Previous studies with different experimental methods have demonstrated that photosynthesis significantly influences soil respiration (RS). To compare the experimental results of different methods, RS after girdling and defoliation was measured in five-year-old seedlings of Fraxinus mandshurica from June to September. Girdling and defoliation significantly reduced RS by 33% and 25% within 4 days...

689. Antibiotic Prescribing and Stewardship Opportunities within a Veterans Affairs Dental Care Practice Kimberly Y. Grady, DDS, MPH; Nathan Shively, MD; Cornelius J. Clancy, MD and Brooke K. Decker, MD, CIC; Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, School of Med...

689. Antibiotic Prescribing and Stewardship Opportunities within a Veterans Affairs Dental Care Practice Kimberly Y. Grady, DDS, MPH; Nathan Shively, MD; Cornelius J. Clancy, MD and Brooke K. Decker, MD, CIC; Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, School of Med...

689. Antibiotic Prescribing and Stewardship Opportunities within a Veterans Affairs Dental Care Practice Kimberly Y. Grady, DDS, MPH; Nathan Shively, MD; Cornelius J. Clancy, MD and Brooke K. Decker, MD, CIC; Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, School of Med...

CONTEXT Low bone mineral density (BMD) has been associated with increased all-cause mortality. Cause-specific mortality studies have been controversial. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate associations between BMD and all-cause mortality and in-depth cause-specific mortality. DESIGN AND SETTING We studied two cohorts from the prospective Rotterdam Study (RS), initiated in 1990...

We report the design, growth, and characterization of an AlGaInP-based VECSEL, designed to be optically-pumped with inexpensive high power blue InGaN diode laser, for emission around 689 nm. Up 140 mW output is achieved in a circularly-symmetric single transverse (TEM 00 ) longitudinal mode, tunable from 683 693 With intensity stabilization pump frequency-stabilization VECSEL resonator referenc...

background: almost one third of the global population is living in developing south asia where disease occurrence is high especially in rural areas and people are unaware of water-borne diseases and cost of illness. methods: the quantitative approach involved questionnaire based study (n=50 households). the community awareness, the occurrence of water-borne diseases with related cost of illness...

promotion of the dietary fiber of foods can enhance human health by reducing the risk of many serious diseases. cakes are among the highly consumed foods but sadly of low fiber content. therefore, increasing the fiber content in them is of great importance, and this was the aim followed in this study. wheat flour was partially replaced at 0, 10, 20 and 30% (w/w) with corn resistant starch (rs),...