Twenty-three kiwi were radio-tracked for 16-116 weeks in a Northland reserve. Eighty-three percent of the kiwi made use of the numerous forest remnants scattered over farmland outside the reserve. All remnants isolated by up to 80 m of pasture were used by kiwi. The maximum distance kiwi walked between forest remnants was 330 m. Longer migrations of up to 1.2 km from the reserve were made by ki...

This study investigated the effectiveness of Chinese therapeutic food on female reproductive hormones in a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Chinese kiwi fruit extract (Hong En No. 1) was provided for Australian peri-menopausal women for one month. Chinese medical assessment and urinary 2-hydroxyestrone (2-OHE) and 16alpha-hydroxyestrone (16alpha-OHE) tests were conducted. Twenty...

The efficacy of a new vacuum extraction device, the Kiwi OmniCup, and its effects on mothers and infants were tested in a study of 18 non-rotational and 32 rotational vacuum assisted deliveries. Forty-nine (98%) of the extractions resulted in successful vaginal births. Autorotation of the fetal head when the occiput was transverse or posterior was achieved in 31 (97%) of the 32 vacuum procedure...

Diets high in fruits and vegetables are recommended to maintain health. However, accurate fruit intake evaluation is hard and high sugar content in most of the fruits suggest possible negative relationships with health indices. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the fruit intake status of adolescents and to examine the relationship between fruit intake and body mass index (BMI). F...

Performance of commercially available component resolved microarray has not been widely evaluated in food allergy. Fruit allergy is a prevalent food allergy in which component resolved diagnosis is crucial. In the context of a multicentric study on pollen and vegetable food allergy in Spain, we enrolled patients (n=137) who had suffered at least two episodes of immediate symptoms after ingestio...

Calcium preharvest application influences fruit quality. The impact of foliar sprays using several commercial fertilizers with Ca content on the quality and nutritional status kiwi cv. ‘Hayward’ was investigated for a 2-year period. Fruit flesh firmness increased under all compared to control. Total soluble solids acidity were not altered significantly by any studied products. Treatment differe...

Plant allergies are a frequent cause of visits to the allergologist. In the Alergologica 2005 study carried out in Spain, fruits were the main cause of food allergies [1]. Plant allergies in a specific population are related to consumption habits and to the pollen pattern of the region under study. The objective of this retrospective study was to determine the proteins responsible for fruit all...

There are many methods for constructing prediction intervals for differences in observations. This document will explain several of these methods in the context of different models using data from a kiwi yield experiment as an example. 1. KIWI DATA In an experiment (discussed in more detail in class), kiwi yields were measured in a designed experiment. There were three blocks (north, east, and ...

This paper examines, theoretically, how dispersal affects the viability of brown kiwi populations in protected areas of different size. Brown kiwi are threatened by introduced mammalian predators in mainland forests and are likely to persist only in managed forests where predators are controlled. In each protected area, the kiwi population will function as a net source, with an outflow of juven...