This study investigated the gustatory threshold for salt and its relationship with dietary salt intake among hypertensive (n = 54) and normotensive (n = 54) subjects. Salt intake was evaluated through 24-hour urinary sodium excretion and self-reported measures (discretionary salt, Sodium- Food Frequence Questionnaire (Na-FFQ), and 24-hour recall). Detection and recognition thresholds were highe...

abstract     the major constraints of agricultural production in the south western coastal areas of bangladesh are soil and water salinity of varying degrees, lack of fresh water for irrigation, slow soil drying pattern which are being augmented further due to climate change, requires suitable options of farming systems and component technologies. the major constraints and potentials of agricul...

Chloroplasts and photosynthesis are the physiologically fateful arenas of salinity stress. Morphological anatomical alterations in leaf tissue, ultrastructural changes chloroplast, compromise integrity three-layered chloroplast membrane system, defects light dark reactions during osmotic, ionic, oxidative phases salt stress conversed detail to bring salinity-mediated physiological on a single p...

Saline or alkaline soils present a strong stress on plants that together may be even more deleterious than alone. Australia’s soils are old and contain large, sometimes overlapping, areas of high salt and alkalinity. Acacia and other Australian plant lineages have evolved in this stressful soil environment and present an opportunity to understand the evolution of salt and alkalinity tolerance. ...

Two new concepts have been identified for direct steam generating solar fields that charge a two-tank molten salt storage system. The use of both supercritical and superheated subcritical steam is proposed, and discussed in practical terms and with regards to thermodynamic issues of heat transfer to the salt. Both concepts are found to allow significantly higher hot-tank temperatures than solar...

Salt marshes worldwide are faced with threats from rising sea levels and coastal development. We measured changes in salt marsh vegetation structure using remote sensing and its consequences for carbon sequestration, wave attenuation, and sediment trapping ability using remotely sensed imaging, field measurement data, and the published literature data pertaining to the Yangtze Estuary, a rapidl...

Soil salinity is a major abiotic stress in plant agriculture worldwide. This has led to research into salt tolerance with the aim of improving crop plants. However, salt tolerance might have much wider implications because transgenic salt-tolerant plants often also tolerate other stresses including chilling, freezing, heat and drought. Unfortunately, suitable genetic model systems have been har...

OBJECTIVE Fortification of food-grade (edible) salt with iodine is recommended as a safe, cost-effective and sustainable strategy for the prevention of iodine-deficiency disorders. The present paper examines the legislative framework for salt iodization in Asian countries. DESIGN We reviewed salt iodization legislation in thirty-six countries in Asia and the Pacific. We obtained copies of exi...

A coexistent system of itinerant and Iocalized electrons was prepared and the magnetic properties of bath electron~ were investigated. a-(BEDT-TTF)2CSCOjSCN)4 (abbreviated as the Csco Salt ), a-(BEDT-TTF)2RbCOjSCN)4 (the Rbco Salt), and a"-(BEDT-TTF)2 Ki 4Co(SCN)4 (the KCO Salt), undergo metal-insulator transitions at 10 K, 190 K, and 130 K. respectively. The ESR measurement of the Rbco sait in...

UNLABELLED Actinobase is a relational database of molecular diversity, phylogeny and biocatalytic potential of haloalkaliphilic actinomycetes. The main objective of this data base is to provide easy access to range of information, data storage, comparison and analysis apart from reduced data redundancy, data entry, storage, retrieval costs and improve data security. Information related to habit...