Model evaluation against experimental data is an important step towards accurate model predictions and simulations. Here, we evaluated energy-balance to predict dew formation occurrence estimate its amount for East-African arid-climate conditions 13 months of harvesting in Maktau, Kenya. The was capable predicting the effectively. However, it overestimated harvestable by about a ratio 1.7. As s...

The Isle of Rum, Inner Hebrides, has an impoverished earthworm fauna as the soils are generally acidic and nutrient-poor. Species associated with human habitation are found around deserted crofting settlements subjected to “clearances” in the mid-19th century and at Kinloch, where a large volume of fertile soil was imported from the mainland around 1900. Earthworms, and the dew worm Lumbricus t...

Adoption of dicamba tolerant soybeans [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] accompanied by postemergence applications resulted in off-target movement and damage to nearby crops. The underlying cause, some cases, has been attributed weather-related phenomena such as temperature inversions, which are often the formation dew. objective this controlled study was determine if simulated dew on soybean leaves trea...

Abstract A great attention is subjected to the environmentally friendly natural gas. Compared other fossil fuels, gas a cleaner burning due lower emission of carbon dioxides into air. Removal associated hydrocarbons from streams plays an important role sell and achieve pipeline specification To satisfy pipelines, hydrocarbon dew point water must be controlled below operating conditions prevent ...

Spatial climate datasets of 1981-2010 long-term mean monthly average dew point and minimum and maximum vapor pressure deficit were developed for the conterminous United States at 30-arcsec (~800m) resolution. Interpolation of long-term averages (twelve monthly values per variable) was performed using PRISM (Parameter-elevation Relationships on Independent Slopes Model). Surface stations availab...

We investigated the temperature and moisture conditions that allow Phytophthora ramorum to infect Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'. Most experiments were performed with a single P. ramorum isolate from the NA1 clonal lineage. For whole plants incubated in dew chambers at 10 to 31 degrees C, the greatest proportion of diseased leaves, 77.5%, occurred at the optimum temperature of 20.5 degrees C...

The substantial winter influenza peak in temperate climates has lead to the hypothesis that cold and/or dry air is a causal factor in influenza variability. We examined the relationship between cold and/or dry air and daily influenza and pneumonia mortality in the cold season in the New York metropolitan area from 1975-2002. We conducted a retrospective study relating daily pneumonia and influe...

During long-term low-flow sevoflurane anesthesia, dew formation and the generation of compound A are increased in the anesthesia circuit because of elevated soda lime temperature. The object of this study was to develop a novel radiator for carbon dioxide absorbents used for long durations of low-flow sevoflurane anesthesia. Eleven female swine were divided into two groups comprising a "radiato...

The Atlantic Rainforest of South America is one of the major biodiversity hotspots of the world and serves as a place of residence for a wide variety of Culicidae species. Mosquito studies in the natural environment are of considerable importance because of their role in transmitting pathogens to both humans and other vertebrates. Community diversity can have significant effects on the risk of ...