Physiology, environment and life history demands interact to influence marine turtle bioenergetics and activity. However, metabolism and diving behavior of free-swimming marine turtles have not been measured simultaneously. Using doubly labeled water, we obtained the first field metabolic rates (FMRs; 0.20-0.74 W kg(-1)) and water fluxes (16-30% TBW day(-1), where TBW=total body water) for free...

CONTEXT Therapeutic modality control variables are thought to be thermal neutral, a term sometimes used interchangeably with room temperature. We question this common assumption. OBJECTIVE To determine thermal neutrality of common therapeutic modality control variables. DESIGN We performed 5 laboratory experiments, including (1) water temperature over 3 weeks in 3 different containers (glas...

The change in water particle diameters injected into the vapor compression process, the water phase temperature and the vapor phase temperature were measured in the compression process. The experimental conditions were approx. 2 at a compression ratio under 100 kPa in pressure, 340-390 Kin temperature range, 2-8 Hz in rotational speed. The mass ratio of injected water was small: in the order of...

The effects of low root temperature on growth and root cell water transport were compared between wild-type Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and plants overexpressing plasma membrane intrinsic protein 1;4 (PIP1;4) and PIP2;5. Descending root temperature from 25°C to 10°C quickly reduced cell hydraulic conductivity (L(p)) in wild-type plants but did not affect L(p) in plants overexpressing PIP...

the anatomical and epidermal characteristics, as well as the physiological response, of 'colombia' ecotype cape gooseberry plants treated or untreated with foliar applications of kaolin at 2 irrigation levels (well-irrigated plants vs. water-stressed plants) were evaluated. relative water content (rwc), stomatal density, and chlorophyll index were reduced under water stress. water stress increa...

In industrial applications, 90-150°C hot water needed during production processes is traditionally provided by fuelfired boilers. The use of fuel-fired boiler has a low efficiency of energy usage and potential danger of explosion. Byproduced 30-60°Cwaste water with large amount of energy is rejected to environment directly, which causes a great energy loss and thermal pollution. Seeking for a h...

The effect of three different temperature ranges on the triggering of voluntary-induced swallowing and on the duration of the pharyngeal phase of oropharyngeal swallowing was studied electrophysiologically. The relationship between volume and temperature of liquids swallowed was also explored. This study included 40 nondisabled volunteers (23 male and 17 female). Laryngeal vertical movements an...

This work utilized temperature-salinity (T-S) diagram to explore the physical properties of water masses during intermonsoon period. In doing so, the physical properties of water column, such as temperature and salinity are collected from cruise conducted in September 2002 and October 2003. Hydrolab instrument was used in the coastal water of Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. The vertical water tempe...