Abstract. The presence of bare patches within otherwise vegetated coastal marshes is sometimes considered to be a symptom marsh dieback and the subsequent loss important ecosystem services. Here we studied topographical conditions determining revegetation in three sites with contrasting tidal range, sediment supply, plant species: Scheldt estuary (the Netherlands), Venice lagoon (Italy), Blackw...

Plasminogen (Plg) is a precursor of plasmin that degrades fibrin. A race-specific A620T mutation in Plg, also known as Plg-Tochigi, originally identified in a patient with recurrent venous thromboembolism, causes dysplasminogenemia with reduced plasmin activity. The Plg-A620T mutation is present in 3-4% of individuals in East Asian populations, and as many as 50,000 Japanese are estimated to be...

On 2 October 2003 in Saint-Romain-en-Jarez (France) a fire farm building triggered an explosion which 26 people were injured. Police investigation, based solely on analysis of the effects and general engineering knowledge, showed that was caused by uncontrollably generated mixture ammonium nitrate (AN) molten plastic crates formed explosive similar to fuel oil (ANFO). This is only commonly know...

This paper reviews the current literature examining the pervasive symptom of fatigue experienced in three of the most common degenerative neurological conditions: multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease (PD) and post-polio syndrome (PPS). The existing literature can be considered under four headings definition and prevalence, type, cause, impact of fatigue. Fatigue is a common symptom in d...

  Abstract Two experiments with factorial arrangements on the basis of randomized complete block design in three replications were conducted in 2007 and 2008, to evaluate chlorophyll content index (CCI), fluorescence of chlorophyll, proline content and grain yield of three soybean cultivars (Williams, Zan and L17) under a non-saline (control) and three saline (3, 6 and 9 ds/m NaCl) conditions...

the effect of tillage (conventional and zero tillage), crop establishment (raised-bed and flat-bed), and weed management practices (herbicide alone and integrated approach) was studied on productivity, profitability, nutrient uptake and physico-chemical properties of soil in soybean–wheat cropping system, at new delhi during 2010–2012. sixteen treatment combinations consisting of four tillage a...