BACKGROUND AND AIMS Imbibition of Japanese soybean (Glycine max) cultivars was studied using micro-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in order to elucidate the mechanism of soaking injury and the protective role of the seed coat. METHODS Time-lapse images during water uptake were acquired by the single-point imaging (SPI) method at 15-min intervals, for 20 h in the dry seed with seed coat, and ...

Naturally fractured reservoirs are highly dependent on capillary forces to recover hydrocarbons during water injection. Water can spontaneously imbibe and expel oil if positive exist; purely counter-current all sides of the matrix blocks exposed water; predominantly co-current with some production simultaneously. The latter is referred as a spontaneous imbibition (SI) setup. Wettability alterat...

This study examined the influence of ethical leadership on employee performance in public sector, using motivation and satisfaction as mediators. is motivated by need to examine behavior leaders sectors a developing country often marred with corruption allegations poor service delivery. designed quantitatively, data was collected through structured questionnaire distributed among federal civil ...

This study assessed the impact of ethical leadership on employee performance in public sector using leader-member exchange as a mediator. Data for this quantitative was gathered structured questionnaire administered to Nigerian federal officials some selected ministries. A conceptual model drawn and put test PLS-SEM. Based results, all hypotheses were significant at p < 0.001. More important...

Foraging is essential for honey bee colony fitness and enhanced by the waggle dance, a recruitment behavior in which bees can communicate food location quality. We tested if consumption of nectar (sucrose solution) with field-realistic concentration 4 ppm flupyradifurone (FPF) could alter foraging dancing Apis mellifera. Foragers were repelled FPF. They visited FPF feeder less often spent time ...

Starting with a curious childhood memory, the author considers practices of imbibing – or otherwise transforming and internalising sacred texts as modes reading in their own right. At heart argument is call for receptive apprehension reading, open to worlds beyond substance dualism detachment text meaning residing therein. Kaleidoscopic autobiographical elements merge extend through variety tra...

Curriculum is pivotal in any learning environment and experience. While much focus placed on the designed curriculum, for learners, some learnings are hinged hidden curriculum. Following outbreak of global COVID-19 pandemic, transition from onsite to online learning, curriculum seems have been hampered. Hence, issues revolving around during pandemic explored. Review method was adopted study. Th...

Environmental and economic concerns are driving tissue paper manufacturers to improve understanding of the relationships between fibres, networks they form, forming process, final properties. This work investigated how pulp fractionation, refining, or addition microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) affect compromise absorbency strength 33 ± 2 g/m² model papers made bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp. The...