... P resorption the relative values of P resorption (table stands on schist (NF and VR) with low available PIII), reserves show values around 50 % and those developed on granitic substrates (FG and ... characterised by wet winters and hot, dry summers [28], with an average rainfall and temperature -2-1 (table I) of approximately 580 L myear and 10.4 °C for NF, and 720 L myear and 12.9 °C for -2-1 area ... of tree leaves and leaf-litter Granite plots (EP and FG) had lower values of N and P concentrations in leaves than those found in the schist plots (NF and VR); knowing that leaf and litter production...
... occurred in flooded and unflooded stands and varied with the species (figure 2) Nutrient resorption was 40 and 70 % for N, P and K in the three test species and lower for Ca and Mg (0-45 %), Ca ... loss estimated by regression between weight and area of green leaves (initial mass) and mass of senescent leaves Results of foliar and soil content andresorption were compared using a Student’s ... was about 25 % for Clematis, 31 % for Ulmus and between 28 and 32 % for Fraxinus (table II) 4.2.2 Foliar concentrations andresorption rates Flooded and unflooded forest produced senescent foliage...
... used for the RA4 non -erosion FLS MMP-1 expression in erosionand non -erosion FLS Two matched erosionand non -erosion FLS lines were also evaluated for medium-stimulated and IL-1β-stimulated collagenase ... mutations in erosion FLS and non -erosion FLS To determine whether invasive synovium in RA has an increased number of mutations, p53 cDNA subclones from FLS derived from erosion sites and non -erosion ... non -erosion sites were examined Ten erosion FLS lines and nine non -erosion FLS lines were established from nine patients with RA (two erosion lines and one non -erosion line were examined in one...
... input, easiness to understand and use, and so forth The most essential factors for choosing the MCA technique is the easiness of understanding by the analyst, the stakeholders and use Ref [16] stated ... water quality improvements and enhancement of amenity/ecological provision Thus, design and construction, environmental/ecological impact, operation and maintenance, health and safety, social/urban ... availability Social and community Public health & safety risk Turbidity Control Risk of BMP fail Stakeholder acceptability Figure Erosionand sediment control criterion Materials and methods In this...
... out for upstream protection land (UPL), production forest land (PFL), convertible land (CL), cultivated land and plain as shown in Table The results show that high erosion potential mainly distributes ... mainly distributes on the convertible land, the upstream protection land, and the production forest land However, we have only researched and categorized the erosion potential in Binh Dinh Province ... the convertible land) This group has low centralization level of convertible land and low erosion potential level + Group of the convertible land is equivalent to the level of the erosion potential:...
... erosion: the global context Box Erosion, population and food supply Processes and mechanics of erosion Box Initiation of soil particle movement 11 42 Factors inuencing erosion Box Scale anderosion ... commonly made for water erosion between rill erosionanderosion on the land between the rills by the combined action of raindrop impact and overland ow This is termed interrill erosion To these agents ... alternate wetting and drying, freezing and thawing and frost action, and biochemical Soil is disturbed by tillage operations and by the trampling of people and livestock Running water and wind are...
... 1.4.1 Examples of Hydraulic Abrasion Taking Place in Pumps 1.4.2 Silt Erosion in Pumps 1.5 Technical and Economic Effect Caused by The Erosion Arising in Hydraulic Turbines and Pumps 1.6 Approach ... against Erosion Damage 5.7.1 Quenching and Tempering 5.7.2 Diffusion Permeating Plating References Interaction between Cavitation and Abrasive Erosion Processes V Ya Karelin, A.I Denisov and Y.L ... Suspended Particles on Incipient and Developed of Cavitation 6.2 Effect of Cavitation on Hydroabrasive Erosion 6.3 Relationship between Hydroabrasive Erosionand Cavitational Erosion References Corrosion...
... forestland to agricultural uses and the extraction of forest products for socio–economic development (VEPA, 2002) Consequently, there has been an increase in barren land, soil erosion, landslides and ... soil erosion in Southeast Asia and concludes that forest conversion to agriculture and exotic plantation (e.g., shifting cultivation) have significant effects on both surface and landslide erosion ... water flow and preventing soil erosion (Bonell, 1993; Hudson, 1995) The impacts of deforestation on water quantity anderosion have been a serious environmental concern for centuries (Andreassian,...
... term' local bone resorption, and we investigate whether it can be attributed to a stress shielding effect, which might lead to more generalized bone resorption in the long term and potential aseptic ... lateral and the medial ROI doesn't seem very high in absolute values (0.26 MPa and 0.37 MPa respectively), the relative variation in the lateral and the medial ROI is very different (45% and 72% ... was developed (Abaqus/Standard version 6.6-1, Abaqus, Inc., Providence, RI) from the "Standard Tibia" model [1,5,2226] This model was adapted for the implantation of a standard Genesis II asymmetric...
... to N, P, K and soil moisture (Tab VI) Significant correlations were found between foliar N and P concentrations and absolute and proportional resorption rates andresorption rates and soil moisture ... VII Pearson correlation coefficients between foliar N and P concentrations and absolute and proportional resorption rates andresorption rates and soil moisture Parameter Correlation coefficient ... absolute and proportional foliar N and P and soil parameters were changed along the topographic position and, (b) to examine the factors which effective on absolute and proportional foliar N and P resorption...
... between leaf N and litter N, and leaf P and litter P for hardwoods of eastern Canada indicate that resorption efficiency and proficiency generally increased with a decrease in leaf N and P The better ... leaf N and P concentrations on their resorption efficiency and proficiency MATERIALS AND METHODS The sites were located in southern Québec at the Morgan Arboretum of McGill University and at ... species and plot were collected and pooled for analysis Litter sampling was done between 1–15 October 1994 at the Morgan Arboretum, and between 15 September and 15 October 1994 at the SBL Nutrient resorption...
... For quantitative real-time PCR, sequences and validation for MMP and TIMP primers and probes are as previously described [33] and so are ADAMTS primers and probes [34] In order to control against ... block cartilage resorptionand concurrently decrease collagen- and gelatin-degrading proteolytic activities The combination of IL-1α and OSM has previously been shown to reproducibly and potently ... isolated and subjected to quantitative RT-PCR for expression of the genes (a, b) MMP1 and MMP13 and (c) ADAMTS4, ADAMTS5, and ADAMTS9 Data were normalised to the 18 S rRNA housekeeping gene; means and...
... DNASE2 -1066 G and of the CCR5 wild type allele manuscript supported by MR and CB All authors read and approved the final manuscript As DNASE2 and CCR5 are both expressed in monocytes and macrophages, ... genetic studies MR and MP performed acquisition of the data MR and CB performed analysis and interpretation of the data MP, SA and UW contributed to the recruitment of patients and to the acquisition ... susceptibility and on the clinical course of RA in a large and clinically well characterized German patient cohort, which has previously been analyzed for other genetic influences [21-23] Materials and...
... Sedimentation EROSION Most of the sediment in streams is produced by the following processes:1 1) 2) 3) 4) Sheet erosion, Gully erosion, Stream channel erosion, Mass movements of soil (e.g landslides and ... AM SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ANDEROSION TABLE Canal classification21,44 1077 TABLE Constants in Eqs (47) to (54) (ft-sec units) Channel type 1) Sand bed and banks 2) Sand bed and cohesive banks Coefficient ... (gsand (1) ϩ K sand log10 T ) Xsand * ϩ (gsilt (1) ϩ K silt log10 T ) Xsilt (58) * ϩ (gclay (1) ϩ K clay log10 T ) X clay in which T ϭ time in years; Xsand ϭ fraction of sand in deposit; ␥*sand(1)...
... inflammation and bone erosion in Mmp8deficient mice To quantify joint involvement, we assessed synovial inflammation and bone erosion in hematoxylin and eosin stained sections of ankle joints, and cartilage ... [22]: = normal bone; = small areas Page of 12 of resorption; = more numerous areas of resorption; = obvious resorption; and = full-thickness resorption areas in the bone Osteoclast activity was ... 10 days Ankle joints were embedded in paraffin and sections were cut and stained with hematoxylin and eosin for evaluation of inflammation and bone erosion, as previously described [21] For analysis...
... mixing rates of sand, silt and clay, and to moisture contents, salinity, consolidation, and vegetation In Chapter 4, erosion mechanism anderosion resistance of cohesive bed, bank and shore [4] ... eight spectral bands (band designations), with a spatial resolution of 30 meters for bands to and band Resolution for band (thermal infrared) is 60 meters and resolution for band (panchromatic) ... by using images of band (1.55 -1.75 μm) and band (0.76-0.90 μm) of Lansat/TM and evaluated the parameter TM5-2 defined as the following equation: TM 5− = Band − Band Band + Band (2.2) By using...
... steep and fast and can move large boulders and cobbles In its lower reaches the river slows down and is depositing gravel and sand Where the water enters Atlin Lake it slows down even more, and ... of mechanical and chemical weathering serve to weaken, soften and break up rocks so that they are more susceptible to erosionErosion involves removal and transportation of rock and rock products ... removes loose particles from the surface, and washes them into channels and eventually into streams Creeks and rivers transport both large and small particles, and promote breakdown of large pieces...
... Materials and methods 2.2.3 Results of analyzing satellite data 2.2.4 The erosion mechanism of beaches in Site-A and Site-B 2.2.5 Numerical model Effects of Sand Extraction on Beach Erosion Conclusions ... samples with only sand and clay Remolded samples with 40% of silt Remolded samples with 10% sand Remolded samples with the change of moisture content Samples with only sand-clay content and moisture ... 2.28 Fig 2.29 Beach erosion around fish harbor Beach erosion by sand extraction Location of study areas Location of Site-A (Landsat/TM-1989, May 29) Location of Site-B (Landsat/TM-1989, May 29)...
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