... fine roots The increase of proteins was organism caused by presence of microprotein inthe mineral soil Humic substances increased in contrast to the litter Fulvic acids were dominant Most of ... (table II, 4) The proportion of litter (fig 4) was lower in 1960 inthe Of; in 1986 however, the lowest proportion was to be found inthe Ah1horizon In 1960 the bulk density oftheOf was 0.13 ... ZeisI-PregI method The determination of carbon inthe solution was carried out using Ströhlein apparatus The determination of carbon and nitrogen inthe solid state was carried out inthe CHN analyser;...
... h Then further increase in time has resulting an increased in mass The effect of temperature on the corrosion behavior of AISI 304 stainless steelwith MgCO3 deposit has been studied The oxidation ... formation of oxide layer on the metal surface, and mass ofsteel are changed withthe increasing temperature.4–6 Figures 2(a), (b) and (c) show the SEM of MgCO3 coated alloy The layer of scales ... the initial(s) and surname(s) of author(s) and the address ofthe author(s) The title and abstract should be combined on one page The title ofthe article should not be a sentence Corresponding...
... to the onset of melatonin production [12] In humans, melatonin secretion is highest during the hours of darkness, declines inthe early morning and stays low during the daytime In contrast, the ... been examined under constant conditions The aim ofthe current study was to determine the temporal pattern of melatonin and cortisol inthe horse underthe constant lighting condition of extended ... (2004) have extended these findings of interspecies differences by demonstrating that the ovine pineal also differs from that ofthe rodent by the absence of rhythmic expression of inducible cyclic...
... Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions JL gathered the information, reviewed the literature and drafted the manuscript TW critically ... play a role inthe development of PUJO in duplex systems, with peri-ureteric inflammatory change causing a fixation ofthe PUJ, leading to persistent PUJO [4] Vesico-ureteral reflux to the lower ... ureteral insertion inthe case of complete duplex kidney, or due to an aberrant artery PUJO in a duplex system is rare but has been reported in both the upper and the lower moiety in completely and incompletely...
... understanding cyclic clay behaviour The shear modulus is often defined as the gradient of a line joining the points of maximum and minimum shear stresses Similarly, the damping ratio is often defined ... stress-strain behaviour during cyclic loading is determined using the Masing rule (Masing, 1926) Lastly, the degradation ofthe backbone curve under cyclic loading is modelled withtheuseof degradation ... shortcomings of these models in describing the behaviour of Singapore Marine Clay and Kaolin Clay, a new constitutive model for describing the behaviour of soft clays under cyclic loading will...
... restricted for the first three days of therapy by NARP, the consumption of these quinolones was unsurprisingly high Besides that theuseof oral quinolones for maintenance may contribute to the significant ... before the initiation ofthe NARP Even in these selected centres already applying local antibiotic restriction policies the utilisation of many ofthe restricted antibiotics was decreased and the ... and after NARP in a single centre from Turkey revealed 125.3% increase intheuseof 2nd and 3rd generation oral cephalosporins [27] Furthermore this finding was confirmed by other studies from...
... gland ofthe fat-1 transgenic mouse The alternation of n-6 ⁄ n-3 compositional ratio in favor of n-3 fatty acid and a robust increase of n-3 DPA and EPA inthe mammary gland following pregnancy indicate ... to inthe transgenic mouse We determined the n-6 ⁄ n-3 ratio inthe mammary gland in control versus transgenic mice Whereas there is a 3.8-fold decrease inthe ratio reflecting a wider range of ... a robust increase of n-3 DPA, from being nondetectable (0%) inthe gland from a control mouse to an abundant amount (20% of total PUFAs) inthe gland from the fat-1 mouse Induction of differentiated...
... point on the fault plane involves a higher number of points in time on the seismograms k=l n=l where the index k is over the three stations and index n is over the number of points ofthe STF The ... this inversion the parameters we wish to determine are the amplitudes ofthe S T F for each point in time The simulated annealing is a two-loop procedure The first loop consists of perturbing the ... at the three stations obtained by deconvolution ofthe three components together The bold line represents the average solution and dashed lines the error estimates as the beginning ofthe main...
... naturally synthesized Inthe present study we have tried to increase the knowledge ofthe parameters that keep running the ET reactions in proteins by the combination of two biological ET chains involved ... 8–160 lM, were used After recording a baseline withthe preincubated NADPH/FNR mixture, present inthe cellmeasuring compartment, the reaction was initiated by mixing the contents ofthe two compartments, ... band is consistent withthe presence of FNRsq and it is already present at the very beginning ofthe reaction, indicating that its formation takes place within the dead time ofthe steady-state...
... genomes of currently circulating isolates of HPeV1 have been conducted A finding of recombination in principle is not surprising given the propensity of picornaviruses [33-37] including parechoviruses ... before The surprising absence of mosaic recombination inthe nonstructural protein genes of BNI-788st and of HPeV3 prototype strains underlines the lack of knowledge on the genesis and ecology of ... recombination with other strains [14,16], the full genome sequence ofthe type HPeV identified in this study was determined and analysed for recombination We found evidence ofthe novel strain resulting...
... Similarly to the proof of Propositions and in 12 , we can obtain the following Advances in Difference Equations Lemma 2.3 Any solution of system 2.7 with initial condition N > satisfies m ≤ lim inf N ... systems,” Proceedings ofthe American Mathematical Society, vol 124, no 12, pp 3677–3687, 1996 M L Zeeman, “Extinction in competitive Lotka-Volterra systems,” Proceedings ofthe American Mathematical ... system They obtained the necessary or sufficient conditions for the permanence and the extinction For more works relevant to system 1.1 , one could refer to 1–9 and the references cited therein However,...
... n denotes the capturing rate ofthe predator; a21 n /a12 n represents the rate of conversion of nutrients into the reproduction ofthe predator Further, τ is a positive integer For the simplicity ... holds This completes the proof of Theorem 3.2 In order to obtain the permanence ofthe component y n of system 1.3 , we next consider the following single-specie system with feedback control: ... section, we present some useful assumptions and state several lemmas which will be useful inthe proving ofthe main results Throughout this paper, we will have both ofthe following assumptions: H1...
... t as t → ∞ This completes the proof The next work is to investigate the permanence ofthe system 2.4 Before starting our theorem, we give the definition of permanence of system 2.4 Definition ... y t be the solution of system 2.3 with initial conditions 2.4 and x2 ζ ϕ2 ζ ζ ∈ ϕ2 ζ ζ ∈ −τ1 , , y t is the solution of system 4.12 with initial conditions z ζ Incorporating −τ1 , By the comparison ... following a Holling type-II functional response with predation coefficients β, and half-saturation constant m k is the rate of conversion of nutrients into the reproduction rate ofthe predators The...
... predation ofthe predator, d > is the death rate of predator, c > denotes the product ofthe per-capita rate of predation and the rate of conversing prey into predator If rc < ad is satisfied, the predator ... densities ofthe prey population and the predator population, respectively, r > is the intrinsic growth rate of prey, a > is the coefficient of intraspecific competition, b > is the per-capita rate of ... 1, 2, The biological meanings ofthe parameters in (1.1) can be seen in [10] Jiao and Chen [10] consider the mature predator population is harvested continuously In fact, the population with economic...
... capacitance of each compartment under natural conditions with minimum disturbance to the tree These methods are consistent withtheuseoftheparameter values inthe model Estimationofthe bulk ... tree size in either experiment (figure 4) at the sap flux 4.2 Determination ofthe parameters ofthe model Figure shows the flux-water potential used in calculating the resistance ofthe three compartments ... sort of ’runaway’ dehydration resulting in them drying faster than the soil itself An interesting practical issue arising from the present paper is our method for estimating the values of the...
... dramatic increases 14 days after an initial inflammatory insult to the joint, including high and low doses of FCA Furthermore, the contralateral joint of rats injected withthehigh dose of FCA ... levels of cytokines during adjuvant-induced arthritis This method has the advantage of enabling the contents of synovial fluid to be investigated alone, without the contamination ofthe surrounding ... assessing whether any inflammatory response was evoked by the experimental set up, including the anaesthetic or the needles themselves; the efficiency ofthe system was investigated, i.e whether...
... as: 1) the presence of mature teratoma inthe germ cell tumour; 2) the growth ofthe remaining tumour not destroyed by the chemotherapy; and 3) the development of a secondary germ cell carcinoma ... history revealed a right inguinal orchiectomy for the removal of testicular tumour performed in France in 1984 The rest of his anamnesis was clinically insignificant In 1984, the patient’s histopathology ... with a calculated annual risk of 1% In two patients, late relapse occurred later than 10 years One of these patients presented with metastatic seminoma, while the other presented with nonseminoma...
... treatment, and offering support via existing clinical staff This increases the external validity ofthe findings, but is also the source of some potential limitations These include the variation ... service users are aware ofthe study and could invite any of their relatives not currently involved withthe service, each service will write to all service users informing them about the study ... invited to take part in lightly structured interviews to explore key domains around their useof and experience ofthe intervention, focusing on the barriers to using the intervention and potential...
... associated withthe highest hormone receptor expression in epithelial cells [9,13] Therefore, a decrease inthe circulating concentrations of progesterone induced by the release of prostaglandins during ... μm, stained with haematoxylin-eosin and evaluated according to the criteria of Kenney and Doig [21] This included an evaluation ofthe stage ofthe estrous cycle and the pathological findings Cellular ... eosinophils) were observed inthe uterine biopsy sections of a few mares from the control and infused group The anatomical pattern was superficial, involving only the luminal epithelium and the...