Outcomes research examines the effects of medical care interventions and policies on the health outcomes of individuals and society.1 Investigators conducting outcomes research seek to inform the development of clinical practice guidelines, to evaluate the quality of medical care, and to foster effective interventions to improve the quality of care.2 Outcomes research has traditionally used qua...

The EPIC model has been widely used in the world as an effective decision support tool in irrigation allocation and scheduling. However, there are still some uncertainties surrounding the soil water estimation of the EPIC model. In this paper the EPIC model was validated for soil water estimation in a semi-arid region, based on a set of long term experimental data on the Loess Plateau. Validati...

Profit Sharing and Training We analyze the impact of profit sharing on the share of workers receiving training. An effect is plausible because: 1) profit sharing is a credible commitment by firms to reward firmspecific skills acquired by formal or informal training, 2) profit sharing may reduce turnover and increase the returns to training, 3) a common payment for the whole workforce leads to p...

The object of tissue analysis is to secure an accurate representation of the condition of the tissue in its normal state. This can be accomplished only by first maintaining conditions which prevent further changes during the final preparation of the tissue. In the procedures now in general use the tissue is rapidly frozen in liquid air (1) or a CO2 snow-ethyl chloride mixture. It is then either...

Abstract. Soil evaporation concerns water and our life support sources, which are important for agriculture or climate change prediction science. A simple instrument based on the nonsteady-state (NSS) technique soil measurement appears suitable. However, because NSS chamber is highly invasive, special care should be provided to correct wind speed influence process. a complex process that involv...