The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the snack intake and snack availability of elementary school children. Data analyzed were from 722 4th to 6th graders' food availability and food intake questionnaires collected in the Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan Elementary School Children 2001-2002. The snacks commonly eaten were divided into two groups. Healthy snacks...

Background. This study examines the effect of breakdown in the organ donation process on the availability of transplantable organs. A process breakdown is defined as a deviation from the organ donation protocol that may jeopardize organ recovery. Methods. A retrospective analysis of donation-eligible decedents was conducted using data from an independent organ procurement organization. Adjusted...

Since the initial introduction of Open Source Cluster Application Resources (OSCAR), this software package has been a well-accepted choice for building high performance computing systems. As it continues to be applied to mission-critical environments, high availability (HA) features therefore are needed to be included in OSCAR cluster. In this paper, we provide a HA solution for OSCAR cluster. ...

This paper presents a novel architectural solution for improving dependability of Web Services. This approach is based on the concepts from the emerging resilienceexplicit computing combined with the traditional fault-tolerance techniques such as recovery blocks and N-version programming applied in the context of the serviceoriented architecture. We propose a distributed solution called WS-Medi...

One of the questions associated with the development of a cost-effective phosphorus management strategy for a waterbody concerns whether the control program should be based on total phosphorus or on algal available phosphorus entering the waterbody. Until now, eutrophication control programs have been based largely on the control of any form of phosphorus that was amenable to control, irrespect...

Environmental factors alter the impacts of parasitic plants on their hosts. However, there have been no controlled studies on how water availability modulates stem hemiparasites' effects on hosts. A glasshouse experiment was conducted to investigate the association between the Australian native stem hemiparasite Cassytha pubescens and the introduced host Ulex europaeus under high (HW) and low (...

In 2005 the emergency contraception formulation of levonorgestrel (Plan B) became available in Ontario pharmacies without a prescription. We surveyed 239 pharmacies 1 month before the regulatory change and 14-17 months after the change to determine whether availability of the drug increased. The response rates were 79% and 70% before and after the change in status. The proportion of pharmacies ...

this study examined the nature and patterns of rice consumption in nigeria, using kwara state as a case study. the study methodology comprised a two stage sampling technique which was used to survey 110 rice consumer households across two villages and six towns in kwara state. analytical tools used in the study include descriptive statistics and the multinomial logit model. the major factors th...

abstract - one of the important problems in grid environments is data replication in grid sites. reliability and availability of data replication in some cases is considered low. to separate sites with high reliability and high availability of sites with low availability and low reliability, clustering can be used. in this study, the data grid dynamically evaluate and predict the condition of t...

Mid-winter movements of up to several hundreds of kilometres are typical for many migratory bird species wintering in Africa. Unpredictable temporary food concentrations are thought to result in random movements of such birds, whereas resightings and recoveries of marked birds suggest some degree of site fidelity. Only detailed (e.g. satellite) tracking of individual migrants can reveal the rel...