... daily rainfall and morning barometric pressure) were acquired from the Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai for the study period The incidence of preeclampsia and eclampsia and the meteorological ... incidence of preeclampsia and eclampsia is much divided in its conclusion [1-13] Preeclampsia and eclampsia are major obstetric complications with unclear aetiologies Understanding the exact association ... RD: Seizure and acute osmotic change: clinical and neurophysiological aspects J Neurol Sci 1991, 101(1):7-18 Pasantes-Morales H, Tuz K: Volume changes in neurons: hyperexcitability and neuronal...
... papain and actinidin, and on amino acid sequence information for cathepsins B and H, and stem bromelain J Mol Biol 182, 317–329 11 Carter CE, Marriage H & Goodenough PW (2000) Mutagenesis and kinetic ... [27,35] and other members of the papain family, and is made up of two domains, L and R, with a V-shaped active site cleft at the interface of the domains (Fig 1) Substrate specificity and activity ... and activity of ervatamins R Ghosh et al Fig The interdomain cleft of ervatamin-A and ervatamin-C in the same orientation Ribbons colored yellow, blue and green represent domain L, domain R and...
... in aqueous and subsurface systems, namely )2, 0, +4, and +6 The fate and transport of Se in contaminated sites are very much influenced by its chemical form and speciation Selenite and Se(VI) ... 1994; Carbonell Barrachina et al., 1996; Lo and Chen, 1997; Su and Suarez, 2000; O’Reilly et al., 2001), and oxidation states of As and Se Competitive ions and soil properties are also being emphasized ... (Faust and Aly, 1999) Hence, at pH 4.7, H3 AsO0 and H2 AsOÀ are the respective predominant dissolved As(III) and As(V) species While HSeOÀ and SeO2À are the predominant dissolved Se(IV) and Se(VI)...
... °Cc, °CF20° and 20 °CF0°) Control beetles exhibited the lowest amounts of Glu and Lys, and the highest levels of Asn ⁄ Ser and Arg ⁄ Thr (Fig 1A,B) Gln was significantly lower in control and °Cc beetles ... reared in darkness at 20 °C and supplied with water and food ad libitum, consisting of moistened bran and dry dog food All the insects used for this study were between and months old at the beginning ... 70% ethanol and Fontainebleau sand, before adding 1.5 mL of 40% ethanol The homogenate was centrifuged for 10 at 4500 g and °C (Sigma 2-16 K, angle rotor 10 · 20, Sigma-Aldrich Co.), and the supernatant...
... over tropical ocean areas of about 105 km2 and how does this rain and its variability affect the structure and circulation of the tropical oceans? What is the relationship between precipitation and ... comprehensively and better understand risks and benefits associated with deorbiting decision alternatives, and (c) with the reevaluated decision criteria and results of research related to risks and benefits, ... climatological and diagnostic information on tropical rainfall and associated underlying physical processes derived from analysis and diagnosis of the PR and TMI data* (Betts and Jakob, 2002);...
... Dejan Maglic and Sinan Zhu Chapter Relationship Between Toxicogenomic and Environment and Lung Cancer 61 M Adonis, M Chahuan, A Zambrano, P Avaria, J Díaz, R Miranda, M Campos, H Benítez and L Gil ... other proteins and molecules (Fig 2) Oncogenesis, Inflammatory and Parasitic Tropical Diseases of the Lung Figure The binding of specific ligands to the receptor activates EGFR and generates a ... led to suspend the development of sorafenib in NSCLC 12 Vandetanib Vandetanib is an oral TKI that inhibits VEGFR-2 and -3, RET and EGFR Vandetanib in combination with carboplatin/paclitaxel resulted...
... belonging to Europe and North America Nineteen articles discussed AES in Western industrialised countries and the remaining looked at AES in Tropical countries (Tables and 3) and [see Additional ... Encephalitis in Tropical Countries In recent years, the epidemiology and distribution of JE has changed [52] The disease incidence is decreasing in China, Japan and Korea, and Thailand where it ... duplicates) = 32 Pubmed "encephalitis and epidemiology" AND "herpes and Incidence" 1950-autumn 2007 266 43(-27 duplicates) = 16 OVID "Incidence or epidemiology" AND "encephalitis" 1950-autumn 2007...
... North and Central Vietnam and visit collaborating institutions and farming community sites to develop practical skills in cattle handling and management and extension skills between R&E staff and ... crossbreeding and marketing and technology transfer strategies were discussed with R&E staff and farming families Bull and female evaluation and selection procedures were demonstrated and a discussion ... visit the tropical beef cattle production region of Central Queensland Australia, and receive specialist training in R&E techniques and strategies in tropical genetics, animal breeding and reproduction...
... dynamic (growth, mortality and recruitment) and morphological and dendrometric (height and maximal diameter of the trees) variables at the adult and sub-adult stage and a PCA analysis leading ... all parameters except ∆ and WUE ∆ was negatively correlated with WUE and gs and positively with N WUE and gs were strongly negatively correlated The relationship between ∆ and WUE was highly significant ... W.J., Maphanga D., Dry mass allocation, water use efficiency and δ13 C in clones of Eucalyptus grandis, E grandis × camaldulensis and E grandis × nitens grown under two irrigation regimes, Tree Physiol...
... diversity and to measure the physical and mechanical properties in the tension wood sector as compared to the opposite wood sector, on specimen corresponding to the standard methods MATERIAL AND METHODS ... bending and in compression (MPa), Tangential, radial and longitudinal shrinkage (%), tangential/radial shrinkage ratio (TS/RS) and transversal + radial shrinkage for opposite wood (OW) and tension ... better than 20 µm which means 1/1000 for R and T directions and 4/10000 for L direction 2.10 Statistical analysis Results from laboratory measurements within and between individuals were compared...
... bins between and 50 àmol m2 s1 and in 100 àmol m2 s1 bins between 50 and 2050 àmol m2 s1 PPFD was simultaneously recorded for the individuals in the understorey and in clearing (ASD 1, and 3) by ... The ASD effect was to increase Na and Nm in the understorey and clearing Na and Nm were maximal at ASD and decreased at ASD The comparisons between ASDs at low and medium light revealed a decrease ... (Amaxa, Amaxm, respectively) and mass and area based N content (Nm and Na, respectively) in Dicorynia guianensis at different stages of development (ASD 1, 2, 3, and 5) and in three contrasting light...
... from compression test (ER, sy and W20%) and x is the basic density The parameters a and b depend on wood species, but the question concerns the dependence between a, b and temperature We tried two ... fracture test (Pf, sf and Gf) and basic density The parameters a and b are calculated to adjust the theoretical law to experimental data (table III) Correlation between Gf and basic density is ... higher values for Tg: GR and sf This difference can be accounted for by a superposition of tension and compression strain during the shearing and fracture tests Both Dq and C0/C1 present an important...
... of a tree root system, and predicting root biomass and length We applied the model to two tropical legume trees, Erythrina lanceolata Standley (Papilionaceae: Phaseoleae) and Gliricidia sepium ... observed in the values of α and q (Fig 1) is random, and we decided to use the general average values for the whole root system The α values for E lanceolata and G sepium, 1.15 and 1.14, respectively, ... of E lanceolata and G sepium was tested with respect to link diameter before bifurcation and link order (Fig 1) The differences in the values of α and q between link orders 1, 2, and ≥ were tested...
... Aublet and Recordoxylon speciosum Benoist Norm and Mar) the same in the non-disinfected soils A and B Moreover, the similar mycorrhizal colonization and biomass production recorded with root and ... each 4-5 cm mixed A pieces pooled together and thoroughly random subsample was cut into cm pieces, then cleared and stained (according to Kormanik and McGraw, 1982) for quantifying endomycorrhizal ... (Béreau and Garbaye, 1994) ance The analysis of variance of the data was first performed two-ways (four blocks and four treatments) for detecting general effects, and then one-way (four treatments and...
... diameter and branch- varies ing, from 0.3 mm and a very dense mat of fine roots for D guianensis and P venosa (fig 1),to mm and a poorly branched sys- tem for E falcata (fig 2) and E grandiflora ... Leguminosae) and to other studies in Africa (eg, Alexander and Högberg, 1986; Fassi and Moser, 1991).The Caesalpinioideae sub-family is the dominant group of trees in the Guyanas, in diversity, density and ... Anaïs and P Quénéhervé for identifying the nematodes, and A Patient and E Louisanna for their valuable technical assistance REFERENCES Alexander IJ, Högberg P (1986) Ectomycorrhizas of tropical...
... Paliwal et al, 1976; Ghouse and Shamima Hashmi, 1979; Zamski, 1979; Rao and Dave, 1981; Rogers, 1981; Dave and Rao, 1982; Deshpande and Rajendrababu, 1985; Venugopal and Krishnamurthy, 1987) As ... parenchyma bands, the radial enlargment of wood fibres and parenchyma cells, the wall thickness of wood fibres and to a lesser extent the width of parenchyma bands, the pore size and wall thickness ... superba / arbre tropical / bois INTRODUCTION cambial growth among the trees of the inter- tropical zone Some attention has been paid to growth phenomena in tropical trees Morphological and morphogenetic...
... papaya, an unbranched tropical species (Ng, 1979) and the flushing growth of many tropical woody species such as Camellia thea (Bond, 1942, 1945), Hevea brasiliensis (Hallé and Martin, 1968), Theobroma ... Forestier Tropical of the Ivory Coast, K Diabate and his colleagues for providing plant material, and JM Favre (University of Nancy I) for his critical reading of the manuscript Rest and activity ... firstly, the rainfall was no longer restrictive and secondly, the mean temperature and the photoperiod DISCUSSION The species T superba is native to the tropical forests of Africa It is disseminated...
... Platanus occidentalis (Duba and Carpenter, 1980), and Quercus robur (Tronchet and Grandgirard, 1956), as well as in Quercus sessiliflora and Fagus silvatica (Aussenac and Du- crey, 1977) Studies ... leaves in the shade, as shown by Tronchet and Grangirard (1956), Aussenac and Ducrey (1977), Duba and Carpenter (1980), Fetcher et al (1983) and Nygren and Kellomaki (1983) These modifications ... plasticiit was found that R grandis, S amara and B coriacea were the most plastic species, A caribaea and P coriaceus the medium-plastic species, and finally D excelsa and S globulifera the least...
... a constant basic fluorescence F and a high maximal photochemical efficiency F m /F v (Ögren and Öquist, 1985; Comic et al, 1987; Epron and Dreyer, 1992) Epron and Dreyer (1992) suggested that ... were grown in 5-I pots a mixture of blond peat and sand (50/50 v/v) spring on and fertilized with a slow release fertilizer (Nutricote, N/P/K 13/13/13) and a solution of oligoelements All seedlings ... Mediterranean oaks Q ilex and Q cerris Tropical species showed even higher values than the oaks Turgor loss occurred at very low relative leaf water loss (D between 0.1 ) tl and 0.15, and at relatively...
... been developed for tropical species (Vigneron, 1984; Hamrick and Loveless, 1986; Liengsiri et al, 1990a, 1990b; Wickneswari and Norwati, 1991) As many samples are prepared and analyzed simultaneously, ... (Hamrick and Loveless, 1986; Santi and Lemoine, 1990) but these facilities are not always available in developing countries Thus, for tropical species, the challenge is to determine tissue storage, and ... Cheliak and Pitel and Liengsiri et al (1990a) with minor modifications zymes (1984) were Effect of tissue storage conditions and freezing periods In this experiment, tissue storage conditions and...