in this study, the chemical composition of the tea wastes determined. the value of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, crude fiber, calcium and phosphorous 95, 94, 13.3, 23.1, 0.011 and 0.29 percent, respectively. in the experiment of digestibility by animal, five experimental rations (including tea waste and alfalfa in the proportion of 0:100, 10:90, 20:80, 25:75 and 30:70 percent) and ...

Recent protest movements brought attention to the one percent, a segment of the population that is critical to understanding inequality and social mobility but that attracts relatively little research attention. In this article, I survey current research on the one percent in the United States. I distinguish income from wealth and show that both are very concentrated but that the concentration ...

Four-hundred and seventeen patients undergoing open-heart surgery were followed for more than 9 months after transfusion. All 2270 blood units transfused had alanine aminotransferase levels less than or equal to 30 U/l. Blood units positive for antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) were more frequently associated with recipient hepatitis non-A, non-B (HNANB) (13.7%) than anti-HBc-ne...

Four containerized deciduous ornamental shrubs [deutzia (Deutzia gracilis L.), silverleaf dogwood (Cornus nlba 'Elegantissima'), red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea L.), and ninebark (Physocarpirs optilifolius L.)] were grown during each of two separate growing seasons using 12 different immature (nonaged) composts as media (year one, 12 weeks from start of windrowing; year two, 16-weeks) and als...

Between 1980 and 1992 in the U.S., the death rate due to infectious diseases as the underlying cause of death increased 58%, from 41 to 65 deaths per 100,000 population, according to the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.[1] The increase was larger among males (69%) than among females (44%). The greatest increase occurred among people between the ages of 25 and 44; in this age group, ...

BACKGROUND The objective was to determine secular trends in unintentional fall-related hospitalizations in people aged 65 years and older in the United States. MATERIALS Data were obtained from a nationally representative sample of emergency department visits from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2008, available through the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program. Th...

Of those who participated in the poll, 31 percent said they worked for health systems, while 24 percent worked at hospitals and 20 percent at group practices. Other answers included private practice (12 percent), academic health centers (9 percent) and managed care/insurance (1 percent). The largest number of respondents said their primary job title was medical director (147), followed by chief...