forms of organic matter in composts influence nitrogen mineralization of composts

... Robin A K Szmidt CONTENTS I II Introduction Factors Affecting Mineralization of Nitrogen in Composts A Moisture B Temperature C Salinity D pH E Forms of Organic Matter in Composts In uence Nitrogen ... of composts E Forms of Organic Matter in Composts In uence Nitrogen Mineralization of Composts Carbon to nitrogen ratio is regarded as the single most informative measurement of N mineralization ... contamination (Sikora, 1998) II FACTORS AFFECTING MINERALIZATION OF NITROGEN IN COMPOSTS Nitrogen mineralization from composts is affected by the same factors that affect the N mineralization of organic...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 06:22

... providing a rationale for the use of combinations of MEK1 ⁄ inhibitors and PI3K–PKB pathway inhibitors Indeed, rapamycin, an inhibitor of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) downstream of PKB, ... importance of the BCR–ABL tyrosine kinase in the survival of CML cells led to the development of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib (STI571, Gleevec), which is a potent inhibitor of BCR–ABL, ... relapse on imatinib therapy have point mutations in the BCR–ABL kinase domain, including the T315I gatekeeper mutation that impairs imatinib binding [58,59] Accordingly, new therapies are being tested...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 00:20

... outcomes in older adults by: 1) maintaining or augmenting physiological functions (e.g., prevention of sarcopenia); 2) reducing the likelihood of acquiring additional chronic conditions; 3) delaying ... contributing to the substantial increase in the incidence of chronic conditions in the latter part of the 20th century Thus, physical activity can prevent the onset of chronic conditions Our findings ... writing and editing of multiple drafts CAM was involved in the design, assisted in the interpretation of results and edited multiple drafts of the manuscript All authors read and approved the final...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... mean normalized %DHI of injected discs in the Link N group was higher than in the saline group This difference was maintained during the next weeks By 12 weeks after the Link N injection, the mean ... Histology In order to examine the effect of Link N on the IVD matrix, discs were studied histologically by Safranin O staining, which detects the chondroitin sulfate chains of aggrecan Red Safranin ... baseline DHI values obtained before puncture (Figure 1) By weeks after the Link N injection, the mean normalized %DHI of the injected discs in the Link N group was higher than in the saline group...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 17:22

... children is an indispensible factor as well According to researchers interested in joint attention, parents who are skillful in maintaining and following children's attention often have children ... be caused by misunderstanding of the task instruction or some cultural specific belief about task cooperation. Eight of the  nine mothers were of Chinese ethnicity. The other was Indian. Adding the nine mothers into the data set would cause  ... specific form of control Intrusive parenting, often defined as providing children with excessive help and instructions which are not necessary, or interfering physically with children’s ongoing activities,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 11:31

... Seeking information 0.52 Coordinating groups 0.54 Providing information 0.61 Seeking suggestions 0.65 Integrating information 0.55 Emphasizing deadlines 0.42 Explaining actions 0.65 10 Clarifying ... level (LLC) b Ensuring proper work flow(HLC) Emphasizing deadlines a Focusing on finishing task(HLC) b Reminding agenda(LLC) Explaining actions a Informing issues discussed in meetings at higher ... Emphasizing goals 0.61 0.01 Seeking information 0.48 0.14 Coordinating groups 0.44 0.32 Providing information 0.62 -0.03 Seeking suggestions 0.59 0.17 Integrating information 0.51 0.13 Emphasizing...

Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2015, 21:09

... emerging concept suggesting that modulation of the 12-LOX pathway during intestinal in ammation may be unique to polarized epithelia and involved in host defense In the particular case of HXA3, ... Bacterial-induced hepoxilin A3 secretion B A McCormick signals, the net result of which is often the triggering of a host pro -in ammatory response At the forefront of this in ammatory response is the in ltration ... recruitment process In a scenario similar to the intestine, during bacterial infection of the lung, such as P aeruginosa infection, IL-8 probably plays a major role in recruiting neutrophils from...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 02:20

... Another interesting feature of our case is the appearance of new submandibular swelling while our patient was receiving appropriate therapy and an increase in the size of the mediastinal lymph ... malignancy During the treatment of melioidosis, the appearance of new lymph nodes or an increase in the size of the existing lymph nodes does not mean treatment failure Inexperienced clinicians may ... acquired by inoculation through abraded skin, inhalation or ingestion [5] The majority of cases present during the rainy season [6] The incubation period ranges from 24 hours to many years [3] In an...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 19:20

... genome size of 13 megabases, the primary insulator function of TFIIIC seems to be the demarcation of chromatin into distinct domains for blockage of heterochromatin silencing In A thaliana, in which ... region (DMR1) that also involve joining of the DNA strands by cohesin, insulating Igf2 from the influence of downstream enhancers Methylated ICR sequences prevent CTCF from binding to the ICR on the ... suggesting that the various insulator functions have diversified by using different insulator DNA-binding proteins with a common interacting partner [9] Interestingly, vertebrate cells, which contain...

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 19:20

... protein 60 [62] Relevance of the findings The question of whether our findings are of any significance for the understanding of CIJD is justified and needs answering TLR ligands are found in the ... cells in pathogen-induced chronic inflammatory joint diseases Any diseases inflammation will cause the induction of chemokine and cytokine production in several tissue-associated cells in the joint, ... their inhibitory potential For the last 20 h of incubation, µCi of [3H]thymidine (Perkin Elmer, Boston, MA, USA) was added to each well Incorporation of [3H]thymidine was determined by scintillation...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... cell origin, and are the most common of the neurogenic mediastinal tumors Nearly 45% of schwannomas occur in the head and neck, with 9% occurring in the mediastinum [1] Generally, mediastinal schwannomas ... arise in a paravertebral location from sympathetic trunks or intercostal nerves [2,3] Schwannomas originating from the vagus nerve within the mediastinum are rare, comprising only 1.4% of intrathoracic ... copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor -in- Chief of this journal Page of Author details Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Department of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... mediastinal (P-A view) showing widening of the mediastinum and a x-ray shadow Chestsoft tissue swelling in the neck, continuous with the Chest x-ray (P-A view) showing widening of the mediastinum ... establish the final diagnosis [4] CT scan is helpful in defining invasion of adjacent structures and thus assists planning surgical intervention [5] CT scan (Fig and 3) of neck and mediastinum in our ... feeding or draining the tumor in the neck The mass was adherent to but did not infiltrate, the innominate vein The neck and thoracic mass, along with a densely adherent × cm area of left mediastinal...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:23

... staining for Aspergillus did not reveal any fungi in the samples There are significant limitations of the predictive value of positive PET scans, both in establishing mediastinal invasion in ... proven primary lung cancer and in establishing a diagnosis of lung cancer where histological proof has not been obtained Recent guidelines on non-invasive staging of proven lung cancer gave pooled ... ill-defined semi confluent areas of marked increased uptake (maximum standard uptake values (SUVmax) of up to 9.6) within areas of dense consolidation in the right lung upper lobe (Figure 1) Focal intense...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:21

... Murine LN showing recruited cells (red fluorescent staining, see arrow) (g) Merger of (e) and (f ) showing a lack of nonspecific cellular staining (h) DAPI staining showing cell nuclei (original ... critical in acute inflammation of murine joints in as early as 24 hours after zymosan injection (n = number of joints analyzed) in EL4/6.1 thymoma cells [31,64] From our previous findings, we ... inflammation during an acute response that may offer insight into early proinflammatory cytokine release in the initial phases of the inflammatory response This is often lost by using models such...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:22

... sequence capable of binding the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) class of proteins [1,2] These proteins contain a basic DNA-binding region juxtaposed to the HLH domain that functions in protein dimerization ... of E boxes in the LTRs of HIV-1 and HTLV-1 underlines the possible intervention of bHLH proteins in regulating proviral transcription E box motifs in the LTR of human retroviruses Indeed, four ... functional investigation of the mechanisms involved in the recruitment of bHLH proteins to the E boxes and of the importance of these motifs as mediators of proviral latency Competing interests...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:22

... observation on individual j in replicate h of linei within the hij type of selection g; u is the overall mean; Tg is the effect of type of selection (g = for single trait, g = for index; Rg = 1, ... effect of the hth replicate h (h nested within the gth type of selection; Lg (i i 1, , 5) is the effect of the line nested within type of selection; RL is the replicate x line within type interaction, ... of the order of sd of increasing body weight and decreasing testis weight Estimates of realized heritability from within family selection (h!) obtained from regression of divergence of response...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 20:20

... summary of the responses, which includes most information since responses accumulate Table I also contains estimates of litter size and body weight of the female at mating when recorded in generation ... basic design of the experiment are described in detail by Hill et al (1990) In summary, there were selected lines and unselected control lines, each replicated twice, maintained in contemporary ... summarised in table II The differences in litter size (ie number of live embryos) were largest in the testis weight single (XH-XL) and index lines (HH-LL), and reduced but not eliminated by correction...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 20:20

... effective coating against the corrosion of mild steel The effect of polyvinylpyrrolidone, poly-2-vinylpyridine and poly-4-vinylpyridine as inhibitors of corrosion behaviour of zinc metal in 1.0 M ... consisting of 100ppm of PVA and 75ppm Zn2+ offered 81% inhibition efficiency to carbon steel immersed in a solution containing 60ppm of Cl- A synergistic effect on inhibition of a combination of ... obtained indicate that corrosion rate of aluminium decreases in the presence of the inhibitor (GA) compared to its absence Inhibition efficiency increases with increase in concentration of GA...

Ngày tải lên: 27/04/2015, 09:08

... examiners Professors and research fellows in National University of Singapore and Keio University in Japan: Prof Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Prof Masa Inakage, Prof Henry Duh, Prof Kevin McGee, Prof Okude ... the act of preparing, serving, consuming, and sharing of food, the appeal and symbolic meanings of food, to diverse food cultures For example, consider chatting while preparing meals, leaving sweets ... awareness of family dinner 111 Figure 5.20: Feedback of each interaction module towards Co-dining feeling 113 Figure 5.21: Feedback of each interaction module on increased...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:02

... on Respect unlike judgments of trust, which were linked to the valence of both types of information Finally, there was a marginally significant interaction effect of information type by similarity ... attitudes with them This study has been seminal in two regards First, the basic finding has been replicated in a variety of situations using a number of different participant groups Byrne and ... separated into a number of components: the total effect of the predictor on the outcome (c), the a path linking the predictor and mediator, the b path linking the mediator and criterion, and finally...

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2015, 14:23