Translocation of Fe was studied in WF9 (Fe-efficient) and ys(1)/ys(1) (Fe-inefficient) maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes. Iron-deficient WF9 translocated more Fe to the tops than Fe-deficient ys(1)/ys(1). Malate and citrate contents of root saps increased nearly 2-fold and aconitate increased over 4-fold in both genotypes as Fe of nutrient solutions increased from 0.1 to 3 milligrams per liter. Rel...

Non-unions and delayed healing are still prevalent complications in fracture and bone defect healing. Both mechanical stability and age are known to influence this process. However, it remains unclear which factor dominates and how they interact. Within this study, we sought a link between both factors. In 36 female Sprague-Dawley rats, the left femur was osteotomized, distracted to an osteotom...

In this paper a correction factor for Jennrich’s statistic is introduced in order to be able not only to test the stability of correlation structure, but also to identify the time windows where the instability occurs. If Jennrich’s statistic is only to test the stability of correlation structure along predetermined non-overlapping time windows, the corrected statistic provides us with the histo...

Density functional theory was used to study the nonmagnetic (NM) and ferromagnetic (FM) phases of face-centered cubic cerium. Functionals of four levels of approximation for the exchange-correlation energy were used: LDA, PBE, LDA/PBE + U , and YS-PBEh. The latter two contain an adjustable parameter, the onsite Coulomb repulsion parameter U for LDA/PBE +U , and the fraction αx of Hartree-Fock e...

1. When pDj < pDi, the demand allocation is xDj = min{max{QD(pDj )− θj , QD(pDj )− yS , 0}, yDj}, (A1a) xDi = min{max{QD(pDi)− yDj − θi, QD(pDi)− yDj − yS , 0}, yDi}, (A1b) xS = min{max{QD(pDi)− yDi − yDj , θi},max{QD(pDj )− yDj , θj}, yS}. (A1c) 2. When pD2 = pD1, the demand allocation is xDi = min { max { QD(pDi)− θi 2 , QD(pDi)− yS 2 , QD(pDi)− θi − yDj , QD(pDi)− yS − yDj , 0 } , yDi} , (A2...

PiT-1 protein is a transmembrane sodium-dependent phosphate (Pi) transporter. PiT-1 knock out (KO) embryos die from largely unknown causes by embryonic day (E) 12.5. We tested the hypothesis that PiT-1 is required for endocytosis in the embryonic yolk sac (YS) visceral endoderm (VE). Here we present data supporting that PiT-1 KO results in a YS remodeling defect and decreased endocytosis in the...