ϵ Eridani is a highly active young K2 star with an activity cycle of about 3 yr established using Ca II H& K line index measurements ( S MWO ). This relatively short has been demonstrated to be consistent X-ray and magnetic flux measurements. Recent work suggested change in the cyclic behaviour. Here, we report new also include from historical Mount Wilson program. results observational tim...

Soil health changes induced by prairie reconstruction (cultivated fields to tallgrass prairie) were assessed in Central Missouri within sites representing a chronosequence of 0, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13-yr post-reconstruction. In addition, nearby remnant native prairie, two long-term reconstructed prairies (~25 ~57-yr post-reconstruction), biofuel 9-yr post-reconstruction evaluated for...

Green roofs (GRs) have been one of the most popular solutions for water harvesting in urban areas. Apart from their retention role and increasing biodiversity, they constitute missing link between built natural environment, which is required sustainable human living cities. This paper aims to calculate ecological (EE) economic effect (EcE) via GRs, by contrasting with a traditional roof, perfor...

This paper examines the changes in the population biology and biomass of common kilka (Clupeonella cultriventris caspia) in the Iranian waters of the Caspian Sea from 1995-2004. For most years during this 10-year period, we estimated the age structure of the catch, length-weight relationship, von Bertalanffy growth parameters, condition factor, sex ratios, maturity stages determined from ovaria...

Coastal salt marshes are productive environments with high potential for carbon accumulation and storage. Even though organic in marsh sediment is typically attributed to plant biomass, it can also be produced by benthic photosynthetic biofilms. These biofilms, generally composed of diatoms their secretions, known primary productivity contribution the basal food web. The growth biofilms preserv...

Factors affecting survival of young from birth to weaning (7 mo) in alpacas (Lama pacos) were evaluated in data collected at the Estacion Experimental de Camelidos Sudamericanos La Raya in the Altiplano region of Peru. Age of dam effects on survival rate were curvilinear; survival rate increased from approximately 78% for offspring of 3-yr-old dams to about 91% for those from 9- to 11-yr-old da...

We tested the hypothesis that peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of older adults demonstrate a proinflammatory/-oxidative gene expression profile that can be improved by regular aerobic exercise. PBMC were isolated from young (n = 25, 18-33 yr) and middle-aged/older (n = 40, 50-76 yr) healthy adults. The older adults had greater mRNA expression (real-time RT-PCR) of the proinflammatory/-...

OBJECTIVE Insulin pumps have been well established for insulin delivery. However, questions about long-term efficacy of insulin pump therapy still remain. We evaluated the long-term efficacy of continuous insulin infusion pump therapy (CSII) in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). METHODS This was a retrospective observational study which included 131 patients with T1DM wh...