Paddy soils have an environment in which waterlogging and drainage occur during the rice growing season. Fingerprinting analysis based on soil RNA indicated that active microbial populations changed in response to water management conditions, although the fundamental microbial community was stable as assessed by DNA-based fingerprinting analysis. Comparative clone library analysis based on bact...

14 The instability of granular materials due to water infiltration under fully drained conditions has been 15 previously considered in experimental studies. While laboratory experiments can provide macro-scale 16 insight into drained instability, the micro-mechanics under such conditions are yet to be explored. 17 This study has employed the Discrete Element Method (DEM) to simulate constant sh...

Specific leaf area (SLA) and leaf area index (LAI) were estimated using site-specific allometric equations for a boreal black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP) fire chronosequence in northern Manitoba, Canada. Stands ranged from 3 to 131 years in age and had soils that were categorized as well or poorly drained. The goals of the study were to: (i) measure SLA for the dominant tree and understo...

The macroscopic features of the venous drainage of the reproductive system of the male ostrich were studied in six pre-pubertal and three sexually mature and active birds. Each testis was drained by one to four testicular veins. The right testicular veins drained the right testis and epididymis and its appendix to the caudal vena cava and to the right common iliac vein, whereas the left testicu...

retained surgical gauze is occasionally observed in general practice. herein, we report a case with surgical gauze retained for over 13 years that created a fistula which drained pus into the stomach.