Insecticides used on turf are sometimes applied to areas with flowering weeds that attract honey bees and native pollinators. We tested residual effects of such treatments on colony vitality and behavior of the bumble bees Bombus impatiens Cresson foraging on turf containingwhite clover, Trifolium repens L. Imidacloprid, a syst emic chloronicotinyl used for preventive control of root-feeding gr...

AIM The objectives of this study were to examine which factors, according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework contribute to the explanation of activity limitations measured by the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ - model I) and which factors contribute to the explanation of participation restrictions measured by the Social Function Scale...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the efficacy of pulse oximeter as a pulp vitality tester. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sample group consisted of 60 patients of age 15 to 30 years with normal maxillary anterior teeth. Thirty nonvital teeth with complete endodontic fillings were tested as control group. Systemic oxygen saturation values from the patient's fingers served as the control sample for comparison...

The authors report how one medical school took an evidence-based, collaborative approach to assessing and improving faculty vitality by building on previous research and including important shareholders (e.g., faculty and administrators). In 1999, the dean and faculty senate asked all full-time faculty (615) at the University of Minnesota Medical School-Twin Cities to complete a survey to (1) i...

BACKGROUND/AIM One of the most frequent indications for cesarean section is dystocia. It is impossible to predict, difficult to identify and coincident with the rapid expiry of the expected time, so it is important to point out some mistakes in expecting vaginal delivery. The aim of this study was to examine the frequency and the length of dystocia-related cesarean delivery, as well as the vita...

Abstract Mill thinks our attitudes should be held in a way that’s active and ‘alive’. He believes that lack these qualities—those dogmatically, or unreflective conformity—are inimical to well-being. This claim then serves as premiss his argument for overarching principles of liberty. argues attitudinal vitality, the relevant sense, relies upon people experiencing (and being open to) conflict, t...

Abstract Vitality and Urbanity emerge as key goals of strategies for urban sustainable development necessary prerequisites varied prosperous cities. urbanity are characteristics that from the diversity public spaces activities have an impact on a people's sense place. The proposed research examines built environment components vitality develops analytic method quantifying potential form to prom...

Dialect loss is a relatively new but by now quite general phenomenon in Flanders (i.e., Dutch-speaking Belgium). Although the processes of dialect change and dialect loss have proceeded with great regional di¤erences in speed and intensity in the past decades, there is a general tendency toward replacing primary dialect features of a relatively local scope by secondary dialect features that hav...