... section, SWD of t5 disc to sections t4 + t5, SWD of t7 disc to sections t6 + t7 and SWD of disc from 1/10 of H to internodial sections t8 and below Methodology for stem volume calculation was ... the changes of SWD values along the stem vertical profile, (c) to investigate changes of SWD with respect to stand density and thinning MATERIALS AND METHODS Site and stand description: There ... Inc., Tulsa USA) was performed for statistical analysis RESULTS AND DISCUSSION After six years of the cultivation under two different CO2 concentrations, A ambient and E elevated average stem wood...
... Level of Product Involvement High Low Microsoft Blackberry Sony Ericsson Nissan Sony Microsoft Sony Ericsson Nissan Colgate Microsoft Sony Ericsson Nissan Microsoft Royal Caribbean Sony Ericsson ... approaches across consumer and advertising research as well psychological studies where researchers focus ondifferent aspects of cognition to understand its effects on advertising outcomes These approaches, ... pop-ups, interstitials, rich media ads (infomercials), web sites as well as personalized forms such as newsletters and emails Other possible forms could include sponsored screensavers, online games,...
... Druss BG, Wang PS, Sampson NA, Olfson M, Pincus HA, Wells KB, Kessler RC: Understanding mental health treatment in persons without mental diagnoses: results from the national comorbidity survey ... individual and environmental risk factors [7,31,32] Treatment utilization among sexual minorities Findings suggest that patterns of mental health and substance misuse treatment utilization among sexual ... gender, sexual orientation, and race/ethnicity ontreatment use is beyond the scope of the present paper, but is an area in need of more investigation Conclusion Study limitations This study encountered...
... loss of sight; paleness and sallowness of the countenance, and sometimes swelling of the feet; an enfeebled state of the voluntary muscles, manifesting itself sometimes by tremors of the hands, ... Institution of New Hampshire, at Dartmouth College; Professor of Surgery and Obstetrics in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the Western District of the State of New York; President of ... and convulsive motions, thirty seconds fruitless attempts to vomit In one minute convulsive respiration; the animal fell upon the side In four minutes and twenty seconds violent convulsions In...
... TnC(1–91)–TnI(98–182) and emission fluorescence spectroscopy was used to observe the environment of this residue The emission fluorescence spectrum indicated that the W160 was exposed to the solvent as confirmed ... mutagenesis The cDNAs of TnC and TnI were previously described [16] and the plasmid constructs for expression of the TnC–TnI chimeras were produced by PCR-based site-directed mutagenesis in two steps ... Ca2+-Mg2+ sites on troponin C in the regulation ofmusclecontraction Preparation and properties of troponin C depleted myofibrils J Biol Chem 257, 7678– 7683 Syska H, Wilkinson JM, Grand RJA & Perry SV...
... particles were obtained Different sizes and shapes of the crystals can be explained by different interactions of hydroxyapatite with the anions of the initial salts: adsorption of acetate anions on ... devouring smaller ones Note that the acetate ion exerts the strongest inhibitory effect on the crystal growth This is in good agreement with the above assumption on the strongest adsorption of this anion ... dioxide of the air (the system was not specially isolated from the air) The carbonate ion content was virtually the same in all samples The positions of the absorption bands due to carbonate groups...
... satisfaction in airline industry is reviewed Discussion on customer satisfaction and expectations adds to understanding of importance of customer satisfaction and explains service elements Finally, ... this step, it is necessary to put forth the following questions and answer such questions: - What issue we intend to research? - The necessity of researching such issue - Why such issue must ... a service is a series of processes; and each of those processes creates a different value for a service Each value of service depends on service attributes (characteristics) Similarly, Chen and...
... were statistically analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis analysis and multiple comparisons The mortality rates were assessed by means of a binomial test with subsequent multiple comparisons Trends in ... Podrázský V., 1995 Effects of liming on forest soils in severe site and immission conditions Communicationes Instituti Forestalis Bohemicae, 18: 97–105 Podrázský V., Balcar V., 1996 Liming of spruce ... Phenotypic selection of plus trees and plus stands of birch for reforestation of the Krušné hory Mts Journal of Forest Science, Special Issue, 47: 87–95 Lundström U .S. , Bain D.C., Taylor A.F .S. , van...
... years Wind-firmness in forests should be dealt with at various scales At the regional scale, stand stability depends on abiotic factors such as climatic conditions, site topography and type of substrate ... spacings and natural mortality resulted in densities of 1952 stems ha–1 (s = 82) and 605 stems ha–1 (s = 10), respectively As a basis of comparison, the density of 20-year-old Maritime pine stands ... This typology gives an indication of the “individual” and “stand” effects that more or less predominate, depending on stand density DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION The storm caused moderate damage spread...
... relations [16] The lower susceptibility of potassium–sufficient plants to drought stress is related to several factors such as (i) the role of K in stomatal regulation as a mechanism controlling ... inoculation and their effects on plant growth response However, some results contradict the coexistence of both symbionts in the same root system For instance, Lodge [21] observed that infection by ... contents of the leaves differently The concentrations of P, Ca, Mg and Na were significantly Table II Mycorrhizal establishment on the root systems of A holosericea after months of growth Treatment...
... Outcome Study SF-36 [48] A German translation of the international standard version was used [49] Questions refer to the past weeks (standard version) The SF-36 consists of 36 items with subscales and ... thigh muscles (elbow extension and flexion, knee extension and flexion) were evaluated [51] Statistical analysis Statistical analysis was done using SPSS (Version 7.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago, USA) Significant ... discopathy Osteochondrosis Soft tissue rheumatism Systemic inflammatory joint and spinal column diseases Osteoporosis Other origins: constitutional weakness of connective tissue (ligament insufficiency)...
... cells served as the control (Co) A Western analysis of Cav1 and corresponding GAPDH B Western analysis of SREBP and corresponding GAPDH C Luciferase assay of SRE transcriptional activity of CF and ... cells and are crucial in the initiation and regulation of immune responses [26-29] Changes in DC function could contribute to abnormal immune responses on multiple levels, such as antigen processing ... and corresponding GAPDH expression C Quantification of Cav1 and SREBP expression by image intensity analysis normalized to GAPDH D Luciferase assay of SRE transcriptional activity in CF and WT...
... package Statistica 8.0 (StatSoft, Inc.) was used Differences were considered as significant when P < 0.05 Results and discussion Analysis of feed The mean daily intake for the period under study was ... (SY) results in higher concentrations of Se in cows' milk than inorganic Se (SS) supplementation does [11] Replacing inorganic Se with organic Se has been suggested as one way to increase Se intake ... SY group had a higher Se level than the SS animals (P < 0.01) These findings correspond to previously published results [7,9] Weiss [15] compared the results of 10 studies and reported 18% as...
... transport reactions, pathways responsible for the synthesis and degradation of amino acids, nucleic acids, vitamins, cofactors, and lipids In total, the network consists of 733 metabolites and ... evolutionary constraints, gene duplication, and essentiality demonstrates that the structure and function of a metabolic network shapes the evolution of its enzymes In the long run, system analyses of biological ... evolutionary constraint Ka/Ks shows that enzymes in highly connected parts of the network evolve slowly interactions in the data Additional data file shows that synonymous (silent) substitutions Ks and...
... none of these studies have reported the onsets of the responses There are also few reports of face-sensitive responses, visible as early as 50 – 80 ms after stimulus presentation, captured using ... answer these questions, parametric experimental designs, novel approaches to EEG data pre-processing and analyses on a single-subject and group basis, robust statistics and large samples of subjects ... edges, using linear and nonlinear summation of contours signals Linearity and nonlinearity was correlated with responsiveness – cells with linear responses were selective to broad range of shapes,...
... Knowledge-intensive Chapter Introduction services in business-to-business environments differ significantly from those services focusing on individuals and consumer markets This sector serves as sources of ... KIBS which is one of the most important sectors in services, and where knowledge is its main resource Finally we conclude with a discussion of the limitations of previous studies and the research ... Results and discussion about absorptive capacity and its impact on competitive advantage 141 5.3.3 Results and discussion on moderating effects 143 5.3.3.1 Results and discussion...
... dependence on concentration of stabilizing ligand (ODT) present and solution temperature In this section, we discuss the correlation of these reaction parameters with the size and the size dispersion of ... CONCLUSION The slow AuNP formation based on using 9-BBN as a reducing agent enabled investigations of the relationship between reaction parameters and the size and size dispersion of AuNPs based ... based on simple UVÀvis spectroscopy and TEM analyses We demonstrated synthesis of nearly monodisperse AuNPs in organic solvents The HRTEM analysis showed the nanoparticles are mostly single crystalline...
... Duncan s multiple range test using SAS program (Version 6.12, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, USA) Results and discussion To understand the culture characteristics of the suspended cells of ginseng in shake ... nitrogen concentration of 40 mM.[14] In the simultaneous production of ginseng saponin and polysaccharide by suspension cultures of P ginseng, [15] reported that production of ginseng saponin was related ... this paper, we established cell suspension culture of ginseng cell and some attempts have been made to increase biomass and ginsenoside yield of ginseng cell culture Materials and methods Stock...
... intraband relaxation times between the QDs and the QRs Our experimental design of synthesizing QDs with similar band edge energies as the QRs allows us to compare each set of samples one-by-one, ... the 1S transition Intraband Relaxation Studies We employed TA spectroscopy to understand the ultrafast physical processes in NCs An important phenomenon during TA spectroscopy measurements is the ... electronically, this leads to a superposition of the eigenstates of both heavy and light holes, consequently modifying the exciton states In a similar fashion, this same concept applies to the...