... points to an acidic environment, but with a higher abundance of taxa present in less acidic waters (Eunotia vanheurckii, Eunotia curvata and Fragilaria bicapitata), and a lower abundance of taxa present ... assemblages, a regional diatom database is paramount This would also aid in the development ofa transfer function for the area, a mathematical formula that estimates environmental variables ... geochemical analysis was adopted to investigate the potential acidificationof Jungle Falls stream Results indicate that the Jungle Falls stream sediments contain a record of atmospheric contamination...
... worth measuring as organic carbon content may affect interpretations of geochemical analysis results (Urban, 1994) 78 and any variation present would also provide a practicable and straightforward ... in each sub-sample for multiple analytical techniques including diatom analysis, organic carbon content measurements and geochemical analysis It was decided that a sampling interval of 1cm was ... sediment was placed in a beaker and a small amount of 19% H2O2 added Fresh samples were used as oven drying can result in diatom breakage (Battarbee et al, 2001) When foaming, if any, had subsided,...
... sssssssssssdsdsdadadadadaaaaaaaaaadasdsadsadasda 73 time, in addition to signposting trails, labelling trees, building shelters and positioning maps, “the Health Department constructed an artificial pool ... pollutants on rainwater quality in Singapore” The study conducted by Balasubramanian et al (2001) had similar results Their rainwater samples had a mean of pH 4.5 and approximately 88% of their samples ... in any literature, and NParks unsure of any dates either 72 Plate 4-2: Man-made dam at Jungle Falls Valley Core C Core B Core A Plate 4-3: Artificial impoundment at Jungle Falls Valley with arrows...
... policymakers from Thailand, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam along with involvement from Australia, ... South America and Southeast Asia contain extensive peatland (Page et al, 2006) Most tropical peatlands occur in low altitude, coastal and sub-coastal (between 0m to 50m above sea-level) areas They ... legislation, acid deposition was alleviated in Europe and North America However, researchers realised that Asia, a region that was beginning to industrialise rapidly, was in danger of the same acidification...
... to examine the potential acidificationof Jungle Falls stream diatoms and geochemical analysis The majority of paleolimnological studies into lake acidification involve the use of diatom analysis ... magnitude of the acidic deposition load and the natural background pH level of the lake In a review of diatom analysis and lake acidification, Battarbee (1984) found that a decrease in the diatom ... diatom samples can be used to examine whether acidification has occurred in an area (Battarbee, 1984) 37 The use of diatoms in paleolimnological investigations of lake acidification is most often...
... a sediment accumulation behind a brick dam at Jungle Falls stream As acidification issues within SEA are rising and there is currently a lack of scientific research in the area, a secondary aim ... of acid deposition in Asia It is shown that acidification research within Asia is lacking and the problem is intensifying, making this study of the acidificationofa tropical stream in Singapore ... Chapter three discusses the difficulties faced by acidification researchers due to a lack of historical monitoring data and finding a suitable study site This shortage of historical data has made...
... midstream area of Uji River and around the junction of Uji River and Niyodo River There are many pulp factories around the downstream area of Saina River, and the wastewater from the factories ... Takaaki Doi and Mr Daisuke Hagiwara for their support for this work We are also grateful to the financial support by Charitable trust wastewater management research promotion fund REFERENCES Ana ... by alkalinity, Alkalinity: Titration method (*2320 B) Analytical methods are numbered in Standard Methods for the examination of water and wastewater - 185 - Journal of Water and Environment...
... deviation was found to be in control This is due to the fact that most of the radiation flux was available at this designated point and near the furnace wall Predictions of CFD temperatures are also ... International Journals and Conferences E-mail address: termarrow@yahoo.com J Narsaiah, working as Assistant Professor in PRRMEC, Shabad He has done his M.Tech in Industrial Engineering and Management ... validation ofa gas-fired self-regenerative crucible furnace was presented by Francisco cadavid et al Turbulence, radiation and chemical reactions are simulated using the software Gambit V2 and Fluent...
... Heyer AG (2010) Mathematical modelling of the central carbohydrate metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals a substantial regulatory influence of vacuolar invertase on whole plant carbon metabolism ... exchange measurement Exchange rates of CO2 were measured with an infrared gas analysis system (Uras G; Hartmann & Braun AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany) A whole-rosette cuvette design was used as ... in A thaliana A D B E C F Fig Maximum activities of enzymes in central carbohydrate metabolism during cold exposure (A C) Vmax values of three invertase isoforms: vInv, nInv and eInv (D) Vmax of...
... CAGAAAAAGACAAGGAGGAC ACAACACCACTGCTGCGGAGTTA ACATCAAGGAGCGTTAGAATCTAA GATTTAAGTGGAGCGGAATGCTA TGTGAAACGCAGTCTCTTCC CAAGGAGCGTTAGAATCTAAAG TCTCCAAACCAGATCTCTACAG GATTTAAGTGGAGCGGAATGCTA A1 F A1 R B13R ... forward reverse Name PCR product length (bp) GTGGACGTGATGGAGGATAAG GAAGGCACGCTGAGGAAGAC GGATGAATGCCCAACTTCTCCC ACGAAACCTGGCAGAGTCCAAG GACTACTTTGGAGTTTGCGGTCAC AGTTGGGCATTCATCCATCC CAGAAAAAGACAAGGAGGAC ... of each mRNAldh a isoform per ng total RNA at each acclimation temperature was quantified (Table 3) At AT ¼ 18 °C the ratio between b mRNAa ldh a and mRNAldh a is almost : However, at AT ¼ °C the...
... disturbances of hormonal balance at hypothalamic or ovarian levels An imperforate hymen and vaginal or uterine aplasia are rare causes of primary amenorrhea Evaluation of the anatomy by inspection of ... study of ovarian cancer was that against CA 12-5 Circulating concentrations of CA 12-5 are elevated in 80% of all cases of nonmucinous ovarian cancers but also in 60% of cases of pancreatic carcinoma ... the vulvar and vaginal area, and gynecological sonography, are always part of the examination when primary amenorrhea is evaluated It is preferable to initiate an evaluation when abnormalities...
... might stay and be jammed I found afterward that this individual was troubled with a kind of insanity peculiar to all headquarters, arising out of an exaggerated idea of his own importance I had the ... that I shall hear of him again as the proprietor of an overland mail, or the patron and capitalist of Greenland emigration I passed the second and third days quietly in camp, writing a couple of ... gave me a dollar, and said that he had spoken of me to the Water-Gas Company as a capital secretary Then he wrote me a pass for the Arch Street Theatre, and told me, benevolently, to go off and...
... ACATGTACATGTATATCACTTTGAACTGGTTTTCATTAAAAAAAAAAAACCATCAATTTG AGAAGAAACAATTACTTCTTAAGTCAATTAATTTTTCTAGAAATGCAAAAGATATTCCCC TTAACAGCTGTTTGAAATGAGGCCTCGGTCTCAAGTTTAAGAGTGCCCCCATATGTAAGC TAAAAAGCTCCAGGAAGTTGACCCAGAAGAAATTTGTTAAGAGTTCACGGATAAGCAAGG ... A H V T L N V K S A * ATGCGAGGTCAGCATTTATCCAACCAGAAGCTTCACGGAGCTAGCTGGGCAAGGAAATTT GATAATCGCAAGAAATAATTTCCCCCCAAAAACAAAAGGTTGTTGGCTGAAAATACTTCT ACATGTACATGTATATCACTTTGAACTGGTTTTCATTAAAAAAAAAAAACCATCAATTTG ... TAAAAAGCTCCAGGAAGTTGACCCAGAAGAAATTTGTTAAGAGTTCACGGATAAGCAAGG TATTTGGATAAGGTGCATTTGTACATTTTGTGTGTACTGGTTTAGTGTAGAATTTAATTT TTTTTGGTTAATTCTGTCACAAGAACATAATTCTATGGTTACTACACAATGTTGCATCCC AACGCCACCTTTTTATTTTTAATCATATATCATCTCAGTGAAGGTCAGTCCTTG...
... effect describes a lack of criticism due to social ability and/or fear of reprisals, or because ofa sensation of relief at having gone through a safe experience and having a healthy baby [9,10] However, ... Reproductive Health 2007, 4:5 Background The rates of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity decreased as a consequence of the adoption of modern obstetric practices, especially during labor and ... Oxytocin Analgesia Functional Dystocia Absent Tachysystole Hypo/oligo-systole Color of amniotic fluid Clear Meconium-stained Fetal heart rate Unaltered Altered Type of delivery Vaginal Caesarean Time...
... management offices and databases that could support ocean acidification observational and research data The FOARAM Act also calls for an “Ocean Acidification Information Exchange” that would go ... FABRY, California State University, San Marcos GRETCHEN E HOFMANN, University of California, Santa Barbara DANIEL S HOLLAND, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland JOAN A KLEYPAS, National ... climate service and marine ecosystem management programs to develop a broad strategy for decision support DATA MANAGEMENT Data quality and access, as well as appropriate standards for data reporting...
... end up stammering away Instead, share what you know and what you are certain about Great 22 conservations are not unavoidably about world affairs An informed talk about gardening can make your ... with a partner, choral readings of the same passages Have students tape record their oral reading, listen to it, evaluate and then repeat Daily oral and silent reading practice of at least 20 ... language Almost all verbal communication is digital and practically all body language is analogue Spoken language and body language go mostly hand in hand When someone says something, information...
... each primer 50 lM CM-AAT1 was amplified by using RSB-5¢: 5¢-CAAAGAGCACCCTCATTCCAGCC-3¢, and FSD-3¢: 5¢-AGGAGGCAAGCATAGACTTAACG-3¢; CM-AAT2 was amplified with RSB-5¢ and FSA-3¢: 5¢-GATAATT CCACACCCTCCAATTA-3¢; ... The pattern of CMAAT2 mRNA expression was similar to that of CM-AAT1 except that expression peaked at 39 DAP instead of 41 DAP Shalit et al [21] have also demonstrated an increase of AAT activity ... the same activity CM-AAT1 is capable of transferring acyl residues into a variety of alcohols and CM-AAT2 is inactive towards the same substrates CM-AAT1 has the same enzyme activity as a strawberry...
... planning asymmetry as a cause of movement lateralization Neuropsychologia 2004, 42(8):1041-1049 51 Ang K, et al: A clinical evaluation on the spatial patterns of non-invasive motor imagery-based ... standard error of the mean (SEM) and statistical significances of paired t-test are shown perhaps because they are less ‘automatic’ It has been further observed that this ipsilateral activation was ... least squares approximation was subtracted from [O2Hb] and [HHb] for drift elimination Data Analysis Descriptive analysis was calculated for all median signal amplitudes (μmol/l ± SD) Each source-detector...