Ryegrass residue consists of three main C fractions: readily available soluble C, intermediately available cellulose and hemicellulose, and slowly available lignin. Changes in chemical composition during decomposition influence rate of degradation as well as composition of the microbial community involved. Use of ¹³C-labeled plant material coupled with analysis of phospholipid...
The fate of hexachlorophene, a widely used bactericide, was
investigated using both intact male rats and rabbits and liver microsomes
from male rats. Hexachlorophene administered intraperitoneally
was found to be rapidly absorbed and distributed to all the
tissues of the animals. Excretion of the chemical in both species
occurred slowly,...
Changes in the type and amount of plant inputs can occur gradually, as with succession, or rapidly, as with harvesting or wildfire. With global change it is anticipated that both gradual and immediate scenarios will occur at increasing frequency. Changes in vegetation inputs alter the quality and quantity of soil...
The genus Deraeocoris Kirschbaum of western America north of
Mexico was revised. Approximately 10,000 specimens from the Nearctic
Region were examined. Taxonomic characters used by previous authors
were reevaluated. In addition to the male parameres, the male vesica
and the female posterior wall of the bursa copulatrix and sclerotized
rings...
The high cost of content-addressed memories (CAM) can be reduced
significantly by using a circulating memory system. With the
circulating system, comparison logic is shared by many memory locations
to allow a reduction in cost.
Three data organizations are described and evaluated and one
is chosen as the best for...
Current evidence suggests that temporal regulation of gene
expression in eucaryotic organisms relies primarily upon localized
structural modifications of chromatin. One possible means of
changing chromatin structure is through varying the level of
acetylation of the histone proteins. Sodium butyrate has been found
to inhibit the activity of histone deacetylase...
Organoleptically, flavored yogurts appear to contain lower
levels of acetaldehyde than plain yogurt. This study was undertaken
to seek the reasons for this phenomenon by focusing on the analyses
of acetaldehyde production by yogurt culture bacteria in yogurt base
containing added sucrose and by performing other analyses such as
the...
A computer simulation was developed as a technique for
studying the effects of the process dynamics on the operator's
sampling and control behavior. This methodology was
used to study the effects of the process input memory
variation in the presence of different observation noise
levels. It was concluded that the...