The clumping of coniferous needles into shoots is widely acknowledged as a structural feature that cannot be ignored in radiation regime models forests. However, higher level clumping, i.e. the aggregation leaves and tree crowns forest stands, still rarely accounted for models. Clumping reduces light interception increases penetration depth plant stand. To improve with respect to this parameter...

Protein A (3, 8) and the clumping factor (bound coagulase; 1) of Staphylococcus aureus share common characteristics, yet, to our knowledge, they have not been compared to determine possible identity. Both are protein, antigenic, cell surface components of S. aureus but not of S. epidermidis, and both are released into the culture medium as growth develops. Protein A is a common agglutinogen of ...

Incubation at 37#{176}Cfor 30 mm or the addition of CaCl2 (5 mM) generated platelet-clumping activity in citrated plasma and EDTA plasma previously acidified to pH 5.5 and in which heparin was added to give a concentration of 0.5 mg/mi. Similar treatment could not produce platelet-clumping activity in saline or denatured plasma that had been heated to 56#{176}C.Heparin, chondroitin sulfate B, o...

Incubation at 37#{176}Cfor 30 mm or the addition of CaCl2 (5 mM) generated platelet-clumping activity in citrated plasma and EDTA plasma previously acidified to pH 5.5 and in which heparin was added to give a concentration of 0.5 mg/mi. Similar treatment could not produce platelet-clumping activity in saline or denatured plasma that had been heated to 56#{176}C.Heparin, chondroitin sulfate B, o...

ABSTRACT Small-scale density fluctuations can significantly affect reionization, but are typically modelled quite crudely. Unresolved in numerical simulations and analytical calculations included using a gas clumping factor, assumed to be independent of the local environment. In Paper I, we presented an improved, density-dependent model for sub-grid clumping. Here, extend this empirical stochas...

Platelet clumping is a common laboratory phenomenon that complicates or precludes reporting of platelet count. It is often, but not always, a phenomenon commonly caused by the anticoagulant EDTA. Herein, we discuss a case of a 14-year-old girl who was found to have platelet clumping and discuss the work-up she underwent to investigate her pseudothrombocytopenia.

A 79-year old man presented with chest pain and fatigue. He was found to have anemia (hemoglobin 8.8 g/dL) and leukocytosis (white blood cell count 244x10/L) with a predominance of lymphocytes (94%). Flow cytometric study and flourescence in situ hybridization analysis of the peripheral blood lymphocytes were consistent with a diagnosis of mantle cell lymphoma. A peripheral smear obtained from ...

We present a model of consumer behaviour when consumers value conformity and examine the implications for environmental policy. The shares feature set out in Dasgupta et al. (2016) having structure preferences which induces mass to adhere exactly norm level consumption (clumping). However we extend our previous analysis by analysing conditions existence potential uniqueness norms. In doing so i...