plant growth regulators (pgrs) are widely used for lodging control in winter wheat (triticum aestivum l.) grown at high n rates. although the introduction of semi-dwarf wheat cultivars had largely solved the problem of lodging, evidence was already accumu-lating that the timely application of a growth retardant such as chlormequat (ccc) or ethephon could increase the grain yield of wheat, by th...

We present an implementation of the convergent close-coupling ~CCC! method, in which the Laguerre-based target states are replaced with box-based eigenstates. Discrete energies are obtained by taking the states that vanish at the box radius R0, with convergence being established by simply varying R0. Excellent agreement between boxand Laguerre-based CCC, exterior complex scaling, and renormaliz...

In this article we study the strength of Σ 1 3 absoluteness (with real parameters) in various types of generic extensions, correcting and improving some results from [2]. We shall also make some comments relating this work to the bounded forcing axioms BMM, BPFA and BSPFA. The statement " Σ 1 3 absoluteness holds for ccc forcing " means that if a Σ 1 3 formula with real parameters has a solutio...

Let B be a complete ccc Boolean algebra and let τs be the topology on B induced by the algebraic convergence of sequences in B. 1. Either there exists a Maharam submeasure on B or every nonempty open set in (B, τs) is topologically dense. 2. It is consistent that every weakly distributive complete ccc Boolean algebra carries a strictly positive Maharam submeasure. 3. The topological space (B, τ...

The goal of this study was to examine the role of mTOR complex 2 (mTORC2) as a therapeutic target in ovarian clear cell carcinoma (CCC), which is regarded as an aggressive, chemoresistant histologic subtype. Using tissue microarrays of 98 primary ovarian cancers [52 CCCs and 46 serous adenocarcinomas (SAC)], activation of mTORC2 was assessed by immunohistochemistry. Then, the growth-inhibitory ...

Plants of Pharbitis nil were treated with the growth retardant (2-chloroethyl) trimethylammonium chloride (CCC) shortly before and after anthesis. Fresh and dry weight of immature seeds were not affected by the CCC treatment.The level of gibberellin-like activity in Pharbitis seeds as compared to control seeds was strongly reduced by CCC application. The progenies of the treated plants also had...

Spectrum mobility in Cognitive radio ad-hoc networks introduces additional energy consumption apart from joint channel-path selection. Application data transmission in CR routing is based on channel-route path selected from common control channel (CCC). Hence, CCC plays a pivotal role in selecting and managing energy efficient channel-routes in Cognitive radio ad-hoc networks. State-of-the-art ...

The present study examines the validity of the Dutch Children's Communication Checklist (CCC) for children in kindergarten in a community sample, in order to assess the feasibility of using it as a screening instrument in the general population. Teachers completed the CCC for a representative sample of 1396 children at kindergarten level, taken from 53 primary schools in The Netherlands. The CC...

We examined the effects of gemcitabine, a pyrimidine analogue, on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocellular carcinoma (CCC) cells. After HCC cells (HepG2, Hep3B, HLF and PLC/PRF/5) and CCC cells (HuCCT-1) were treated with gemcitabine, cellular growth, cell cycle, nuclear morphology and activity of signaling molecules were evaluated by WST-8 assays, flow cytometry analysis, Hoechst 3...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Outpatient adverse drug events (ADEs) can result in serious outcomes requiring emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations. The incidence and severity of ADEs in children with complex chronic conditions (CCCs), who often take multiple medications, is unknown. We sought to describe the characteristics of ADE-related ED visits, including association with CCC st...