A study of six child care centers was conducted to assess the microbiological quality of three food contact surfaces (one food serving surface and two food preparation surfaces) and one non-food contact surface (diaper changing surface) to determine the effectiveness of cleaning and sanitization procedures within the facilities. Aerobic plate counts (APCs) and Escherichia coli/coliform counts o...

farmers need up to date information on efficient use and management of labour for agricultural production. yet, they lack adequate and needed information. hence, this study was undertaken to explore the sources and use of labour information by farmers in southwestern nigeria. multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select respondents for the study. primary data were collected to elicit infor...

Voronoi tessellations have been used to model the geometric arrangement of cells in morphogenetic or cancerous tissues, however, so far only with flat hyper-surfaces as cell-cell contact borders. In order to reproduce the experimentally observed piecewise spherical boundary shapes, we develop a consistent theoretical framework of multiplicatively weighted distance functions, defining generalize...

The facet joint contributes to the normal biomechanical function of the spine by transmitting loads and limiting motions via articular contact. However, little is known about the contact pressure response for this joint. Such information can provide a quantitative measure of the facet joint's local environment. The objective of this study was to measure facet pressure during physiologic bending...

Contact centers, i.e., call centers that handle more than one type of jobs simultaneously, such as inbound and outbound calls or telephony and online chatting, are of growing significance. In particular, most businesses place outbound as well as inbound calls, although these two types of calls may be performed by separate groups of agents. In this paper we consider contact centers in which one ...

Livestock market participation is an important way to improve the livelihoods and income of smallholder farmers in Southwest Ethiopia. Although it plays role, livestock producers do not fully participate market. The purpose this study was investigate factors that influence intensity To analyze result, descriptive statistics Poisson regression analysis were used. results showed 65.4% respondents...

objectives : this finite element method study aimed to compare the amount of stress on an isolated mandibular second premolar in two conventional reciprocal parallel interface designs of removable partial dentures (rpds) and the same rpd abutment tooth (not isolated). materials and methods: a kennedy class 1, modification 1 rpd framework was simulated on a 3d model of mandible with three differ...