The present study evaluated the effect of pruning according to different tree forms on yield, fruit size, and leaf starch reserves young ‘Nadorcott’ mandarin trees planted at high density. Trees were selectively pruned by hand either form (pyramid or open center) removing lateral central branches, left unpruned until touched each other in row with minimal thereafter (control). Form pruning, par...

We demonstrate the design, fabrication and characterization of a near-field plasmonic nanofocusing probe with a hybrid tip-plus-aperture design. By combining template stripping with focused ion beam lithography, a variety of aperture-based near-field probes can be fabricated with high optical performance. In particular, the combination of large transmission through a C-shaped aperture aligned t...

A temporal image sequence increases the dimension of the data by simply stacking images above each other. This further raises the computational complexity of the processes. The typical content of a pixel or a voxel is its grey or color value. With some processing, features and fitted model parameters are added. In a pyramid these values are repeatedly summarized in the stack of images or image ...

Abstract In this work, we investigate the epitaxial growth of InAs quantum dots (QDs) on Ge substrates. By varying parameters temperature, deposition thickness and rate InAs, high density (1.2 × 10 11 cm −2 ) self-assembled QDs were successfully epitaxially grown substrates by solid-source molecular beam epitaxy capped layers. Pyramid- polyhedral-shaped embedded in matrices revealed, which are ...

We are examining the archaeal virus STIV (Sulfolobus turreted icosahedral virus) in order to elucidate the details of its replication cycle and its interactions with its cellular host, Sulfolobus solfataricus. Infection of Sulfolobus by STIV initiates an unusual cell lysis pathway. One component of this pathway is the formation of pyramid-like structures on the surface of infected cells. Multip...

The parapharyngeal space is a potential space, which has been described shaped like an inverted pyramid, surrounding the rhino-, oroand hipo-pharynx. Tumors arising herein are highly uncommon, representing 0,5-1% of head and neck tumors. This paper presents four particular cases treated in Emergency County Hospital, Sf.Spiridon Iasi, E N T Clinic. The diagnosis of these tumors was squamous cell...