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... sea urchin 80 70 60 50 40 2003 30 2004 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 Density of sea urchin (ind m-2) 70 50 60 U pinnatifida (Line 1) U pinnatifida (Line 2) Sea urchin (Line 1) Sea urchin (Line 2) 50 ... recruited and increased due to the inhibition of migration by sea urchins using the buoyed reefs In contrast, the formation of barren community remained at the area grounded to the bottom allowing the ... and infauna in the outer and inner areas of the bay A total of 16 macrophyte species in 2003 and 15 species in 2004 were observed in Line (Table 1) U pinnatifida and crustose coralline algae were

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... status and causes of death was obtained from each of the regional cancer registries in Britain, and subsequently in 2008 further follow-up was obtained by linkage to the National Health Service Central ... cancer 25% to 28% of the deaths were due to endometrial cancer, 32% to 35% to breast cancer (type of cancer death could not be distinguished between the two causes in 3% of cases), and 40% to all ... cancer after breast cancer during defined periods (NL (n = 765): 1978 to 1997; UK (n = 786): 1988 to 1996; US (n = 324): 1978 to 1993) The endometrial cancer diagnosis had to have occurred at least

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... achievements of the reigning Pharaoh In this fragmentary but invaluable epitome, recording in outline much of the history of the Old Kingdom,(1) some interesting parallels have long been ... migration into Canaan and closing with Joseph's death in Egypt. But the aim of the book is not confined to recounting the ancestry of Israel. It seeks also to show her relation to other ... trade in wine and oil must have benefited by an increase in the through traffic which followed the working of copper in Cyprus and Sinai and of silver in the Taurus Moreover, in

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... smoking, physical exercise other than walking and walking (Model 3), the lower HRQL was independ- ently linked to overweight only in females. Similar results were obtained in model 4 which also included ... asked to ascertain whether the subject was an active smoker. Physical exercise was divided into two major categories: any form of exercise, excluding walking, lasting a mini- mum of 30 minutes ... factors leading to increased body weight and obesity and, consequently, to the impairment of health-related quality of life. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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... several of the following symptoms: nocturnal numbness, pain in wrist or fingers, and difficulty in buttoning clothing, reported either in the questionnaire or during medical examination. There were ... prospective study of industrial workers, Nathan et al.[7] reported that work- place factors, including managing vibratory tools, appeared to bear an uncertain relationship to carpal tunnel syndrome ... proved to be an effective method to increase the skin temperature of the fing ers [16], but our effort to raise the skin temperature in fingertips failed in some cases. However, the skin temperature

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... have to be told. You have to let them grow up to a certain age. They will have to be told when they have a sense of understanding and wisdom giving such information to a child can be fatal to him ... tus to infected minors in similar settings [10]. This is an important finding for supporting disclosure to youth par- ticipating in HIV-related research that provides treatment. The ages in which ... sure of HIV status to minors should not be a mandatory component of any assent or informational process prior to minors joining HIV-related research, including research that involves treatment.

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... channel disease leading to a prolonged QT interval with an increased propensity to ventricular tachycardia manifesting as torsade de pointes [5,6]. HCM is defined by the presence of increased ventricular ... creating a lot of uncertainty and distress when interpreting signs and symptoms for the individuals at risk [11,12]. In addition, information o f being a t risk of a possible life-threatening ... characteristics; however in the genetic counseling setting it is interesting to analyze them together since they are v ery similar with regard to the risk they are living with, they share some

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... smoking, physical exercise other than walking and walking (Model 3), the lower HRQL was independ- ently linked to overweight only in females. Similar results were obtained in model 4 which also included ... asked to ascertain whether the subject was an active smoker. Physical exercise was divided into two major categories: any form of exercise, excluding walking, lasting a mini- mum of 30 minutes ... factors leading to increased body weight and obesity and, consequently, to the impairment of health-related quality of life. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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... etching using a buffered oxide etching [BOE] solution to form the P-SiNT array in 4 Figure 1. Figure 1a shows the SEM image of the arrays of P-SiNT emitters. Figure 1b shows a prototyping ... screening effect in field emission [FE] nanodiodes, explaining relatively low field enhancement factors due to the increased potential barrier that impedes the electron Fowler-Nordheim tunneling, ... publishing your research in Nanoscale Research Letters go to http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/authors/instructions/ For information about other SpringerOpen publications go to http://www.springeropen.com

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... period. Full stocking and a fi ve-year thinning interval were assumed. Where stocking was not full, the thinning intensity decreased to 30–50% of the original amount. On the variants 4t in young ... likely to result in an increase in drought resistance only in the young pine stands. Subsequently our study suggests that the thinning of older pine stands leads to an insig- nifi cant change in ... 4t) were included in the clusters together with trees from unthinned control plots 1c. Variability of growth response of pine stands to climate characteristic in relation to thinning Variability

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... already started in 2002. Defoliation due to this insect, locally in association with Tortrix viridana L., continued to increase in 2003 and 2004 in the north-eastern regions [21, 32]. In Switzerland, ... defoliators, lengthening growth period thus increasing exposition period to parasitoid attacks [34,38,55]. During drought, performance of D. pini parasitoids are af- fected by the decrease in host ... host type (in relation to its tolerance to stress). 2. DIRECT EFFECTS OF DROUGHT AND HEAT ON INSECT PERFORMANCES Insect populations can often respond rapidly and dramat- ically to changes in climatic

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... for radiata pine and maritime pine. Pinus radiata Pinus pinaster Intensity of First thinning Second thinning First thinning Second thinning thinning % of trees removed SG-ratio % of trees removed ... strongest thinning) and in thinnings (close to 25% higher matching the best site quality and the strongest thinning). The ratio between removals and returns decreased as thin- ning intensity increased ... increase in thinning intensity implies light reductions of the total amounts of nutrients exported during the whole rotation, specially for radiata pine (10 to 12% lower for 35% of thinning intensity

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... production in a single growing season [6, 28, 29, 36]. The increasing interest in in- tensive poplar culture requires a better understanding of the mechanisms determining productivity. Interspecific ... 32,53]. Two of the main factors limiting productivity during the growing season are the time necessary to reach maximal leaf area and the ability to maintain leaf area [39]. According to Ridge et al. ... shoots allowing us to study the in? ??uence of differences in leaf characteristics on stand-level light impact independently of branching. 2.2. Leaf anatomy and stomata During the third growing season

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... satisfactory result is obtained. This elementary loop decomposes into three stages: (i) Model specification: This stage consists mainly in dimensioning the embedded semiMarkov chain (i.e. determining ... according to the relationship found between them The resulting relationships can therefore be connected to height tree annual increments, predicted by an existing height... including ... were ordered from the top to the base according to increasing dr. 2.1.4. Discretization For the analysis of branching structures, the natural index param- eter of the branching sequences is the

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... (2005) 61–72 © INRA, EDP Sciences, 2005 DOI: 10.1051/forest:2004086 Original article Site index in relation to edaphic variables in stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) stands in south west Spain Andrés BRAVO-OVIEDO ... qualité la moins bonne. table de contingence / analyse de correspondance / analyse discriminante / site index / variable du sol / Pinus pinea L. 1. INTRODUCTION Stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) is ... G., Inter-regional variability in site index models for even-aged stands of stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) in Spain, Ann For Sci 60 (2003) 259–269 [9] Cañadas M.N., Pinus pinea

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... INRA, EDP Sciences, 2005 DOI: 10.1051/forest:2005013 Original article Modeling lumber recovery in relation to selected tree characteristics in jack pine using sawing simulator Optitek Shu-Yin ... from DBH using a second-order polynomial equation. Adding tree height into the model resulted in a small but significant improvement in the goodness of the model. Adding tree taper into the model ... trees. In the stud mill, the stems were first bucked into logs of 2.44 m (8 ft) in length, and then logs were sent to the mill to be “cut” into lumber with optimized lum- ber volume recovery. In

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... nutrient budgets in predicting site index variations The climate/water-related factors and nutrient-related fac- tors explained 0 to 25% and 9 to 74% of the variance in site index, respectively ... to T3), the climate/water-related factors and nutrient-related factors explained 6 to 16% and 20 to 35% of the variance in site index, respectively. The confounding effect accounted for 13% to ... ecology and silviculture of indigenous oaks in France, Ann Sci For 53 (1996) 649–661 [66] Wang G.G., White spruce site index in relation to soil, ... Modelling the dominant height growth

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... where L was increased by 50% and N a by 20% together (equivalent to an increase in total canopy nitrogen of 80%) led to decreases in net annual carbon uptake because the increase in photosynthesis ... transport in all layers. When L was increased by 50% in the model, this increased the shaded leaf fraction in all layers in both canopies. Increasing N a by 50% increased A in the top layers ... fertility is low. To quantify the potential amount of carbon storage in forests and to predict future changes in relation to environmental factors or manage- ment, it is necessary to determine the rates

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... branching frequency in response to seasonal average integrated quantum flux density (Qint) were investigated in Pinus sylvestris L in a fertile site (old-field) and an infertile site (raised bog) In ... Tõravere Actinometric Station, and a conversion factor of 1.92 mol/MJ [53] were used to transform the values of Isum to Qint according to Niinemets et al [53] Using this conversion factor, an average ... decreased with increasing needle age, possibly indicating that needles became less plastic with advancing age Despite this, the interaction term, age X Qint, was insignificant in all relationships

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... A., Schweingruber F.H., Gobat J M., Stand structure, invasion, and growth dynamics of bog pine (Pinus uncinata var. rotundata) in relation to peat cutting and drainage in the Jura Mountains, Switzerland, ... visible for dominant and subdominant spruces in Les Saignolis (Fig. 7a). Furthermore, since 1930 spruce growth curves diverge and point to an intra-specific competition in relation to the different ... habitats hostile to other trees [43]. In the Jura Mountains, there are two ecotypes of Pinus uncinata var. rotundata, one living on top of calcareous cliffs, the other one living in raised bogs

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