The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) submission “Revisiting the FluorideOsteosarcoma connection in the context of Elise Bassin’s findings: Part II” to the National Research Council (NRC) contained a postscript about an osteosarcoma epidemiology study in Kenya. This work by Bovill et. al. (1985) was never considered by the NRC in 1993, perhaps because the study was not specifically looking for a co...

The purpose of this study was to determine how agricultural education instructors and their administrators viewed the importance of the current and future instructional areas as part of the agricultural education curriculum in Nebraska. The population of the study included all agricultural teachers, principals, and superintendents of secondary schools in Nebraska which offered agricultural educ...

In a 120 day feeding trial, 8 cattle heifers (87±5 kg and 6 to 7 months) were randomly divided into two equal groups of four animals each (control and supplemented). During the trial, heifers in both the groups were offered National Research Council (NRC) recommended diet with or without yeast supplementation. The diet was formulated by adapting the small dairy breeds heifers’ nutrients require...

The National Research Council (NRC) conducted a Decadal Survey of Earth Sciences [1] for NASA, and formulated a chronological plan for critical Earth Science missions to be flown over the next decade. The Survey recommended that NASA proceed with a number of missions immediately, one of which was called DESDynI (Deformation, Ecosystem Structure, and Dynamics of Ice), comprising both polarimetri...

Based on applications of the 1996 National Research Council (NRC) Nutrient Requirement of Beef Cattle (2000 update) model at our laboratories and on use of the model to evaluate published literature, it is our assessment that the NRC model (Level 1) represents an advancement in nutrient requirements of grazing cattle. We evaluated 8 published studies (35 treatment observations) to compare obser...

ziyād b. ‘ubayd, as one of the four arab ingenious figures, had a very impressive role in consolidation of the foundations of umayyads’ rule. as the son of ‘ubayd, the anatolian salve of ḥārith b. kalda thaqafī, and sumayya, his infamous slave girl, he was put in mu‘āwiya service after his adoption by abū sufyān in 44/664 and a year later was appointed as the governor of baṣra. ziyād’s manageri...

' Modern diagnosis and treatment make an increasing demand for methods by which the functional efficiency of organs or systems of the body may be objectively and quantitatively determined. It is important alike for the physician and for the surgeon to be able to assess the degree of impairment with which he has to deal. It may also be necessary to have means of measuring a disability for such p...

Planners have regarded understanding urban use per capita since the beginning of new thinking of urban development. This was stared with its pragmatics toward primary comprehensive urban plans and became a source for urban development plans that have tried to adapt per capita and standards with country’s conditions. Iran's Supreme Council for Planning and Architecture, determined standards per ...

Paul A. Heidenreich, MD, MS, FAHA, Chair; Justin G. Trogdon, PhD; Olga A. Khavjou, MA; Javed Butler, MD, MPH, FAHA; Kathleen Dracup, RN, DNSc; Michael D. Ezekowitz, MBChB, DPhil, FRCP, FAHA; Eric Andrew Finkelstein, PhD, MHA; Yuling Hong, MD, PhD, FAHA*; S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, PhD, FAHA; Amit Khera, MD, MSc; Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, MSc, FAHA; Sue A. Nelson, MPA; Graham Nichol, MD, MPH, F...