... EvapoTranspiration provided by the meteorological station of Tarare situated 50 km south ofthe site) and regulated by the extractable soil water content and by the wetness ofthe foliage [25]; direct ... was installed in the stand to compare the soil moisture measurements with the theoretical values calculated by the model Probes were left into the soil to quantify the eect ofthe clear-cutting ... terms, the extra drainage after the clearcutting represents 48% ofthe value before the felling at a depth of 60 cm andof 60% at 120 cm for scenario For scenario 2, the values were +72% at 60 cm and...
... (mean depth ofthe entire organic profile, i.e Of+ Oh horizons, is 72 mm) The organic profile is highly acidic with pH values of 3.0 and 2.6 (in KCl) and Ca2+/H+ quotients of 0.2 in the equilibrium ... situ and relate them to the contents of suberin and lignin in the root periderm This approach contrasts with earlier laboratory studies on the relationship of radial hydraulic conductivity andthe ... soil solution ofthe upper (Of) and lower organic horizons (Oh), respectively Measurements using the in situ-soil incubation method [33] showed that about 85% ofthe profile total of net nitrogen...
... type of cell change at the outside ofthe innermost periderm has been observed in P pinaster [9], in southern pines [7] and also in other genera [3] These expanded Thechemicalcompositionof pine ... to fracture and determine the external morphology ofthe rhytidome, which is kept together by the sclerified cells (Scl) ofthe periderm The rhytidome of P pinea has a high amount of material ... alignment, the distortion of rays andthe expansion of parenchyma cells These changes represent the adjustment ofthe secondary phloem to the radial tree growth, as reported for P pinaster [9] and for...
... Results and discussion The essential oil was light yellow andthe total yield of 1.23% Thechemicalcompositionofthe leaf essential oils of investigated species collected in October 1991 and 2007 ... large amount of α- and βphellandrene (70.7%) andthe ratio of αphellandrene and β-phellandrene was 5.73 Table Thecompositionof leaf essential oil of Machilus japonica Siebold & Zucc (Lauraceae) ... β-Caryophyllene (0,5%) The high content of α-phellandrene, βphellandrene and p-cymene were detected in the leaf essential oil, which were not reported in any of previously investigated species of Lauraceae...
... 2001) The speciation of VOC emitted from motor vehicles reflects thechemicalcompositionofthe fuel consumed, with additional species formed and emitted as productsof incomplete combustion These ... evaporative emissions and found that thecompositionofthe emitted VOC was best described as a 50-50 mix of liquid gasoline and headspace vapor compositions The speciation of VOC emissions from ... understanding sources of VOC with respect to the ozone problem There is also increasing interest in using these models to expand knowledge regarding the role of different VOC in the formation of...
... Journal of Science, Natural Sciences and Technology 26 (2010) 161-164 negative bacteria The results justify the reported uses in diarrhea and dysentery [9] The BuOH extract ofthe leaves and twigs of ... Hela cell lines in vitro Chemical examination ofthe BuOH extract ofthe leaves and twigs of Litsea glutinosa collected from Xishuangbanna resulted in the isolation of two new aporphine alkaloids, ... litseglutine A and B, along with two known aporphine alkaloids, boldine and laurolitsine [10] In the course ofthe systematic study of Litsea in Indochina, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and other components...
... (WO) Tai lieu tham khao P.M.Hoai, Chemicalcompositionand acidity of atmospheric deposition in the northern part of Vietnam The thesis No EV97-34, AIT, Thailand P.H.Viet, P.M.Hoai, V.D.Nam, 1997, ... Tabucanon and H Rodhe.1996 Regional background acidity andchemicalcompositionof precipitation in Thailand, Atmosphere Environment Vol.30, 1589-1596 830 L.Granat, S.N.Das, R.8 Tharkur, and H Rodhe, ... adopted at The second Interim Scientific Advisory Group meeting of Acid deposition Monitoring network in East Asia., March 2000 N.H Khanh, 2000, Air emission andthe acidity of rain water of Hanoi...
... version ofthespaceof flows, the maritime world of long distance trading, is still very present 72 The Status ofObjects in theSpaceof Flows Thespaceof flows - now and then - consists of three ... is not Rather, now the space, as a whole, can contract and expand The quintessential node in our contemporary spaceof flows is the office, the command and control centers for the flows of goods, ... but one of them However, there is (and this is the difference to the open source process) a single dominant collective agenda: the agenda ofthe company that owns the software and hires the programmers...
... 2.5 h, the thickness increased by 0.212 nm, the mass increased by 0.05 ngÆmm)2 andthe density decreased by 0.0167 gÆcm)3, from the start ofthe experiment By the end ofthe measurement, the thickness ... fluorescence The subsequent plateau phase is associated with a decrease in the concentration of small species, or the aggregation and precipitation of fibrils [37] The kinetics of these three stages ofthe ... elongating of (pre)fibrillar species, rather than random adherence of nonfibrillar material This has been observed in DPI examination ofthe aggregation of other fibril-forming proteins, i.e the Alzheimer’s...
... PROBLEMS OFTHE BURGESS SHALE -the ORIGIN OFTHE BURGESS FAUNA -the DECIMATION OFTHE BURGESS FAUNA CHAPTER IV Walcott's Vision andtheNatureof History -the BASIS FOR WALCOTT'S ALLEGIANCE TO THE ... expresses the duality of our wonder at the beauty ofthe organisms themselves, and at the new view of life that they have inspired _Opabinia_ and company constituted the strange and wonderful life of ... history, andthe primary criterion of order in the domain of contingency is, and must be, chronology The reinterpretation ofthe Burgess Shale is a story, a grand and wonderful Page story ofthe highest...
... class, on the other hand, then it could possibly be the subject of laws ofnature It need not be the subject of laws of nature, but the possibility is not precluded, given the common view of laws ... existing outside ofthe mind, whether they are something we make or something we discover; and if the latter is the case, it is the further problem of determining their precise natureandof formulating ... transcend not only their social milieu but also the science of their time There is no finer example of this than Darwin This is the grand theme of Michael Ghiselin’s The Triumph ofthe Darwinian Method...
... thought that ropes A and C were the two ends ofthe same rope and B and D were two ends of another rope Karen had A and B as ends ofthe same rope and C and D as ends of another rope, and her explanation ... informed not only by the beauty and majesty ofthe heavens, but by a deeper understanding ofnatureand by an appreciation ofthe power ofthe human intellect This triumph ofthe human mind says ... ABOUT THENATUREOF SCIENCE In the following vignette, Barbara, Doug, and Karen use a model to continue their discussion ofthenatureof science and its implications for the teaching of evolution...
... thought that ropes A and C were the two ends ofthe same rope and B and D were two ends of another rope Karen had A and B as ends ofthe same rope and C and D as ends of another rope, and her explanation ... informed not only by the beauty and majesty ofthe heavens, but by a deeper understanding ofnatureand by an appreciation ofthe power ofthe human intellect This triumph ofthe human mind says ... ABOUT THENATUREOF SCIENCE In the following vignette, Barbara, Doug, and Karen use a model to continue their discussion ofthenatureof science and its implications for the teaching of evolution...
... Acknowledgements: We extend our thanks to the professors in laboratory of theoretical physics of University of Natural Sciences, VNU-HCM, especially to the professor NGUYEN NGOC GIAO for helpful remarks ... đương hệ mô hình REFERENCES [1] Nguyen Ngoc Giao, The Theory of Gravitational Field (The General Theory of Relativity), Library of University of Natural Sciences, Ho Chi Minh city (in Viertnamese), ... are accelerated with respect to the background gravitational potential font” of universe ϕg0 Whether this font is just the absolute spaceof Newton”! However the background font is not actually...
... typically produce more offspring than can survive and reproduce given the constraints of food, space, and other resources in the environment These offspring often differ from one another in ways that ... three ofthe most fundamental features ofthe world around us: the similarities among living things, the diversity of life, and many features ofthe physical world we inhabit Explanations of these ... illuminate thenatureof science and to differentiate science from other forms of human endeavor and understanding Chapter describes thenatureof science in detail However, it is important from the...
... mid-regions of branches and ate from different parts ofthe foliage; andthe third fed on insects occupying the finest needles near the periphery ofthe tree Although the three warblers occurred together, ... members ofthe same bird species might be larger and darker in the northern part of their range, and smaller and paler in the southern part In this case, differences might be explained by the advantages ... come by and we can try it out?” “Okay,” say Karen and Doug “We’ll see you then.” Barbara, Doug, and Karen’s discussion of evolution andthenatureof science resumes following Chapter NOTES The National...
... co-evolution ofthe planet’s main features the distribution of land and sea, features ofthe crust, thecompositionofthe atmosphere, global climate, and populations of living organisms in the biosphere ... They soon realize that the number of ribs is related to the size ofthe fossils, so the groups focus on measuring the lengths and widths ofthe fossils They enter the data on the two different populations ... evidence of how life and environmental conditions have changed The standards for grades 5–8 cover thenatureof science in the section on the history andnatureof science: As a result of activities...
... system • Geochemical cycles • Origin and evolution ofthe earth system • Origin and evolution ofthe universe The discussions ofthe origin and evolution ofthe earth system andthe universe ... physical processes: The Origin and Evolution ofthe Earth System The sun, the earth, andthe rest ofthe solar system formed from a nebular cloud of dust and gas 4.5 billion years ago The early earth ... contain oxygen The Origin and Evolution ofthe Universe The origin ofthe universe remains one ofthe greatest questions in science The “big bang” theory places the origin between 10 and 20 billion...
... activity: you can evaluate their understanding of inquiry andthenatureof science as they design a cube, and you can assess their abilities and understandings as they figure out the unknown cube Copyright ... on the second and third stages in this brief summary ofthe development of biological theories Chapters andof this document provide further discussion of these points Review the “History andNature ... they present Elaborate The main purpose ofthe second cube is to extend the concepts and skills introduced in the earlier activities and to introduce the role of prediction, experiment, and the...