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Sensory Processing Disorder, previously called Sensory Integration Dysfunction, is a condition where the body's sensory systems do not coordinate well with the brain. For example, a child with SPD might have perfect hearing, but still be unable to perceive sounds normally. SPD can affect any of the body's senses, including touch, hearing, sight, smell and taste. It can cause either hypersensitivity, hyposensitivity or both at the same time. The signs of SPD are numerous and range from mild and nearly unnoticeable quirks to extreme disruptive behaviour.
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Auditory hyper and hyposensitivity are the most common forms of SPD. Signs of hypersensitivity include behaviours such as avoiding loud noises. Some children are so sensitive that they will cover their ears and launch into a tantrum if you try to take them into an area with a mix of sounds, such as a crowded store. In contrast, the child might be easily distracted by sounds barely noticeable to others.
Hyposensitive children often need more stimulation than their environment provides so they will create their own noise. They will often be unresponsive when called, or say "What?" often during conversations. When watching television they will turn-up the volume to excessive levels.
Visual hypersensitivity shows itself in the form of light and colour avoidance. Children may develop headaches while watching TV or using a computer. They often avoid eye contact and frequently rub their eyes. Simple movements such as a leaf fluttering might distract them.
Visual hyposensitivity often is diagnosed as near or farsightedness. However, a child with SPD usually has trouble with both near and far vision since it is a cognitive problem rather than a structural problem of the eye. They easily confuse letters and shapes. They often show signs of dyslexia and tend to write and a sharp slant. When shown two pictures they have difficulty finding differences.
A child with tactile hypersensitivity can become extremely agitated over even a light pat. They usually prefer a certain clothing item of others, feeling that some clothes are painful. To avoid being touched they often keep themselves away from others. They may prefer baths to showers, since the sower stream may seem painful.
Hyposensitivity to touch can manifest itself in over affection, with the child seeking hugs from everyone he meets. Their tolerance for pain is high and they might not even notice when they are injured. Other children may complain that the child plays too rough. Often the child will seek out play environments that offer the most stimulation like mud and sand.
Overreaction to smells is a sign of olfactory hypersensitivity. This may manifest itself as picky eating. They may avoid certain places because of the way they smell, and may outright tell people they smell bad. Cologne and perfume is particularly bothersome to these children.
A child that is hyposensitive has difficulty discriminating among different odours. The child will not notice his own body odour. This condition can be dangerous if the child is unable to distinguish substances that are poisonous.
The most common sign of oral hypersensitivity is picky eating. The child may base her preference on taste or texture. She may prefer only hot or only cold food and drink. For children with this condition, going to the dentist is a truly frightening ordeal. They will also likely avoid brushing their teeth.
A child that tends to place objects in his mouth frequently is showing signs of oral hyposensitivity. They often drool as they are unable to feel the sensation of saliva. In contrast to hypersensitive children, these kids love the dentist. They may have no preference for any given food, but instead to use salt, sugar and hot sauce to excess.
Children hypersensitive to movement will avoid gym equipment on the playground such as teeter totters and swing sets. Even climbing stairs can frighten them. These children appear sedentary and prefer to remain seated, and tend to cling to objects when standing. They almost never like sports of any kind, even riding a bicycle.
The child with hyposensitivity is a risk taker. They seek out stimuli, which can manifest itself as hyperactivity. They often like to spin in office chairs, jump on furniture and crash into things, including other people. They never seem to tire of running and jumping and never seem to have a problem with dizziness, even after spinning for several minutes.
Parents should keep in mind that a child might show signs of both hyper and hypo sensitivity in the same sensory area. For example, the child that screams from a light touch may be oblivious to a puncture wound. They should also keep in mind that almost all children have a certain degree of sensory variance, and they should not necessarily consider such as abnormal. These behaviours only become a problem when they are excessive or place the child in danger. If you suspect your child has a problem you should refer them to a certified psychologist for diagnosis.


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Buffet breakfast is offered for a fee each morning from 7 AM to 10 AM. Savor a meal from the comfort of your room with room service, or make new friends over drinks at the bar/lounge.
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Hotel Zarenhof Friedrichshain features tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and coffee/tea in a common area. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This Berlin hotel also offers complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and room service (during limited hours). Limited onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis (surcharge). A total renovation of this property was completed in 2012.
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This Berlin hotel provides complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
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1/28/2007 4:13pm, #111--Originally Posted by KempoFist
I wear a black gi with a black hakama. I am currently at 2 (1 for Fights not like MMA and 1 for not sparring every class) Can I get a +5 like Omega?
1/28/2007 4:15pm, #112--
Gi's are pajamas.
1/28/2007 4:16pm, #113--Originally Posted by Omega the Merciless
Actually they are the "underwear" you wear under the Hakama. I was hoping for Hakama bonus points.
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1/28/2007 4:18pm, #115--Originally Posted by MacWombat
What Judo "gi" was orginally 3/4 pants and 3/4 sleeves
its was worn under the Kimono and Hakama.
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According to the original set of questions, my first school scores 2 points and my current wdeighs in with a zero. I am happy
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I love how on here, people are hungry for points, while people on MAP are fighting them.
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1/28/2007 4:25pm, #118--Originally Posted by pl4zM4
Oh yeah, well I wear a fucking kilt bitch!!!!
if you didn't see it on MAp I said "I've got a different idea, how about if you put in pressure points as in chi meridians, not pain compliance maneuvers."
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Cool, the Pajama thing just kicked me from a 2 to a 7.
But how can you differentiate between my Karate Gi and my BJJ Gi
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P30. The use of HER2 receptors status as a prognostic index for estrogen receptor positive breast cancer patients
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Tamoxifen has been a standard adjuvant hormonal treatment for estrogen receptor ER positive breast cancer, both in pre and postmenopausal women. It has been noticed that some breast cancer patients don't respond to tamoxifen as others. In the presented study, HER2 receptor status has been studied as a probable prognostic index regarding the local recurrence & disease related mortality & to differentiate responders from non-responders to tamoxifen treatment.
205 patients in the oncology center of Merjan Hospital, Hilla, Iraq who had mastectomy performed and histopathology done studying the ER and HER2 receptor status, all of which ER positive and of early stages (I and II) breast cancer, had been studied prospectively between the fifth of June 2010 and the 19th of June 2011 regarding the local recurrence and mortality during this period. All the patients had been given Tamoxifen tablet 20mg/day.
56 (27.3%) were HER2 receptors +ve, and 149 (72.7%) were HER2 receptor -ve . 19 (33.9%) and 9(16%) of the HER2 +ve patients had local recurrence and died due to the disease respectively during the follow up period. 30 (20.1%) and 14 (9.4%) of the HER -ve patients had local recurrence and died of the disease respectively during the follow up period.
I found a significant difference in the disease local recurrence and mortality of ER+ve HER2 receptor +ve as compared with the ER+ve HER2 receptor -ve in favor of the latter and the ER+veHER2 receptor -ve had a much better prognosis.
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7th August 2006, 01:04 AM | #1 |
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Why Nakamichi use this configuration of output transistor
Hi, would like to know why Nakamichi PA7 use this configuration of output transistors. Why they tied all connectors together instead of all emitters . Is there any advantages. Thanks
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It's the CFP configuration aka the Sziklai Pair. Except in this case, it's more than a pair as there are multiple transistors.
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Looks like a CFP(Complementary Feedback Pair).
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What is the main advantage to use the complementary feedback pair
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Nelson Pass did that so he didn't need to use global feedback around the output stage. There is local feedback between the outputs and the drivers, but the main feedback loop is from the pre-drivers.
I think a lot of the nasty sound from a global feedback amp comes from the over-shoot, ringing, and settling behavior in the fast front end to compensate for the slow output stages. You can loop the faster stages and let the outputs take care of themselves. Motorola (ON Semiconductor) shows that their outputs can have on the order of 0.05%THD running open loop. WM Leach takes this feedback from the same point in the predrivers in all the newer versions of his amps from at least the mid 80s forward, and really reduces the open loop gain in the front end in his latest version. I really like the Threshold amps from the mid 80s that Pass designed too. It would be interesting to use the Pass style output stage with the Leach front end. LC Audio uses a similar output stage to the Leach, but with no loop feedback at all, I'd like to hear it too. http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/attac...amp=1024679649 http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~mleach/...aphics/ckt.pdf http://www.lcaudio.com/millprin.gif |
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Hi, thanks for the reply. I'm asking because I have beggining the drawing for a Nakamichi PA7 clone. I'm really in the early stage of my drawing, some lay out from the inside, I'm looking for some transformer but I'm pretty sure what they will be. I know it will cost me around $400.00 to $450.00 to build it. The cloning will be more from the inside of the amp. I have almost everything needed as for parts, but miss some output transistors. I was thinking using 2SA1302 and 2SC3281 , 200v 15amp , 150w for the output transistors,.
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Not really a Sziklai or CFP complementary feedback pair because of the lack of a low value sensing resistor between the node of the emitter of the input transistor and the collectors of the output transistors and the output.
I think it works like this : on small signals, only the emitter followers of the output stage conduct, preferably in class A but not mandatory. When they deliver a certain amount of current, the voltage drop in the resistor of their collector is sufficient to make the common emitter power transistors entering in conduction. Input emitter followers are in class A and output common emitters are in class C. This is a kind of dumping and was used by DPA amplifiers too. This scheme of current dumping has been used in a different configurations, for example using only emitter followers in Elektor Edwin and Graham Nalty's amplifiers. The first using it were Phase Linear and ESS very high power amplifiers, a long time ago. |
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IIRC, the PA5 & PA7 were Stasi (spelling?) designs, designed and licenced by Mr. Pass.
I wonder if he has anything to say ewhicvh can enlighten us. Obviously, getting his attention would be the first step. Jennice ----- EDIT: I just sent a mail to Mr. Pass, asking for his comments. -----
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For Stasi you need to visit the former GDR region. |
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IIRC, the bias of the PA7 Stasis section is 40mA(40mV), the big hurd should kick in above 160mW output power. I suppose NP got the Stasis idea from George Sziklai's compound stage. |
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Increased use of nitrogenous (N) fertilizer has significantly altered the global N-cycle and produced nitrogenous gases of environmental consequence. While nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions contribute to global greenhouse gas accumulation and the stratospheric ozone depletion, degradation of ground water quality by N use in agriculture is fundamentally a nitrate leaching problem. Despite these evident negative environmental impacts, consumption of N fertilizer cannot be reduced in view of the food security for teeming population in the developing countries. Various strategies, from agronomic to genetic engineering, have been tried to tackle this problem. Split application of N, use of slow-release fertilizers, nitrification inhibitors and the use of organic manures are some agronomic techniques adopted. One of the important goals to reduce N-fertilizer application can be effectively achieved by choosing N-efficient (i.e., Which can grow under low N conditions), ensuring their optimum uptake of applied N by application of adequate amounts of fertilizer nutrients in a balanced manner and knowing the molecular mechanisms for their uptake as well as assimilatory pathways. Newer approaches like QTL and proteomics could also help us in understanding these processes fully, hence could contribute greatly in enhancing NUE and reduction of N pollution in the environment.
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Nitrogen (N) represents one of the most important nutrients found in terrestrial ecosystems. It is an important constituent of a number of complex organic molecules viz., proteins, nucleic acids etc. Atmosphere is the main reservoir of nitrogen (N2), which stores around one million times more N than contained in all the organisms. Oceans and organic matter in soil are the other major store houses of nitrogen. N is often considered as an important limiting nutrient for plant growth and development, despite its remarkable abundance in the atmosphere. This is the reason for the past half a century, supply of nitrogen through fertilizers has been an influential application for increasing the growth and yield of cultivated plants such as cereals. To meet the increasing demand for food, farmers apply more fertilizers in their bid to increase the agricultural productivity. Fertilizer nitrogen has provided food security particularly to developing nations including India, as the cereal production has kept pace with its ever-increasing population. Today, India occupies the third rank in the world in fertilizer N consumption and second in fertilizer N production (FAI, 2008). The consumption of fertilizer nitrogen in India increased from a mere 55 thousands metric tons in 1950-51 to over 14.2 million tonnes in 2007-08 and is still increasing (FAI, 2008). With the current rate of N fertilization, the requirement of nitrogen will be 22-25 million tonnes per year in 2020 (FAI, 2008). However, it is remarkable that utilization of applied fertilizer nitrogen in field by most cereal crops does not exceed 50% and around 70% of the total nitrogenous fertilizer is applied for rice and wheat cultivation (Abrol et al. 1999). Therefore with the increase in agricultural food production worldwide in last 50 years the N fertilization of crop plants has increased more than 20-fold (Shrawat and Good 2008). However, the use of this fertilizer is generally inefficient, as lesser amount of applied N (around 30-40%) is actually utilized by cereal crops, and the major part (60 - 70%) is lost from the plant-soil system which has caused severe impacts on the ecosystems of the non-agricultural neighbouring bacteria, animals and plants. As a result of leaching, the unused N fertilizer causes impacts like eutrophication of freshwater (London,2005) and marine ecosystems (Beman et al. 2005). In addition, gaseous augmentation of N oxides reacting and affecting with stratospheric ozone and the volatilization of toxic ammonia into the atmosphere (Stulen et al. 1998) and has also been linked to unused N fertilizers. The toxic effects of nitrate are due to its endogenous conversion to nitrite and this ion has been implicated in the occurrence of methaemoglobinemia, gastric cancer and many other diseases (Anjana et al. 2007).
Presently the human population is more than 6.5 million, which is expected to increase around 10 billion by 2025 (Hirel et al. 2007), therefore, the major challenge will be to reach a highly productive agriculture without degrading the quality of our environment. Efficient farming techniques and choosing plant varieties/genotypes that have better nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) could be the tools to tackle this problem. The development of such varieties /genotypes, through conventional plant breeding techniques or by using recombinant DNA technology, will be more proficient with a better understanding the physiological, genetic and molecular bases of NUE among cereal crops. Therefore, there is an urgent need of a 'second green revolution' that does not rely on exhaustive use of inorganic fertilizers rather would aim at improving crop yields in soils by developing varieties with better adaptation to low-fertility soils. (Yan et al. 2006). In the present chapter, we have discussed the inflow and effects of reactive N in the environment and then summarized the strategies adopted to develop the crop varieties/genotypes with high NUE.
Reactive Nitrogen Inflows:
Reactive nitrogen (Nr) is usually referred to all the nitrogen species that are biologically active, photo-chemically reactive and radiatively important N compounds in the atmosphere and biosphere of the earth (Galloway et al. 1995). Thus, Nr includes reduced inorganic forms of N (NH3, NH4+), oxidized inorganic forms (NOx, HNO2, N2O, NO3-) and organic compounds (urea, amines, proteins, nucleic acids). There are numerous sources in environment that contribute to Nr and total nitrate content of natural waters, e.g., atmosphere, geological features, anthropogenic sources, atmospheric nitrogen fixation and soil nitrogen. However detailed hydro geological investigations conducted have indicated a heterogeneous pattern of nitrate distribution. Soils with low water holding capacity (sandy soil) and high permeability, movement of pollutants like chloride and nitrate is much quicker than in clayey soil. This is probably the main cause for high nitrates in areas with sandy soil. Vegetables account for more than 70 % of the nitrates ingested in the human diet. The remainder of nitrate in a typical diet comes from drinking water (21 %), meat and meat products (6 %) (Prasad, 1999).
The form of added N plays a role in regulating N losses and influencing NUE. Among these forms, NO3 is the most susceptible to leaching, NH4 the least, and urea moderately susceptible. Ammonia and urea are more susceptible to volatilization loss of N than fertilizers containing NO3. Urea is the most widely used N fertilizer in India. The studies showed the importance of selecting ammonium-based N fertilizer early in the season to reduce N leaching due the mobility of urea and nitrate source in irrigated rice and wheat systems (Prasad and Prasad 1996). Nitrate containing fertilizers when applied to rice proved less efficient because nitrate is prone to be lost via denitrification and leaching under submerged soil conditions in normal and alkali soils (Prasad 1998). In saline soils, however, it is beneficial to use NO3 containing N fertilizers as it compensates the adverse effects of Cl- and SO42- on absorption of NO3 by plants (Choudhary et al. 2003).
Nitrogen losses from soil-plant system Once inorganic N has appeared in the soil, it can be absorbed by the roots of higher plants or still metabolized by other microorganism during nitrification. This process is carried out by a specialized series of actions in which a few species of microorganisms oxidize NH4+ to NO2 or NO2- to NO3-. Ammonium ion reacts with excess hydroxyls in soil solutions, which leads to N losses to the atmosphere by NH3 volatilization (Wood et al. 2000). This represents an important source of N loss in agricultural soils under favourable conditions. Due to extensive use of N fertilizers and nitrogenous wastes, the amount of N available to plants significantly exceeds the N returned to the atmosphere by gaseous losses of N through volatilization and denitrification (Martre et al. 2003). Minimizing drying of surface soil and providing additional source of urease enzyme can minimize NH3 volatilization. A portion of this excess N is leached out in the soil profile as NO3- or carried in runoff waters. These are conductive conditions for N losses in agricultural soils, thus reducing the NUE (Delgado et al. 2001). With transport of N in water ways and neighbouring ground-water systems the N concentration could exceed the levels acceptable for human consumption. Nitrate in soil profile may be leached into groundwater when percolating water moves below the rooting depths of crop and provides leaching potential. Paramasivam et al. (2002) have has reported a potential leaching of NO3- in arid regions and sandy soils. Losses of N by leaching are affected by local differences in rainfall, water-holding capacity of soil, soil-drainage properties and rates of mineralization of soil organic N (Delgado, 1999). Processes such as adsorption, fixation, immobilization and microbial assimilation of added NH4-N in soils are of great importance as they affect nitrogen use efficiency and have the corresponding environmental repercussions (Kissel et al. 2004).
In many field situations, more than 60% of applied N is lost due in part to the lack of synchrony of plant N demand with N supply. The remainder of the N is left in the soil, or is lost to other parts of the environment through leaching, runoff, erosion, NH3 volatilization and denitrification. The cereal NUEs are 42% in developed and 29% in developing countries (Raun and Johnson 1999). Many 15N studies have reported N fertilizer losses in cereal production from 20 to 50% with higher values in rice than in wheat (Ladha et al. 2005). Prasad (1998) reported that apparent recovery of N applied to wheat varies from 40 to 91%. It has been estimated that rice and wheat N recovery efficiency ranging from 30-40% are occurring in irrigated conditions. An N recovery efficiency exceeding 40% is expected to occur in response to improved N management practices. In a rice-wheat cropping system of Punjab, recovery of 15N by the first wheat crop was 30% to 41%, the soil at wheat harvest retained 19% to 26% and the succeeding rice recovered 5.2% of the 120 kg N ha-1 applied (Singh and Singh, 2001). Total losses of applied N (not recovered from soi1-plant system) were about 42 % in rice and 33 % in wheat grown on a typical sandy loam soil in northwest India.
The main causes of for low N recovery are usually attributed to (1) ammonia volatilization, (2) denitrification, (3) leaching, and (4) runoff and erosion (Fig.1). Loss of N via NH3 volatilization can be substantial from surface-applied urea in both rice and wheat, which can exceed 40%, and generally greater with increasing soil pH, temperature, electrical conductivity and surface residue (Singh and Singh 2003; Choudhary et al. 2003). Water management in rice and wheat fields influences the extent of N losses due to nitrification-denitrification and NH3 volatilization. Available research results from ideal rice soils suggest that NH3 volatilization rather than denitrification is more important gaseous loss mechanism for fertilizer N applied to continuously flooded, puddled rice soils of the tropics. The picture is quite opposite in highly permeable porous soils under rice. There exist two mechanisms in such soils due to which losses due to denitrification assume more importance than NH3 volatilization losses. Firstly, in porous soils under rice it is difficult to maintain continuous flooding. Rather there occur very frequent alternate aerobic-anaerobic cycles, which lead to very fast formation of nitrate under aerobic conditions and their subsequent denitrification under anaerobic conditions that, develop due to application of irrigation (Singh and Singh, 2001). Secondly, due to high permeability of coarse textured porous soils urea as such is rapidly transported to subsoil where even after it is hydrolyzed to NH4, it is not prone to losses via NH3 volatilization (Sangwan et al. 2004a). Sangwan et al., (2004a, 2004b) have shown that NH3 volatailization losses from urea increases with the increase in soil salinity, sodicity and the rate of N applied. The losses of fertilizer N as NH3 in rice decreased with increasing floodwater depth and depth of placement (Singh et al. 1995a), and with the application of organic manures (Sihag and Singh 1997). Alkalinity, pH and NH3 concentration in flood water control the extent of NH3 loss from flooded soils (Singh and Singh 2003). Sarkar et al. (1991) reported a loss of 15-20% of applied N when urea was broadcast in a wheat field. Prasad (1999) reported a marked reduction in the loss of applied N when the urea was deep placed as compared with surface broadcast on a moist soil. They have reported 13.5% N losses as ammonia after one week of urea application under submerged conditions. The high pH or alkalinity resulted in high losses of ammonia by volatilization, which can be nearly 60% of applied N at field capacity. Submergence decreases pH as well as losses to ( 35% of applied N. The reclamation of sodic soils using gypsum has been found to decrease N losses through ammonia volatilization (Choudhary et al. 2003). The timing of fertilization and irrigation could further influence the losses of urea applied to porous soils. If applied on the wet soil surface following irrigation, as much as 42% of the applied 15N was lost, most likely due to volatilization (Sangwan et al. 2004a). Singh et al. (1995b) showed that application of urea before irrigation increased the NUE by 20% as compared to its surface application after irrigation or broadcast application and surface mixing of urea at field capacity in a clay loam soil.
In non-ideal porous soils under rice, there exist every possibility that applied urea-N is preferentially lost via denitrification rather than NH3 volatilization. Direct measurement of denitrification losses made by Aulakh et al. (2001) showed that denitrification is a significant N loss process under wetland rice amounting to 33% of the applied N. In excessive N fertilizer application (i.e., at rates in excess of that needed for maximum yield in cereal crops), NO3 leaching can be significant, particularly from the coarse-textured soils. Residual N is then available in soil profile for potential leaching. High levels of NO3-N in the region's groundwater have been reported by Singh et al. (1995b). There is not much information available on leaching losses of N. In a pot culture study, the leaching loss was 11.5% of the applied urea N and was reduced to 8.7% when urea was coated with neem cake (Prasad and Prasad, 1996). In a field study at Pantnagar on a silty clay loam soil, 12% of the appled N was lost by leaching and these losses were reduced to 8% when urea was blended with neem cake (Singh et al. 1995b).


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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2009, 6(10), 2712-2724; doi:10.3390/ijerph6102712
Factors Affecting Use of Preventive Tests for Cardiovascular Risk among Greeks
Hellenic Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Bouboulinas 57, Patras, 26222, Greece
"ATTIKON" University Hospital, 1 Rimini Street, Athens, 12462, Greece
Centre for Health Services Research, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical School, Athens University, 25 Alexandroupoleos Street, Athens, 11527, Greece
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Data from a Greek national representative sample was used to investigate socio-demographic, self-perceived health, and health risk factors that determine the use of cardiovascular preventive tests (blood pressure, cholesterol and blood glucose). Chi-square and logistic regression analyses were used (p < 0.05). Older age, marriage, regular family doctor and chronic diseases increased the likelihood of receiving preventive tests, whereas low education and alcohol consumption reduced the likelihood of having these tests. The effect of obesity varied. Interventions which improve the knowledge of the poorly educated and empower the preventive role of the physicians may redress the inequalities and improve the effectiveness of preventive services utilization. View Full-TextKeywords:
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