An attempt to determine the relationship between the computer,
the computer program exchange organization and today's practicing
civil engineer has just been completed. A questionnaire was used to
obtain information and opinions from 850 selected practicing civil
engineers. Based on those questionnaires reaching their addresses,
a return rate of 81.7...
Microbial communities in Arctic coastal lagoons drive biogeochemical cycles at the terrestrial-marine interface and help to determine the fate and form of resources like nitrogen (N) and carbon (C) as they are delivered to the Arctic Ocean. Though rising rates of primary production in the Arctic Ocean are well-characterized, the...
The gut microbiome influences human disease including Type 2 diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome and interacts with the innate immune system. The human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (hCAMP), an important component of the innate immune system, and vitamin D and xanthohumol, a natural compound found in beer hops, regulate its expression....
Response from nitrogen and chloride fertilization was measured
in field experiments on winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L. Em.
Thell. var. 'Stephens' and 'Yamhill') grown in western Oregon in an
environment with a range of susceptibility to take-all root rot
(Gaumannomyces graminis var. tritici Walker). Cropping sequences
and expected disease severity...
In recent years, integrated circuit technology has
spawned the development of many low cost and high performance
microprocessors and microcontrollers. With these devices,
there is an increasing interest in the implementation of
distributed control networks, utilizing microprocessors in the
control nodes.
In this work, a low-cost liquid crystal display (LCD)...
The adsorption equilibrium and kinetic behavior exhibited
by β-lactoglobulin at silanized silicon surfaces of varying
hydrophobicity were examined using ellipsometry. Adsorption
equilibrium results were used to construct adsorption
isotherms; the adsorbed mass of β-lactoglobulin was observed
to increase with increasing surface hydrophobicity, within a
defined range of hydrophobicity. Adsorption kinetics...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of population
size, type of ownership, number of hours open per week,
pharmacy location, type of pharmacy, average annual store sales
volume, average number of prescriptions filled per day, patient profile
system and delivery service on prescription price, dollar markup...
The aerobic transformation of TCE and cis-DCE by a tetrabutoxysilane-grown microorganism (Vancheeswaran et al., 1999) led to the investigation of novel substrates, including benzyl alcohol, for promoting cometabolism. The culture grew on carboxylic compounds and alcohols, but did not grow on formate, methanol, methane, propane, butane, ethylene, benzene, toluene, or...