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This small-plot field study evaluated food processing liquid slurry ( FPLS) as a potential fertilizer for tanner grass ( Brachiaria arrecta) production on an acidic loam soil. The treatments, arranged in a randomized complete block design with three replicates, consisted of an unfertilized control, inorganic fertilizer applied at 50 and 200 kg nitrogen (N) ha−1 with and without phosphorus (P) at 50 kg P ha−1, and FPLS applied at 50 and 200 kg N ha−1. Compared to the unfertilized control, the FPLS applied at 200 kg N ha−1 significantly increased grass dry-matter yield ( DMY), herbage crude protein ( CP) and P content, and N and P uptake in the second of two trials and P uptake in both trials. However, DMY and contents, of CP and P were generally lower for the FPLS treatments compared to the inorganic fertilizers. Apparent N recovery was higher for the inorganic fertilizer treatments than FPLS treatments in trial 1, while apparent P recovery was similar among all treatments in both trials. The FPLS treatments did not significantly increase soil NO3-N and P concentrations, but increased NH4-N in the 0-15 cm layer. The results suggest that application of FPLS to tanner grass pastures is an alternative to its disposal in landfill. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Ceramica is the property of Associacao Brasileira de Ceramica and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Since the final report of the 8th National Health Conference in 1986, the introduction of alternative healthcare practices within the scope of public health services has been sought. However, it was only in 2006, through the National Policy for Complementary and Integrative Practices, that non-medical professionals were allowed to act as acupuncturists within the Brazilian National Health System (SUS). Objectives: To describe the evolution of acupuncture within SUS and the inclusion of new, non-medical acupuncturists. Methods: An exploratory descriptive study was conducted on acupuncture consultations provided by physicians and non-physicians between 1999 and 2007. The data source was the SUS Outpatient Information System, which is made available through the Ministry of Health database. Consultations were divided according to city and year. To analyze the temporal trend of the number of acupuncture consultations, a simple linear regression model was used, with a significance level of 5%. Results: Analysis of the temporal trend showed that there was a significant increase (p<0.001) of 1.1 acupuncture consultations per 100 thousand outpatient examinations recorded annually between 1999 and 2007. There was a significant increase over the last year of the study period. In 2007, 28% of the acupuncture consultations were recorded by non-medical professionals in 41 cities. Conclusions: There has been an expansion in the number of acupuncture consultations and in the number of cities that record the use of acupuncture within SUS over the study period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Source attribution studies report that the consumption of contaminated poultry is the primary source for acquiring human campylobacteriosis. Oral administration of an engineered Escherichia coli strain expressing the Campylobacter jejuni N-glycan reduces bacterial colonization in specific-pathogen-free leghorn chickens, but only a fraction of birds respond to vaccination. Optimization of the vaccine for commercial broiler chickens has great potential to prevent the entry of the pathogen into the food chain. Here, we tested the same vaccination approach in broiler chickens and observed similar efficacies in pathogen load reduction, stimulation of the host IgY response, the lack of C. jejuni resistance development, uniformity in microbial gut composition, and the bimodal response to treatment. Gut microbiota analysis of leghorn and broiler vaccine responders identified one member of Clostridiales cluster XIVa, Anaerosporobacter mobilis, that was significantly more abundant in responder birds. In broiler chickens, coadministration of the live vaccine with A. mobilis or Lactobacillus reuteri, a commonly used probiotic, resulted in increased vaccine efficacy, antibody responses, and weight gain. To investigate whether the respondernonresponder effect was due to the selection of a C. jejuni "supercolonizer mutant" with altered phase-variable genes, we analyzed all poly(G)-containing loci of the input strain compared to nonresponder colony isolates and found no evidence of phase state selection. However, untargeted nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabolomics identified a potential biomarker negatively correlated with C. jejuni colonization levels that is possibly linked to increased microbial diversity in this subgroup. The comprehensive methods used to examine the bimodality of the vaccine response provide several opportunities to improve the C. jejuni vaccine and the efficacy of any vaccination strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a study which focused on the development of a reliable numerical biomechanical model that at a given time t, returns forces and torques in the hip articulation. Concept of open-chain mechanisms; Description of the model; Efficiency of the proposed model.