... ) out before the main litter fall and after mapping the humus form and the typical sequence ofthe horizons in the organic layer of this beech stand The morphology of a typical profile was described ... 26% twigs and there were no faeces in this horizon This is the reason for the large difference in C (table I, 1) and the org completely different composition ofthe humus and litter components (table ... at the soil surface with t/ha of dolomite could moderate the soil acidification and stimulate the development ofthe soil herb vegetation This would influence the soil animals (table III) and the...
... formation of fluxing products At 1000oC, the formation of oxide layer scale on the surface of alloys exhibiting the formation of Cr2O3, NiO and SiO2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors are very grateful to the ... year of publication References to books should include initial(s) and names(s) of author(s), title ofthe book, name of publisher, place of publication, page number and year of publication 8 References ... determined that temperature affect the corrosion rate other than time exposure and ionic salts The carbonate salt have a deleterious effect on the scales and rapid decomposition ofthe alloy is noted.7...
... (2004) have extended these findings of interspecies differences by demonstrating that the ovine pineal also differs from that ofthe rodent by the absence of rhythmic expression of inducible cyclic ... conditions The aim ofthe current study was to determine the temporal pattern of melatonin and cortisol in the horse under the constant lighting condition of extended darkness (DD) Establishing the ... were column extracted according to the directions ofthe manufacturer and reconstituted in 500 μl of incubation buffer solution provided withthe kit Aliquots ofthe reconstituted extracted samples...
... and the level of function ofthe lower moiety If the lower moiety is nonfunctioning, heminephrectomy is an option, particularly if the patient is symptomatic If there is reasonable function, then ... abrupt transition consistent the ureter at the pelvo-ureteric The nephrostogram non-dilateddilated lower moiety with an The nephrostogram shows the dilated lower moiety with an abrupt transition ... interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions JL gathered the information, reviewed the literature and drafted the manuscript TW critically appraised the...
... 2001) In the event when equilibration of pore pressure was not achieved, the pore pressure measured at the ends or the centre ofthe specimen may be lower than the average value ofthe specimen ... behaviour The shear modulus is often defined as the gradient of a line joining the points of maximum and minimum shear stresses Similarly, the damping ratio is often defined as a ratio between the ... index The definition of apparent overconsolidation ratio in Equation 2.14 is the ratio ofthe effective mean stress at the start of cyclic loading (i.e Point A in Figure 2.27) to the effective...
... after ofthe initiation of NARP in 2003 The study included the data obtained from all ofthe four university hospitals, and one referral tertiary-care educational state hospital in Ankara These ... founded infection control committees many years before the initiation ofthe NARP Even in these selected centres already applying local antibiotic restriction policies the utilisation of many ofthe ... changes the antimicrobial resistance patterns of certain pathogens Since parenteral forms of ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin were not restricted for the first three days of therapy by NARP, the consumption...
... cytotoxic drugs [19] The preventative effect of a dietary supplement of n-3 PUFAs to the mother on the risk of breast cancer risk for offspring has been reported Offspring ofthe rat fed an n-6 PUFA ... one ofthe mediators in the differentiation effect of pregnancy on breast epithelial cells; thus, the application of n-3 DPA to the mammary gland may lower the risk of breast cancer by making the ... alternation ofthe n-6/n-3 ratio We next investigated whether an alternation ofthe n-6 ⁄ n-3 compositional ratio in favor of n-3 PUFAs affects mammary development and differentiation The effect of an...
... and two different rise times The values are bounded by the uncertainties ofthe estimation ofthe effective active area on the fault This gives us values ofthe average total slip of between ... each station, the misfit is computed by comparing the synthetic signals, obtained by convolution ofthe E G F with an assumed STF for the large shock, withthe observed recording ofthe same event ... filter to the raw signal because ofthe decimation required by the simulated annealing technique The filter depends on the number of points imposed on the source The cut-off frequency of this implicit...
... point out the different arrangement ofthe [ 2Fe) 2S] centres of these Fds The cyanobacterial Fd presents an increased shielding from the solvent ofthe active Fe in ET when compared with that of Adx ... 2), the effects produced neither correlate withthe possibility of undergoing the ET processes analysed nor with those results reported for their reactions with Fd Therefore, although K75 and the ... to the changes introduced in the redox cofactor environment upon complex formation They are therefore related to the specificity and the strength ofthe protein–protein interaction Therefore, the...
... supported by the German Ministry of Health (BMGS) as a part of funding ofthe National Reference Centre for Tropical Infections at the Bernhard Nocht-Institute L.K.S.L is a fellow ofthe Conselho ... bootscan analysis was repeated using each ofthe reference strains for HPeV types 1–6 as the comparison sequence (Figure 5) Most of them showed significant co-segregation with other reference ... within the pool of HPeVs that may not easily recombine with non-structural genes of other HPeV Together with our analysisof phylogeny and recombination patterns, this special feature makes it...
... system They obtained the necessary or sufficient conditions for the permanence and the extinction For more works relevant to system 1.1 , one could refer to 1–9 and the references cited therein ... therein However, to the best ofthe authors’ knowledge, to this day, still less scholars consider the general nonautonomous discrete Lotka-Volterra competitive system with delays and feedback controls ... integer; Z, R denote the sets of all integers and all positive real numbers, ui n − ui n ; τ respectively; Δ is the first-order forward difference operator Δui n max{ max1≤i,j≤N τij , max1 ≤i≤N σi } >...
... holds This completes the proof of Theorem 3.2 In order to obtain the permanence ofthe component y n of system 1.3 , we next consider the following single-specie system with feedback control: x ... represents the rate of conversion of nutrients into the reproduction ofthe predator Further, τ is a positive integer For the simplicity and convenience of exposition, we introduce the following ... impact on the permanence of system 1.3 That is, there is the permanence ofthe species as long as feedback controls should be kept beyond the range If not, we have the following result Theorem...
... t as t → ∞ This completes the proof The next work is to investigate the permanence ofthe system 2.4 Before starting our theorem, we give the definition of permanence of system 2.4 Definition ... t ≥ q for all sufficiently large t This completes the proof ofthe theorem From Theorems 4.1 and 4.3, we can easily obtain the following theorem Theorem 4.4 If re−wτ1 > β m 1 a e −d2 ∗ ∗ kβx2 / ... type-II functional response with predation coefficients β, and half-saturation constant m k is the rate of conversion of nutrients into the reproduction rate ofthe predators The predator population...
... predation ofthe predator, d > is the death rate of predator, c > denotes the product ofthe per-capita rate of predation and the rate of conversing prey into predator If rc < ad is satisfied, the predator ... denotes the density ofthe predator population at time t y(t) denotes the density ofthe prey population Y at time t a > denotes the intrinsic growth rate ofthe prey population X b > denotes the ... densities ofthe prey population and the predator population, respectively, r > is the intrinsic growth rate of prey, a > is the coefficient of intraspecific competition, b > is the per-capita rate of...
... tial, Ψ The parameters ofthe model can be derived as follows The resistance of each compartment is given by the slope ofthe regression line relating the instantaneous sap flux within the compartment, ... capacitance of each compartment under natural conditions with minimum disturbance to the tree These methods are consistent withthe use ofthe parameter values in the model Estimation ofthe bulk ... ·MPa -2 ·m are within the expected range of magnitude for coniferous trees [30] The capacitances found for the stem and branches are within the range ofthe values estimated from the measurements...
... over a period of up to a day to determine the affect of drugs on the levels of inflammatory mediators, or the acute effect of an inflammatory insult on inflammatory processes in the synovial cavity, ... and those injected withthe two doses of adjuvant using this new technique The right joints were untreated Animals were then allowed to recover from the anaesthesia The limbs ofthe rat were flexed ... dissection ofthe tissue (data not shown here) Furthermore, there was an increased quantity of IL1β detected in the perfusate collected Although this study was not designed to show the effects of the...
... in the left lung The possible mechanisms for the development of late relapses are identified as: 1) the presence of mature teratoma in the germ cell tumour; 2) the growth ofthe remaining tumour ... annual risk of 1% In two patients, late relapse occurred later than 10 years One of these patients presented with metastatic seminoma, while the other presented with nonseminoma during the clinical ... destroyed by the chemotherapy; and 3) the development of a secondary germ cell carcinoma and the microscopic persistence of tumour cells with atypical biological behaviour [8] Albers et al wrote the European...
... participants into their relative’s illness Components include the participant’s views on the consequences ofthe illness, comprehension ofthe illness, knowledge of prognosis, the extent to which they attribute ... ‘testing’ oftheanalysis by discussion amongst the entire team so as to meet accepted criteria for trustworthiness oftheanalysis In addition, we will assess the validity ofthe final analysis ... results [10] Greater effectiveness is associated with using a ‘guided’ model with low-level contact with a professional/paraprofessional, and a CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) rather than educational...
... infused mares The decrease was significant in the glandular epithelium on day 6, the day of expected arrival ofthe embryo to the uterus If the treatment decreased the sensitivity ofthe glandular ... stimuli may represent one ofthe causes of subfertility in mares [29] The treatment did not affect SI of RP; although the difference may be related to the greater subjectivity of SI evaluation compared ... analysisof receptor localization by immunohistochemistry were the proportion of total positive cells and the staining intensity ofthe 10 fields The statistical model included the effects of observer,...