BIOCHAR BOOSTS TROPICAL BUT NOT TEMPERATE CROP YIELDS

Biochar boosts tropical but not temperate crop yields

Applying biochar to soil is thought to have multiple benefits, from helping mitigate climate change [ 1 , 2 ], to managing waste [ 3 ] to conserving soil [ 4 ].Biochar is also widely assumed to boost crop yield [ 5 , 6 ], but there is controversy regarding the extent and cause of any yield benefit [ 7 ].Here we use a ALKALINE STICK global-scale met

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Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus and Clinicodemographic Profiles of Patients with Head and Neck Infections in a Philippine Tertiary Government Hospital

ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus among patients admitted for head and neck infections and describe their clinicodemographic features.Methods: Design: Retrospective Case Series Setting: Tertiary Government Training Hospital Participants: Forty-two (42) patients Results: Out of 211 adult patients admitted for head

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Assessment of subclinical atherosclerosis in ankylosing spondylitis: correlations with disease activity indices

The aim of the study was to evaluate atherosclerosis in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) through the assessment of morphological and functional measures of subclinical atherosclerosis.Twenty patients [M/F=12/8, age (median/range) ORG APPLE CIDER VINEGAR 43.5/28-69 years; disease duration (median/range) 9.7/1-36) years] with AS classified according to mo

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