In early 2000, the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) was created to perform research and development for the next generation nuclear systems. Among the selected nuclear systems was the Very High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (VHTR). Then in 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) decided that the Next Generation Nuclear...
We present a new model for unsteady flow routing through dendritic and looped river networks
based on performance graphs. The model builds upon the application of Hydraulic
Performance Graph (HPG) to unsteady flow routing introduced by Gonzalez-Castro (2000)
and adopts the Volume Performance Graph (VPG) introduced by Hoy and Schmidt...
Objective: To examine the relationship between wealth and cardiovascular disease risk factors among Hispanic/Latinos of diverse backgrounds.
Design: This cross-sectional study used data from 4971 Hispanic/Latinos, 18-74 years, who participated in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) baseline exam and the HCHS/SOL Sociocultural Ancillary Study. Three objectively measured...
The manufacturing processes of royal demolition explosive (RDX), or hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine, have resulted in
serious water contamination. As a potential carcinogen, RDX can cause a broad range of harmful effects to humans and
animals. The ovine rumen is capable of rapid degradation of nitroaromatic compounds, including RDX. While ruminal RDX-degrading
bacteria...
The manufacturing processes of royal demolition explosive (RDX), or hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine, have resulted in
serious water contamination. As a potential carcinogen, RDX can cause a broad range of harmful effects to humans and
animals. The ovine rumen is capable of rapid degradation of nitroaromatic compounds, including RDX. While ruminal RDX-degrading
bacteria...
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-Degrading Potential
of the Ovine Rumen Microbiome
Robert W. Li1*, Juan Gabriel Giarrizzo2, Sitao Wu3
The manufacturing processes of royal demolition explosive (RDX), or hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine, have resulted in
serious water contamination. As a potential carcinogen, RDX can cause a broad range of harmful effects to humans and
animals. The ovine rumen is capable of rapid degradation of nitroaromatic compounds, including RDX. While ruminal RDX-degrading
bacteria...
Microbial adaptation to environmental conditions is a complex process, including acquisition of positive traits through horizontal gene transfer or the modification of existing genes through duplication and/or mutation. In this study, we examined the adaptation of a Pseudomonas fluorescens isolate (R124) from the nutrient-limited mineral environment of a silica cave...
BACKGROUND: In light of the changes in precipitation and soil water availability expected with climate change,
understanding the mechanisms underlying plant responses to water deficit is essential. Toward that end we have
conducted an integrative analysis of responses to drought stress in the perennial C₄ grass and biofuel crop,
Panicum...
BACKGROUND: In light of the changes in precipitation and soil water availability expected with climate change,
understanding the mechanisms underlying plant responses to water deficit is essential. Toward that end we have
conducted an integrative analysis of responses to drought stress in the perennial C₄ grass and biofuel crop,
Panicum...
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Aspinwall2,3, David B Lowry2, Juan Diego Palacio-Mejía2, Tierney L Logan2, Philip A Fay4
and Thomas E Juenger2
BACKGROUND: In light of the changes in precipitation and soil water availability expected with climate change, understanding the mechanisms underlying plant responses to water deficit is essential. Toward that end we have conducted an integrative analysis of responses to drought stress in the perennial C₄ grass and biofuel crop, Panicum...
