Compost amendments to soils and potting mixes are routinely applied to improve soil fertility and plant growth and health. These amendments, which contain high levels of organic matter and microbial cells, can influence microbial communities associated with plants grown in such soils. The purpose of this study was to follow the bacterial community compositions of seed and subsequent root surfac...

ABSTRACT To achieve anonymity in open environments such as the Internet, special proxies, denoted as mixes, were proposed to relay messages for senders and receivers. A mix may delay, batch and reorder packets to disrupt the packet-level timing correlation of packets into and out of the mix. Often multiple mixes are grouped into a mix network, which preserves anonymity in presence of compromise...

This study compares the stage metaphor and the channel strip metaphor in terms of performance. Traditionally, music mixing consoles employ a channels strip control metaphor for adjusting parameters such as volume and panning of each track. An alternative control metaphor, the so-called stage metaphor lets the user adjust volume and panning by positioning tracks relative to a virtual listening p...

In music production, the role of the mix engineer is to take recorded music and convey the expressed emotions as professionally sounding as possible. We investigated the relationship between music production quality and musically induced and perceived emotions. A listening test was performed where 10 critical listeners and 10 non-critical listeners evaluated 10 songs. There were two mixes of ea...

The discharge of effluents from material ventures has been a noteworthy worry of the cutting edge world because of the colossal contamination that these effluents advance on the water assets. Among the engineered colors discharged in effluents from material ventures, azo dyes are a standout amongst the most unfavorable classes since it is exceedingly determined in the oceanic environment, becau...

The use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RA) in new asphalt pavements can provide important economical savings, while reducing the negative environmental impact. The European research project PARAMIX aims to improve the techniques for hot mix recycling in plant and cold mix in situ recycling, so as to increase the amount of reclaimed asphalt and develop competitive road pavement rehabilitation te...

Allogeneic bone marrow transplant engraftment assays use polymorphisms in the human genome to determine the relative percentages of donor and recipient cells present in the recipient. We describe a novel posttransplant assay approach using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), the most common type of polymorphism in humans. Using samples of defined genotype, we used real-time polymerase chain...

The feasibility of using large rubber chunks from shredded tires as aggregates in coldmixes for road construction was investigated in this study. The research was directed toward development of a chunk rubber asphalt concrete mix design for low volume road construction using local aggregate, shredded tire rubber chunks and a cationic emulsion. A set of mixes using different combinations of chun...

PURPOSE To evaluate the antioxidant and antiperoxidative effects of oil mixes of high ratio Omega-9:Omega-6 and low ratio Omega-6:Omega-3 in the third day after tooth extraction in rats. METHODS Thirty-two male Wistar rats (270-310 g) were randomly distributed in two groups: Control (n=24) and Test (n=8). Control group was divided into three subgroups (n=8): G1: Sham-Saline; G2: Saline; G3: I...

[1] This paper describes new and modified numerical techniques for solving the sizeand time-dependent aerosol processes of nucleation, coagulation, condensation, dissolution, and reversible chemistry among multiple aerosol particle size distributions and the gas phase and over the entire relative humidity (RH) range. The techniques treat particle number, mole, and volume concentrations, solutio...