The predicted increases in drought many forest ecosystems may alter soil microbial community diversity and activity, which further depend on tree species richness. Shifts composition activity could engender changes ecosystem function, notably, greenhouse gas emissions C storage. Using soils from mono-specific mixed three-species stands across Europe, we performed a microcosm experiment to test ...

Combining the measured binding energies of four of the most weakly bound rovibrational levels of the 87Rb2 molecule with results of two other recent high-precision experiments, we obtain exceptionally strong constraints on the atomic interaction parameters in a highly model independent analysis. The comparison of (85)Rb and (87)Rb data, where the two isotopes are related by a mass scaling proce...

The base-catalyzed dehydration of benzene cis-1,2-dihydrodiols is driven by formation of an aromatic product as well as intermediates potentially stabilized by hyperaromaticity. Experiments exhibit surprising shifts in isotope effects, indicating an unusual mechanistic balance on the E2-E1cB continuum. In this study, both 1- and 2-dimensional free energy surfaces are generated for these compoun...

A single index model is studied with binary response and mixed explanatory variables represented by a continuous part and one binary discrete variable. The model leads to a two sample semiparametric problem with a shift parameter related to this discrete variable. The minimal Fisher information for the shift parameter is found in a class of nonparametric link functions. Two root-n consistent es...

The reductive effect of pectin on tea catechin astringency was investigated by using a taste sensor system and (1)H-NMR spectroscopy. The sensor analysis revealed that the astringency of gallate-type catechins (EGCg and ECg) was reduced by the addition of pectin, whereas that of non-gallate-type catechins (EGC and EC) hardly changed. Changes in the (1)H-NMR chemical shifts of the catechins and ...

We propose a scheme to enhance near-UV band absorption of a rutile TiO(2) nanoparticle by placing Au nanoparticles in its neighborhood. The discrete-dipole approximation method was employed to calculate the absorption spectrum of pure rutile TiO(2) and that of TiO(2) mixed with Au nanoparticles. The results indicate that pure rutile TiO(2) has its maximum absorption located in the deep-UV band....

Skeletons of 857 adult individuals from various selected samples were examined and detected variations and anomalies of the vertebral column were classified either as ontogenetic, phylogenetic or of mixed origin. The conclusion was made that ontogenetic and phylogenetic variations are definitely different types of individual variability. While ontogenetic variations (of vertebral bodies and arc...

This paper proposes a novel transmission policy for wireless powered sensor network (WPSN) assisted by an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) to enhance the performance of energy transfer (WET) and information (WIT) with certain phase shifts. To achieve its self-sustainability, IRS collects from station support own control circuit operation. Our proposed considered WPSN is called harvest-then-...