The scaling relationship between height and diameter is important for understanding the dynamic patterns of tree growth and estimating the accrual of tree biomass. Metabolic ecology predicts that tree growth follows a universal scaling invariant relative to the height-diameter relationship (i.e., no variation based on taxonomy or resource availability). Comparing field data for different tree s...

The benefits and costs of varying container sizes have yet to be fully evaluated to determine which container size affords the most advantageous opportunity for consumers. To determine value of the tree following transplant, clonal replicates of Vitex agnus-castus L. [Chaste Tree], Acer rubrum L. var. drummondii (Hook. & Arn. ex Nutt.) Sarg. [Drummond Red Maple], and Taxodium distichum (L.) Ric...

 The equilibrium moisture content of malting barley grains (cv. Scarlett) was determined by gravimetric-static method in the range 20-50°C using saturated salt solutions (LiCl, MgCl2.6H2O, K2CO3, NaBr, NaNO2, KI, NaNO3, NaCl, (NH4)2SO4) to provide water activities for each temperature between 0.11 and 0.813. Desorption isotherms were obtained at 20, 30, 40, and 50°C. All the sorption curves w...

the effects of 450-days of flooding on morphological and gas exchanges responses were investigated under controlled conditions for populus deltoides (colon 77.51) and taxodium distichum seedlings. seedlings were subjected to three outdoor treatments: not flooded (control), flooded to 3 cm above the soil surface (shallow flooded), and flooded to 15 cm above the soil surface (deep flooded). flood...

Yuri Manin, a renowned mathematician, observed that it is much easier for a person raised in a right-brain culture to adjust to the left-brain environment than vice versa. In this paper, we provide a possible explanation for this phenomenon. 1 Manin’s Observation: Formulation of the Problem Manin’s observation: formulation of the problem. In his talk [?], Yuri Manin, a renowned mathematician, m...