Assessment of genetic diversity and individual relationships in rice (Oryza sativa) germplasm collections seems to be necessary for future rice breeding program. In order to understand genetic relationships of 30 rice genotypes, nine morphological traits, seven physicochemical properties and twelve RAPD primers were used for study of 30 rice genotypes. Among morphological traits, numbe...

In two-stage cluster surveys, the traditional method used in second-stage sampling (in which the first household in a cluster is selected) is time-consuming and may result in biased estimates of the indicator of interest. Firstly, a random direction from the center of the cluster is selected, usually by spinning a pen. The houses along that direction are then counted out to the boundary of the ...

PURPOSE Results of the MENTORED QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IMPACT PROGRAM℠ (MQIIP) on Ensuring Insulin Pen Safety in Hospitals, which was part of an ASHP educational initiative aimed at ensuring the safe use of insulin pens in hospitals, are described. METHODS During this ASHP initiative, which also included continuing-education activities and Web-based resources, distance mentoring by pharmacists w...

where GK is the pluricomplex Green’s function of K with pole at infinity, d = ∂ + ∂̄, and d = (i/2π)(∂̄ − ∂). The support of μK is contained in the Shilov boundary of K. When n = 1, the measure μK is simply harmonic measure for the domain C − K evaluated at infinity. See Section 2. Let F : C → C be a regular polynomial endomorphism; that is, one which extends holomorphically to CP. The filled Jul...

THIS investigation was started in an attempt to produce a simple, self-recording method of examining the central visual field that is readily performed at a reading distance, for example at the bedside or desk. A specially-designed chart incorporating a grid system, a pen, and a good light are the only necessary items of equipment. The use of a grid is based on the chart described by Amsler (19...

This study quantified the behavior of 11 tigers during periodic access to an exercise pen throughout the day and night. The study determined the amount of time spent in the pen and the percentage of time spent performing stereotypic pacing, normal locomotor behavior, and lying down while in the pen. Average access to the exercise pen was 10 hr 49 min overnight and 5 hr 30 min during the day. At...

We have an ethical and scientific obligation to Refine all aspects of the life of the laboratory-housed dog. Across industry there are many differences amongst facilities, home pen design and husbandry, as well as differences in features of the dogs such as strain, sex and scientific protocols. Understanding how these influence welfare, and hence scientific output is therefore critical. A signi...

Field studies were conducted from July 2002 to January 2003 for evaluating the effects of controlled aeration and a commercial biological insecticide, spinosad, in suppressing insect populations in stored wheat. Six cylindrical steel bins were filled with newly harvested (2002 crop year) hard red winter wheat on 9 and 10 July 2002. Each bin contained 30.7 metric tons (1,100 bu) of wheat. Wheat ...

– A novel insight into the dynamics of a fluidized granular system is given by a nuclear magnetic resonance method that yields the spin-echo attenuation proportional to the spectrum of the grain positional fluctuation. Measurements of the air-fluidized oil-filled spheres and mustard seeds at different degrees of fluidization and grain volume fractions provide the velocity autocorrelation that d...

A field experiment was conducted to find out the impact of weeding regime on performance three Aus rice. The experimental treatment consisted varieties rice viz. BRRI dhan28, Bere Ratna and Kajol Lata, four regimes no weeding, one hand at 35 days after sowing (DAS), two weedings 20 DAS 20, 50 DAS. laid in a factorial randomized complete block design with replications. Eleven weed species belong...