Kernel size is the main hazelnut quality parameter for consumption market. However, industrial purposes are destination cultivars. This work aims to identify aptitude relationships kernel size, and qualitative nut traits eligible enhance hazelnut’s commercial value. The of cv “Negret” “Pauetet” were assessed via in-shell shelled sizes two years. In-shell hazelnuts tested weight, shape, percent ...

Controversy exists among the orthopedic community regarding the treatment of gunshot injuries. No consistent treatment algorithm exists for treatment of low energy gunshot wound (GSW) trauma. The purpose of this study was to critically examine the wound contamination following low velocity GSW based upon bullet caliber and clothing fiber type found within the injury track. Four types of handgun...

BACKGROUND The choices of suture methods used to secure the end of a small-caliber tendon with a combination of suture materials passing through and looping around the tendon are not well documented. A secure stitch-tendon unit may be an important factor in preserving muscle function, by facilitating healing without gapping or failure. METHODS Five types of suture methods utilizing four or fe...

Physical activities and sedentary behaviors are 2 broad classes of behavior that may be clearly distinguished from each other and have different patterns of determinants. The authors examined the associations of physical activity and television viewing time with retinal vascular caliber among US adults (n = 5,893) from 4 racial/ethnic groups in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (2002-20...

background: organic acids refer to a family of compounds that are intermediates in a variety of metabolic pathways. many organic acids are present in urine from clinically normal individuals. elevated levels of urine organic acids cause to the organic acidurias, disorders in which some metabolic pathways in organic acid metabolism are blocked. the present work identified major and minor urinary...

The self-tightening technology of body tube is to apply a certain pressure in the inner bore so that corresponding residual stress generated tube, and can improve situation when it use extend its service life. Most existing research for large-caliber artillery are simplified thick-walled cylinder model, ignoring internal rifling chrome-plated processing factors, impact load on cracks stresses s...

THE CARDIOVASCULAR system serves the biologic organism as a transportation and mixing system. The demalnd by the organism for this service varies in different tissues and at different times while the volume of blood in the organism tends to remain constant. The cardiovascular system fulfills its function, therefore, by varying the rate and the distribution of blood flow. Blood vessels play a ma...

BACKGROUND Inflammation contributes to cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetes, which are often characterized by microvascular alterations. We investigated whether myeloid-related protein 8/14 complex (MRP8/14) secreted by transmigrating monocytes and granulocytes may represent a biomarker for microvascular alterations in patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy. METHODS MRP8/14 ...