phase transformation and growth of hygroscopic aerosols

... thickness of *6.5 nm Combining the structural analysis of TEM and AFM, the as-prepared hematite particles are of nanodiscs in 123 J Nanopart Res Particle nucleation and growth Fig a TEM image of hematite ... absence of surfactants under mild conditions, and no need of toxic precursors and high-temperature decomposition in organic solvents The nanodiscs (diameters of *50 nm and thickness of *6.5 nm) ... Moreover, Matijevic and Scheiner ´ (1978) and Matijevic (1985) investigated the influence of inorganic ions such as chloride, nitrate (NO3-), and perchlorate (ClO4-) on the shape and size of hematite...

Ngày tải lên: 20/03/2014, 13:08

... permeabilities; and (2) phase transformation along the interface of a stagnant phase and the other phase flowing around it controls the irreducible phase saturation of the stagnant phase [Verma, ... relative permeabilities of steam and water These theoretical, experimental, and in-situ results provide better understanding of the likely behavior of geothermal, gascondensate, and steam injection ... overview and review of the theoretical and experimental approaches for conventional and unconventional two -phase flow in fractures In Chapter 3, we describe the detailed design of the apparatus and...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 15:20

... to 70% To determine the effect of wildtype and mutant forms of GST on injected cells, all surviving HLE B-3 and CCL-75 cells were scored at 24 and 48 h and 24, 48, and 72 h, respectively, as being ... results show that mGSTA4-4 and DmGSTD1-1 (Fig 3) trigger transformation and hGSTA1-1 and hGSTP1-1 (Fig 4) not A phase contrast micrograph and fluorescent micrograph of a typical transformed cell ... hGSTA1-1, and hGSTP1-1] indicates that a causal involvement of 4-HNE in the mechanism of hGSTA4-4-mediated transformation of HLE B-3 and CCL-75 cells provides the simplest explanation of all the...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 13:20

... condition of the root system, first of all the growth of new roots that facilitate the uptake of nutrients and water for rooting and bud-breaking of plants Advantages of using the containerized type of ... because of different age and thus the size and quality of seedling types For this reason, the growth of seedling types of neither of the tree species was statistically compared The risk of lower ... Fifty seedlings of spruce were planted on an experimental plot of the area of 200 m2, of larch on 255 m2, and of pine, beech and sycamore maple on the area of 130 m2 The size of one block (5...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:21

... compared with other stands and was not included In all cases, CDI of the uneven-aged stand is greater than that of the plantation and the even-aged stand The same is true for the growth (i.e., CDI10) ... predict growth rate in both uneven-aged and even-aged stands Taking into account the limited number of stands studied, no general conclusions can be drawn from the effect of stand structure on growth ... diameter and basal area growth of Scots pine in the uneven-aged stand than in the even-aged stand and the plantation Additional research using this kind of approach might be warranted, and the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:21

... leaves per week and per group were randomly collected from seedlings of both groups and the mined leaf surface area was measured using a leaf area meter (see above) and paper replicas of mines’ area ... younger than three years of age remains unknown and awaits further investigations possibly addressed at evaluating growth and mortality of horse chestnut seedlings in natural stands Acknowledgments: ... 124 (2000) 8–18 [4] Figueroa J.A., Castro S.A., Effect of herbivores and pathogens on the survival and growth of seedlings in a fragment of the Chiloe rainforest, Chile, Rev Chil Hist Nat 73 (2000)...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:21

... National Institute of Education of Singapore and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thanks are also expressed to Olivier Crassard and Patrick Durand respectively for their scientific and administrative ... transplanting and at and months after planting out 2.3 Statistical analysis A single factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to determine significant difference of plant height and growth ... Polybags and the stalks just before the transfer to the field Within days plants of all treatments were labeled and transplanted into a fully randomized design in the field in rows of 30 plants...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... LB and TB The TB also correlated with RB and SB; LB with RB and FR, and AGB with RB and FR There were positive correlations for T and WT in the following cases: TB-LB, TB-AGB, TB-FR, LBAGB and ... consisted of digging of a hole with a retro-excavator of 80 H.P., with a bucket of 50 × 80 cm The seedlings placed in one of these plots were fitted with a Tubex® tree protector with a height of 80 ... eliminate soil and other rests The maximum length of the main root (RL) was measured and later AGB differentiating LB and SB, and RB differentiating thick roots (TR, diameter > mm) and fine roots...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... tree and cork growth, make difficult the develop and validate growth and yield models for cork oak stands [16] For these reasons, we set up experiments with the aim of quantifying the effect of ... study: characteristics of the sample The choice of sites was made after a complete examination of the cork oak dehesas of Cáceres province The advantage of this type of woodland was that it allowed ... mid-points of each plank – Two pieces of cork measuring about 20 × 20 cm were random collected from each tree and taken to the laboratory A thin slice was cut, one of its faces was sanded, and a microscope...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21

... aspects and growth of Q suber plants We recorded stem diameter growth, water relations and the photochemical efficiency of inoculated plants in order to relate these parameters to the pathogenesis of ... occasional periods of negative data fol, -1 lowing inoculation and the death of one plant which related, respectively, to absence of symptoms, appearance of wilting and death of the plants (table ... three phases: a growth period of days following inoculation, a sharp decrease of stem diameter together with larger MDS values, coinciding with the death of plants13 days after inoculation, and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21

... spring of 1992 in the experimental garden of the Institute of Silviculture of the University of Freiburg, Germany, half in the open and half artificially shaded Since then the growth of the oaks ... the comparison of the young oak plants in the open field and in shade up to an age of 5-6 years at the end of 1994, we could not confirm the results of Jarvis (1964) and Ziegenhagen and Kausch (1993), ... such a growth optimum would shift to higher light requirements with increasing age of the plants In order to test the influence of irradiance function of age, plants of Q robur (2 years old) and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21

... exploitation of a greater volume of soil and thus, nutrient extraction in soil water and layers not exploited by competitors (Gordon and Rice, 1993) Enhancement of root growth, root length and fine ... twig growth in elevated CO could lead to a rapid construction of sun leaves above the grass layer (McCarthy and Dawson, 1990) The increases of root growth, root length and the higher number of ... INTRODUCTION of To understand and The objective of this study was to determine the effects of an increase in CO con2 centration on the carbon gain of Quercus suber seedlings We examined the effects of...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21

... differences in the mortality and growth of P halepensis in the semi-arid climate of southeast Spain The addition of USR enhanced plant growth in all the treatments Roldán and Albaladejo (1994) demonstrated ... The Nature and Practice of Biological Control of Plant Pathogens The American Phytopathological Society, Saint Paul, MN, USA Cumming JR (1993) Growth and nutrition of nonmycorrhizal and mycorrhizal ... (Amaranthus and Perry, 1987) The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the effectiveness of different methods of soil preparation (mechanical treatments, organic amendment and transfer of forest...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21

... rooted in gravel had a survival of 73%; 94% of the cuttings rooted in peat:sand survived For improvement of mass propagation of oak, the addition of low levels of Osmo- In a second field trial, ... in peat:sand and to 5.5 in gravel The same acidifying effect of Osmocote was found by Sanderson (1987) cote 1.5-2.5 g/l should be > 5.5 is recommended pH optimum addition of on rooting and shoot ... shoot growth Higher concentrations gave no increase in gravel; in peat:sand, further increase of growth was only small Hamilton and Johnson (1978) demonstrated the decreasing availability of NO...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 19:21

... TetTox (a) Example of restricted pattern of response to antigens Bars indicate mean proliferation and standard deviations of triplicate values (b) The proliferative responses to SLO and TT observed ... when the acute phase was low and a diverse pattern when the acute phase was high Patient B exhibited a diverse pattern when the acute phase was high and this was lost when the acute phase was low ... the kind gift of the Act-1 antibody We are grateful to Professor Mike Salmon and Professor Chris Buckley for critical reading of the manuscript We acknowledge the financial support of the Henry...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... which is described here compares the efficiency of different doses of the two types of inoculum for promoting ectomycorrhizal development and growth of Douglas fir seedlings Observations on treatment ... type of inoculum (Mo unpubTtEtt, R HIPPS lished data) and the results of W (1987) suggest that it was between and glliter (dry weight) of the vermiculite/peat inoculum Thus, the amount of mycelium ... together : number of beads, size of the beads and amount of living mycelium in each bead 4.2 Effect of Laccaria laccata on root necrosis caused by Fusarium oxysporum The protective effect of L laccata...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:21

... Influence of constant growth temperature upon the productivity and gas exchange of seedlings of Scots pine and European larch For Sci 26, 301-309 Hellmers H (1966) Growth response of redwood ... (1957) Some effects of various combinations of day and night temperatures and photoperiod on the height growth of loblolly pine seedlings For Sci 3, 45-53 Stevens G (19;95) In: Lands in Collision ... species was for the development of cold resistance Fleming C.A (1975) The geological history of New Zealand and its biota In: Biogeography and Ecology in New Zealand (Kushel G., ed.), W Junk The...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:20

... Breed of sow and breed of piglet effect on milk intake and growth of piglets; Meishan versus Dutch pigs In: ,!Oth Annual EAAP, Dublin, Ireland, August 1989, Commission on pig production, Meeting of ... between birth and weaning (4, 16 and 14% for UWB, UADG 0-21 and UW21 respectively) Grand maternal and paternal heterosis effects we small e l and non significant, except at birth where a grand maternal ... effect of the l sex (I = 1, 2) = (gp)!k = interaction between genetic type and parity of the dam L2!k&dquo;,, = random litter within farrowing batch, genetic type and parity effect, with mean and...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 20:20

... -3- Table of Contents Table of Contents Summary List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations 10 Chapter 1: Introduction 13 1.1 Discovery, biogenesis and mechanisms of action of microRNAs ... enhances its viability, soft-agar colony forming ability and invasiveness (33) Silencing of miR-335 causes growth arrest and apoptosis as well as reduced invasion and reduced growth of xenografts (33) ... alterations and copy number changes for components of the TP53 network of genes…… Figure Genomic sequence alterations and copy number changes for components of the RB1 network of genes……… Figure U87 and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 17:53

... macroscopic phases: a cloudy phase in between a clear phase and a bluish, translucent phase The rate of phase separation was very slow in a matter of several days with the formation of the clear and ... the later part of Chapter These results are nontrivial in our opinion, and hopefully will advance our understanding of the phase behavior of mixed solutions of associative polymer and surfactant ... after days, and were measured by a ruler for calculation of the phase volume fraction The accuracy of the phase volume measurement is ~0.5mm in height For some of them, an aliquot of each phase was...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 08:18