Carbon dioxide is an important greenhouse gas and a major agent of climate change. This study quantified carbon (C) emissions from energy consumption and C storage and uptake by greenspace for three cities in middle Korea: Chuncheon, Kangleung, and Seoul. Carbon emissions were estimated using C emission coefficients for fossil fuels consumed. Carbon storage and uptake by woody plants were compu...

A field experiment was conducted at the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) to find out possible effects of alternate wetting and drying irrigation (AWDI) on the yield, water use and water use efficiency (WUE) of Boro rice. The experimental layout was furnitured using split-plot design (SPD) with two modern varieties (MV) of rice viz. BRRIdhan 28 and BRRIdhan 29, which received four irriga...

It is well accepted that cytotoxic lymphocytes specific for viruses (1), haptens (2), and minor histocompatibility antigens (HA) 1 (3, 4) recognize antigen in an H-2restricted fashion during the effector phase. Precisely how the precursors of these cells respond to antigen during the induction phase, however, is poorly understood. In the case of skin graft rejection (5-9) and delayed-type hyper...

A hallmark of the immune response to influenza is repeated encounters with proteins containing both genetically conserved and variable components. Therefore, the B and T cell repertoire is continually being remodeled, with competition between memory and naïve lymphocytes. Our previous work using a mouse model of secondary heterosubtypic influenza infection has shown that this competition result...

This study was carried out in 2004 in Iguacu National Park (INP), Paraná-Brazil. The vegetation is composed of Araucaria Forest (AF) (13.1%) and Seasonal Semi-deciduous Forest (FES) (86.9%). Two types of materials were analyzed: litter (L) and woody material (W) (alive (A) and dead (D)), and classified by diameter: W1(0–0.70 cm), W2(0.71–2.5 cm), W3(2.51–7.50 cm), and W4(≥7.5 cm). The results f...

We study the rare top decays t → clilj(l = τ, μ, or e) in the framework of topcolor-assisted technicolor(TC2) models. We find that the neutral top-pion π t can produce significant contributions to these processes via the flavor changing couplings π t t̄c and π 0 t lilj . For the π 0 t mass mπt = 150GeV and the parameter ε = 0.08, the branching ratio Br(t→ cττ) can reach 7.1×10−7. Taking into acc...

Parachute transplanting method of rice as compared to line transplanting and farmer’s method of random transplanting was studied at 10 different locations viz., Kamonki, Wazirabad, Daska, Pasroor, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Lahore, Hafizabad and Sheikhupura during 2003 and 2004. Super Basmati was used as test variety. Yield and yield components of three transplanting techniques, averaged across 10 lo...

Studies conducted to study the effectiveness of introduction micro-deposits silt into soil as part organo-mineral fertilizers in combination with conventional mineral and organic have shown that accumulation nutrients soil. The best options affecting agronomic indicators were application doses amount 20-25 t/ha. Taking account more effective results for use production, it is recommended these s...

Occurrence of culturable Fungi and Oomycota in root-soil habitat of potato cv. Owacja in organic and integrated production systems at Osiny (northern Poland) was compared in 2008–2010. The densities of both pathogens were significantly greater in the organic system. The eudominant fungal taxa (with frequency > 10% in at least one habitat) included species of Fusarium + Gibberella + Haematonectr...