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Conferences and International Meetings To receive more information about ASABE conferences and meetings, contact ASABE at 800-371-2723 or mcknight@asabe.org. 2007 May 31-June 3 ASABE 10th Annual International 1/4-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition. Expo Gardens, Peoria, Illinois, USA. Contact Jerome Robillard, jmrobillard@blount-fied.com or Brian...

Antimicrobial resistance in 11 hospitals in Puerto Rico: results of an antimicrobial resistance management (ARM) program.
Resumen Objetivo: El programa de manejo de resistencia antimicrobiana fue establecido en 1997 en la Universidad de Florida como parte de un proyecto que documenta las tendencias de los distintos patrones de susceptibilidad antimicrobiana en muestras de pacientes hospitalizados y no hospitalizados, asi como tambien el seguimiento...

Events calendar.
Conferences and International Meetings To receive more information about ASABE conferences and meetings, contact ASABE at 800-371-2723 or mcknight@asabe.org. 2008 Feb. 10-13 Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference. Louisville, Kentucky, USA. March 29-April 3 21st Century Watershed Technology: Improving Water Quality and the...

The use of protective equipment among Vietnamese manicurists: a pilot study.
Abstract Objective The demand for nail care has increased in Florida and the employment opportunities that result appeal to Vietnamese immigrants. The benefits of working as a manicurist include short-term training and an income higher than most Vietnamese immigrant workers with limited English proficiency. However, exposure to...

A review of parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Trialeurodes floridensis (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) with description of a new species from Mexico.
ABSTRACT A new species, Encarsia citricola sp. n., reared from Trialeurodes floridensis (Quaintance) collected in the State of Guanajuato, Mexico, is described and illustrated. A review and a key to 9 parasitoid species attacking T. floridensis are provided. In addition, 4 species of chalcidoid wasps are recorded...

Voice coach's mission: To unite Filipinos globally through songs.
Music is the universal language of the world and through song, it is a universal vehicle to unite and send messages to all Filipinos globally. This is sentiment of a Filipino international voice coach, who aims to make a breakthrough and has actually taken his mission to the next...

A better strategy: AOAC and dietary supplements.
A glance at local drugstore or health food shelves gives some idea of the scope of AOAC's dietary supplements initiative supported by the National Institutes of Health-Office of Dietary Supplements (NIH-ODS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) contract; dozens of supplements--vitamins, herbals, minerals, tablets, capsules, liquids, ointments--line...

People and Processes Outweigh Technology in Effective Government Information Security.
U.S. Government Security Mandates Heighten Workforce Professionalism and Preparedness, Analyst Study Finds PALM HARBOR, Fla., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium [(ISC)2(R)], the non- profit global leader in educating and certifying information security professionals throughout their careers, today announced the U.S. government-...

New Patented Process Eliminates Trans Fats and Produces Healthier Cooking Oils.
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- NeoFat Industries announced today that it has been awarded United States Patent 7,101,584 for its new cooking oil manufacturing process. Micro-molecular hypersaturation, or microsaturation for short, has the potential to revolutionize the manufacture of cooking oils. The new process transforms common,...

Cooperative breeding in the Brown-headed Nuthatch.
Cooperative breeding in the Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) has received little attention since the behavior was first described by Norris (1958). Presumably non-breeding adult nuthatches spend large amounts of time assisting in nest construction, feeding nestlings, and defending territories (Norris 1958, Thompson 2000), but recent studies of cooperative breeding...