In a recent study, we quantified the scaling of ingested food size (V(b))-the maximum size at which an animal consistently ingests food whole-and found that V(b) scaled isometrically between species of captive strepsirrhines. The current study examines the relationship between V(b) and body size within species with a focus on the frugivorous Varecia rubra and the folivorous Propithecus coquerel...

IT IS WELL KNOWN that in polyeythemia rubra vera the total blood volume increases as the hematocrit level rises beyond approximately 55 per cent.1-2 This increase masks the extent of the polycythemia and insures that the plasma volume is not greatly diminished despite an increase in red cell volume to twice or three times the normal value. The changes in adults suffering from cyanotic congenita...

Under intensive aeration (1.3 l/l min) the associated growth of Rhodotorula rubra GED2 and Lactobacillus casei subsp. casei in cheese whey ultrafiltrate (55 g lactose/l) proceeded effectively for both cultures with production of maximum carotenoids (12.4 mg/l culture fluid). For maximum amount of carotenoids synthesized in the cell, the yeast required more intensive aeration than the aeration n...

Weed infestation has been known to cause considerable reductions in crop yields, thereby hindering sustainable agriculture. Many plants in genus Euphorbia affect neighboring plants and other organisms by releasing chemicals into the environment. In view of the serious threat of weeds to agriculture, the allelochemicals of Euphorbia himalayensis and their allelopathic effects were investigated. ...

IT IS WELL KNOWN that in polyeythemia rubra vera the total blood volume increases as the hematocrit level rises beyond approximately 55 per cent.1-2 This increase masks the extent of the polycythemia and insures that the plasma volume is not greatly diminished despite an increase in red cell volume to twice or three times the normal value. The changes in adults suffering from cyanotic congenita...