... easily and directly verified when t =±√3/3, since the rateof growth of the sequence of every other Fibonacci number is the square of the rateofgrowthof theFibonacci sequence.)Generalized Fibonacci ... and thus have rate ofgrowth as given in (2.6)ofSection 2.Ferguson[3] investigated the roots of thepolynomial in (2.6)whenq is an integer.Our contribution is to investigate this rateofgrowth ... details, the nonzero roots of (d/dx)(xn+d−xn−1) are the dth roots of n/(n + d), exactly one of which is positive and none of which are roots of xn+d−xn−1,hence the roots of xn+d−xn−1 are...
... September, instead of August, probably because of themore southerly location of the Jura Mountains [5, 9]. As ob-served in our study, high values of February temperature pro-mote growth in both ... Plot Network (RENECOFOR), Trees 19 (2005)385−401.[30] Lebourgeois F., Cousseau G., Ducos Y., Climate-tree -growth re-lationships of Quercus petraea Mill. stand in the Forest of Berce(Futaie ... factor forconiferous stands; a significant effect of temperature duringthis month was also found in the tree-ring indices of numerousPinus, Abies or Picea species irrespective of geographical lo-cality,...
... relative growth rate (RGR), has interested growth analysts for a longtime. Relative growthrate [3] or efficiency index [2] is definedas the “ratio ofgrowthof an organism to its initial size” [7, ... determinants of growth. Evans [9] used an expansion form of the equation to include LA, Lw and W; thus:;(6)i.e. (7)because LAR = SLA × LWR (see Eq. (5)).In this study the changes in mean RGR of 3 clones ... mathematics, Edward ArnoldPublishers, 1983.[7] Causton D.R., Venus J.C., The Biometry of plant growth, EdwardArnold Publishers, 1981.[8] Dale E.J., The growthof leaves, Studies in Biology, No. 137,Edward...
... development of the vascularsystem of poplar, the growth of the organsand the development of absolute growth rate of the plant. Adaptation proceeds viaenlargement of the primary ... absolute growth rate of a branch adapts in a way similar tothat of nitrate dosage. As the availability of (reduced) nitrate in the plant becomeslimiting, the expansion of ... the age of theorgan; and 2) are independent of irradi-ance. Consequently, the absolute growth rate of such a branch cannot adapt to irra-diance via these growth patterns....
... previously[3] and show that plasmodia do not tolerate artificiallyincreased levels of PMLA. The data in Table 1 allowcalculation and comparison of the PMLA contents of nucleiin a variety of strains. ... increase in growthrate and a shortening of the cellcycle after the injection of purified PMLA. By comparingtwo strains of Physarum polycephalum that differed in theirproduction levels of PMLA, ... amount of injected PMLA. Asteep rise of i ntracellular PMLA shortly a fter injection wasfollowed by the appearance of histone H1 in the cytoplasm.The increase i n growth rate, the shortening of...
... rateofgrowthof the economy had increased and therefore that nominal variables could increase faster than previously without setting off inflation. But because of slow adjustment, both of ... States has enjoyed since 1995 an increase in the rateof productivity growth driven largely by an increase in the rateof technological progress. Even if this growthrate cannot be sustained, this ... policy must, however, be based on an assessment of the potential growthrate for the economy. The simulation discussed the previous section illustrates this point. Monetary policy must be predicated...
... Cell growth is, in general, regulated bya linkage between growth rate, cell size and cell division. Insome types of growth, however, such as the increase in size of fully differentiated muscle ... outgrowth of neurites from a developing neuron, regulated growth occursin the absence of cell division. The overall coordination of acomplex phenomenon like cell growth, in the context of cellcycle, ... 3.3Journal of Biology 2007, 6:3Figure 1The experimental approach used by Castrillo et al. [1]. The regulation of eukaryotic growth is described in the form of a matrix, with growth rates, nutrient-limiting...
... beginning of shoot elongation growth 5intensive elongation growthof young shootsTable 2. Indexes for the evaluation of damage to spruce stem and branchesType of damage Description of damage ... years of age. e deterioration of the condition of some young forest outplantings currently arouses a question whether sorting in a forest nursery did not cause the undesirable narrowing of ... traits of young spruces with known growthrate in a nursery and after outplanting are carried out in the framework of the grant project “Conservation of the stability and biodiversity of Norway...
... intothree growth rate classes based on DBH o.b.: 1)high growth rate, over 11 cm DBH o.b.; 2) inter-mediate growth rate, 8-11 cm DBH o.b.; and 3)low growth rate, under ... wood density. For annual rings 21-30, the mean density was 12 % higherin trees of the lowest growth rate compared to trees of the highest growth rate. Also, minimum ... calcu-lated per tree; thus individual trees were used asobservations in all statistical analyses. The aver-age of 8.5 annual rings with an average cambialage of 25 years was...
... between the growth potentialand annual increment curves.While growth potential of grafted scionsdecreases steadily after age 1 yr, the annual diameter increment of trees 1 ... the magnitude of the effect of genotype on the relationship between growth increment and tree age? The pur-pose of this paper is to discuss the impact of phase change ... maturation on growth potential and how these changes affectthe shape of the growth curve for aparticular species. Growth potential as afunction of age is demonstrated here...
... afterfattening, the problems of the genetic bending of the growth curve and of the choice of the bestselection criteria are discussed.Key words : Growth, feed conversion ratio, ... covariates. In this kind of analysis,3 tests are carried out : a test of equality of slopes, a test of zero slope and a test of equality of adjusted means (SNEDECOR ... groups of cow size. MACNEIL et al. (1984) estimatedgenetic correlations of traits of females with growth traits of their steer paternal half-sibs. The estimate of genetic...
... separated from theirmother at 2 weeks rather than at one day of age. However,calves separated at 2 weeks of age gained weight at morethan three times the rateof those separated at one day of age. ... Commission of the European Com-munities, Brussels, arranged a seminar on "Welfare andhusbandry of Calves" [11], with the aim of preparingmore acceptable methods of calf husbandry. ... of two years, growthrate and health were measured for dairy calves allowed tosuckle their mothers up to 6–8 weeks of age. Thirty-one calves were weighted weekly, and themean daily growth rate...
... [13]. The rate for the latter treatment was reported to be 78.8% (n=113) by Kuwayama et al at the 7th annual scientific meeting of the Japanese Society of Helicobacter Research 2001. Since lansoprazole ... association of the eradication rate with the CYP2C19 genotypes. Two studies demonstrated non-significant results contrary to ours; in a randomized controlled study of lansoprazole versus rabeprazole ... (31.2%) was similar to that of Japanese populations; by Furuta et al (32.6% of 141 subjects) [14], by Take et al (32.5% of 249 subjects) [15], by Kawabata et al (41.3% of 80 subjects) [16], and...
... problem of the CRS test is to determine the proper strain rate used in the test. The selection of the test rate is still a major hurdle in CRS test although many researchers had done various studies ... xi 6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 126 6.1 Conclusions 126 6.1.1 Comparison of Oedometer Test and CRS Test Results 127 6.1.2 Criteria of Acceptance for Constant Rateof Strain Consolidation ... the research because the CRS is not a standard consolidation test in Malaysia. The results of the constant rateof strain consolidation test (CRS) depends on the strain rate used in CRS test,...