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Pathologic, morphologic and anthropologic characteristics of Avarian teeth and jaws from graves in Becej	1991	LetiÄ‡, V.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo Periodical, Abbrev. Srp.Arh.Celok.Lek. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 119 Issue 6-May Start Page 125 Other Pages 129 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0370-8179 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract During the reconstruction of the water pipe lines, in Pionirska street, at Bechej in 1989, a part of a large graveyard was uncovered. Human remains were found in graves, below the level of the underground water, so that the most of the human skeletons were either completely destroyed, or partly preserved. A few graves were damaged during excavations in previous ears and some of the graves were robbed also at an earlier period. Paleopathological and anthropological investigation carried out at the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad, revealed that these remains belong to an Avarian population which had similar epigenetic and anthropometric characteristics as the Avarian population found at the well known site at Kiskoros Vagohid, in Hungary, precisely the skeleton from the grave No. XXXV. Study of the teeth and jaws complete these results. At six mandibles, which belong to the mature skeletons, was found narrowness in the frontal region of the mandibular alveolar arch was recorded. Degree of narrowness of the frontal mandibular dental arch, deficient in space at mandibles was different, and varied from 2 mm to 8.5 mm, or 3 to 24.38%, which is necessary to set the teeth in the correct line in a mandible. Descriptors article, dentition, histology, history, human, mandible, physical anthropology, Yugoslavia Links Book Title Patoloske, morfoloske i antropoloske karakteristike zuba i vilica Avara iz nekropole u Beceju. Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors LetiÄ‡,V., DjuriÄ‡-SrejiÄ‡,M. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Testing a process-based model of tree seedling growth by manipulating [CO2] and nutrient uptake	2000	Levy, P.E., Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, United Kingdom	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Tree physiology Periodical, Abbrev. Tree Physiol. Pub Date Free Form 2000/ Volume 20 Issue 15 Start Page 993 Other Pages 1005 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0829-318X Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract A model was developed that simulated photosynthesis, growth and allocation in tree seedlings. The model was parameterized with data from experiments on seedlings of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.), Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong) Carr.) and young birch trees (Betula pendula Roth.). In these experiments, CO2 concentration ([CO2]) and nutrient addition rate were varied. Parameters quantifying nutrient uptake, translocation and starch synthesis were fitted, based on data from control treatments. Elevated [CO2] and low-nutrient treatments were then used to test the predicted response of growth and allocation against observations. The model accurately predicted total seedling growth in the elevated [CO2] treatments. A response of growth to elevated [CO2] was seen in the birch and sycamore experiments, but not in the Sitka spruce, because of photosynthetic down-regulation. Predictions of allocation were reasonably accurate in the birch and Sitka spruce experiments, but were notably poorer in the sycamore experiments, possibly because of differences in sink strength between root and shoot. In the birch and sycamore experiments, little change in allocation with elevated [CO2] was observed or predicted. This was ascribed to the relative values of K(Tc) and K(Tn), the translocation coefficients that determine the sensitivity of allocation to carbon and nitrogen uptake rates, respectively. Growth and allocation in the low-nutrient treatments were poorly predicted by the model. In Sitka spruce, it was suspected that the photosynthetic parameters measured in August 1994 had been higher earlier in the season, before nutrients became depleted. In sycamore, the discrepancies were thought to relate to differences in sink strength between root and shoot that could not be described by the model. Descriptors carbon dioxide, article, biological model, down regulation, growth, development and aging, photosynthesis, physiology, plant leaf, plant root, plant stem, tree Links Book Title Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Levy,P. E., Lucas,M. E., McKay,H. M., Escobar-Gutierrez,A. J., Rey,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Sexual reproduction in the white pine weevil (Pissodes strobi [Peck] [Coleoptera: Curculionidae]): Implications for population genetic diversity	2002	El-Kassaby, Y.A., Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of Heredity Periodical, Abbrev. J.Hered. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 93 Issue 3 Start Page 165 Other Pages 169 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0022-1503 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Controlled mating experiments in the white pine weevil (Pissodes strobi [Peck]) indicated that female weevils either stored sperm or fertilized eggs from one season to the next, and were able to colonize Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis [Bong.] Carr.) trees without additional mating events. This was interpreted as being beneficial for the insect, in that population establishment in a new habitat could be initiated by dispersing previously mated females without participation of the male. This makes colonization and population/outbreak development more likely as it reduces the need for mate searching in the second season. Paternity identification, based on microsatellite molecular markers, established that the progeny produced in year 2 by females mated only in year 1, were often fathered by more than one male. Multiple paternity, coupled with a lack of parthenogenesis, which was also demonstrated herein, may help to account for the high degree of genetic diversity evidenced in this species. Descriptors article, beetle, dispersion, female, genetic variability, genotype, male, mating, microsatellite marker, nonhuman, parthenogenesis, paternity, population genetics, priority journal, reproduction Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Lewis,K. G., Liewlaksaneeyanawin,C., Alfaro,R. I., Ritland,C., Ritland,K., El-Kassaby,Y. A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Modeling of residual chlorine in water distribution system	2003	Li, X., Department of Chemistry, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of Environmental Sciences Periodical, Abbrev. J.Environ.Sci. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 15 Issue 1 Start Page 136 Other Pages 144 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1001-0742 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Water quality within water distribution system may vary with both location and time. Water quality models are used to predict the spatial and temporal variation of water quality throughout water system. A model of residual chlorine decay in water pipe has been developed, given the consumption of chlorine in reactions with chemicals in bulk water, bio-films on pipe wall, in corrosion process, and the mass transport of chlorine from bulk water to pipe wall. Analytical methods of the flow path from water sources to the observed point and the water age of every observed node were proposed. Model is used to predict the decay of residual chlorine in an actual distribution system. Good agreement between calculated and measured values was obtained. Descriptors chlorine, article, chemistry, quality control, theoretical model, time, water flow, water supply Links Book Title Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Li,X., Gu,D. -M, Qi,J. -Y, Ukita,M., Zhao,H. -B Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Case of carbon monoxide poisoning after smoking shisha	2009		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Int J Emerg Med Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume 2 Issue 2 Start Page 121 Other Pages 2 Notes ID: 20157455 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Carbon monoxide poisoning has been reported as a result of exposure to various sources of smoke, such as car exhaust fumes, home water heaters and tobacco smoke. We describe a case of symptomatic, moderately severe carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in a young Mediterranean man after smoking a waterpipe, or shisha. This case highlights the importance of considering carbon monoxide exposure in patients presenting with non-specific neurological symptoms to the emergency department (ED). Descriptors Links http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2700232/?tool=pubmed; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12245-009-0097-8 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Lim,Beng Leong, Lim,Ghee Hian, Seow,Eillyne Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
The effects of Koryo Hand-Acupuncture on the patients with chronic low back pain	2003	Lim, N.Y., Department of Nursing, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Taehan Kanho Hakhoe chi Periodical, Abbrev. Taehan Kanho Hakhoe Chi Pub Date Free Form / Volume 33 Issue 1 Start Page 79 Other Pages 86 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1598-2874 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of Koryo Hand-Acupuncture on health status(pain, trunk flexion, IADL, depression) of patients with chronic low back pain. METHOD: This study used a quasi experimental pre-test and post-test design. Data were collected from December 1st, 2000 to December 20th, 2001. 63 chronic low back pain patients(35 experimental group, 28 control group) admitted to the Back-School and consented to this study. The experimental group participated in treatment : Koryo Hand-Acupuncture and AB-Bong. Two groups was homogeneity. After 4 weeks the effects of treatment on the health status was measured between experimental and control group. Data were analyzed using SPSSWIN 10.0 with crosstab, t-test, and paired t-test. RESULT: In the experimental group, pain(t=4.85, p=.000) and IADL difficulty(t=2.05, p=.045) was significantly lower than those in the control group. It makes no difference trunk flexion(t=-1.60, p=.114) and depression(t=1.50, p=.138) between experimental and control group. CONCLUSION: These findings indicate that Koryo-Hand Acupuncture is an effective method for reducing pain and IADL difficulty in patients with chronic low back pain, and is considered as a independent nursing intervention for chronic low back pain. Descriptors article Links Book Title Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Lim,N. Y., Yi,Y. J. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
A case study to detect the leakage of underground pressureless cement sewage water pipe using GPR, electrical, and chemical data	2002	Liu, G., Dept. of Environmental Engineering, College of Geoscience, Ocean University of Qingdao, Qingdao 266003, Shandong, China	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Environmental Science and Technology Periodical, Abbrev. Environ.Sci.Technol. Pub Date Free Form 2002/03 Volume 36 Issue 5 Start Page 1077 Other Pages 1085 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0013-936X Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract The exploration and determination of leakage of underground pressureless nonmetallic pipes is difficult to deal with. A comprehensive method combining Ground Penetrating Rader (GPR), electric potential survey and geochemical survey is introduced in the leakage detection of an underground pressureless nonmetallic sewage pipe in this paper. Theoretically, in the influencing scope of a leakage spot, the obvious changes of the electromagnetic properties and the physical-chemical properties of the underground media will be reflected as anomalies in GPR and electrical survey plots. The advantages of GPR and electrical survey are fast and accurate in detection of anomaly scope. In-situ analysis of the geophysical surveys can guide the geochemical survey. Then water and soil sampling and analyzing can be the evidence for judging the anomaly is caused by pipe leakage or not. On the basis of previous tests and practical surveys, the GPR waveforms, electric potential curves, contour maps, and chemical survey results are all classified into three types according to the extent or indexes of anomalies in order to find out the leakage spots. When three survey methods all show their anomalies as type I in an anomalous spot, this spot is suspected as the most possible leakage location. Otherwise, it will be down grade suspected point. The suspect leakage spots should be confirmed by referring the site conditions because some anomalies are caused other factors. The excavation afterward proved that the method for determining the suspected location by anomaly type is effective and economic. Comprehensive method of GRP, electric potential survey, and geochemical survey is one of the effective methods in the leakage detection of underground nonmetallic pressureless pipe with its advantages of being fast and accurate. Descriptors cement, accuracy, article, chemical analysis, chemical engineering, economic aspect, electric potential, electromagnetic field, geochemistry, physical chemistry, tube, water contamination Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Liu,G., Jia,Y., Liu,H., Qiu,H., Qiu,D., Shan,H. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Lifestyle, occupational, and reproductive factors in relation to pancreatic cancer risk	2007	Soliman, A.S., Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Pancreas Periodical, Abbrev. Pancreas Pub Date Free Form / Volume 35 Issue 2 Start Page 120 Other Pages 129 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0885-3177 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract OBJECTIVES: This study examined the epidemiology of pancreatic cancer in Egypt. METHODS: We obtained detailed information on smoking, occupational, medical, and reproductive histories from 194 pancreatic cancer cases and 194 controls. RESULTS: Compared with not smoking, smoking cigarettes alone or in conjunction with other smoking methods (eg, water pipe, cigar) was associated with an increased risk (odds ratio [OR], 4.5 and 7.8; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.9-10.7 and 3.0-20.6, respectively). Passive smoking was also a significant risk factor (OR, 6.0; 95% CI, 2.4-14.8). The risk of pancreatic cancer was elevated among subjects exposed to pesticides (OR, 2.6; 95% CI, 0.97-7.2). A prior diagnosis of diabetes mellitus for a period of 10 years was associated with higher risk (OR, 5.4; 95% CI, 1.5-19.9). For women, having 7 or more live births and lactating for 144 months or longer were associated with a reduced risk (OR, 0.5 and 0.2; 95% CI, 0.2-1.3 and 0.1-0.9, respectively). No association was found between family history, allergy, or obesity and pancreatic cancer in Egypt. CONCLUSIONS: Multiple tobacco consumption methods, passive smoking, pesticide exposures, and diabetes are associated with an increased risk for pancreatic cancer. Prolonged lactation and increased parity are associated with a reduced risk for pancreatic cancer. Â© 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. Descriptors pesticide, adolescent, adult, aged, allergy, article, cancer epidemiology, cancer risk, confidence interval, controlled study, diabetes mellitus, disease association, Egypt, female, human, lactation, lifestyle, major clinical study, male, multipara, obesity, occupational exposure, pancreas cancer, passive smoking, priority journal, reproduction, smoking, statistical significance Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Lo,A. -C, Soliman,A. S., El-Ghawalby,N., Abdel-Wahab,M., Fathy,O., Khaled,H. M., Omar,S., Hamilton,S. R., Greenson,J. K., Abbruzzese,J. L. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Attenuation characteristics of the fundamental modes that propagate in buried iron water pipes.	2003	Long, R., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, London, SW7 2BX, UK.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Ultrasonics Periodical, Abbrev. Ultrasonics Pub Date Free Form / Volume 41 Issue 7 Start Page 509 Other Pages 519 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0041-624X Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract The attenuation of the fundamental non-torsional modes that propagate down buried iron water pipes has been studied. The mode shapes, mode attenuation due to leakage into the surrounding medium and the scattering of the modes as they interact with pipe joints and fittings have been investigated. In the low frequency region the mode predicted to dominate over significant propagation distances approximates a plane wave in the water within the pipe. The established acoustic technique used to locate leaks in buried iron water pipes assumes that leak noise propagates as a single non-dispersive mode at a velocity related to the low frequency asymptote of this water borne mode. Experiments have been conducted on buried water mains at test sites in the UK to verify the attenuation and velocity dispersion predictions. Descriptors iron, acoustics, article, materials testing, ultrasound, water supply Links Book Title Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Long,R., Lowe,M., Cawley,P. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Phylogenetic analysis of a biofilm bacterial population in a water pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico	2006	HernÃ¡ndez-RodrÃguez, C., Departamento de MicrobiologÃa, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias BiolÃ³gicas, IPN, 06400 Mexico, D.F., Mexico	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full FEMS microbiology ecology Periodical, Abbrev. FEMS Microbiol.Ecol. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 58 Issue 1 Start Page 145 Other Pages 154 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0168-6496; 1574-6941 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract The aim of this study was to assess the bacterial diversity associated with a corrosive biofilm in a steel pipeline from the Gulf of Mexico used to inject marine water into the oil reservoir. Several aerobic and heterotrophic bacteria were isolated and identified by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Metagenomic DNA was also extracted to perform a denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of ribosomal genes and to construct a 16S rRNA gene metagenomic library. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profiles and ribosomal libraries exhibited a limited bacterial diversity. Most of the species detected in the ribosomal library or isolated from the pipeline were assigned to Proteobacteria (Halomonas spp., Idiomarina spp., Marinobacter aquaeolei, Thalassospira sp., Silicibacter sp. and Chromohalobacter sp.) and Bacilli (Bacillus spp. and Exiguobacterium spp.). This is the first report that associates some of these bacteria with a corrosive biofilm. It is relevant that no sulfate-reducing bacteria were isolated or detected by a PCR-based method. The diversity and relative abundance of bacteria from water pipeline biofilms may contribute to an understanding of the complexity and mechanisms of metal corrosion during marine water injection in oil secondary recovery. Â© 2006 Federation of European Microbiological Societies Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. Descriptors oil, RNA 16S, steel, aerobic bacterium, article, Bacilli, Bacillus, bacterial strain, bacterium identification, bacterium isolation, biofilm, Chromohalobacter, controlled study, corrosion, Exiguobacterium, gel electrophoresis, gene library, gene sequence, Halomonas, heterotrophy, marine environment, Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus, Mexico, microbial diversity, nonhuman, nucleotide sequence, phylogeny, pipeline, polymerase chain reaction, priority journal, Proteobacteria, reservoir, ribosome, Silicibacter, Thalassospira, water analysis Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors LÃ³pez,M. A., Javier Zavala DÃaz De La Serna,F., Jan-Roblero,J., Romero,J. M., HernÃ¡ndez-RodrÃguez,C. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors

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