Morton College

The soils on the eastern region of the North Island (Wairarapa, Tararua, Hawke’s Bay, Poverty Bay, East Coast) are mainly of the Brown, Pallic, Recent (Sedimentary) and Pumice orders and are most are farmed with sheep and cattle on hill pastures. Several field trials have been carried out to determine the pasture growth requirements for phosphorus (P), sulphur (S), potassium (K), nitrogen (N), lime and molybdenum (Mo) in this region since the 1960s and the results published in various papers. This review considers the results of these studies collectively and in relation to national datasets. Sedimentary and Pumice soils with Olsen P levels of less than 12 µg/mL required annual application of P. Significant pasture production responses to S were measured where initial soil sulphate-S levels were less than 6 ppm. Additional K for sheep and beef pastures was required mainly on Pumice and Brown soils with soil QTK levels of 6 or less. Large pasture DM responses to N were measured in most trials, especially on steep slopes and sunny aspects with low legume content. Lime is needed to maintain soil pH once it decreases to 5.4 on hill soils. Molybdenum deficiency in legumes can occur on sedimentary soils and should be monitored by clover-leaf analysis.

Using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in care planning has the potential to improve care, but information about routine implementation in settings serving disadvantaged groups is needed. Two primary care clinics serving populations predominantly eligible for Medicaid and diverse in race/ethnicity implemented the PROMIS-29 as part of clinical care planning. Of the target population with diabetes, 26% (n = 490) completed the PROMs; the proportion that set a goal based on the PROMs differed by site. This report describes factors influencing the PROMs process and the results of interviews with patients and members of the care team about PROMs' implementation and impact.

Tongue amputation is a rare event. In fact, only four successful tongue replants are reported in the literature. These include one incomplete amputation 1 and three complete amputations. 2-4 To our knowledge, replantation of a self-inflicted, segmental tongue amputation has not been reported. We report the successful replantation of a selfinflicted, segmental tongue amputation in an actively psy-chotic patient. Additionally, intra-and postoperative management strategies are reviewed.

Things just get “curiouser and curiouser.” Alice in Wonderland , Lewis Carroll Alice's remark as she visited wonderland is quite applicable to the rapidly changing medical knowledge base. The more we know, the more questions that occur, and this “quest for truth” is daunting. This is a daily element of clinical decision-making in a busy practice, face to face with patients and parents. This is particularly true when addressing the area of drug therapy for attention-deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity [ADD(H)]. Over the past 2 years, there has been a lot of information on this topic. Parents are aware of the emotionally charged aspects of ADD(H) therapy through the rapid access of information from all forms of media. They are raising important questions regarding the safety of use of the stimulant class of drugs for treating ADD(H). The recent concern of sudden cardiac death in patients who are taking these drugs is certainly worth evaluation. What follows is a brief synopsis of the clinically relevant, best evidence-based aspects of this issue. Sudden cardiac death occurs at an estimated rate of 1.3 per 100000 patient-years in the pediatric population.1 It is often assumed under conditions of an unexplained, unexpected death in an otherwise presumed healthy person. … Address correspondence to Matthew Knight, MD, OSFMG Morton Pediatrics, 435 Maxine Dr, Morton, IL 61550. E-mail: meknight50{at}yahoo.com

I was saddened to read in the March 2006 issue of Physics Today (page 83) of the death of Philip Morrison. As a graduate student in chemistry at Cornell University (1950–54) with minors in math and physics, I was fortunate that Morrison was the teacher of my first graduate physics class, Theoretical Mechanics. What a teacher he was! At the end of a class, his face often running with sweat from his exertions, he would beam at the class with a smile I remember vividly still.I was also fortunate that Morrison agreed to represent the physics department on my doctoral committee, and at my oral qualifying exam, he demonstrated both his sense of humor and his quickness of mind. I arrived for my oral at Baker Laboratory to find that a final doctoral exam for an organic chemist had also been scheduled for the same room and time. The organic chemist had been working with an obscure and complex organic compound, a molecular model of which was lying on the lecture-room table. While my major professor, Frank Long, and the other professor were discussing which exam would be moved, Morrison entered.He stopped by the table, gazed at the complicated molecular model, and then remarked, “Ah, I see you have been studying ___” and gave the correct chemical name of the compound. A profound silence followed as the assembled chemists marveled at the chemical erudition of this physics professor. I did not know then, nor do I remember now, what the compound was, and I suspect that Long, a physical chemist, was equally unsure.As department chairman, Long won the argument as to which group would leave. After the organic chemistry student and his committee had departed, Long turned to Morrison and asked how in the world he had recognized that obscure chemical compound. Morrison flashed his charming smile and explained that as he had walked over to the lab, the organic chemistry student had passed by, carrying his thesis, and Morrison had glimpsed the thesis title in which the compound was named. He deduced that the molecular model on the table most probably represented the compound named in the thesis title and was thus able to astound the assembled chemists.It was a great privilege to have known Philip Morrison.© 2006 American Institute of Physics.

We experimentally examined how several aspects of fruit presentation affected fruit preferences of migrating birds, both free-ranging and captive. We found that freeranging birds prefer accessible over inaccessible fruit of a given plant species, and that manipulation of accessibility in the field can be a useful tool for measuring the relative strength of fruit preferences between plant species. Bicolored diplays had a greater number of hits (experimental displays with at least a single fruit taken) and a greater proportion of fruits removed (from all experimental displays) than unicolored displays for fruit of two plant species. Proximity of heterospecific fruit crops (separate vs simultaneous encounter of fruits of different plant species) had no evident effect on fruit preferences. Birds showed clear preferences for fruit of particular plant species when a variety of species exhibiting a range of nutritional rewards were offered simultaneously, but the preferences had no clear correspondence to gross characteristics of pericarp chemistry, such as percent lipid or percent sugar. Both free-ranging and captive migrant birds responded similarly to experiments examining fruit preferences when the fruit of two plant species were encountered separately or simultaneously on artificial fruit displays. The captive birds made consistent choices among individuals, experimental treatments, and replicates of treatments. These findings demonstrate that environmental context of fruit presentation can have strong effects on fruit preferences of migrating birds, which should contribute to the diffuse nature of the evolutionary interaction between bird dispersers and fruiting plants. The diffuse nature of this interaction may in turn decrease the ability to identify the effect of bird fruit choice on selection on fruiting traits. Finally, we suggest a method for examining the relative competitive abilities of native versus exotic plant species in attracting bird dispersers, and indicate how this knowledge can be applied in biological control programs for eradicating problem exotic plant species.

On November 24, 1993, the Internal Revenue Service issued a `Notice of Proposed Rule Making` relating taxation of on-road diesel fuels and policing by means of a dyeing program. Based on the proposed regulation, various qualitative and quantitative methods were developed by two laboratories to identify and determine concentration of various dyes in No. 1 and No. 2 diesel fuels. A simple qualitative method was devised which consists of extracting the dye out of the fuel and identifying dye composition by thin layer chromatography. Quantitative methods were also developed based on spectrophometric evaluation of dyed fuel. The quantitative methods are designed for use with low cost single beam spectrophometers. Independent results based on a nine terminal sampling program are included. 5 refs., 2 figs., 13 tabs.