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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Standard management"”.
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The role of biofeedback in improving anal continence after anterior resection
Incorporation of routine biofeedback into the management of patients with rectal cancer who are undergoing anterior resection offers potential for improved anal continence compared with standard management. A multicentre randomised controlled trial was performed to investigate this and 121 …
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Planning and implementing safety management systems
… Guide to occupational health and safety management systems. The research is presented chronologically, with literature review and content analysis of SMS related guides and standards interwoven with two elements of qualitative empirical work. The first of these was carried out shortly …
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Synanthropic survival: low-impact agriculture and White-shouldered Ibis conservation ecology
… practices that support open-habitat species is a standard management technique. Elsewhere, however, this value is often overlooked while conservation attention is directed at natural habitats and forest biota. This thesis assesses the importance of traditional farming for developing-world …
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Plant growth regulators and biostimulants for use in varying management systems to improve corn grain yield
… evidence however, for their best place in a management system to optimize their return on investment and crop yield potential. The objective of this study was to evaluate the responses of corn (Zea mays L.) grain yield to in-furrow and foliar applications of PGRs and biostimulants, and to …
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Optimizing Corn and Cotton Performance with Adaptive Management Systems and Subsurface Drip Irrigation in the Mid-Atlantic USA
… More data are needed on adaptative corn management strategies that focus on increasing nutrient use efficiencies and crop yields (i.e., 4R nutrient management, biostimulants, and in-season crop protection chemicals). With less than 5% of Virginia's corn and cotton fields irrigated, …
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Understanding variability associated with corn grain yield response to foliar fungicide application
… also be affected by environmental factors and management practices that influence corn yield potential. The focus of this research was to determine if there is a differential yield response to strobilurin fungicide application under standard and intensive management systems. The standard …
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Genetic Analysis of Toxin-Induced Dilated Cardiomyopathy in the Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
… New Mexico). The birds were raised under standard management conditions. In the preliminary investigation and to test my hypothesis, DCM was induced by feeding birds ad libitum standard diets containing 700 parts per million furazolidone. Results of the preliminary investigations showed …
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The probability of Chinese mortgage loan default and credit scoring
… applications, which is a cost effective credit management tool (Mester, 1997). Preceding credit scoring valuation is important against the increasing financial risk, and adopting credit risk analysis method to value the consumer credit is a necessary step to resist serious credit loss (Li and …
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Improved agronomic management of corn and soybean to increase productivity
… would have been possible without improved crop management and cultivars that have led to these ever-increasing yields. While growers do not have much influence in the genetics that come to market, it is up to them to implement whatever agronomic management practices they wish to use. A drawback …
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Improving Nutritional Knowledge of Caregivers in Hyderabad, India: A Pilot Study
… counselling, which is already one of the standard management options for treating children with mild to moderate malnutrition. Therefore, improving nutritional counselling for caregivers can be an effective way to combat undernutrition. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to increase …
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The effect of introducing Basic Antenatal Care Plus and Umbiflow on antenatal care and perinatal mortality
… The CWDU-UmA information together with an active standard management protocol demonstrated a significant reduction in the stillbirth rate (10.1/1000 vs 17.8/1000, RR 0.57, 95% CI 0.29–0.85) with no increase in the neonatal death rate. Conclusion: The implementation of BANC Plus resulted in an …
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International Perspectives on Data Protection and its Relationship to Records Management: Recommendations for Emerging Practice in the West Indies
… seeks to understand and explore whether the sub-standard management of records and information compared with internationally accepted standards, at all levels of West Indian society could be seen as a significant obstacle to the introduction of information rights legislation, in particular, the …
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IDENTIFICATION OF NCAM1 AS A NOVEL PROGNOSTIC PROSTATE CANCER STEM CELL BIOMARKER
… Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is the standard management for advanced PCa. Despite its initial effectiveness, the majority of patients relapse and develop castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), which is thought to be mediated by resistant PCSCs. ADT-treated NCAM1+ cells isolated …
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HBV genotypes at the Groote Schuur Hospital Liver Clinic, Cape Town : genotype and subgenotype prevalence and the influence of ethnicity on treatment outcomes during long term clinical follow-up of patience with chronic HBV infection.
… sub-Saharan Africa adds a new dimension in the management of this disease and highlights the need to understand the pathogenesis and treatment of HBV. HBV genotype A and D have been shown to be present in southern Africa with genotype A generally being the predominant genotype documented in …
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Contribution of Natural Recruitment to the Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Sport Fishery in Deerfield Reservoir
… and reservoirs. Put-and-take fisheries are the standard management practice for Black Hills reservoirs because natural recruitment is low to non-existent. Recently, juvenile rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss of unknown origin were collected in the Castle Creek tributary system above Deerfield …
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Innovations in fertilizer use and agronomic management for greater productivity of corn and soybean
… varieties grown under increased levels of management. A steady increase in corn and soybean grain yields have resulted in greater nutrient demands from the soil and fertilizer, resulting in many soil’s nutrient reserves to be drawn down. With the advent of innovative precision agricultural …