Background—The number of peak expiratory flow (PEF) readings required per day to assess diurnal variation accurately is not known; published studies have used between two and seven PEF readings per day. This study compares the diurnal variation calculated using 2–10 PEF readings per day. Methods—All days with 10 readings were selected from a database of PEF records. For each day, diurnal variat...

The Brix refractometer is used on dairy farms and calf ranches for colostrum quality (estimation of IgG concentration), estimation of serum IgG concentration in neonatal calves, and nonsalable milk evaluation of total solids for calf nutrition. Another potential use is to estimate the total solids concentrations of milk replacer mixes as an aid in monitoring feeding consistency. The purpose of ...

E-books are more and more spreading among readers, who take advantage from the capability of reading them on different devices and of storing a whole library of books in a light and portable device. What is still missing is a technology that enables not only the adaptation to the exploited device, but also to the context in which the books are read. The experience of the users can be more immer...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The optimal number of consecutive measurements for obtaining an average blood pressure (BP) reading in clinical practice is yet undefined by research. This study aimed to compare readings obtained from an average of 5 with averages of 2, 3, and 4, sequential measurements. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Using an automated oscillometric device (BpTRU), BP measurement was conduct...

Rashid, M. T., Voroney, P. and Parkin, G. 2005. Predicting nitrogen fertilizer requirements for corn by chlorophyll meter under different N availability conditions. Can. J. Soil Sci. 85: 149–159. Nitrogen management strategies that enhance fertilizer use efficiency and maximize profitability in corn require a rapid and accurate method to determine the crop N needs of current hybrids. The object...

This paper revisits the status of long-distance intermediate-scope readings of indefinites (Kratzer 1998, Schwarz 2001, Endriss 2009, among others). An experimental study with native English speakers investigates two questions: whether intermediate-scope readings are distinct from functional readings; and whether there is any difference in the availability of functional readings to a indefinite...

Automatic collection building will be key to efficient and affordable digital libraries of the future. Since hand-curated collections will not scale with the Web, effective automated techniques are highly desired. This section deals with crawling the Web to extract topics, related documents, or collections. To do that, technologies such as feature extraction, page categorization, andWeb crawlin...

This paper examines interpretations of sentences with reciprocal expressions like each other or one another. We concentrate on cases where two or more separate groups can be discerned in the interpretation of the subject of predication. We study the availability of such partitioned interpretations with definite subjects and proper name conjunctions, and show new evidence that partitioning effec...