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... Cycles andThe decline continued through Cycle The depression in pH was again attributed to N and S oxidation The pH levels of 4.5±4.8 as ofthe end of Cycle may have been buered against further ... productsÐconsisting of dewatered digested sludge and four sludge products derived from it via composting, alkaline stabilization, drying and pelletization and incinerationÐwere applied to the soils Initial ... concentrations in Hudson soil columns, particularly inthe pH columns P concentrations (Fig 9) declined over the course of operation The greatest concentrations observed during the heavy loadings were...
... < 0.05) in As concentration inthe first two fractions of WE–As and Al–As with time in both the control andthe treated soils As expected, the greatest reduction of WE–As occurred inthe compost ... Reduction and coordination of arsenic in Indian mustard Plant Physiol 122, 1171–1177 Pongratz, R., 1998 Arsenic speciation in environmental samples of contaminated soil The Science ofthe Total ... composts increased the DOC in both soils with more pronounced increase observed inthe BS treatment (Fig 2c and d) In addition, the CCA soil contained more DOC than the ASC soil although the original...
... movies in its representations ofthe Vietnamese andthe Russians, thus continuing a manichean Hollywood tradition with past icons of evil standing in for from the Right's point of view contemporary ... to link the concept of ideology with theories of hegemony and domination, and thus to delimit its application to ideas and positions which serve functions of legitimation, mystification, and ... involved in almost all historical undertakings Onthe other hand, Rambo andthe other Stallone-Norris meathead films can be read as symptoms ofthe victimization ofthe working class Both the Stallone...
... or perceptionofthe construct under evaluation changes over time then comparison oftwo longitudinal assessments may be analogous to comparison ofthe proverbial apple and orange This change in ... account during investigations of patients' perceptionof change in their health-related quality of life[16] No investigation has been made to examine the potential impact of response shift and recall ... conventional longitudinal change could be attributed to recall bias rather than response shift While this was the case during the investigation at hand, the relative contribution of response shift and...
... strong anthropogenic pressure influencing the landscape structures inthe vicinity ofthe linear construction inthe form of a motorway, and especially due to the accompanying structures of linear ... within the investigated section A buffer zone was created that takes in 200 m on each side from the centre ofthe motorway and which stipulates the extent ofthe polygon inthe area of interest In ... based on their spatial and technical characteristics The aim was to obtain information onthe migration of wildlife in relation to change inthe landscape structure and to evaluate the influence of...
... Nihon Koden, Japan) with a strain-gauge transducer (DX-360; Nihon Koden, Japan) positioned at the level ofthe point ofthe shoulder All catheter positions were confirmed by the evidence of characteristic ... than that of HSS group at the end ofthe fluid infusion, the increases in rPV remained up to 10% Dextran 40 and hypertonic saline in calf higher than pre-values inthe D40 group throughout the experiment ... HSS or D40 infusion and remained constant throughout the experiment in all groupsThemean values of CO, CI, SV, SVR and PVR before infusion were 11.5 ± 1.7 l/min, 113.6 ± 8.6 ml/min/kg, 0.14...
... castalin, roburin A and C onthe one hand andthe percentage of vescalagin and vescalagin/castalagin ratio onthe other hand The significance of these correlations is that the increase ofthe total ... ellagitannin content, corresponding to an increase in all individual ellagitannins content except for vescalin and castalin, is mostly the result of an increase in roburin A-E, grandinin and vescalagin, ... ellagitannin content, vescalagin, castalagin, grandinin and roburin A-E content The second axis explains 16.1% ofthe total variation and is related to castalin, vescalin, percentage of vescalin, castalin,...
... conductivity (Kruger and Reich 1993), allowed leaf conductance to remain higher and constant throughout the growing season, even inthe summer, in contrast to the original vegetation (fig b) Increased ... depressed in all stands during this period Leaf conductance (fig 1b) was in resprouts than in control leaves in all seasons except winter The values remained constant throughout the year in resprouts ... analysis that control, burned and tree-felled stands followed a normal distribution, we tested the equality of variances inthe three stands We found that they were the same and therefore stands could...
... decline of oaks represented one ofthe most widespread decline syndromes in Europe and North America, affecting several species ofthe genus Oak decline involves interactions between inciting ... common to observe occlusion of xylem vessels and darkening ofthe surronding parenchima (Vannini, 1990b; Vannini and Valentini, 1994) Oak species differ in their susceptibility to the decline ... signs ofthe pathogen Figure shows the composition ofthe coppice inthe plot in central Italy (MR) assessed in 1983 compared to the situation in 1990 Q cerris decreased from 73.7 to 53.8% of the...
... flowering was observed the fifth day from the beginning of pollen shedding for three clones in 1990 and for one clone in 1991 The ranks of clones according to their flowering beginning in 1990 and ... 222 and 235, of which the first one improved andthe second one worsened its rank changed slightly, Based on clonal variation in pollen and seed cone production andthe variation inthe number of ... proportion of pollen produced by i the i-th clone, and c is the analogous proportion i of seed cone production The male contributions were further recalculated using additional information on flowering...
... that intra-tree color variation inthe heartwood cannot be explained by extractive content There is a significant correlation be- tween the color ofthe outer heartwood and its extractive content, ... standard illuminant A (corresponding to incandescent light) and an observation angle of 10° The color is represented by the values L*; a*, b*, C* and h* (fig 2) Wood Extractions In 1987, INRA’s forest ... factors influencing the color of oak wood were found to be both tree age and wood age, with wood becoming redder and darker with increasing tree age Nevertheless, much ofthe variation in wood...
... number of branches, andthedistributionof branches onthe stem, the effects of these on form are not yet known In contrast, the effects of terminal bud death are easier to predict When the terminal ... branches The length ofthe FIRST flush of growth in 1987 was related to the number of branches growing onthe 1986 SECOND flush shoot (P≤ 0.01) andthe length ofthe FIRST flush in 1986 onthe ... trees inthe tendency to form a SECOND flush of growth Themean proportion of SECOND flush sections onthe branches of each tree, expressed as No of SECOND (No of FIRST + SPRING) is shown in table...
... or absence of pain was added If the patient affirmed they had pain, then they rated their amount of pain onthe VAS If they responded "No", then their pain score was assigned a value of zero Statistical ... 12 Conclusion The primary finding from this investigation is that while pain does increase with age in subjects in all study groups, there was no progressive increase in musculoskeletal pain in ... competing interests 20 Authors' contributions 21 BB performed statistical analyses, interpretationof data, and drafting ofthe manuscript; JFF participated in study design, interpretationof data,...
... assessed on randomly selected 10 sample patients by a blind repetition of rectum contouring on randomly chosen CT scans Themean intra-observer variability was 0.7 mm inthe cranial and 0.9 mm inthe ... rectal bleeding, which is one ofthe dose-limiting complications, may prevent escalation ofthe dose and therefore adversely affect treatment outcomes The volume ofthe rectum included inthe high ... touring ofthe target volume and organs at risk; ET and MY collected the samples; AY gave advise onthe work and helped intheinterpretationofthe data; EE and SS made the treatment planning; CO...
... de-stabilisation ofthe motion segment andthe ingrowth of blood vessels and nerves resulting in generation of Here we demonstrate the synthesis and localisation of CDMP and CDMP within human IVDs ... interpretationof data and contributed to the preparation ofthe final manuscript JAH conceived the study, secured funding, contributed to its design and co-ordination, participated ininterpretationof ... increases in GAG production [21,22] The accumulation of GAG within alginate beads was investigated within the compartments: CM and FRM, together with GAG released into media The majority of the...
... selection scheme for the Spanish Merino breed But, unlike in other local breeds, common use of terminal crosses inthe case ofthe Merino will condition the elaboration ofthe strategy for meat ... effects affecting weights (line, sex, type of birth, age of dam and year-season of birth), (3 are fixed effects affecting litter size (line, age of ewe and year-season of lambing) The individual ... [5, 6! Onthe other hand, the use of a linear layout for litter size could probably be responsible for some inconsistency inthe results Therefore, a more rigorous approach considering all the foregoing...
... strains was the consequence ofthe differences in their genetic composition, both in their allele combinations at the Adh and Odh loci andin their genetic background The size ofthe change in ... compared to the others (table IIL ISR) In contrast, there was no significant difference inthe slope ofthe regression lines ofthe isofemale lines for either ofthetwo survival components (table ... of models were constructed corresponding to these factors Inthe analyses ofthe genetic background, the data were pooled according to the origin ofthe strains (i.e isofemale lines) Hence, in...
... between young and aged rats inthe normoxic condition, except for the higher levels of Lac and mI inthe hippocampus ofthe aged rats These findings are consistent with the data reported in other ex ... Nevertheless, the increase in Lac is an interesting finding in that the Lac level inthe hippocampus might be considered a useful marker of aging Indeed, increased Lac levels have been found inthe ... to minimize the emission of urinary ammonia The remaining, control subgroups of rats, in either age-group, were subjected to the same experimental procedures, except the ischemic injury, and...
... Limitations in basic function in RA patients can undermine well-being and contribute to poor QoL, perpetuating limitations in important social roles and functions of daily life and increasing disability ... being in a well-adjusted or nondistressed marriage is linked with less pain and better functioning [11] In fact, the associations between spinsterhood and disease progression and severity in ... importance of considering not only disease parameters but also social status particularly in our context and may inform clinical interventions of RA Large studies seem to be necessary in order to confirm...