... with indicating extreme dislike and 10 indicating strong liking 41 Results and discussion 3.1 Fruit growth and ripening In both H undatus and H polyrhizus, growth of fruits attached to the vine ... separated and weighed, and a sample of each was weighed both when fresh and after drying at 70°C for determination of water content The concentration of red pigment in H polyrhizus pulp which belongs ... Acid concentration was determined from 10 g of pulp macerated in distilled water and titrated with 0.05 M NaOH to pH 8.0 Ascorbic acid concentration was determined in extracts of fresh pulp by titration...
... [1,7] The combination of hyperspectral imaging and accurate reflectance modeling may be important for improved understanding of the intrinsic disorder in butterfly wings andin industrial tunable ... and the detection angle was at the normal This is standard for measuring conditions in most commercial spectrophotometers (Commission Internationale de l’Éclairage, International Commission on ... to control the time shutter of the CCD camera Setup, synchronization, and control of the frame grabber, the filter and the CCD camera were done using specific software in a PC The illumination...
... stable configuration each zone contains only one species (top of Fig 2), in the second one species is of density in one zone, another species stays and dominates in the two other zones, and the ... of each species are equal to in one zone and are equal to in the others zones In the middle of Fig 2, species A is intwo zones and dominates both, species B is only in one zone where it dominates, ... exponentially converges to s Definition We call a one-each configuration, denoted by cOE , a configuration such that each zone contains only one species Definition We call a one -two configuration,...
... (5 postinjection), suggesting a high binding capacity of ETA in hepatic parenchyma Indeed, injection of the toxin into mice has been shown to result in an early and profound inhibition of hepatic ... of internalized ETA by cathepsins B and D To confirm the endosomal proteolysis of internalized ETA under conditions that maintained endosome integrity, we used cell-free endosomes containing in ... Plasma membranes Nonreducing conditions _ 15 Endosomes 30 60 90 (min, postinjection) Nonreducing conditions _ 15 30 60 90 (min, postinjection) ETA ETA ETA-A ETA-A Reducing conditions (66 kDa) ETA...
... reforestation are caused by using low-quality planting stock, neglecting site conditions, insufficient soil preparation, outplanting of a low amount of seedlings and insufficient protection of plantations ... 132–139 (in Slovak) Tučeková A., Ábelová A (2002): Production and utilization of containerized planting stock under the conditions of Slovak Republic In: Production and Utilization of Reproductive ... parameters of planted seedlings and thus by increased vulnerability to harsh winter conditions and subsequent weed competition during the growing season The lower survival rate of containerized...
... cytokine that modulates the cell-mediated immune response by regulating activation and effector function of T cells and monocytes/macrophages, most notably by inhibiting the production of cytokines ... high levels of IL-10R1 and M-CSFR in association with joint inflammation, and their TNFR1 and TNFR2 expression is effectively augmented by a combination of IL-10 and M-CSF Monocytes preincubated ... at a concentration of 30 µM, the combination of TNF-α and dbcAMP induced IL-1β and IL-6 production Page of 13 (page number not for citation purposes) by monocytes preincubated with M-CSF and, ...
... enhanced by: maximizing the positive effects of context by closely matching the learning and clinical environments, enhancing meaning by activating relevant prior knowledge, using educational activities ... StakeholderHosted Interactive Problem-based Seminar (SHIPS) and Online Problem-Based tutorials (e-PBL) in changing knowledge, utilization, and integration of knowledge in clinical decision-making Secondary ... clinical context, and the activation of prior knowledge have been recognized as active components of PBL [56] Therefore PBL helps in the contextualization of knowledge andin the application of...
... binding domain, and an N and C terminal transactivation domain The POU domain binds the canonical ATGCAAT octamer motif via the major groove of the DNA, and comprises two sub-domains joined by ... enough interaction for function (and in an experimental case, detection) Because of the high concentration of the protein of interest on the column required for detection of weaker interactions ... Desorption Ionization Multi-Dimensional Protein Identification Technology N-terminal BAP and His tag N-terminal domain N-terminal FLAG and His tag N-terminal Protein A and CBP tag N-terminal S and...
... affected by increasing beech proportion in stand composition) However, such effects of beech present in oak stands may depend on the geographic region Innorthern France, observed dominance of beech on ... stand-related thinning regimes This partly explains the linear relation of ∆g and DBH per treatment The DBH-range of the stands available has to be regarded as well The integration of more stands ... and Douglas fir stands to mixed -species standsof oak and beech The aim of the study was to adapt one of the basic equations of the French growth simulator Fagacées for oak stands to mixed stands...
... confirmed as a very strong determinant of CT concentrations Condensed tannins in evergreen and deciduous Quercus We expected lower CT concentrations increasing nutrient availability because of ... Nitsan Z., Effect of daily supplementation of polyethylene glycol on intake and digestion of tannin-containing leaves (Quercus calliprinos, Pistacia lentiscus and Ceratonia siliqua) by goats, J Agric ... case of Q coccifera [22] Although leaf N reduction by increasing light availabilities has often been considered as a consequence of dilution by more carbon fixed, surprisingly the meta-analysis by...
... analyses of plant species diversity variations after logging were also approached by plant functional traits and not only byspeciesin order to obtain an indication about ecosystem functioning [35] ... analyze the evolution of plant species diversity after clear-cutting and thinning of a chestnut coppice stand as compared to a nearby uncut stand by using several diversity index If it is well-known ... representative of a large part of the forest vegetation in the Cevennes Mountains, in the National Park and nearby The forest managers also repeatedly request information or suggestions concerning biodiversity...
... balance depends not only on the photosynthetic capacity of individual leaves, but also on their ability of intercepting light energy, on the energetic costs of producing and maintaining their assimilatory ... their nonphotosynthetic organs, andon the pattern of resource allocation among these organs [14, 25] Light interception depends on leaf area expansion and branch extension and the setting up of ... Thirty saplings of Acer platanoides L and 26 saplings of Fraxinus excelsior L were sampled in the stand in a large range of light environments in August 2003 The height of sampled saplings was...
... demanding and fast growing species [41] the absence of a significant correlation between age and height of saplings indicates a strong inhibition of the vertical growth and suggests a secondary ... role of this speciesin the ecological succession of pine standsin this area Natural regeneration of Pinus nigra was not observed in our plots The weak competitive capacity of pioneer speciesin ... canopy opening, moderate thinning) [18] Finally, although predicting the evolution of the examined standsin relation to the present colonisation strategies is difficult, an increase of structural...
... developed by Sánchez Rodríguez [33] for Pinus radiata in Galicia Mean, maximum and minimum values and standard deviations (SD) for the main stand variables (for the first and second inventory of the ... proportional to an exponential function of age A particular case of this equation is obtained when δ = e Integration of equation (5) with the initial condition that δ > gives the following two algebraic ... rate of change in the number of stems (∆N/N·∆t) and site index is inversely proportional (f(S) = S–1) In the other equations in which site index is included, an increase in its value implies an increase...
... lower rainfall and more frequent droughts [36], which may influence species distributions as a consequence ofspecies variability in water relations [7] It follows that the seasonal monitoring of ... threshold of significant loss of xylem functionality in conifers growing under similar environmental conditions, found to be between – 2.5 and – MPa [4] Daily variations of VPD and Fd in L decidua ... out on a treeline ecotone in the Italian Alps hypothesised the occurrence of osmoregulation in L decidua during periods of drought Osmoregulation can contribute to the maintenance of turgor during...
... the mean carbon content (mg C cm–3 soil) of the mineral soil layers in both standsIn both stands, there was a clear decrease in carbon content with increasing depth in the soil ANOVA analysis ... amount of carbon in this layer too, in order to obtain a more complete insight in the total carbon in the two Aelmoeseneie stands Ten square plots of 25 m2 were randomly selected in each stand In ... The contribution of the living (47.4% in the oak-beech and 46.0% in the ash stand) and the non-living compart- 515 ment (52.6% and 54.0%), are very similar in both stands As such, one can conclude...
... speciation [6, 13, 65], pericentric inversions and heterochromatic block variations being more frequently observed [48] Chromosome comparison using banding methods andin situ hybridization has demonstrated ... spontaneous breakage and distribution of common fragile sitesintwo Ceboidea species Fragile sites expression in Ceboidea 89 MATERIALS AND METHODS C-fra expression was analyzed in heparinized peripheral ... evolutionary conservation of these sites between the Great Apes and man and suggesting that fragile sites have been highly conserved during primate evolution [58, 60, 70] In order to analyze the conservation...
... comparing the amino acid sequence of the glycoprotein Gn In addition, two highly conserved regions consisting of approximately 300 amino acids each were found near the middle of the glycoproteins of ... preparation and analysis of rodent samples RK performed virus isolation, RNA preparation, sequencing, cloning and writing LCN participated in the study design, fieldwork and coordination, and contributed ... after comparing the amino acid residues 240-310 of the nucleocapsid proteins of HTNV, SEOV and PUUV In contrast, this region is highly conserved between the Jurong strains and the Thailand virus...
... influence of a nonionic detergent andof crude oil-detergent mixtures in aqueous solutions on allozymic variation in the related speciesof marine gastropods Littorina punctata and L neritoides ... PGI, and the combined pollution acted against the MM genotype of PGI and against the MM and SS genotypes of AP ’ higher frequency of heterozygotes among the surpollution significant for Littorina ... syndrome of oil effects, including complete lack of colonization by hermatypic corals in reef areas chronically polluted by oil, decrease in colony viability, damage to the reproductive systems of...