... remaining part of the tube The morphologies of different parts of Au-deposited structures with short (Figure 4) and long (Figure 5) deposition times suggest that the growth of Au proceeds quasi-radially ... mechanism of quasi -radial growth remains unclear so far The difference between morphologies of Au on the top/middle parts (continuous film) and that of root part (isolated particles) of a Si nanowire ... less because of the consumption of the top/ middle part during the deposition, thus resulting in a thick top/middle part and a thin root part of the Au tubes The quasi -radial growth of Au on Si...
... correlations of values of diameter increments with climatic factors They were always calculated from May of the previous year till August of the year in question, i.e the period of 16 months ... German side of the Krušné hory Mts (Čermák 2007) The aim of the paper is therefore to examine the effect of the most important climatic factors (tem258 perature and precipitation) on the radial increment ... optical comparison of both curves, which is crucial for the final dating (Rybníček et al 2007) J FOR SCI., 55, 2009 (6): 257–263 Removal of the age trend of tree-ring curves Modelling of climatic influences...
... Results and Discussion Significance of correlations for oak Pairwise correlations of the effect of climatic factors on radial increments of trees The proportion of trees with statistically significant ... correlation models of the effect of climatic factors on radial increments of trees Model for oak After performing the detailed analysis of pair correlation coefficients sets of monthly precipitation ... of the previous year (left) and of the actual year (right) on increment indexes of tree species Table Beech – correlation coefficients and parameters of a regression model of the dependence of...
... confirmed the small magnitude of the radial variation of the density components Although highly significant the effect of ring only accounted for l3% of the total variation of the mean density and most ... Oliveira A., Influence of climate on the seasonality ofradial growth of cork oak during a cork production cycle, Ann For Sci 59 (2002) 429–437 [9] Cown D.J., Parker M.L., Comparison of annual ring density ... 200 µm [25] A smaller size for the radial windows would lead to higher amplitude of the variation of density within the rings and, therefore, to a higher number of density peaks within the ring,...
... on absolute depths The aim of this study was to detect general principles that describe the radial variability of xylem sap flux in beech trunks The use of a model for radial SFD distribution that ... of sap flux density at depths 0−22 mm (1), 22−44 mm (2), 44−66 mm (3) and 66−88 mm (4) of tree 29, from May 20 to May 24 2004 Figure Radial profile of normalised sap flow density as a function of ... important question was that of the decrease of xylem sap flux density with depth in the trunk Our measurements were performed to radial depths of 40% Using the function for radial SFD profile parameterised...
... ) Radial patterns of SFD of Fagus crenata 293 Figure Radial patterns of SFDday using Weibull function in the xylem The radial depth is expressed as at the cambium and 100% at the center of the ... calculated as a mean radial value of the xylem over a depth of 20 mm because that is the length of the Granier sensors employed We assumed a regular transition in the radial value of the SFDday according ... (soil moisture content below 50%) Radial patterns of SFD of Fagus crenata 295 Figure Radial patterns of SFDday using Weibull function under the three different sets of environmental conditions (the...
... growth of Q suber, its large heterogeneity (size, form, age) and the recurrent cork harvesting Here we present a first study of the effects of cork harvesting and climate on stem radial growth of ... well as the low density of stands, the selection of a homogeneous sample of trees 19 18 17 16 15 800 CJM was limited to 7–12 trees at each site (table I) According to year of the last cork harvesting, ... rainfall Radial growth was well and inversely correlated with time after harvesting; this group of variables was well described by axis (27% of total variance) Factor explained 13% of total variance,...
... (Eds.), Ecosystems of Florida, University of Central Florida Press, Orlando, 1990, pp 150–193 [3] Chang M., Anguilar J.R., Effects of climate and soil on the radial growth of loblolly pine (Pinus ... confounding influence of shading and other forms of competition on growth By contrast, the multiple-aged structure of 335 Choctawhatchee sand pine promotes growth suppression of understory stems ... establishment of the oldest stems; hurricanes and extratropical cyclones have exposed all stands to sporadic blowdown events Figure Range map of sand pine with location of study stands Table I Summary of...
... the beginning of 1992, half of the stand (0.16 ha) was thinned Thirty-five percent of the basal area (28% of the sapwood area) was removed, leaving a plot with a basal area -1 ·ha of 17.6 m and ... to the amount of foliage until a LAI of 6.0 because radiation was still available at the base of the crown As another consequence of this canopy porosity, slight vertical gradients of vapour pressure ... Nevertheless, the understanding of interannual variations of LAI needs further research, including the collection of longer temporal series of LAI to quantify delayed effects of this parameter on long-term...
... May in the form of 112 kg.ha of ’superphosphate triple’, containing -1 50 kg of P 690 kg.ha of ’scories Thomas’, -1 ; O containing 110 kg of P and 345 kg of CaO; O and 400 kg.ha of ’patenkali’, ... the radial growth response of trees to various interventions which were intended to improve each of these factors, that is, draining of the seasonal excess of water through ditching, supply of ... decrease the radial growth of the old pedunculate oak trees The most original result of the study conthe potential role of the herbaceous ground vegetation in the radial growth of mature oak...
... variance of ring widths and wood densities [12, 13, 19, 24, 26, 32] Thus, ring widths and wood densities provide records of the effects of both climatic and nonclimatic factors on the radial growth of ... dendrochronological evaluation of the effects of air pollution on the radial growth of Norway spruce, Mokuzai Gakkaishi, 43 (1997) 824-831 Nobori Y., An analysis of the relationships between weather ... the radial growth of Yezo spruce trees in the 1970s events Our previous study [22] revealed an abrupt reduction in ring width of Yezo spruce from 1969 to 1979, with an increasing extent of reduction...
... development of methods for selecting the raw material to produce high-quality products in terms of their structural performance, as these companies are often not aware of the needs of end-users ... modulus of elasticity and bending strength In terms of mean values, the bending strength of studs from the slow-grown stand was 57 % higher and the modulus of elasticity 54 % higher than that of studs ... linking of wood properties and grading rules for various end uses is fundamental for the future development of the sawing simulation system The primary objective of this paper is to show how a radial...
... in each mode This is the main focus of the remaining of this work 3.2 Axial and angular components of the mode functions Since the system undergoes two types of deformation, it is clear that in ... vibration mode is composed of two kinds of movements: axial and angular According to this, it can be said that each mode function will have two components One of them associated to axial displacement, ... comparison ofaxial and angular components of the mode functions is somewhat subjective It requires a match between different kinds of deformations, which implies an implicit valuation of when one...
... binding of ligands on the iron of Fe(porphyrin))13G10 complexes: (A) binding of H2O2 on the iron of 13G10-(Fe(ToCPP), (B) binding of two CN± ligands on the iron of 13G10-(Fe(ToCPP), (C) binding of ... presence of varying concentrations of imidazole (Fig 6, Table 4) First of all, the addition of increasing amounts of imidazole, from to 150 mM, caused a slight increase of the peroxidase activity of ... iron(III)-DoCPP cofactor and imidazole as an axial ligand of the iron which, respectively, mimick the heme cofactor and the axial histidine ligand of the iron in peroxidases, whereas a COOH side chain of the...
... the vapor pressure of even the most volatile solvent (such as acetone) is sufficiently reduced to allow stable plasma operation Removal of carbon The presence of high levels of organic solvent ... considerably more reactive, and so the use of platinum-tipped interface cones instead of the standard nickel cones is recommended Optimization of the appropriate level of oxygen for a particular organic ... illustrated in Table For quadrupole ICP- MS (ICP- QMS) the established and most effective method of reducing polyatomic interferences in high purity matrices is the use of the ShieldTorch System and...
... unfolding of the M100K variant involves the breaking of the Lys-Nf-iron bond coupled with the dynamic process of ligand exchange It thus seems likely that the mechanism of release of the axial ligand ... amounts of guanidinium hydrochloride (GdmHCl) the protein unfolds resulting in the perturbation of a number of electronic absorption bands and the appearance in the spectrum of new ones One of these, ... Down-field region of the 1H NMR spectra at 600 MHz, 298 K, pH 7.0 of (A) wt ferricyt c-550 in the absence of GdmHCl and (B) the ferric M100K variant in the presence of increasing amounts of GdmHCl In...
... Egypt after ICPD There have been three CPs since ICPD (ICPD came in the middle of the 5CP) A summary of the programme budgets and sources of funds are shown in Table Table 1: Sources of Funding ... December 2003 Objectives of the Evaluation The overall aim of the evaluation is to clarify how UNFPA and IPPF contribute to the implementation of key aspects of the ICPD Programme of Action, relating ... Planning Junior Professional Officer Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Maternal and Child Health Millennium Development Goal Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Education Ministry of Health and...
... time index of the digital recording of the vibration signal Methods Representation of swallowing activity Based on the clinical appeal of cervical auscultation and the recent success of swallowing ... acquisition of time-synchronized videofluoroscopic and accelerometric data Data collection set-up for the simultaneous acquisition of time-synchronized videofluoroscopic and accelerometric data Page of ... value of 0.1 These values were chosen to mitigate saturation of the basis functions The gaussian radial basis function was selected for its proven approximation capabilities The number of radial...
... principles of research, and the informed consent was obtained Results Figure the knee Measurements of PTAs and the neighboring bone rotation of Measurements of PTAs and the neighboring bone rotation of ... Patella tilt angle of Grelsamer; PTA-S: Patella tilt angle of Sasaki; PTA-M: modified patella tilt angle of Fukerson Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery ... ability of2 femoral rotation relative estimation ofindependent Through in variables analysis, curveto tibia, as anofthe predictThrough regression analysis, curve estimation of the predictability of...
... recovers 50% of the total DNA Thus, ~15 µg of DNA was present in a single TG, and the input of 0.1 µg of TG DNA per PCR contains ~1/150th (0.1 µg out of 15 µg) of the total number of HSV-1 genomes ... 105 pfu per eye of HSV-1 strain KOS-GFP or GFP relationship of the genotype and phenotype of these mice is defined in Table c The mean ± standard error of the mean of the logarithm of infectious ... pairs of black ovals at the 5' end of each gene B The ICP0 genes of wild-type HSV-1 and the ICP0 - viruses n212 and GFP The mutation in n212 introduces a 14 bp linker sequence into codon 212 of the...