To elucidate changes in the defensive traits of tree seedlings under global environmental changes, we evaluated foliar successional trees, such as beech, oak, and magnolia grown a natural-light phytotron. Potted were combination two CO2 concentrations (360 vs. 720 ppm) nitrogen (N) treatments (4 15 kg N ha?1 yr?1) for growing seasons using quantitative chemical analyses anatomical method. We hy...

This study provides a numerical representation of contextual effects on the meanings of words, constructed from the order judgments of 19 subjects concerning the word "red" in 19 sentences. Subjects judged whether or not the red object mentioned in a sentence was redder than, less red than, or could be equally as red as the red object mentioned in each of the other sentences. These judgments we...

The aim of the current study was to investigate the potential of an aquatic plant, the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) devoid rhizospheric bacteria, to reduce naphthalene (a polyaromatic hydrocarbon) present in wastewater and wetlands. The capability of sterile water hyacinth plants to remove naphthalene from water and wastewater was studied in batch systems. Water hyacinths enhance the r...