to evaluate the effect of seeding rate on important agronomic traits in three winter rapeseed (brassica napus l.) cultivars, two field experiments were carried out as split plot arrangement in a complete block design with three replications during 2006-2008 growing seasons. three rapeseed cultivars (okapi, modena and licord) and three seeding rates (6, 8 and 10 kg/ha)) were randomized in main p...

We introduce a self-assessed region growing technique capable of producing airway segmentations with reasonable quality. The main advantages of our technique are its robustness against leakage, and the absence of any training stages. Our method can not be considered fully automatic as it requires manual seeding of the trachea region, although there exists a variety of techniques to circumvent t...

A one-step, room-temperature method is described to chemically synthesize bulk quantities of microns long, 100-180 nm diameter nanofibers of electrically conducting poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)(PEDOT) in the form of powders, or as optically transparent, substrate-supported films using a V2O5 seeding approach.

A thin, dense, compact and hydrogen selective ZIF-8 membrane was synthesized on a polymer/metal oxide mixed-matrix support by a secondary seeding method. The new concept of incorporating ZnO particles into the support and PDMS coating of the ZIF-8 layer is introduced to improve the preparation of ZIF-polymer composite membranes.

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS There have been concerns about peritoneal seeding after endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) of mucinous pancreatic cystic lesions. The aims of this study were to determine the frequency of postoperative peritoneal seeding in patients with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) who had undergone pre-operative EUS-FNA and to compare it w...

Fragments of prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP248-286) in human semen dramatically increase HIV infection efficiency by increasing virus adhesion to target cells. PAP248-286 only enhances HIV infection in the form of amyloid aggregates termed SEVI (Semen Enhancer of Viral Infection), however monomeric PAP248-286 aggregates very slowly in isolation. It has therefore been suggested that SEVI fiber ...