BACKGROUND The estimation of the distance from the skin to the thoracic epidural space or skin to epidural depth (SED) may increase the success rate and decrease the incidence of complications during placement of a thoracic epidural catheter. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the most comprehensive imaging modality of the spine, allowing for the accurate determination of tissue spaces and dis...

[1] The ion measurements of the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer are presented which were acquired on 26 December 2005, during the T9 flyby at Titan. The plasma flow and magnetic field directions in the distant plasma environment of the moon were distinctly different from the other flybys. The near-Titan environment, dominated by ions of Titan origin, had a split signature, each with different ion c...

A 65-year-old man had a tender soft-tissue swelling in the right paraspinal area at the T1 0-T11 level and paraplegia of 1 0 days duration. Chest radiograph showed healed tubercular lesions in the upper right lung. Vertebral bodies and paravertebral areas were reported to be normal. Blood and sputum cultures for acid-fast bacilli were negative. Metrizamide myelography showed a complete block at...

abstract- to investigate the effects of bio-chemical and organic fertilizers on yield and seeds npk contents of pumpkin (cucurbita pepo var. styriaca), an experiment was conducted at the research farm of kurdistan university in 2009 growing season. treatments were included 1) control, 2) seeds inoculated with free-living n fixing bacteria (nfb), 3) seeds inoculated with phosphate-solubilizing b...

abstract study design . a retrospective radiographic review was undertaken in patients treated for ais. objectives. to determine the most important preoperative factors that affect on postoperative junctional kyphosis complication. methods sagittal spine profilewere measured on the standing radiographs before, after and in the last follow-up visit of the operated patients for ais. the following...

these, 41.2% were characterized as GII.3 (mostly with a GII.Pb pol), 26.5% as GII. Pg_GII.1, and 17.6% as GII.4 variants. From spring to fall 2012, the variant New Orleans 2009 became the predominant GII.4 strain, and the variant Sydney 2012 strain apparently disappeared. During November–December 2012 and January 2013, ISGEV detected NoV infection in 90 (28.9%) of 311 children hospitalized for ...

The tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is a devastating pest associated with tomato. In this study, effects of tomato plants treated with vermicompost (20, 40, and 60%), humic fertilizer (2, 4 and 6 g/kg soil) and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus subtilis) were investigated on the life table parameters of T. absoluta in a growth chamber at 25 ± 2...

Concerns about energy security and climate change have increased biofuel demand, particularly ethanol produced from cellulosic feedstocks (e.g., food crop residues). A central challenge to cropping for cellulosic ethanol is the potential environmental damage from increased fertilizer use. Previous analyses have assumed that cropping for carbohydrate in residue will require the same amount of fe...

Appropriate fertilizer application is an important management practice to improve soil fertility and quality in the red soil regions of China. In the present study, we examined the effects of five fertilization treatments [these were: no fertilizer (CK), rice straw return (SR), chemical fertilizer (NPK), organic manure (OM) and green manure (GM)] on soil pH, soil organic carbon (SOC), total nit...

An experiment was conducted on “Response of inorganic fertilizers, wheat residue and rhizobium soil health yield attributes Green gram (Vigna radiata L.) var. Samrat” at research farm Soil Science Agricultural Chemistry, design laid out in randomized block (RBD) with three replications. taken for study recommended doses fertilizers (N, P2O5 K2O @ 20, 40 20 kg ha-1) applied rhizobium. The variet...