SAE 2002 World Congress, March 4-7, 2002, Detroit, Michigan, USA, Warrendale, PA

Acute toxicity testing (lethal dose and lethal concentration for 50% of the population; LD50 and LC50) is a required component of the first level of pesticide risk assessment. A review of peer-reviewed and ECOTOX database toxicity values was conducted to assess methodol...

Feminist praxis is usually a conscious, reflexive process of moving from theory to application in order to create transformation. We want to expand the scope of feminist praxis, however, to include moments in which feminist theory explains political transformations that...

Abstract Background Sub-Saharan Africa is home to approximately 55 million orphaned children. The growing orphan crisis has overwhelmed many communities and has weakened the ability of extended families to meet traditional care-taking expectations. Other models of care...

The Ediacaran period began with the deglaciation of the ca. 635 Ma Marinoan snowball Earth and the deposition of cap dolostones on continental shelves worldwide during post-glacial sea-level rise. These carbonates sharply overlie glacial sediments deposited at low pale-...

Economical and non-invasive sorting of spermatozoa into X- and Y-chromosome bearing sub-populations would be of great value to the livestock industry. The goal of this study was to examine known sex-linked genes against some of the expected characteristics of sex-chromo...

Abstract Objectives We compared the addition of iPad distraction to standard care, versus standard care alone, to manage the pain and distress of intravenous (IV) cannulation. Methods Eighty-five children aged 6 to 11 years requiring IV cannulation (without child lif...