... the paper card The filter paper covering the roots was removed andthe mycelium colonizing the paper card was placed onthe root Subsequently the plates were incubated under the same conditions ... Africa, India andthe Americas They generally are dependent on mycorrhizae for the absorption of nutrients required for their growthand for nitrogen fixation [4, 6, 7, 18] One of the fast-growing ... per plate) were then placed onthe filter paper near the edge of the plate Another sterile paper filter, cut across the top, was laid over the radicule but not the colyledons The plates were...
... environmental assessment of contaminated sites, Proceedings of the Fifth National Workshop onthe Assessment of Site Contamination, National Environment Protection Council Service Corporation, ... accumulation in plant ppm % 2.8 100 3.2 115 5.2 190 8.5 308 The data in Table show the effects of Cu concentration in soil onthegrowth rate of Brassica juncea L The height of plants reaches the highest ... Relationship between content of Cu2+ in soil with plant growthand Cu accumulation in plant The relationship between Cu concentration in soil and biomass of Brassica juncea is presented in Table The...
... because the film is relatively compact The CuO film can only expand along normal direction of the surface Due to space limit, CuO film onthe inner surface of microcontainer will become concentrated ... any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited Authors’ contributions PS carried out the fabrication of microcontainers, ... controlled by the diffusion of the copper ions from the substrate, which is caused by the local electrical field set up by the oxygen ions at the solid/gas interface Kaur et al [15] and Kummar et...
... drought and its effecton tree growth missing rings in response to extreme drought in the 1920s and early 1930s, the prolonged drought did not preclude its survivaland recovery Onthe contrary, the ... climate than the two other stands The significant teleconnection between BYAB and HHT, XLPI and JGB, andthe relatively low correlation between BYAB and JGB, HHT and XLPI suggested the influence ... three other chronologies from more distant areas This connection is crucial for an adequate understanding of the stand history of the Meyer spruce forest in the typical steppe The aims of the current...
... changes in the activity of the immune system In this regard, theeffect of sepsis andthe influence of nutrition on tissue protein metabolism andonthe functioning of thegrowth hormone (GH)–insulin-like ... concentrations of IL-6 and IL-10 Nonetheless, there appeared to be differences in the pattern of cytokine concentrations related both to the presence or absence of sepsis and to the nutritional ... circulatory and cellular mechanisms that link cytokines andthe GH–IGF-I axis Authors' contributions MJO'L and RCS conceived of and designed the study All authors participated in the animal handling and...
... that control the organization of the skeletal architecture of spicules [5,6] The last step in the biologically controlled mineralization process, i.e the final location of the spicules within the ... (A) The deduced protein was analyzed for the predicted secondary structure as described by Garnier et al [50]; the helical conformation (X), the extended conformation (–), the turn (>) andthe ... 50 100 150 200 250 the amino acids glutamine, lysine and histidine at the N-terminus andthe nonpolar amino acid proline andthe hydroxy amino acids serine and threonine at the C-terminal border...
... adhesion force between catalysts and substrates does not change the CNT growth mode in these cases In other words, DT \ may be the main factor in these cases and is also the typical condition in thermal ... deposition with C2H2 and H2 as reaction gases (C2H2/H2 = 10/50 (sccm/sccm)) Specimen designations and their deposition conditions are listed in Table Characterization Methods The CNTs on specimens ... penetration In other words, the main feature of this system is that the direction of temperature gradient on each catalyst can be manipulated Specimen designations and their deposition conditions...
... which the thermostated water was circulated The conductivity cell was calibrated with standard KCl solutions, andthe obtained cell constant was 1.02 cm-1 Results and Discussion Formation of ... the role of oleic acid and TOP ongrowthand agglomeration behavior of cobalt nanoparticles synthesized via thermal decomposition However, there is hardly any report onthe comparative studies ... constant, e is molar extinction coefficient, Eg is optical band gap of the material and m depends onthe type of transition The value of molar extinction coefficient for the synthesized nanoparticles...
... growthThe effects of inoculation on seedling growth were analysed only for R luteolus, R roseolus and S verrucosum The factor inoculation showed a significant effecton almost all seedling growth ... 0.777 0.154 (1.8 g L–1) andthe micronutrients preparation Fetrilon (0.12 g L–1) and Hortrilon (0.28 g L–1) (Basf, Barcelona, Spain) applied by the nursery irrigation system The amount of nutrients ... photosynthetic capacity [11] and by increasing the uptake of water and nutrients, and their accumulation in the seedling tissues [3, 8] Environmental conditions marked by the Mediterranean climate...
... 5-azaDC and SB on radiation (logarismic scale) Theeffect of 5-azaDC and SB on radiation (logarismic scale) Histone plays an important role in post-translational modification carried out by histone ... demethylating agents, the DNA methylation and histone acetylation becomes inactivated and a synergic effect occurs Also, the combination of SB and 5-aza-DC facilitates the transformation of chromatin ... with the addition of SB The combination of the two resulted in a 39.6% survival rate, showing the synergic effect of the agents (p < 0.001) There was no statistical significance among survival rates...
... density andgrowth was between trees at the same site Initial spacing was found to be the only significant effectongrowthand then only by having a positive effectonthegrowth rate of the juvenile ... between longitude and b1, but no significant correlation between either b0 or b2 and longitude 261 Figure 7-1: Map of Scotland and Northern England showing locations of the Griffin and Harwood ... which had a knock oneffectonthe size of the trees at the end of the juvenile phase Both spacing and latitude were found to have significant effects onthe mean density of the juvenile wood...
... until the next molting cycle Duration of the molting cycle depends onthe species and age of the shrimp Molting frequency on white shrimp decreased along with increasing the size of shrimp The ... effects on growth, feeding rate, and feed conversion of the Pacific white shrimp Aquaculture, 138:267-279 Zhu, C., Dong, S., Wang, F., Huang, G., 2004 Effects of Na/K ratio in seawater ongrowthand ... 40-20-20 mg/L) and a treatment with no supplemented minerals severed as the control group In the second experiment, concentrations of minerals added in the treatments were the same as the first experiment...
... 55% The corresponding conversion rate of NH4+-N to NO3 N deteriorated from 100% to 55% over the same period The deterioration in the specific ammonium oxidation rate was due to the rapid growth ... parameters, nA and nH have been introduced to differentiate the mixed-population biofilm into functions of ammonium oxidizing and COD oxidizing fractions Convergence tolerance was set to 0.0005 andthe ... CONCLUSIONS This study showed that thegrowth kinetics of nitrifiers, µm and Ks, changed in accordance to the prevailing type of substrate and other operational parameters, such as system configuration...
... Prof Margaret Conrad The role of the report review monitor is to ensure that the panel gives full and fair consideration to the submissions of the report reviewers The Board of the Council authorizes ... of the next generation of business leaders and managers to the creation of new jobs, the generation of broadly distributed wealth, andthe education of the population at large (AACSB International, ... priorities in economic and social policies, as well as the relationships between these and broader issues of domestic and international governance Note: The information onthe transfer centres and research...
... Racial Discrimination, the Convention onthe Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, andthe Convention onthe Rights of the Child also have provisions related to the right to health ... interpretation of other international human rights instruments The definition of discrimination against women in the Convention onthe Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Women's Convention) ... Although the invitations to participate requested contributions focusing onthe minimum core content of the right and discrimination issues, most of the papers were very general and virtually none...
... drawings, their orientation, the ordering of the questions, andthe selection of node-pairs for the questions are all able to be randomised - Graph and question flexibility: the graph drawings and ... answers to the questions: the time taken for their answer, andthe correctness of the answer, was recorded The experiment was therefore controlled for the questions andthe graphs, the independent ... The order of presentation of the drawings andthe questions was random, as was the orientation of the drawings The metric definitions give more detail onthe extremes of the metric values [12]...
... much of the recent conventional wisdom regarding the conduct of monetary policy, both within central banks and among monetary economists, which has stressed a conception of the problem of monetary ... that state And changes in the composition of the securities in the hands of the public don’t change the state-contingent consumption of the representative household — this depends on equilibrium ... policy onthe one hand and from fiscal policy onthe other, it is important to note that someone who recommends monetary expansion by the central bank may intend for this to have consequences of one...
... uses and practices? * Does the SCCNFP recommend additional restrictions onthe use of these colorants in cosmetic products? Opinion onthe SCCNFP This paper will focus only on mutagenicity and ... the urinary bladder The Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity andthe Environment (CSTEE) has evaluated the report In its opinion the committee agreed with the overall conclusion of the ... 3.8 Opinion The SCCNFP is of the opinion that based onthe available information the use of the colorants CI 12150, CI 20170, CI 27290, CI 26100 and of other azo dyes which may release one or more...
... section ongrowthand reproduction show new advances in these field with specific focus on pediatric endocrinology, with contributions on reproduction and pubertal development The third section ... against atherogenic inflammation through multiple effects onthe endothelium itself and other vascular structures [63] It inhibits the adhesion of monocytes to endothelial cells, reduces the synthesis ... neurons in the VMN and possibly in the ARC and POMC neurons in the LH (Mountjoy & Rutter 2007) 2.4 Effect of glucose concentrations onthe brain glucose sensors Some of the glucose-sensing neurons...
... WHO/NUT/97.4 The designations employed andthe presentation of material not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever onthe part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status ... international comparisons of nutritional data This marked the beginning of WHO’s organized collection and standardization of information onthe nutritional status of the world’s under-five population ... population, divided by the standard deviation of the reference population iv WHO Global Database on Child Growthand Malnutrition Contents Preface 1 Introduction The importance...