This study aimed to determine the proportion of Australian farming enterprises with systems and processes that meet current regulatory and industry standards for health and safety. Data from 683 farming enterprises were drawn from a nationally stratified random sample representing seven commodity sectors: beef cattle, cotton, dairy, horticulture, grain growing, sheep, and sugar cane. Results in...

There is evidence that in many cane growing countries field practices have not kept pace with scie~tific progress, and in fact may be lagging far behmd. One of the reasons for this is that there are no yardsticks for measuring productivity in the fields comparable with extraction and other efficiencies that are continuously and accurately cal~ulated in sugar mills in relation to the measured we...

The genotype and environment interaction influences the selection criteria of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) genotypes. Eight sweet sorghum genotypes were evaluated at five different locations in two growing seasons of 2014. The aim was to determine the interaction between genotype and environment on cane, juice, and ethanol yield and to identify best genotypes for bioethanol production in Kenya. Th...

Figure 2. Bearing capacity determined from astronaut bootprints (Modulus of Subgrade Reaction) [2]. Inset (upper left) shows a cross-section of bootprint and the forces involved. Other parameters can be measured using the astronaut’s boot or walking stick. They include surface temperature, dust accumulation, and penetrometry. These and other sensors will provide useful material information to g...

Primary health cane providers should play a leading role in the medical evaluation and psychological preparation of children before surgery or other procedunes requiring anesthesia. The provider’s goal is to ensure that the child’s medical issues are clearly defined and that the physiologic impact and limitations imposed by each condition are well delineated. The primary care provider’s knowled...

Virtual worlds and environments are becoming an increasingly central part of our lives, yet they are still far from accessible to the blind. This is especially unfortunate as such environments hold great potential for them for uses such as social interaction, online education and especially for use with familiarizing the visually impaired user with a real environment virtually from the comfort ...

A paper presented to this Association in 1961 summarised the results of investigations, carried out during the previous four years, on the r81e of nematodes in South African sugarcane fields.' This prqiect has continued to receive attention, and the present paper is an attempt at summarising and generalising upon the results of more recent investigations. Since much of the experimental work inv...

The history of the production of glass paperweights is obscure as is the history of glass making, the latter being traceable back to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries B.C. Though the idea of the glass paperweight originated in Venice the main decorative element, the millefiori cane, which ensured its popularity, was Egyptian in origin. The first glass paperweights contained ceramic figures...

OBJECTIVES Since trauma has a great impact on mortality and preventable morbidity among children and adolescents, in addition to its social consequences, the aim of this study is to evaluate peculiarities regarding prehospital, in-hospital, and interhospital assessment of injured pediatric patients. SOURCES OF DATA The Cochrane database was searched for systematic reviews and controlled trial...