OBJECTIVES To explore injured patients' experiences of trauma care to identify areas for improvement in service delivery. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Qualitative study using in-depth, semi-structured interviews, conducted from 1 April 2011 to 31 January 2012, with 120 trauma patients registered by the Victorian State Trauma Registry and the Victorian Orthopaedic Trauma Outcomes Registry ...

Managers of the nearly 0.5 million ha of public lands in North and South Dakota, USA rely heavily on manual measurements of canopy height in autumn to ensure conservation of grassland structure for wildlife and forage for livestock. However, more comprehensive assessment of vegetation structure could be achieved for mixed-grass prairie by integrating field survey, topographic position (summit, ...

Highway work zones interrupt regular traffic flows and create safety problems. Improving safety without sacrificing the main function of highways is a challenging task that traffic engineers and researchers have to confront. In this study, the concept of using crash severity index (CSI) for work zone safety evaluation was proposed and a set of CSI models were developed through the modeling of w...

Salinity stress declines plant growth and its efficiency, which is leading to a substantial reduction in crop yield. Presently, the worldwide challenges are meet food consumption demand, along with decreasing productivity per unit area at same time of environment. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) one major cereal grain crops losses gain yield exceeds 60% due salinity stress. Now, it imperative deve...

TIMOTHY D. MICKLEBOROUGH, LOREN CORDAIN, ROBERT W. GOTSHALL, and ALAN TUCKER. A Low Sodium Diet Improves Indices Of Pulmonary Function In Exercise-Induced Asthma. JEPonline, 3(2):46-54, 2000. The purpose of this study was to determine if manipulation of dietary sodium could influence the severity of exercise-induced asthma (EIA). Fifteen clinicallydiagnosed EIA subjects participated in a double...

The interaction between roots and bacterial communities in halophytic species is poorly understood. Here, we used Jerusalem artichoke cultivar Nanyu 1 (NY-1) to characterise root distribution patterns and determine diversity and abundance of bacteria in the rhizosphere soil under variable salinity. Root growth was not inhibited within the salinity range 1.2 to 1.9 g salt/kg, but roots were main...

A high-fructose diet is shown to induce salt-sensitive hypertension, but the underlying mechanism largely remains unknown. The major goal of the present study was to test the role of renal (pro)renin receptor (PRR) in this model. In Sprague-Dawley rats, high-fructose intake increased renal expression of full-length PRR, which were attenuated by allopurinol. High-fructose intake also upregulated...

The study is to evaluate the effect of age and sex on serological indices of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) reared in derived savanna area of Nigeria. A total of 200 quails comprising 100 each of male and female were selected for this study. Fifteen each of the males and females quails were randomly selected at each week of 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 respectively. Data were obtained on ...

Abstract Banana is cultivated abundantly in seaside regions, which are highly prone to rises sea level or where seawater mixes with groundwater. This study aimed investigate the effect of sea-salt stress on banana seedlings. Three different saline solutions, irrigation water, and distilled water were prepared for treatments; 15.3 dS m -1 , 20.4 25.7 3.22 (irrigation water), 0.0 (control), respe...