Echocardiographic studies were performed in 23 hypertensive patients who were receiving therapy with long-term hemodialysis. Five patients (22 percent) had normal thickness of the left ventricular wall. Eleven (48 percent) had symmetric left ventricular hypertrophy, and seven (30 percent) showed asymmetric septal hypertrophy, with a ratio of septal to posterior wall thickness of 1.3 or greater....

Recent protest movements brought attention to the one percent, a segment of the population that is critical to understanding inequality and social mobility but that attracts relatively little research attention. In this article, I survey current research on the one percent in the United States. I distinguish income from wealth and show that both are very concentrated but that the concentration ...

Abstract Erosion is a natural phenomenon in the form of erosion upper soil surface by movement water, therefore conservation actions are carried out, one which provision organic matter. This research was conducted on Kemang Bogor latosol with slope 7, 9 and 14 percent given material mulch as much 3 tons/ha 6 spread evenly over surface, included mixed into soil. The results showed that applicati...

The Southwestern United States desert serves as the host for several threatened and endangered species, one of which is the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). The goal of this study was to develop a fine-scale, remote-sensing-based approach that indicates favorable burrow locations for G. agassizii in the Boulder City (Nevada) Conservation Easement area (35,500 ha). This was done by analyzin...

today, determination of the ecological species groups for current and future situation of forest and its relationship with environmental factors is necessary for forest management. for this purpose, 50 plots were established in altitude range of 2091- 2811 meters above sea level and 600 hectare in protected area of western dena. four ecological groups was identified using twinspan analysis that...