Ductile compaction is common in many natural systems, but the temporal evolution of such systems is rarely studied. We observe surprising oscillations in the weight measured at the bottom of a self-compacting ensemble of ductile grains. The oscillations develop during the first ten hours of the experiment, and usually persist through the length of an experiment (one week). The weight oscillatio...

Oxidation by permanganate: synthetic and mechanistic aspects Sukalyan Dash , Sabita Patel , Bijay K. Mishra a,* Centre of Studies in Surface Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla 768 019, India Department of Chemistry, University College of Engineering, Burla 768 018, India Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela 76...

Leifa Fan1*, Huijuan Pan1, Andrea Thomaz Soccol2, Ashok Pandey3 and Carlos Ricardo Soccol2 Institute of Horticulture, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 198 Shiqiao Road, 310021 Hangzhou-ZJ, PR China Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology Division, Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba-PR, Brazil Biotechnology Division, Regional Research Laboratory...

Zuofa Zhang, Guoying Lv, Huijuan Pan, Leifa Fan*, Carlos Ricardo Soccol and Ashok Pandey Institute of Horticulture, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Science, Hangzhou, ZJ 310021, PR China Biotechnological Process Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR 81531-970, Brazil Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science an...

Here, we report the genome of Fusarium euwallaceae strain HFEW-16-IV-019, an isolate obtained from Kuroshio shot hole borer (a Euwallacea sp.). These beetles were collected in Tijuana, Mexico, from elm trees showing typical symptoms of Fusarium dieback. The final assembly consists of 287 scaffolds spanning 48,274,071 bp and 13,777 genes.

BACKGROUND The prognosis for children with malignant glioma is poor. This study was designed to determine whether lomustine and temozolomide following radiotherapy and concurrent temozolomide improves event-free survival (EFS) compared with historical controls with anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) or glioblastoma (GBM) and whether survival is influenced by the expression of O6-methylguanine-DNA-meth...

In order to investigate the effect of pruning and potassium nutrition on pumpkin grain yield and quality, a factorial experiment based on complete block design with four replications was carried out in nooshar village of ardabil province, Ardabil, Iran, in 2007. Experimental factors include potassium nutrition in three level (0, 75 and 150 kg/ha from potassium sulfate) and stem pruning (without...

This paper describes a fatal case of culture-confirmed, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia in an 8-month-old child in Hong Kong in 2001. Stored cytological materials prepared from the pleural fluid were retrieved for molecular analysis. The result indicates the presence of a Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive, spa type 019 MRSA.