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... no soil information for their site of origin Supporting evidence that the interaction in black pine provenances may be linked to the site soil conditions in relation to the site of origin is provided ... seen in figures and It amounts about half of the remaining variation, or 6% of the total variationin the analysis of variance (table IV) Thassos (GR80) is doing much better in Nigrita than in ... 894 C Varelides et al INTRODUCTION and peninsulas, is discontinuous and patchy [5] This natural distribution pattern resulted in differentiation of populations in categories not fully agreed...
... S., Singh S., Germination and growth of sorghum under eucalyptus hybrid shelterbelt, in: Integrated weed management for sustainable agriculture, Proc Indian Society of Weed Science International ... C.B., Duggin J.A., Lantana camara L invasions in dry rainforest – open forest ecotones: the role of disturbances associated with fire and cattle grazing, Aust J Ecol 22 (1997) 298– 306 Stercula ... de germination des semences soit plus bas sous l’influence de l’ombrage qu’en dehors du houppier Dhawan et al [5] ont en effet noté une réduction du taux de germination du sorgho et une inhibition...
... vegetation cover, where the belowground biomass variations are more strikingly related to climatic seasonal changes Our data confirm the seasonality of ecosystem functions in cerrados; that is, ... in savannahs (April, Campo Cerrado), and the minimum ones, during the dry period The belowground biomasses collected during the rainy season were significantly higher than that collected during ... cerrados; that is, the weather determines a strong lowering in plant metabolism during the dry winter The decrease in leaf biomass [12], the decrease in net Belowground biomass in savannahs primary...
... procedures, irrespective of a clinical indication, while surgery among pediatric patients would have been performed to treat a clinical indication As indicated by current utilization, capacity would ... explanations include increased scheduling during school vacations However, the numbers of procedures in July, for instance, not vary according to public school holidays We speculate that these patterns ... Implementation Science 2007, 2:2 Furthermore, South African investigators will soon initiate clinical research studies in HIV prevention, such as large HIV vaccine efficacy studies involving several...
... that used routinely in other areas of clinical research, potentially allows a more systematic and detailed investigation of possible seasonal patterns in patient subgroups However, the application ... Machin D, Khoo KS, Ng EH Seasonalvariationin breast cancer diagnosis in Singapore Br J Cancer 2001;84:1185-7 Parker G, Gao F, Machin D Seasonality of suicide in Singapore: data from the equator ... probably first used in the investigation of seasonalvariationin the sudden infant death in Southampton (Harris et al, 1982) Subsequently, it was used to investigate the presentation of the testicular...
... sites in Alaska in 2 006 and 2007 Hunter-harvest sampling locations are noted in red Live bird surveillance sampling locations are marked in green Habitat classifications based on Bird Conservation ... prevalence rates that not control for these sources of variation Finally, our data indicate that rRTPCR results and virus isolation tend to differ regarding the prevalence of avian influenza viruses ... dedicated biologists and technicians who participated in the planning and implementation of the 2 006 interagency sampling of migratory birds for highly pathogenic avian influenza We also thank native...
... ring width in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.), For Ecol Manage 210 (2005) 81–89 [15] Knapic S., Tavares F., Pereira H., Heartwood and sapwood variationin Acacia melanoxylon R Br trees in ... show that the proportion of heartwood in the trees used for pulping at the usual harvest age in temperate climates (9–14 years) is important and should be taken into account due to the negative ... level explained between 85% and 88% of the total variation while between-tree variation accounted for 5% to 9% of the total variation The radial width of sapwood (Fig 5) remained relatively constant...
... modelling of both the diurnal and seasonalvariationin stem radius in large oaks in the floodplain forest growing in the plateau of the Dyje river in southern Moravia In this site, different aspects ... evaluating physiological data The sap flow rate was measured with the tree trunk heat balance technique (THB) applying internal (direct electric) heating of tissues and sensing of temperature ... the seasonal version of the model these equations were not precise enough to approximate fast changes in growth rate at the beginning of the growing season That is why we used another equation,...
... certain principles influencing variationin forest ecosystem function have become apparent in examining these data, ring heterogeneity dependence of phenological events or changes in rates of biomass ... gradients associated with observations of water fluxes in forest stands, e.g by including forests of riparian zones and at high elevation mountain sites The importance of combining information from ... observation Sapflow methods that are now becoming increasingly a ’standard tool’ in studies of water balance will aid our understanding for forest function by clarifying flux regulation at the individual...
... Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Indonesia (West Papua, adjacent to PNG and outlying populations in the Aru Islands and Ceram) Commonly used seed material in Vietnam plantations includes origins from ... superior individual trees in the southern trial were selected using an index that combined growth rate and stem straightness, clonally propagated and established in a clonal seed orchard in southern ... If there were correspondingly low levels of quantitative genetic variationin production traits, little genetic gain could be made from breeding, beyond the gains of initial provenance selection...
... To investigate the situation of teaching and learning speaking in Grade 10th at Thai Phien High school To identify the factors that have impact on the teaching and learning speaking skills in ... language teaching tradition dating from the late 1960s, Communicative Language Teaching (CTL) marks the beginning of a major innovation within language teaching because of its superior principles ... in learning process Finally, Communicative activities such as working in groups, in pairs or singing etc create a relatively safe environment for making mistakes a long with relaxed atmosphere,...
... neither interesting nor boring while 15.8% complain that they are really boring Only 28.5% think that these activities are interesting enough to motivate them to get involved in speaking lessons ... speaking in front of the crowd This positive result reassures that language games a great help in raising students’ motivation is learning speaking skill In addition to that, the thing that should ... speaking lesson This results in the reducing students’ interest in joining games, leading to the low motivation in speaking classes Besides, some students consider noise as a main reason for the ineffectiveness...
... reviewing, organizing, and consolidating existing knowledge and material; understanding its basic structure; filling in the gaps; finding additional meanings; and reformulating knowledge into ... teaching This recommendation presents guiding principles teachers can utilize in their own planning and student training for effective peer teaching As Jette (2005) illustrates teacher planning ... good points, correct large-scale errors, and explicit some confusing matters Suggested ways for improving the peer teaching process In light of the initial findings, the investigator introduces...
... The normal temperature-dependence of the thymine oxidation reaction demonstrated in RPo calls into question the results of earlier footprinting investigations using permanganate and or other ... forms to the integrated intensity of these two bases was used in the calculation of the contribution of individual bases to the integrated intensity of overlapping DNA bands Determination of the ... of thymine and its modulation by Mg2+ reects variationin the effective electrostatic potential along the separated DNA strands determined by charged DNA phosphates and protein groups at the...
... activity levelsin pRCC may point at tumour-related elevations in butyrylcholinesterase-targeted micro-RNA(s) In contrast, acetylcholinesterase mRNA levels remained unchanged and the enzymatic activity ... erythrocytes in the extent of binding with the lectins concanavalin A, Lens culinaris agglutinin 4522 (LCA), and Ricinus communis agglutinin (RCA) (Fig 3), ruled out the blood origin and supported ... explain their wide distribution in tissues and cells [16], including stem cells [17] Increasing evidence links these noncatalytic actions with the binding of cholinesterases to several protein...
... Council located in Hanoi Our main task is selecting the most appropriate video clips, movies about the countries for the learners to watch during the class or recommending them to watch at home in their ... participate in It is interesting that investigations and projects in relation to Country Studies usually appeal most of the learners’ attention We all assume that these activities can create and ... idea of keeping portfolio is delivered by the teachers, the learners are entirely self-determined in perfecting its content The learners are in charge of exchanging what kind of information, news,...
... occurred in monitoring sites located in the northwestern states, including Boise Idaho, Spokane Washington, and Helena Montana (30) However, 2001 -2005 thyroid cancer incidence in these states are ... This finding merits further examination, especially in light of the fact that 104 such reactors continue to operate in the U.S These exposures are relatively low dose, leading some to assume that ... district cancer death rates International Journal of Health Geography 23(5):28, 2 006 17 Huang L., Pickle L.W., and Das B Evaluating spatial methods for investigating global clustering and cluster...
... GAGGAGGACCACCATGCATCT TTGTGCAAGCAGTCCAGAAAGA GGATGCAGGCAATACTCCTG CCATACTGCCAAGAAAAGATGAT ACAGAGGCATACAAGTGCAGATG TGTTTAGGCTTGATCTCCAGCTT CTGGGATTCCTGACCATTGGT GTTGGCTCTCTGTTTCAATGCA GGGCAGGTGTTTTTGTGTTGA ... nervous system patterning In addition, the constitutive expression of CXCL14 in adult carp and mouse brain indicates a role in normal brain physiology These functions in patterning and maintenance ... midbrain–hindbrain boundary at 12 hpf, and in various neural structures later in ontogeny offer strong support for a vital role of CXCL14 in Fig Expression of CXC chemokines during early ontogeny in...
... following copulation may serve multiple functions, including reducing the likelihood of philandering or abandonment by each partner, promoting greater paternity confidence through mate guarding, increasing ... continuum of strategies ranging from a focus on short-term gains at the expense of long-term costs, high mating effort, and low parenting effort to long-term strategies with selective mating ... committed relationships, and thus may be more attentive to their partners in the PCTI and behave in other ways that facilitate emotional bonding Hypotheses for Variationin Reproductive Strategies...