Unlike anemias, most thrombocytopenias cannot be separated into those due to impaired production and those due to accelerated consumption. While rapid clearance of labeled platelets from the bloodstream can be followed in thrombocytopenic individuals, no model exists for quantitatively inferring from autologous or allogeneic platelet consumption data what changes in random consumption, lifespan...

Nitrous oxide can be produced in soils by biological or chemical processes in which nitrogen compounds are transformed. The occurrence and course of these processes are affected by different factors, e.g. temperature, pH, aeration of the soil, availability of organic substances and availability of inorganic nitrogen (e.g. nitrate and ammonium). How these factors affect nitrogen transformations ...

Maize (Zea mays), also called corn, is believed to have originated in central Mexico 7000 years ago from a wild grass, and Native Americans transformed maize into a better source of food. Maize contains approximately 72% starch, 10% protein, and 4% fat, supplying an energy density of 365 Kcal/100 g and is grown throughout the world, with the United States, China, and Brazil being the top three ...

13 Emission leakage could potentially undermine the effectiveness of unilateral 14 climate policies. Significant emission transfers from developing to developed 15 countries in the form of emissions embodied in trade have been interpreted as an 16 indication of such leakage. In order to reduce leakage and provide an appropriate 17 picture of countries’ responsibility for global emissions, it ha...

Agricultural food production and consumption covers activities ranging from agriculture to food consumption. Pollution and food contamination related to the use of production technologies and processes, as well as from the use of products aimed at increasing agricultural yields and facilitating food conservation, have significant environmental consequences. There are a number of important issue...