Copper bonding wires were characterized using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). During drawing, shear components are mainly located under the surface and ,111. and ,100. fiber texture components develop with similar volume fractions. Grain average misorientation (GAM) and scalar orientation spread (SOS) of the ,100. component are lower than those of the ,111. or other orientations. Also,...

Rate and duration of individual grain growth determine final kernel weight and are influenced by environmental factors. The objectives of this research were to assess the effects of elevated CO2 and drought stress on the grain filling rate and duration, and the weight of individual kernels. Spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was grown in a free air CO2 enrichment (FACE) system on the demonstra...

Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] yield formation is severely affected by high temperature stress during reproductive stages. This study pursues to (i) identify the growth stage(s) most sensitive to high temperature stress during reproductive development, (ii) determine threshold temperature and duration of high temperature stress that decreases floret fertility and individual grain weight,...

This article analyzes the interactions through which primary-care nurses and patients accomplish patient weighing. The analysis is based on videotaped nurse-adult patient interactions in clinics in the area of Southern California. Detailed examination of co-participants' naturally situated weighing conduct shows that parties recurrently deliver utterances that go beyond that required to accompl...

to study the nature and magnitude of gene effects, heritability and number of effective factors for grain yield and some yield components in rice, six generations viz., p1, p2, f1, f2, bc1 and bc2 were prepared from the crosses of shapasand × irfaon-215 and irfaon-215 × saleh and grown in a randomized complete design with three replications. results of analysis of variance showed significant di...

This study evaluated the role of gibberellic acid [GA 3 ; (0, 100, 200, and 300 ppm)] in modulation growth, physiology, yield, quality traits two varieties (BARI Mung-6 BARI Mung-8) mungbean ( Vigna radiata L.). Irrespective Mung-8), ppm GA differentially modulated tested parameters (relative water content, RWC; photosynthetic pigments: chlorophyll a, b, carotenoids; growth parameters: fresh dr...

Recrystallization and grain growth of gold bonding wire have been investigated with Electron Back Scatter Diffraction (EBSD). The textures of the drawn gold wires contain major <111>, minor <100> and small fractions of complex fiber components. The <100> oriented regions are located in the center and surface of the wire, and the complex fiber component regions are located near the surface. The ...

A study was undertaken to investigate the effect of liquid nitrogen aeration on mortalities of adult Cryptolestes furrugineus, rusty grain beetles, in a prototype cardboard grain bin equipped with an aeration system. The grain bin was filled with Hard Red Spring wheat and liquid nitrogen was introduced from the bottom of the bin. The survival of both cold acclimated and unacclimated C. furrugin...

in order to investigate the contribution of ear photosynthesis and cytokinin in determining grain sink size, a pot study was conducted during january to june 2005 in cereal glasshouse of faculty of agriculture of karaj, iran. experiment was conducted in a complete randomized design with a factorial arrangement of two factors, three replications and four pots in each plot. factors included culti...

The dependence of grain orientation on stress-induced martensitic transformation in superelastic, polycrystalline Nickel-Titanium sheet was examined at the microstructural length scale. Full-field strains, indicative of transformation extent, were characterized in fields of view of nominally 100 μm x 100 μm using a custom combination of scanning electron microscopy with distortioncorrected digi...