... Reed, D., & Ford, M (2006) When is restoration not? Incorporating landscape-scale processes to restore self-sustaining ecosystems in coastal wetland restoration Ecological Engineering, 26, 27–39 ... fish habitat Bulletin of Marine Science, 80(3), 823-837 Lewis R R (2005) Ecological engineering for successful management and restoration of mangrove forests Ecological Engineering, 24(4), 403–418 ... fauna and flora of mangrove swamps and forests in the Indo-West-Pacific region Advances in marine biology, 6, 73-270 Mahoney, J M., & Rood, S B (1998) Streamflow requirements for cottonwood seedling...
... propagule stranding and root development for anchoring into substrate Assuming successful establishment, surface elevations continue to influence subsequent development into seedlings and saplings Effectively, ... exert a combined influence on seedlings For instance, inundation tolerance thresholds were influenced by a salinity gradient in Kandelia obovata trees K obovata exhibited longer inundation duration ... and life stages (seedling, sapling and trees) Taken together, this thesis provides an insight on the importance of appropriate surface elevations in establishment and colonisation for the reforestation...
... significant and negative parameter in explaining for the variance in survival rates between seedlings, thus showing that longer inundation periods lowered seedling survival rates 54 Table 4.1: Performance ... significant terms, starting with non-significant twoway interactions (p > 0.05), and then non-significant main effects not included in the interactions The best fitting model was determined to be that ... August 2014 – November 2014 Salinity was monitored weekly and marine salt added when necessary to maintain constant salinity Temperature and daylight hours in Singapore are generally constant...
... established in aquaculture ponds and reference mangrove forests A total of 471 seedlings and saplings and 180 trees were surveyed in aquaculture ponds compared to the 213 seedlings and saplings and 140 ... separately for trees and seedlings, and if they were established in reference forests or aquaculture ponds Thereafter, species-specific elevation envelopes for trees in reference forests were checked for ... elevation influences inundation hydroperiod – hence low elevations implies persistent flooding, andfor long durations This impedes stranding of buoyant propagules for establishment For seedlings,...
... occurring wild seedlings) and nursery-grown seedlings/saplings The caveat however, is to determine the appropriate area for such plantings as species differ in their tidal and inundation ranges and ... processes playing a dominant role in the formation and functional maintenance of mangrove ecosystems Surface elevations in mangroves, and its inherent control on periods of inundation and drainage, ... establishment in treatments with continuous-inundation and no-inundation whereas A germinans performed significantly better in treatments with no inundation and normal tidal regime Under the continuous-inundation...
... physical processes playing a dominant role in their formation and function (Kjerfve, 1990) Hence, knowledge of appropriate surface elevations, and its inherent control on inundation periods, are ... Lewis, 2011) and generally exhibit species-specific tolerances to abiotic conditions such as inundation period and salinity Compositional manipulation includes seeding and/ or planting multiple ... were formerly forested with mangroves The study focused on (i) tidal inundation regime – by restoring a gradient of tidal regime in the abandoned ponds to study the effects of inundation and (ii)...
... to my academic inspirations – Dr Edward L Webb for strengthening my natural inclinations towards ecological research and Dr Roman Carrasco, for incepting a love and appreciation for statistical ... to Benjamin Brown, Dominic Wodehouse and a third who wish to remain anonymous, for the precious time and effort for academic discussions with this greenhorn Your dedication, passion and in- depth ... knowledge have been most inspiring Working in the mangroves is not for the faint-hearted I am genuinely thankful for those who have mucked around in the mud with me – Akhzan Nur Iman, Andi Darmawansyah,...
... modulus E and Posson’s ratio , for isotropic polycrystalline poly( lactic acid) aggregates Values in brackets are obtained from stiffness and compliance calculated using a forcefield method for PLLA ... [44] and Monte Carlo (RMMC) methods [65] had been employed in studying conformations and properties of an isolated PLA polymer chain; chain packing energy in PLLA -form, refined structure and ... intermolecular interaction between PLLA and PDLA when sc-form is formed The strong driving force for forming PLA stereocomplex was used to stabilize the interphase One example would be the grafting poly( butyl...
... addition to proteins, biodegradable polymers such as poly (lactic acid) (PLA) and poly( lactic- co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) and various biodegradable copolymers such as poly( lactic acid) -poly (ethylene ... tomography Poly (lactic acid) Poly (lactic acid) -D-alpha-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate Poly (lactic acid) -poly (ethylene glycol) Poly (lactic co-glycolic acid) Quantum dot Reticuloendothelial ... shielding groups are polyethylene glycol (PEG) and PEG-containing copolymers One important example of such a copolymer is poly (lactic acid) -D-alpha-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate...
... control of D- and L- isomers in the PLA polymer chain, there is the possibility of inducing different crystalline melting points into the PLA chain [11] Heatsetting the fibers thus introduce enhanced ... PLA polymer, ring opening polymerization in the melt and completely eliminating the use of costly and non-ecofriendly solvents On completion of the polymerization process, the remaining monomer ... of heatsetting on knitted Ingeo™ Poly (lactic acid) (PLA) fabric This implies that maximum extension in warp direction occurred at 60s and 90s at 130oC and increasing time of heatsetting up to...
... three days in 4% paraformaldehyde and embedded in paraffin Sections were de-waxed and stained with haematoxylin and eosin for histological examination Toluidine blue staining was performed to ... staining of β-tubulin, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and galactocerebroside (GalC) in neurosphere-derived cells cultured on poly- L-ornithine- and laminin-coated coverslips displaying ... allowed to grow on poly- L-ornithine- (Sigma) and laminin- (Sigma) coated coverslips They were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde (Sigma) for 20 minutes Cells were permeabilized for five minutes with 0.3%...
... a Poly( lactic acid) /Chitosan Blend by Electrospinning phylococcus aureus (S aureus) by using the optical density method Difco Nutrient Broth and Brain Heart Infusion were used as the media for ... with increasing CS concentration in the polymer blend solution An explanation may be that the CS can enclose and combine the Ag nanoparticles through coordination interactions between the amino and ... observed indicating different crystalline structures of PLA in the PLA/CS blends, which were formed during electrospinning The presence of rigid CS in the PLA/CS blends may affect the formation...
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... selection and screening systems in E coli [104,105] andin S cerevisiae [88] have lead to a profound understanding of how DNA binding, inducer binding and dimerization function in TetR This informa- ... the DNA reading heads are in light gray, the inducer-binding and dimerization domain is in dark gray, activation domains are black boxes, and the silencing domain is stippled The conformational ... that the mutations present in rtTA [113] restrict the repressor to a noninducible conformation and lock the DNA-binding domains in the position necessary for operator binding [8] Taken together,...
... nanotubes intendedfor delivering foreign material into cells quickly and efficiently In this case, the nanotubes will leave the cells clean and unharmed Nanomaterials for Biomedicine Taking into ... amino acid residue containing a five-membered aromatic ring Antiviral activity of bis-linked netropsin derivatives is studied Bis-netropsins containing 15 and 31 lysine residues at the N-termini ... conformation andin hairpin form.16,18 Our experiments show that motif V exhibits rigidity sufficient for preventing the hairpin formation upon binding of the ligand to DNA On the other hand,...
... contain heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen in the polymer chain Carbonoxygen polymers include polycarbonates, polyethers, polyesters, and polyanhydrides Polythioethers and polysulfones ... chain polymerization of polyethylene H2 C n H2 C CH2 14 1.1.3.3 Ring-opening polymerization Ring-opening polymerizations (ROPs) are utilized to convert cyclic monomers into linear polymer chains ... commercialized in response to the growing need for new materials in the automotive and aerospace industries Some of these new materials include polymers like polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, and polycarbonate.1...
... to Internal standard is necessary for the determination of analyte in biological samples In the initial stages of this work, several compounds were investigated to find a suitable internal standard ... Pharmaceuticals and Cadila Health Care Ltd for providing valuable drugs and standards and also thankful to the principal, R.C Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Shirpur for providing ... assessed The results indicate that solutions of naftopidil and IS can remain in the autosampler for at least 25 h, without showing a significant loss in the quantified values, indicating that samples...
... projected publication and implementation schedule in each pharmacopoeia; and e Any additional information not covered above 3) The texts as intendedfor adoption and publication in each pharmacopoeia ... Additional clarifying information is incorporated by one or more of the PDG pharmacopoeias in their respective information chapters on pharmacopoeial harmonisation Therefore, the revised information ... Contents The Q4B annexes will contain the following information at a minimum information might be incorporated on a case-by-case basis Other • Topic title; • Introduction; • Q4B Outcome; • As...