldom integrated; the various theories sometimes yield incompatible implications. Second, because many findings in these fields seem intuitive, these observations do not augment the validity of these theories. To override these issues, this paper...

| Segmented Image Coding (SIC) produces images of better subjective quality than techniques such as the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) standard at very low bit rates. It segments images into regions of similar texture and codes their contour and texture separately. Most SIC techniques represent the texture as a linear combination of orthonormal base functions, which diier from region t...

For reducing the post-harvest loss and extension of shelf-life of banana, it is treated with fungicide or combination of fungicide and hot-water treatment. A study was conducted for developing a method to control post-harvest diseases and extension of shelf-life of banana through non-chemical method of hot water treatment. The best treatment combination was found at 53 °C for 9 minutes. Shelf-l...

Crime or deviance as a danger light shows the defects or deficiencies of society and usually has different causes and factors. This paper tries to answer this main question: What is deviant behavior? Which causes and factors generate student’s deviant behaviors? The main purpose of this study is to determine the effective social factors on female students' deviant behaviors. Hirsch’s social...